Job cured my boredom says Joe, 91, as he retires

A 91-year-old man who landed a job as a waiter after placing an advert in 2016 saying he was “dying of boredom” has now hung up his apron.

Joe Bartley, who has had a major operation, admitted: “You can’t be young forever and my age did start catching up with me.”

Asked if the job, at Cantina in Paignton, Devon, cured his boredom, he said: “Yes it did. The main thing is I felt like a working man again.”

Mr Bartley still visits Cantina for a coffee or a pint. “Some of the customers remember me and stop and have a chat,” he said. “I will not sit at home in an armchair and rot away. But I miss the camaraderie.”