Papergirl keeps same route for 41 years

For a lot of people, the first job they will ever have is as a paperboy or girl.

However, after a year or two, they generally give up this role and move on to something else.

Not Joyce Pugh though, who has had the same paper round for the past 41 years, as the great-granny delivers the Shropshire Star every evening for a paltry 60p a day.

It is thought she has handed out over 291,000 copies of the newspaper in her time and pedalled over 10,000 miles in this time period.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Ms Pugh said: "I do it every afternoon when the papers come out. It takes me about three-quarters of an hour. I'll keep going as long as I can. It all depends how bad the winters get."

She has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest papergirl on the planet, quipping that it feels good to be making the news instead of delivering it.

Posted by Samantha Thompson