The 83-year-old clocking off work at Kelly's Hardware after 66 years photograph

The 83-year-old Clocking Off Work At Kelly's Hardware After 66 Years


The 83-year-old Clocking Off work at Kelly's Hardware after 66 yearsThe 83-year-old Clocking Off work at Kelly's Hardware after 66 yearsClose

Oliver Tumelty took his first job as a teenager in his local hardware shop in 1955.

He has worked in the same shop, Kelly's Hardware on the main street in Downpatrick, County Down , ever since.

But Oliver, 83, will finish work on Saturday Evening when The Shop closes after serving the area for More Than a century.

" After 66 years it is very, very sad, " He Said . " I always actually looked forward to coming To My job. "

Video journalist: Ciara Colhoun