87-year-old Albert finally retires from job he loved

AN octogenarian has finally hung up his trowel and retired from his job at a local garden centre after working there almost into his 90s.

- BY GRETA SIMPSON

Albert Akid, 87, has worked at Brookside Garden Centre in Poynton since 1995 and has only this week decided to finally retire, his daughter Adele told the Express.

"He used to be a joiner, he started working when he was 18," said Adele. "He worked for a long time at Stockport Power Station until that shut down and he got made redundant.

"I think he got to his late 50s and just thought, 'what am I going to do now? I don't want to give up yet. What can I do that will keep me going?'

"For somebody his age to put that effort in and still keep on going - I think it's nice, for people to see you can keep working at that age. He just wasn't ready to do nothing."