The Leicester Mercury’s longest-serving employee has retired.

Tim McCaffrey, (59), had worked for the company for more than 44 years.

He joined the Leicester Evening Mail as an office boy in 1958 and moved into the paper’s publishing department the following year.

In 1960 he joined the Mercury in the stereo department where printing plates were produced, becoming assistant manager at the age of 24 and manager of the department at 27.

He was secretary and captain of the newspaper’s cricket and football teams.

He said: “I’ll certainly miss the people here. I’ve made a lot of good friends over the years.”

Tim plans to spend his retirement relaxing and working in his garden.

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