STAFF and residents at Maiden Castle House in Dorchester have welcomed a local celebrity into the home.
World record holder Ted Ingram has become one of the newest residents at the Care South home. Ted was listed in the 2013 Guinness Book of Records as the longest serving paperboy after 71 years of delivering the Dorset Echo.
From the age of 22 he delivered more than 500,000 copies of the paper to homes in Winterborne Monkton before retiring last year at the age of 93.
Ted first took up the job back in 1942 when, aged 22, he was looking for something to subsidise his income at a local farm.
He missed just two rounds during his whole careers, both of which were prevented by heavy snowfall.
Ted said: “The time came last year for me to finally retire and to let someone else take over my round. It felt strange not to be heading out with the papers every day, having done it for so long.
“I’ve lived in this area all my life and being a paperboy, people recognise me and are used to seeing me around – especially after I won the world record for doing my job!”
Maiden Castle House’s manager Dawn Palmer said she was ‘delighted’ to welcome Ted into the home and he was always happy to share his experiences with the staff and fellow residents.
She said: “He seems to be settling in very well. Staff and residents love hearing the stories he tells of his time working as a paperboy. It’s incredible to think that he delivered papers announcing the end of the Second World War and the Queen’s coronation.
“We hope he’ll be very happy here.”
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