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Still alive and kicking at 102 years old, Pierre Jean "Buster" Martin is considered the United Kingdom's oldest employee. He retired at the age of 96 and returned to work at the age of 99 because of boredom of retirement. He is still very active and works in a plumbing company as a van cleaner. He even runs in marathon for the charity. Making him also the world's oldest marathon runner.

Buster, a father of 17, was born on September 1, 1906 and has been working for over 90 years. At a young age, he joined the British Army as a Physical training instructor. He is a veteran of the World War II having served in the British Armed Forces and retired in 1955.

He says, he still smokes and drink to this day having been started the vice at age of 7. (I thought it's bad for the health)

Buster Martin was born in France but, as a result of his teenage mother's illegitimate pregnancy or death, was sent to a Cornish orphanage, when he was three months old. Martin says that he picked up his nickname "Buster" at age three for "whacking a priest on the nose". Martin was thrown out of the orphanage at the age of ten "for eating too much and growing too fast". He travelled to London, and found work running errands for stallholders in the Brixton market, the beginning of nearly 90 years of work.

Watch his video in a TV interview.



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