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After spending 10 years going door-to-door, Rocky transferred to night shifts at the London Docklands Delivery Office.

This came after the sudden death of his wife, Sheila, at age 26, in 1980 and he needed to take care of their three children, who were around the age of 10 at the time.

“I had little kids to bring up on my own and the night shift was the only way I could sort of get round it,” Rocky said.

“I didn’t start until midnight so I could be there with them right up until then, get them in bed, tuck them in, shoot off to work, come home again at 07:00 in the morning and get them up to go to school.

“It worked out absolutely perfect.”

Rocky has since spent the last 40 years from 23:00 to 07:00 emptying and organising the delivery trucks to go out each morning.

“It’s very, very busy at Christmas and some offices struggle – I managed to keep my one running.”