To appreciate how much has changed since Jeffery Fry began working at Waterloo railway station, consider that his first job was shutting the sooty windows of the steam trains after they shunted in to the terminal.
That was in 1961. Several role changes and 58 years later and the 73-year-old is now the longest-serving employee for both the railway station and South Western Railway.
Jeffery says the reason he has stayed at Waterloo - which is the largest and busiest railway station in the UK - is because he enjoys his job. "It's not a bad place [to work], you know," he says. "I do meet-and-greet now, and I've been doing it for the last eight years. I go to the train and help get the passengers off if they have wheelchairs, say good morning, afternoon, whatever it is."
Although he has swapped roles several times during the last 58 years, Jeffery has resisted the lure of retirement or even substantially reducing his work - he still does the 5pm-10pm shift five days a week.
When asked about the possibility of retirement, he takes a philosophical approach. "Well, it's up to the railway - but I like working here. It's the friendly faces that make it."
