At 80, I won't retire from my family's 150-year-old grocery business anytime soon. I'll run it for as long as l can.

Greengrocer Robin Blair with his wares

Courtesy of Alyson Williamson

• Robin Blair runs his family's greengrocer business, founded in 1875.
• The octogenarian gets up at 4.30 a.m. and can work as late as 10 p.m., 6 days a week.
• He says he'll never retire from the trade, and it's given him the best life he could hope for.

This interview is based on a conversation with greengrocer Robin Blair, 80, the owner of JJ Blair & Sons in Darlington, in the North-East of England.