Britain's oldest office boy! Great-grandfather, 100, has spent 34 years working for same firm after becoming bored with retirement

Jim Clements quit work in 1978 but was so restless he joined a security firm

'Work keeps the cogs moving and keeps me young,' the 100-year-old says

He files, shreds and answers the phone, as well as make tea for the girls



86 years of work including making torpedoes to sink U-boats in WW2

Jim has two children, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild

A 100-year-old great-grandfather has been revealed as Britain's oldest 'office boy'.

When most would be ready to put their feet up and enjoy retirement - former engineer Jim Clements was so bored at 66 he took a new job with a Harlow security firm and is still there 34 years later.



And after entering his 86th year of employment in 2013, Mr Clements say he has no intention of giving up yet.

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Long-serving: 34-years after retirement, Jim Clements from Harlow in Essex, is still an office worker at 100

Enthusiast: Jim was bored at home in 1978 and took the job at a Harlow security firm, where he has many duties including making the tea

Star: Jim is well-known for his strong work ethic, but is also a renowned flirt with the ladies in the office

The centenarian still works two days a week doing the filing, shredding documents, answering the phone and photocopying.

Jim is also responsible for making the tea - and is renowned for being a flirt, his colleagues say.

Father-of-two Jim, who celebrated his 100th birthday last week, said today he loves work and will not retire again.

'I do some filing, shredding documents, answering the phone, photocopying and making the tea for the girls,' he said.

Long life: This picture from Jim with his son, Barry and wife, Gladys, who he married in 1944

Happy couple: Jim with his wife, Gladys, who died 19 years ago after a long marriage with lots of children and grandchildren Generations: The 100-year-old from Harlow in Essex with his daughter Susan

'I like to keep myself busy and I have always enjoyed being at work. It's so good to still be active. It keeps the cogs moving and keeps me young.



'The girls in the office are lovely. They look after me and give me a lift home.



'I have never wanted to stop working. My favourite job ever was working for the MOD it was often top secret and was skilled work.



'But I have been in this job now 34 years and everyone here feels like my extended family.



'I have a laugh with the girls in the office, I pull their leg and they pull mine. My day to day tasks consist of making the tea and coffee, answering the phones, shredding all the old papers and filing.



'They really look after me here and make sure that I'm okay day to day. I'm very grateful that they have kept me on into old age and I certainly have no plans to retire yet.'

Party boy: Jim is still working as an office assistant for Active Security Group, and is pictured here on his 100th birthday last week with his boss Tim Geddes

Jobs: Filing, sorting, shredding and various other responsibilities fall to Jim, and he still does them brilliantly



Dedicated: Mr Clements, one of eight children, says he could never give up work as it keeps him young

Jim, who was born as one of eight children, went to school in High Wych, Hertfordshire, before leaving aged 14 to begin an apprenticeship in engineering.



During the war years Jim worked at the Ernest Lake Ltd factory in nearby Bishop's Stortford making torpedoes.



It was there he met his wife Gladys, the couple married in 1944 and were together until she passed away 19 years ago.



When he became bored with his retirement in 1980 Jim accepted a temporary position with Active Security, in Harlow, where he still works today.

Popular: His female colleagues love Jim and even him take him to and from work in return for copious cups of tea

Varied: Mr Clements has worked for 84 years - and during the war years Jim worked at the Ernest Lake Ltd factory in Bishop's Stortford making torpedoes

Hobbies: Despite loving fishing and other activities retirement could not keep him away from work as he said he was bored at 66

Office colleagues yesterday said everyone at the company is 'gobsmacked' he is still working at 100.



Jacky Cowley said: 'Jim is amazing. He still works two days a week helping out in the office.



'Everyone who works with him is gobsmacked that he is 100 because he only looks in his 80s.



'He is a lovely man and a real character. He has a wicked sense of humour and is very highly thought of by everyone.'



Jim has two children called Barry and Susan, four grandchildren, Ashley, Adam, Mark and Samantha and a great-granddaughter, Georgia.