{"id":181900,"date":"2021-02-24T12:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=181900"},"modified":"2021-02-24T12:43:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:43:58","slug":"britains-oldest-papergirl-circles-southampton-aged-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/02\/24\/britains-oldest-papergirl-circles-southampton-aged-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Oldest Papergirl Circles Southampton Aged 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When you\u2019ve found your calling, you don\u2019t quit before you absolutely must. Meet Pauline Bridge. Six days a week, she gets up at 5 AM to do her delivery round and spread the news with her neighbours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pauline started her career about ten years ago and plans to carry on until 90. Apparently, the delivery gene runs in the family: her husband is in the same profession. One tiny difference, though \u2013 Mr Bridge completes his rounds walking.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the weather, Pauline jumps on her 40-year-old bike and leaves the house at 5:30 in the morning. Over the years, Mrs Bridge made about 50,000 deliveries and cycled roughly 5,000 miles. Such a workload takes a toll on the bike. Safe to say, the bike is taken care of by Pauline\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/02\/23\/how-to-stick-to-your-diet-a-support-team\/\">support team.<\/a> All the punctures, flats, and other defects are fixed by Mrs Bridge\u2019s son-in-law.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181902\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/02\/Pauline-Bridge-profimedia-0589677453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181902 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/02\/Pauline-Bridge-profimedia-0589677453-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline Bridge\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cI deliver to 32 houses but they don\u2019t all get the paper on the same day. Some just get it three days a week.&#8221; \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Pauline&#8217;s words, people expect their newspaper in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe customers send me Christmas cards at the end of the year and they say \u2018you\u2019re the best news deliverer because you always deliver it early in the morning\u2019,\u201d Pauline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyecho.co.uk\/news\/19074403.meet-britains-oldest-paper-girl-delivers-southamptons-daily-echo\/\">explains.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If this isn\u2019t solid proof that cycling is good at any age, we don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019ve found your calling, you don\u2019t quit before you absolutely must. Meet Pauline Bridge. 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