Dolly Saville,World's Oldest Barmaid is Celebrating her 100th Birthday

 

Dolly Saville, from Buckinghamshire,England has been a barmaid for 74 years

 

Dolly Saville started work at age 26, in 1940, at The Red Lion

 

Dolly Saville, 99, has only ever taken two weeks off sick in her entire life 

Her family has implored her to retire, but wants to keep going until she dies

Dolly Saville still works three days a week at The Red Lion Hotel in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, and has been working for 74 years. 

She started pulling pints when she was 26, just before World War II, and she estimates that she has poured around two million pints since she began. 

Until six years ago when she was 94 she was still working at least six hours a day, six days a week and has only ever had two weeks sick leave her entire life.

Dolly Saville with James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan at the Red Lion

Now she has had to reduce her shifts to three hours a week, but still spends the time working on her feet clearing tables, serving customers and polishing glasses. 

The pensioner, who has three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter, has even had the bar she works at named 'Dolly’s' in her honour.

Note

Hideko Arima, from Japan, was formerly the world’s oldest bar maid who worked at her tiny bar, Gilbey Ai in Tokyo’s Ginza district for 52 years until she was 101, and died in 2003.