A butcher who has been working for his family business since before World War Two has retired, aged 92.

John Bacon remembers standing on a crate decorating the pork pies as a small child after his dad Albert opened a shop on Carolgate in Retford, Nottinghamshire, in 1938.

Now, 88 years later, he has decided to retire, saying he has "given it my all".

The shop, A.W. Bacon & Sons, is staying open and has been taken over by local butcher Adam Spencer, who plans to keep the name and the popular sausage rolls, in place.

John worked for his dad from its opening and left school at 14 to help with the shop and his dad's other two businesses - running a bookies and looking after race horses.

He said he remembered hearing German bombers flying over the house in the night and still going to work the next day, with queues out the door during rationing.

Since then the business has moved to new premises on the same street, weathered many challenges, including the rise of supermarkets, and grown to employ about 35 people.

John said his dad, who retired two weeks before his death aged 95, was an inspiration for him to keep working.