A BUTCHER who retired earlier this year is coming back after missing the job and saying he found retirement boring.

Phillip Watson made the decision to retire after spending almost three decades at Syd Smith & Son inside The Gallery market hall in The Shambles.

But less than eight weeks after selling his last string of sausages, Mr Watson has reopened his butcher's shop after missing work and having a lot of calls from former customers.

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He said: "Things have certainly changed for me since I retired. The first two weeks were fine, but then I started to get bored at home.

"As well as that, customers who may not have known at first that I had moved on were calling me and asking if I would be coming back.

"I could see that there was still a lot of people who wanted to visit the butchers so I decided to satisfy my customers and for myself as well."

Mr Watson praised his customers and said how much he was looking forward to seeing them again.

He said: "My regulars are brilliant and it will be lovely to see them all again when I am back.

"I have been doing this for the last 20-odd years and after all those years I'm very used to it so going back is great.

"This last week there have been loads of people calling me saying they were happy to hear I was coming back.

"Lots of people have got in touch back.

"I was getting 15 to 20 calls a week before from people who had not realised I left.

"I am 64 years old but my plan is to carry on and hopefully welcome some customers as well in the future."

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Mr Watson originally wanted to retire sooner but continued working due to the rising bills and costs being experienced across the UK.

Mr Watson's final day was on Saturday, July 1 and he hoped someone else would take over the business.

In January, Mr Watson's wife Karren Watson made the difficult decision to close Cheese to Please which was based just next door to the butchers due to rising costs.