Unsung Hero: Lollipop man from Chessington who loves his job come rain or shine

5:00am Sunday 12th January 2014 in News By Nazia Dewji, Reporter

A Chessington lollipop man has said not even the dreary English weather gets him down when he is working.

Martin Constable, 37, has been positioned rain or shine at the zebra crossing in Moor Lane serving schoolchildren at Castle Hill Primary School for nearly five years minus a seven-month stint in Leatherhead Road last year.

The council employee who was born and bred in Chessington said he came across the job by luck after an old boss passed on a flyer.

Mr Constable, of Elm Road, said: He could not find anyone that was interested. I turned up for the interview and, as they say, the rest is history. It was a bit of luck.

I love it. I am very lucky because Castle Hill is a great school and the kids are really, really great and so are the parents.

I help anyone who wants to cross. I just like getting out and meeting people. I dont even mind the weather I am always happy.

In his spare time Mr Constable enjoys watching action films, Formula One racing and spending time with his Hahns macaw, a green parrot who loves to learn new words. Mr Constable said:

He knows about 14 or 15 words. I have had him for about a year.

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Unsung Hero: Lollipop man who loves his job come rain or shine