A cockermouth man has retired after more than 40 years as an optician.
Bob Bratton, 65, of Simonscales Lane, has spent the last 10 years as a contact lens optician for Conlons Opticians in Carlisle.
He had a retirement lunch at the North Lakes Hotel this month, which was attended by 11 colleagues.
My Bratton, who was born in Dumfries and grew up in Durham, qualified as a dispensing optician in 1967 and soon developed an interest in contact lense work, which he began practising in 1972.
He has also worked for Conlons' branches in Kendal, Barrow and Penrith.
He said he really loved his work with all his patients at Conlons.
Mr Bratton, who moved to Cumbria in 1977 and is a keen acrylic painter and amateur artist, said: "I am looking forward to spending more time on my painting and also doing some travelling as well as enjoying getting to know my new grandchild.
"I would like to thank everyone at Conlons for all their enthusiam and support over the years I have worked with them and I will miss being part of such a close-knit working community."