A restaurant manager is moving on after 35 years at one of the area's most popular dining spots.
Rod Gill has served thousands of customers at the Norway Inn since he started in 1978 on a Youth Opportunities Training Scheme.
He proudly stated that for the first 30 years he did not take a single day off sick from the landmark pub and restaurant on the A39 between Truro and Falmouth.
He said: "My time there has been amazing. I never really wanted to move because I was so happy."
Shortly after Mr Gill started at the Norway he met Joyce Matthews and her husband Victor, then chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company and the Ritz Hotel. But even the offer of a job on a luxury cruise ship could not tempt Mr Gill away from the Norway.
He started in the kitchen but soon moved into the front of house role where he stayed for 35 years.
Looking back Mr Gill believed the busiest time for the Norway was in the early 90s under the management of June and Norman Gilbert.
"On Mothering Sunday we would do about 800 meals in the restaurant and pub," he said.
Perranarworthal's loss is Truro's gain and this week Mr Gill has taken up a new post as restaurant manager of The Alverton which is operating under new ownership.
He said: "I've had heart-rending messages from people I've served for 35 years so I know I've done something right in my life."
