Four generations of women from the same close-knit Kirkby family have paid tribute to the "amazing" great-great-grandmother who started their legacy.
Edith Dears, 95, was born during the reign of King George V, and has lived through World War II, the birth of the Republic of Ireland, the appointment of Britain's first woman prime minister, the turn of the milliennium, and a deadly pandemic - to name just a few.
She also helped raise four other generations of women: daughter Linda Hughes, 74, granddaughter Susan Clarke, 49, great-granddaughter Lois Clarke, 35, and great-great-granddaughter Nevaeh, eight.
