A "matriarchal" nan who will soon celebrate her hundredth birthday taught her large family to always be "strong, independent and to have a huge heart".
Sarah Benjamin will celebrate the landmark birthday after one hundred years of "wonderful memories". Her family told the ECHO she continues to inspire them daily as she lives independently just outside the city centre.
Sarah's granddaughter Lorna Rudzinski called her "the heart and soul" of the family and her house near the Baltic Triangle is the "community" space where everyone meets. The 99-year-old, who turns 100 on Tuesday, October 25, was born in the nearby L8 community as one of six children.
