I'm so proud of my amazing grandad and was thrilled I could join him for his 100th birthday celebration
“What an absolutely amazing milestone to reach - and what a privilege is it to have you as my grandad”
A Blackpool woman joined other family members in celebrating her grandfather’s 100th birthday.
Jessica Scott, from Bispham, described here grandad Alfred Ryan as “the mathematical genius, the joker, the musician and the most amazing gentleman you will ever meet”.
“What an absolutely amazing milestone to reach - and what a privilege is it to have you as my grandad,” she added.
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“You have live through so much, see the world change beyond recognition and created a lifetime, stories and laughs along the way.
“Here’s to 100 years of being one of a kind.”
Jessica joined other family members in travelling to Alfred’s home in Newton Heath, Manchester for the birthday celebration, the reverse journey to that made many times by Alfred and his late wife Joyce many times in earlier years.
“Grandad and grandma were frequent visitors to the Fylde coast, and Cleveleys in particular, in their younger days and my grandma’s ashes are at Cleveleys promenade, with a plaque remembering her,” said Jessica.