'I started working here at 15 - now I'm retiring after 75 years '

Sadie Jefferson is retiring after a remarkable 75-year career at a pharmacy in Portrush, Northern Ireland, where she began working at age 15. Throughout the various ownership changes of the shop, she remained a constant presence, serving multiple generations of local families.
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The story serves as a human-interest piece highlighting long-term community commitment and the changing landscape of local retail and healthcare services over the last seven decades.
Portrush: Pharmacy worker retires after 75 years in her first job
The article is a straightforward, positive human-interest profile with no political or controversial agenda.
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