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Herbert Henry and Hilda 1919-1954

Herbert Henry Mackereth, aged about 24, married Hilda Hall, aged about 24, in 1919 at Holy Trinity
in Morecambe and Heysham, Lancs
Hilda's father was Richard Hall who had been Mayor of Morecambe.
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Herbert and Hilda's Wedding (1919)
From left to right:
Violet Mackereth Sister); Edmund Hall (brother in law);
Hilda and Herbert; 
William Mackereth (brother); Elsie Hall (sister in law)


The back ground is Torrisholme Hall Farm which is where the Hall family lived at that time. 
Unfortunately, the whole farm has disappeared for housing and the farmhouse has been demolished to make way for a block of flats. 
A family group at the wedding
Front row left/right. Beth Bateman (Marshall), Ida Mackereth ( McDowell), Dorothy Hall (Redman), Sarah Nelsom (Charnley)
Row 2 Auntie Maria Tucker, Annie Hall, Grandma Hall, Violet Mackereth, Elsie Hall, grandpa and grandma Mackereth.
Row 3 Aunt Ellen Birkbeck, Aunt Emilly Taylor, Aunt Mary Wilcock, Edmund Hall, Bride Hilda Hall and Groom Herbert Mackereth, William Mackereth, no name, no name, no name.
Row4  Cousin Bertie Taylor, Uncle Jim Taylor, Uncle Maurice Birkbeck, John Benson, Evan Nelson, Reg Bateman.
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Left to right
Doris wife of William G; Hilda, wife of Herbert H; William G; Herbert H; Sarah EV
Herbert and Hilda had three children:
Brian Hall Mackereth 1922-1999
Maurice William Mackereth 1925-2019
Della Hilda Mackereth 1926
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Brian, Maurice and Della
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Herbert, Hilda and their Austin
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Herbert and Hilda, a long way from home.
On retirement  Herbert and Hilda moved to ‘Bentlea’, 9 Morecambe Road, Torrisholme, near Morecambe.
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After the death of Herbert, Hilda went into a care home at White Lund corner, in Torrisholme.  She had a reasonable social life in that community, since it was where she had spent her youth, having lived at Torrisholme Hall farm.
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Hilda MACKERETH (née HALL) and most of her family on her 95th birthday in 1990, at her daughter Della's home in Flookburgh.
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