The Life of Henry Hiley Part 13 - Family illness, trips to Greenodd, and brother Sam

Today we revisit two previous posts from the Blog.

 

The first one is John Hiley's article "From satanic mills to the roots of heaven" which recounts tuberculosis striking the family and holidays in the Lake District.

The second one is of some of Henry's memories of his older brother Sam, who died in 1929.

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Hiley Family History Blog: April 2021

The Life of Henry Hiley Part 12 - Henry's stepmother Grace Annie

Today we return to the memoirs of Henry Hiley.

His mother Ethel (nee Heap) died in March 1923 when Henry was 4 years old. His father Harold then married Grace Annie Heyworth in December 1925 when Henry was nearly 7.

Father married again, I think that was in 1926. How on earth he persuaded any woman to take on a husband, five children, do the housework, and help with making the pies, I shall never know. Anyway she did, we all liked her. Perhaps it was better than being what you might call a war widow because so many women who should have got married - there were no men for them. Over a million British men had lost their lives in the 1914-1918 war. Father engaged Mrs Sutcliffe. She lived on the opposite side of the street, and she came in to help with washing up and a little bit of cleaning.

Henry with Grace Annie

Grace Annie, Harold and Henry

Harold and Grace Annie