In Memory Peggy Frewen Henry - 9th March 1924 - 1st March 2013
My dear Janine
It was good speaking with you once more after such a long time. I noted that you had to miss your first Reunion weekend last year. I’m sure it wasn’t the same without you being there. Hope you are keeping fit and well now. I doubt that regrettably I will be able to attend again this year, so would you please offer my apologies please … however, I will be with you in spirit.
After sixty-one years of married life I miss Peggy, my wife, so very much …
Peggy was born in Southport, Lacashire on 9th March 1924, the daughter of Samuel and Molly Holt. She was brought up and educated in the ‘Garden City of the North’, first attending Clive School, Birkdale, before continuing her education at Notre Dame College where she obtained both her School Certificate and Higher School Certificate. World War II interrupted proceeding to University and the country had need for women to join the war effort in some capacity. Peggy found herself a member of the Women’s Land Army.
At the end of the war, Peggy returned to civilian life. She attended Secretarial College, obtaining qualifications to enter the world of business, commencing with a position at a firm of leading estate agents in Southport, followed by becoming an office administrator with Broadbent’s Department Store in town, before taking a post in the Electricity Board of Southport County Borough, later to become MANWEB, as secretary to the General Manager of the Yorkshire area.
In September 1951, Peggy met and married Paul Henry who had served in the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1948. When Paul obtained a place as a management trainee with a Liverpool company, they moved to Cheshire after buying a plot of land at Lower Peover and had a house built, moving into their new home in March 1956.
Peggy obtained a position with a market research company which she held for 30 years, the last 20 years of which she was the Northern Area Manager.
She was a member of two Women’s Institutes, one being Little Peover and later on Cross Town W.I. Membership gave her a great deal of pleasure. Other interests were Bridge, Yoga and animals. With her passing she is going to be greatly missed.
Paul Henry
This article is from the Summer 2013 issue of Confound and Destroy
