Hi Enzoward and Neil, hope everyone is well. It was fun to read this latest post.
Yes, my grandfather did have a sister Lucy (my mother's aunt). This is what our family knows about Lucy (Enzoward, feel free to course correct on anything we may have wrong):
Lucy married into the Vale family and was based in Coventry. Her husband was involved in the motor trade in some way (car dealership?).
Lucy had two daughters, Charlotte and Betty. Betty married a fruit grower and moved to Kenya, but my mother remembers her coming back to England later in life. Charlotte (whom my mother remembers fondly), married an architect and settled near Birmingham. She remembers Charlotte having two sons and a daughter.
In terms of the confectionery, apparently it was still going in 1970. My grandmother ran the business until she retired. She closed the business (1950s?). However a cousin of my mother's (Norman Messenger?) opened a similar business and ran it for a number of years afterward. I would bet it was Norman's business that made your mother's wedding cake.
Hope this helps. Needless to say, I am interested in any information you may have on this side of the family. Also, my mother (Marion Messenger, now Marion Hayes) may be able to fill in some information if you have any questions related to the Messengers, she will be 90 this year but is still as sharp as a razor.
Peter
