Lilly & Sydney
Albert Sydney Mollekin, born in 1899 in Pontefract, is my first cousin, twice removed and son of Herbert Mollekin.
Sydney was for many years a well known Grocer in Maltby.
In later life, Sydney became blind due to displaced corneas and died in 1976. His wife, Lily, died in 1998 at the age of 98.
Sydney’s shop
THE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1923.
A MALTBY BRIDEGROOM.
FOURTH SON OF MR. MOLLEKIN.
The wedding took place at St. Luke’s Church, Shireoaks, of Mr. Albert Sidney Mollekin, fourth son of Mr. Mollekin, the well-known racehorse owner, of The Grange, Maltby, and Miss Lilian Clarke, of Rhodesia, near Worksop.
Sydney & Lilly’s headstone
The bride was daintily attired in a dress of white satin charmeuse, trimmed with orange blossom at the corsage.
Her two bridesmaids were her sister, Sybil, and Miss Ada Hewitt.
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