allan, if this is of any use, my mum told me she used to go into liverpool city wih her mum to pay some sort of maintenance payment to his first wife? i dont really understand this as his first lot of children were all in their twenties when mum and her sister were born??? so maybe he was paying for his first wife to be in a home??
regards to all who are helping with this search!! i have posted this on ftf as well
regards