Mary ‘Molly’ McTegart, a resident of Crosby, Merseyside, England, celebrated her 110th birthday on 4 January, according to the Liverpool Echo.
McTegart was born in the suburb of Everton in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, on 4 January 1916. She attended Everton Valley School from the age of five and remained there until receiving her school certificate at 16.
After training at her aunt’s clothing shop in Birkenhead, she briefly worked as a “Vernons girl” for the famous Bootle-based football pools company, Vernons. In 1939, she opened her own dress shop on Duke Street in St Helens, which she successfully ran until 1953. During the Second World War, she served on fire watch duty in Duke Street and undertook canteen work in Liverpool city centre.
After the war, Molly married Charles McTegart at St Monica’s Church in Bootle. Together they had five children: Mary, Ann, Charles Jr, Peter, and Jane. In the early 1970s, Molly returned to the fashion trade, opening Strand Fashions in Bootle. In the mid-1970s, Molly moved to Blundellsands.
According to the Oldest in Britain website, which tracks the oldest individuals in the United Kingdom, she is currently the second-oldest living person in Merseyside, after Marjorie Hodnett. She is also the first British supercentenarian born in 1916.
LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Mary McTegart on her 110th birthday.
