V. P. & G. Hastings
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The partners were brothers: Vincent Patrick Hastings (1888-1963) and Gilbert Benedict Hastings (1894-1940. They were the sons of Patrick (a woollen merchant) and Maria Hastings and were born at Manchester. The family were living at Chorlton, near Manchester, by 1911. In 1924 both Gilbert and Vincent were based in Southport, where the later was described as a steel merchant. In the Census (1939), Gilbert was at Hoylake, an ‘incapacitated’ aeronautical engineer, he died at Southport on 27 August 1940, leaving £1,947. Vincent died near Bath on 21 May 1963, leaving £5,483.