Personal Life
Berry's father, Alleyne W S Berry, was a surveyor and planner who served as Mayor of Bath in 1952 and was closely involved in establishing the University of Bath at Claverton Down. Her mother was a housewife, who on occasion helped Berry's father with bookkeeping. Mary married her husband Paul in 1966, a retired seller of antique books. They have three children, Thomas who has become a tree surgeon; Annabel who looks after three children of her own and who went into business with Mary aged seventeen to market her eponymous salad dressings and William, who died in a car accident at the age of nineteen whilst a student at Bristol Polytechnic Mary and Paul own two dogs, Millie and Coco.
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