'Where’s my mummy?’: The heartfelt motivation behind family’s spectacular Halloween decorations

From creepy demons to spider webs, Dave Barron has transformed his home into a spine-tingling Halloween spectacle for more than a decade.

Dave and his family, from Bramhall, in Stockport, bestow bewitching creations - mostly handmade - to the neighbourhood along with an annual theme. Such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, E.T., Harry Potter and this year's Scooby-Doo ‘Where’s my Mummy?’.

Known locally as the ‘Halloween house’, Dave, his partner Catherine, and his two children Sarah, 24, and Stephen, 27, have raised thousands over the years for their chosen charity, Macmillan Cancer Support.

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However, fundraising has become more important than ever to the family due to a heartbreaking reason. The autumnal display is now in memory of its maker, Catherine, who died at just 49 years old.

Catherine, who was a radiographer at Withington Hospital, died in March 2020 due to breast cancer.

“Even as she got ill, she was helping us with the decorations,” Dave told the Manchester Evening News. “Her strength and courage in her battle was amazing, she rarely complained.”

The mum-of-two was diagnosed in November 2016 and she underwent chemo and radiotherapy for six months before receiving the all-clear. But sadly, (in date) she felt her health wasn’t right and discovered she had a cluster of tumours in her neck.

Catherine persisted with chemotherapy but the cancer returned to her liver. During the treatment, she suffered from a catastrophic liver injury and passed away on March 8 2022.

“We knew we were on