would suggest the setting is not England but Ireland - the names used Maloney, Noonan, Patrick all being Irish names but more importantly and very subtly "whiskey" is an Irish drink - the English drink "whisky" from Scotland.
An alternative which is probably as attractive is it being set in an Irish community in America.
The dating points towards the American setting being just as likely as Ireland if not more so.
The Maloneys had a home freezer - they were not introduced to the USA until 1940 and were much later becoming widespread in England or Ireland. They were not a rich family so clearly the use of home freezers had become quite widespread by the time the story was set. It was written in 1954 so probably set around then.
On balance I would plump for early 1950s in an Irish community in America.
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