Richard Lenard Cherrington

Family Background:

Son of Joseph Cherrington, and of Ethel Cherrington, of Carlisle.

Joseph was from Wigan and was an electrician. Ethel, nee Carruthers was born in Harrison Street, Currock, Carlisle. Ethel’s Mum had died when she was 14 and she then had a Stepmother. In the First World War she was a munitions worker at Eaglesfield, Annan, the “Devil’s Porridge”.  Joseph had joined the Manchester Regiment during the First World War, and had served overseas. Joseph and Ethel were married in 1918. Richard was born …?

Joseph travelled to Quebec, Canada, and then onto Detroit, USA with a view of settling in the New World, in 1923. Joseph was killed in August 1924, the result of an accident.  

John Beckett, also from Carlisle (Norfolk Street in Denton Holme) travelled to Canada in May 1924 and was followed by Ethel in July 1925 and they were married 8 days later at Niagara Falls. Meanwhile Dick had been left in Wigan as we have a school report from 1925; presumably with his paternal grandparents. His mother and stepfather returned to Carlisle. They had two children: Joyce (28/07/31) and John Barry. Ethel bought a fish and chip shop in Denton Holme. They went to Newcastle in 1937 (?) as John worked for Vickers. During the Second World War. Joyce was evacuated back to Carlisle to be with her grandmother. At some point John worked for Vickers Armstrong in Barrow. He was the Chief Inspector of Armaments working on centurion tanks. Her parents bought a house at Colville Terrace in Carlisle. Ethel later died there.

Brother of Mrs Joyce Stainton, teacher at Trinity School.