Beatrice Charnley Cooke



Dau. of John Davenport Cooke & Mary Louisa Cossentine

Beatrice Charnley Cooke
Born 11.5.1904 at 6 Clare Road, Bootle, Lancashire, England
Occ. Proprietor of Old Mill Café
Marr. James (Seamus) Perry 10.7.1926 at St. John the Evangelist, Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancashire
Died 7th April 2001 at New Manor, Longton, Preston, Lancashire
Buried at St Peter's Churchyard Scorton Village, Scorton, Lancashire


Children

Geoffrey James
Pamela Beatrice
Warren Norman
Brian John
Rodney K.


NOTE

Brian was about 2 when he died. He fell down some stone steps and fractured his skull, and died as a consequence.

Bought Mill Cottage and apparently made the best homemaid scones with sour milk. Later moved to the Old Folks Bungalows.

"James and Beatrice "had to get married" and that was in 1926. This would make sense if Geoffrey was then born later in 1926. One of the other "dark secrets" was that apart from 5 live births, Beatrice Charnley also had 3 abortions, highly illegal at the time. In the case of the final one, the procedure was carried out in the afternoon but the "delivery" did not take place until the evening. Nan apparently gave birth on a bucket to a boy, all this when everyone else was celebrating Victory in Europe in the pub they were running at the time. In his later years, Nan and Grandad split their time between a static caravan at Cockerham Sands and the bungalow in Scorton. My parents divorced in about 1975. My sister, brother and I stayed with my Dad and we used to go and visit them in the caravan some weekends. Grandad's caravan was opposite the site's open-air swimming pool, and he managed to wangle a reduction in site fees in exchange for acting as Lifeguard at the pool! In the site club-house he was a well-know "celebrity", known to everyone as "Seamus" because of his bawdy stories. He died in 1977, the very same night that Stephanie's second child was born - 27th July." (By Robert Laytham)

A picture of Beatrice Charnley Cooke (with Great Grandson Ian Laytham) & The Perry's Family Picture


Big Thank you to Robert Laytham for information & picture of Beatrice

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