Leakeyvale Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 My collection of Cherilea is quite small. Dave will probably give the history of the company but here are a few of my items. Favourite has to be the braying donkey - very lifelike as anyone visiting my village can discover if they arrive at the right time of day! I had been trying to get one for a long time and then I acquired two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Cherilea was formed 1946-47 by two ex JoHillCo people, Mr W. Cherrington and Mr J. Leaver, and you can see the company name was derived from their surnames. They had a registered office in Blackpool and their factory was in Burnley, until that closed, and then they had (a smaller?) factory also at Blackpool. They had connections with another small figure company, Fylde. Mr Cherrington had designed for JoHillCo, and did some freelance designing, plus moulds were traded between the three companies, especially during JoHillCo's last years before it closed down in 1960, which is why there is a lot of similarity and confusion about who made what. I'll add photos of my Cherilea figures shortly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_scrivener Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 OK, so here is my Cherilea farm collection, 3 photos of lead & 3 of plastic. They're not very good photos, which is why I didn't do a Cherilea section before. I usually only redo photos when I buy more figures, and I haven't bought any Cherilea recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 There are quite a few plastics on ebay at the moment. Now I know who made the small gates! I have been trying to find the maker for ages as I have 3 or 4 of those. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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