Eynesbury House

A Memory of Eynesbury.

My first husband, David Beames, and I, moved into Eynesbury House in July, 1968, and our first son, Andrew, was born at Mill Road Hospital, Cambridge, a few weeks later. William was born in 1971, also at Mill Road. Both boys went to St. Mary's Primary School, Eynesbury. (They are now both married and living in America. I have two lovely grand-daughters, Mary and Catherine (Andy's children). Will married a nice girl called Janna two years ago, but so far no sign of children.) I joined the St. Neots Musicmakers a short time after Andrew's birth. We all found St. Neots a very friendly place, and were happy there. Unfortunately my husband had to move North when his office closed, and we went to live in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in 1976. I still remember the people who were so kind to us when we moved in: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cambers, John and Joyce Chapman, and Jill and Roger Henthorne to name but a few. We also became friendly with Reg Bygrave from the garage in St. Mary's Street, and of course his wife Brenda, and I as a new Mum and housewife got to know Edith Jones and "Mrs. Lowe", who came and did some cleaning for me. (Eynesbury House was a big place in those days!) I also became friendly with Fiona Ellis, who worked in an Estate Agents' in town, but we lost touch. I have very happy memories of my years in Eynesbury, and David and I are hoping to come down in the summer and see how much everything has changed! I am now retired, having been a teacher of French for nearly twenty years. David and I divorced in 1989 and in 1990 I married someone I had known since we were in college together (studying French) in the 1950s. He sadly died four years ago. David and I have remained good friends, and we see each other quite often, which is lovely. I have not re-married. I now live in Barnoldswick, not far from Skipton, and I can get to Macclesfield, where he lives, fairly easily by bus. I sold my car two years ago, as I hardly ever used it!
I do hope that Eynesbury will not have changed too much!