Liz Davies
Dr Ernest Harrisson and Doris Miles with the quads.
- Credit: ST NEOTS MUSEUM
At the outbreak of war in autumn 1939, Dr Ernest Harrisson, the doctor who had delivered the St Neots quadruplets, was asked to help out at the new maternity hospital that was being set up at Paxton Park, in Little Paxton.
This grand Georgian mansion, built in the 1750s and then rebuilt in 1784 by Mr Pointer Standly, described in sale particulars of 1878 as ‘A Commodious Mansion’, had been requisitioned as a safe place for expectant mothers to give birth, away from the feared air raids on London.
Like, the human population, wildlife adjusts and makes the most of it. There is a feeling that spring is around the corner with the buds and catkins on the trees.
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Cllr Jean Matheson, chairman of the Parish Council, told The Hunts Post at the time: “We are delighted to have won the Green Flag Award and are proud that the QEII playing field and children’s play park in Little Paxton has been recognised nationally.
“This is such a wonderful achievement. Open spaces play a great part in providing solace in the current Covid 19 climate.”
The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for their management across the United Kingdom and around the world.