| 3. |  Beverly Ann NUNN  (2.Douglas2, 1.Mary1) was born on 9 Jul 1942 in Cook's Hall Cottages, West Bergholt, Essex, England, UK; died on 27 Mar 2020 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, UK. Notes:
Beverly's husband, Philip Richardson, wrote this wonderful tribute to her:
Birth
Born 9 July, 1942 at Cook's Hall Cottages, West Bergholt to Douglas Percy Nunn, driver in the Royal Army Service Corps (No T11064) (Milk Roundsman) and Vivien Muriel Nunn (formerly Cubitt) at Cooks Hall Cottages, West Bergholt, Essex
Father
Her father had been born to Mary Ellen Nunn, and his father not documented but believed to be the owner of the local factory where she worked. Mary Ellen was buried in the church yard at Hargrave church her grave being marked by a simple wooden cross.
Mother
Her mother was born at Dagworth near Stowmarket to Nora Cubbitt who was in domestic service at Dagworth Hall, and on the death of her father (name ????) married the second son of the owner of Dagworth Hall, Hessel.
Beverly's Family at Cooks Hall
The family subsequently moved to Cooks Hall cottages, West Bergholt. Her Uncle Len was in the Marines serving in Burma and believed to have been a POW latterly he returned home after the war.
Beverly lived with her grandmother Nora Osborne, step-grandfather Hessel a cowman at Cook's Hall, mother who was a mental nurse at Severalls, Colchester, Uncle Leonard who saw war service in the marines in Burma, Aunt Daphne, Aunt Maidie and Uncle Don who was a farm worker until about 1946. Her Uncle Len was in the Marines is believed to have been a POW latterly before he returned home after the war.
End of WW2
At the end of the war of her father, always known as Percy, was ferrying survivors from the holocaust detention camps in Europe and contracted scarlet fever which meant that the time of normal demob he was retained in a military hospital for 6 months until the his health returned.The family then moved to Wickhambrook to recently constructed row of asbestos bungalows, 10 Clopton Bungalows, where water was drawn from a tank at the end of the road, and 'night soil' from the external toilet was buried regularly at the end of the garden. Later piped water was provided and proper sanitation. (10 Clopton Bungalows was demolished in the 1970s). Percy was working in the orchards at Justin Brooke and was later promoted to work in the office as manager. Brother David was born 7th May 1947.
Primary School
At age five Beverly walked the mile or so to the small village school of about 25 pupils at Denston, where she was found an apt pupil and age 11 passed the '11 plus' to the County Grammar School at Bury St Edmunds taking a bicycle up to the main road and then catching a bus each day.
Clopton Cottages
In about 1954 the family moved to 6 Clopton Cottages a council house on the main road, close to the Justin Brooke office and her mother worked in the orchards and packhouse and managed the canteen and accommodation for the pickers who arrived each summer/autumn
Early Church Attendance
Beverly had whilst at Denston school attended the Plymouth Brethren meetings in Denston but later started attending regularly with her friend Margaret Pettitt the Congregational Church at Wickhambrook. She undertook study for the annual Scripture Exam and took joint 1st place in her class in the national annual exams.
Philip
She met Philip who was a pupil at the King Edward VI Grammar School started traveling on the bus on the way home from school on a Monday and Thursday in 1957, and he biked from Clare, where he lived at the Post Office, on 3rd April 1958 and the next day, Good Friday persuaded her father to bike the 7 miles to Clare for fish and chips, where she met up with Philip, starting a lifelong relationship.
Post School
When GSE results came through Beverly had passed all 8 subjects she had taken, and was offered a job in the pharmacy at Boots at Bury St Edmunds, but after 3 months a vacancy came up at the pathology laboratory at West Suffolk Hospital which she took and later qualified as a junior pathology laboratory technician.
Her spare time was taken up with church meetings, tennis in the summer and Young Conservatives at Clare where she later became chairman, and with Philip won various public speaking awards.
Wedding
On 18th January 1964 Philip and Beverly married at the Congregational Church at Wickhambrook and on a freezing day after a reception at Denston Village Hall set off for their honeymoon, staying the first night at the Royal Court Hotel, Sloane Square, London (at a cost of £4.8.00) before taking a train to Kent and a short flight to Le Touquet before boarding a train for Paris. Paris was extremely cold and sightseeing difficult but tickets were purchased for a theatre when the Beatles played to a half full auditorium.
The 1960s
Beverly and Philip on returning to UK took up residence in a first floor flat at 529A Finchley Road, and on arrival, on opening the post, found Philip had qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Beverly travelled daily to University College Hospital where she had secured a post in cancer research, and Philip to Ronald Goodman and Co, Bedford Row Holborn, Chartered Accountants.
In March 1965, following a period of ill-health for Philip, a move was made to a newly built house at 35 St. Bartholomews Lane, Sudbury (Cost £3950 with £3000 mortgage and £500 loan from Philip?s father) with Philip taking a position at the firm of Norman Green & Co where he had trained, and Beverly initially assisting in the same office until close to the birth of Sally on Christmas Day 1965, to be followed on 14th August 1967 with the arrival of Timothy.
On 1st July 1967 Philip became a partner in Norman Green and Co. and to assist with finances Beverly took on the agency for running 'Tupperware Parties' where the products were demonstrated and sold, (using initially a Morris Oxford WYP 718 and later from 14.11.1967 a 1964 Austin 1100 YGV 375) The earnings enabled purchase of the first new car a Vauxhall Viva estate Car costing £547 on 3.02.1969.
St Johns Church
Following the birth of Timothy in 1967 the family commenced attending St John?s Methodist church in Sudbury where there were many young people and Beverly later became a steward and subsequently senior steward, and then moving on to become a circuit steward for the Bury St Edmunds circuit. With her organising ability when the matter of extending the church hall was muted she volunteered to undertake the fundraising and then ran many events to raise the necessary resources for a completely new hall and associated facilities. This included both assisting in arrangements and taking part in shows that were staged in the church.
Early 1970s
Philip and Beverly purchased 96 Melford Road in 1970, in dire need of remedial work, and spent all their spare time there often late into the evening with the children asleep in sleeping bags. In 1971 they moved in and were awarded a commendation for the work they had undertaken by a national magazine.
Tragedy hit on 23 May, 1971 when Philip?s business partner Roger Green and his wife Margaret and sons Ian and Simon were killed on landing at Rijeka airport for holiday.This had a significant effect on all the family as the children had all played together and Margaret and Beverly were great friends. At the same time Philip's other business partner was taken seriously ill and not able to return to work for some months, leaving him in sole charge of the practice.
Later in 1970s
In 1972 Philip became a member of Sudbury Round Table and Beverly joined Sudbury Ladies Circle where she later became the chairman for 1983-84 and later moved on to become Chair of the East Anglia District.
With the children attending North Street Primary School, Beverly entered into the tenancy of shop premises at 8 Gainsborough Street and opened 'Thomasina', selling ladies fashion clothing and accessories. Due to the allergy she found she had to certain fabrics this had to be disposed of after three or four years' trading.
Property Changes
In about 1977 the Melford Road house was sold and the family moved to The Court, (now known as Court Farm) Hobbs Lane, Glemsford. where they spent many hours renovating the house, outbuildings and grounds, bottle feeding orphan lambs and caring for Sweep the donkey.
When the opportunity arose, with Sally and Tim having flown the nest, The Court was considered too big and The Leys, in Melford Road was acquired in October 1994 offering an extensive mature riverside garden
East Anglia District Methodist Church and the Accident
Her abilities and devotion to the church found her as assistant Synod Secretary to the East Anglia District of the Methodist church and as Policy and Executive Secretary from 2004 to 2007 when she became the Synod Secretary in 2008. She also served on national committees of the Methodist Church including becoming involved in the publication of 'Singing the Faith', the compilation of Hymns and Worship Songs for the Methodist church until these involvements were brought to a sudden end on 25th April 2012. On returning from a District meeting in Norwich an ambulance on an emergency call collided with her car as she turned into her home gate, and she was air-lifted to Addenbrookes Hospital where she was unconscious for three weeks with multiple injuries including, multiple rib fractures, punctured lung, fractures of clavicle and scapula and vertebrae, laceration of the liver and torn scalp, and 3 sites of bleeding in the brain which also caused double vision. She was in June moved to Bury St Edmunds hospital. Due to perseverance she regained her ability to walk and talk again, although in a more restricted way than before. The following year she managed to walk the 6 mile Fun Run course in Sudbury with Philip, and raised £5000 in sponsorship for the EAAA.
Later Years
Another hurdle was met on 4th Sep 2017 when Beverly was admitted to West Suffolk Hospital with double pneumonia and Sepsis from which she was not expected to recover, and her condition exacerbated by a Heart Attack 7 days later. There followed another period of recuperation and reliance on walking aids but Beverly was still able to enjoy getting out and about, and took much joy from the support she received from the family and particularly grandson Luke, Granddaughters Amber, Becky and Faye and great grandsons Arthur and Joshua.
On 14th December 2019 another ambulance trip to WSGH showed the heart condition brought about in 2017 was worsening and after a further spell in hospital it was considered appropriate for her to move to Melford Court Nursing Home on 2nd March 2020. She immediately settled in and enjoyed the family and friends visits until these had to be curtailed on 20th March due to the Coronavirus Epidemic. On 25th March Sally and Tim were able to visit for a short while and able to chat. On the next morning staff went in to take Beverly's order for breakfast and when they returned she had passed away.
Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
Name: Beverly A Nunn Registration Date: Jul 1942 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Colchester Inferred County: Essex Mother's Maiden Name: Cubitt
Volume Number: 4a Page Number: 1421
Died:
https://www.forevermissed.com/beverly-richardson/about
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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