Agata and Becky moved to Gwydir Street around the time of the pandemic with their partners, they live opposite each other and have children who were born 5 days apart in 2022. Becky and her wife Camilla (from Scotland and France) have a daughter who was born via assisted reproduction. Agata (from Poland) met her husband in Barcelona. Both couples are academics working in Cambridge. They speak about what young family life is like on the street.
Gwydir Street is well known locally for it’s tradition of street parties. 2022 was a special Jubilee year and residents made crowns, cakes, piñata and bunting.
The families value having a playground on the street.
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