March 2024

3 Buckden Roundabout March 2024 Buckden Roundabout Team Editors - Articles & Events Ian Carter and Alec MacAndrew Email: editor@buckdenroundabout.info 33 Beaufort Drive, Buckden, PE19 5YU 07515 737636 Webmaster Alec MacAndrew Email: webmaster@buckdenroundabout.info Proofreading and editorial assistance Wendy Trattner, Lesley MacAndrew Advertisements and Payments Fiona Shirley Email: adverts@buckdenroundabout.info Distribution Co - ordinators Wendy Thelwall, Lesley MacAndrew, Patricia Ford Contact this email for info: Email: distribution@buckdenroundabout.info Front Cover This month ’ s cover is a photograph taken two days before we went to print by Alec MacAndrew. As ever we are very grate- ful We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We especially need photos and paintings of autumn scenes, and of events in the village. We should be grateful for photos (or even paintings!) of the coro- nation celebrations in the village. Please note that photos should ideally be in portrait format and should be a minimum of 2400 x 1700 pixels. More is better! All advertisements and non - advertising material are printed in good faith. Neither the Buckden Roundabout nor the Buckden Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the content of the advertisements, the services provided by the advertisers or any statements made in the advertisements or non - advertising material. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored with- out the express permission of the Editor of the Buckden Roundabout. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL MATERIAL FOR THE MARCH EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON SUNDAY 10th MARCH HOWEVER, SPACE IS ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, BASIS. IT IS REGRETTED THAT ANY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED. March Production Dates Production dates for the April Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Sunday 10 March Proof Reading Friday 15 March Copy to Printers Tuesday 19 March Distribution Thursday 28 March Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 11 Village News 12, 16 - 17 ‘84 at 84’ supporting Dementia UK 13 School and pre - school 14 Buckden Community Events 15 Library News 18 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 19 - 24 March 2024 Spring is almost upon us and the daffodils are starting to ap- pear - as reflected in our bright cover this month! I expect all the rain recently has encouraged the daffodils to show their colours. The recent rain has obviously caused some problems too - both in the village and elsewhere. The road between here and Offord has been impassable to normal traffic twice in the last few weeks; and the bridge at Little Paxton has been shut and resurfaced. The resurfacing took place after the first rains - I hope the work has survived the second round! (What was interesting to see was the ‘ old ’ cobbled road at Little Paxton seemingly unaffected by the water once the top tarmac sur- face had broken away!) Flooding in the village, particularly around Taylors Lane, has prompted the creation of a Buckden SOS WhatsApp group to request help in such situa- tions, as well as a Facebook page. You can join the group ny scanning this QR code. It is for emergencies only though! Please remember to visit the Roundabout website. As well as every edition from 2013 onwards available to see, there are often articles there that we could not fit into the print edition, as well as infor- mation that arrives during the month. The online edition of the magazine is in full colour: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Ian Carter Editor ’ s Page