December 2021

3 Buckden Roundabout December 2021 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 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 lively and seasonal cover image was provided by Peter Sharpe. As ever, we are very grateful. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph paintings if you only have original artwork. 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 Buck- den Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the con- tent of the advertisements, the services provided by the ad- vertisers 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 JANUARY EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON FRIDAY 10th DECEMBER . 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. December Production Dates Production dates for the January Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Friday 10 December Proof Reading Friday 17 December Copy to Printers Monday 20 December Distribution Thursday 23 December Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Village News 6, 12, 15,17,18 For Your Diary 11, 13 Church News 7 - 10 The Parish Council, part 11 14 School & Pre - school 16 Advertisements & Classifieds 19 - 24 December 2021 At last it seems that things are gradually getting back to some semblance of normality. Our churches have started services in person again, the village pubs and restaurants are open, events are happening once more at the Village Hall, our li- brary is open and many clubs and societies (but not all) are meeting in person. Please do check the Village News and the For Your Diary pages to see what ’ s on. Amongst others, I note that the History Society, the Gardeners Association, the Mon- day Club, the Wine and Beermakers Society, the WI, the Vil- lage Club and others are all advertising meetings. Check out the relevant pages for more. By the time this edition is delivered, it won ’ t be that long to Christmas, which seems to come round with ever - increasing frequency. Check the church pages for the times of Christmas services—in particular, you can find a summary of the Christ- mas services in all the village churches on page 7. Terry Hayward reaches the penultimate instalment in his his- tory of the Parish Council. This month he talks about some issues that the PC has been addressing for the last few years. You ’ ll find it on page 14. My apologies to anyone who attempted to access the Round- about website in October and found that the site was down. We have had some problems with our server, but all is now resolved and the site is working reliably again. For editorial reasons, we are taking a break from our regular features presenting Buckden businesses, but we intend to be back with those soon. Merry Christmas to all our readers! 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 information that arrives during the month: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Alec MacAndrew Editor ’ s Page