February 2024

18 Buckden Roundabout February 2024 Village News February 2024 Engage in the Afternoons – A Voyage along the Antarctica Peninsula On Wednesday 13 March at 2pm Barry Jobling will join us to talk about his trip around the Antarctic Peninsula. Always an enthralling speaker, Barry will illustrate his talk with photo- graphs of the scenery, icebergs, glaciers, whales, penguins and other wildlife. Booking is now open so call in at the library, email StNeots.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or phone 0345 045 5225 to book your place for what we expect to be a popular event. As always, there is no charge for this event, but donations are welcome. Tea and coffee will be served after- wards. Book Trust Storytime – Thursday afternoons 2pm February 1, 8, 15, (a break for half term) and 29, and March 7 Each year the Book Trust runs a national story time, picking five books for pre - schoolers to enjoy in their libraries. There's a vote on which is the best book with results being pooled na- tionally and an award for the author. During February, Buckden library is running a series of story times on a Thursday afternoon, based on one book each week. Our experienced story reader will lead the session, sharing the book along with an accompanying activity, game or craft. And there ’ s a free sticker book so you can collect as you go along! Booking is essential as places are limited and we would en- courage children to aim to attend most, preferably all, the ses- sions. Book by calling in at the library or by email at StNeots.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk . Children must be accompanied by an adult for all sessions. Half term Festival of Stories story craft – ‘ Little Miss Waste Less ’ Julie from our local Child and Family Centre will be with us on Wednesday 21 February from 10 – 11am to share the book ‘ Little Miss Waste Less ’ with accompanying songs and a craft. Aimed at children 0 - 5, please book in advance by calling the Child and Family Centre direct on 01480 358340 or 01480 372700 option 1 , or calling in at the library. There is a charge of £2 to help cover costs. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Terrific Tuesdays Our morning Duplo and games for the under 5s continues between 10am and 1pm every Tuesday in our children ’ s li- brary with the usual selection of jigsaws, Orchard games, building blocks and soft toys. Then join us for Rhymetime in the afternoon at 2.15pm which will run every Tuesday afternoon until Easter (excluding half term – 20 February ). Rhymetime is perfect for pre - school aged children, including babies. Rhyming language and songs really help with speech and early reading development. No need to book for either of these sessions - just drop in to meet up with other families. Children need to be accompanied by an adult. Super Saturdays We will be combining our two popular Saturday morning ses- sions this month and every week we will have both Lego Club (all ages) and Family Board Games (over 3s) available. Just turn up if you ’ d like to take part - children under 8 do need to be accompanied by an adult please. There is no charge for these sessions but it helps us to keep them going if you could drop a small donation in the box. Knit Lit Our Knit Lit book club meets every other Friday from 7pm until 9pm . The next meetings are on 9 and 23 February . New knitters welcome – just turn up! Time to apply for or renew your bus pass? We can help. To renew, just call in with your existing bus pass. If you are applying for your first pass, and are of pensionable age, you will need to bring proof of age, proof of address and your national insurance number. There is no charge for this service. Opening hours: Tuesday: 10am – 1pm, and 2pm – 5pm Thursday: 2 – 5pm Friday: 4 – 7pm Saturday: 10am – 1pm Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden Tel: 0345 045 5225 www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library BUCKDEN BRANCH - ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Poppy Appeal 2023 Further to Tim and Ce ’ s report in the December Roundabout, I thought readers might be interested to know where the really magnificent total came from. At the moment it still stands at £6891.90, but we have yet to be notified of donations from those who used the QR code on the collecting boxes. Although there has been the odd dissenting voice, Tim and Ce have always been strongly in favour of maintaining the house to house collection in Buckden and the figures fully back them up. Once again, grateful thanks to everyone who collected, held boxes and contributed. Peter Mount, Chairman Perry including Littlehey (all static boxes, no door - to - door) £1566.27 Buckden, static collecting boxes £1021.57 Buckden, door - to - door (inc £281 by card) £2428.56 Church collection £506.50 Donations and St Neots station collection (includes church collection) £1369 Breakdown of total collected: