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FRIENDS IN DEED
The Winter Tea Party will take place in the Living Stones Room at St Mary’s Church on
Wednesday 8th February from 2.30-4.00pm. As ever, lifts can easily be arranged on request
for those invited to come along by calling our Transport Coordinator, number below. If you are
not on our invitation list but would like to join us for this social event then please call Brenda
Steadman on 810382 as soon as possible.
Bad weather is upon us and, particularly in cold and icy weather conditions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if
you, or anyone you know of, needs support with shopping or errands. Also if anyone is housebound during com-
ing months and would like a visit from one of our friendly volunteers then do give us a call on the Coordinator’s
number below.
Our popular ‘Drop-in’ Café is held on the second Wednesday of each month in St Mary’s Church from 2.30-
4.00pm, so do come along and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and homemade cakes in a friendly atmosphere.
Transport can be provided – just give us a call on the Transport Coordinator’s number below.
For help or information contact:
Coordinator: Jane Scott 07810 006598 Requests for transport: Andy Scott 07914 669967.
Leave a message and include your contact details http://www.buckdenroundabout.info/friends-in-deed
BUCKDEN WI
Our Annual General Meeting took place this month whereby the Committee and President for
2017 were elected. This was followed by a tasty fish and chip supper.
Our next meeting in the New Year is on January 3rd when we will be discussing and voting on
Resolutions put forward by W.I. Headquarters. This will be followed by a "cheese and wine" supper and members
are asked to bring their own knife and glass, please. The competition is entitled "my smallest bottle" and the Mar-
ket Stall will be selling those "spare" Christmas items such as food, gifts and those boxes of chocolates that we
really shouldn't eat!!
VILLAGE NEWS
The Lucks Lane proposed housing development has not gone away, neither is it a foregone conclusion.
Village Hall meeting Monday, 23
rd
January 2017.
Many of you would have seen our volunteers conducting a traffic and queue count in late November. Over ninety
people gathered vital information regarding how busy Buckden is at present, and the results showed that another
200+ vehicles being added by the proposed Lucks Lane development would create intolerable congestion on our
streets. The High Street and Offord crossing would be grid-locked on most days and the Stirtloe Lane/A1 junction
would become lethal.
Do not be misled by false rumours and nay-sayers, Gladman are experienced and wily developers and will use
every means to persuade the public, and the Planning Inspector at this summer’s public inquiry, that they are do-
ing Buckden a favour by building 180 (or fewer or more) houses off a small lane between Buckden and Stirtloe.
Gladman will not provide truly ‘affordable’ housing, they will not improve or enlarge our school, they will not im-
prove the surgery. They will cover our streets in mud and our houses in dust for up to six years, they will destroy
the natural countryside belt around our village and its character forever, they will block our narrow streets.
The Protect Buckden’s Future Group has retained expert witnesses to oppose this development at the inquiry and
we hope you will support us by email at protect.buckden@btinternet.com and Facebook at https://
www.facebook.com/ProtectBuckdensFuture/?fref=ts.
Please attend our Public Meeting in the Village Hall at 7.30pm on Monday, 23
rd
January, for the latest news and
discussion.
Thank you, Protect Buckden’s Future.
‘12 Days of Christmas Giving’
To everyone who donated and supported the '12 Days of Christmas Giving' for
Godmanchester Foodbank please accept my heartfelt thanks.
Your support was overwhelming and all your kind donations went towards
making up 150 hampers which were distributed to people and families in the
Huntingdon area.