January 2021

3 Buckden Roundabout January 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 The cover this month shows part of a painting by Ruth Nicho- las of a snowy winter woodland. As ever, we are very grate- ful. We are looking for more paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph them if you only have original artwork. We are also keen to get images (photos or paintings) of the village and surrounding areas in prepara- tion for future issues. Please note that images 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 FEBRUARY EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON SUNDAY 10TH JANUARY . 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. January Production Dates Production dates for the February Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Sunday 10 January Proof Reading Friday 15 January Copy to Printers Tuesday 19 January Distribution Thursday 28 January Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your Councillors 5 Village News 6, 7, 14 Church News inc. Christmas services 8 - 11 Buckden PTA 12 For your diary 13 School and pre - school 15 RAF Gransden Lodge 16 Village News 17 Advertisements & Classifieds 18 - 24 January 2021 The first doses of coronavirus vaccine are being administered as I write this, and at last we can see a light at the end of the tunnel. 2020 has been a year like no other, and we were forced to suspend distribution of print copies of the Rounda- bout for the first time in decades. Thanks to our fantastic team of distributors, we have managed to keep in print after that initial hiatus, and we will do everything possible to con- tinue distributing paper copies in the coming months and years. We are proud that even though we didn ’ t manage to deliver paper copies every month, we did produce an edition every month, even though some were on - line only. I want say a special thank you to our advertisers, whose reve- nue we depend on, and who have almost all stuck with us through 2020. So here is wishing that things get back to normal as 2021 pro- gresses, that our clubs and societies start to meet again, and that many of the big village events like Buckden Festival, Buck- fest and the Christmas Lights switch - on event return soon. This month ’ s edition has a follow up postscript to the RAF Gransden Lodge articles that we published a couple of months back (page 16), an article about Buckden School PTA (page 12) and greetings from Luck ’ s Lane Estate (page 14). It only remains for me to say good riddance to 2020, and wish all our readers a healthy, prosperous and happy 2021. 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