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10 Buckden Roundabout
March 2018
Huntingdonshire Health Walk Scheme
Huntingdon Group March 2018
Huntingdon group's walks are on Wednesdays at 2pm and
on Fridays at 10am. If you can walk comfortably at your
own exercise-pace for between 45 and 90 minutes, you will
be welcome. Trained leader-guides and good company are
assured on all walks.
The walks programme can be found via the contact details
below -- the one on the 14th is from the village hall car park.
Sturdy footwear and warm/waterproof clothing are a must,
also a small bottle of drinking water to avoid dehydration.
An optional cup of tea/coffee is usually available afterwards.
Please come and share the benefits of this healthy, fun activ-
ity. Voluntary donations to the Council-funded scheme are
welcomed, but there is no charge-per-walk.
Please check www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/healthwalks for
details, or `phone Danielle Sancaster on 01480 387047.
Buckden Wine & Beermakers Society
Next meeting.
Thursday 22 nd March. Holiday Beverages.
We meet at the Scout Hut on the
4th Thursday of the month at 8.00pm.
NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME
to join a lively sociable group where help and advice on
wine and beer making are freely given.
Visitors are welcome to join us.
For further information contact Ann Elliott 01480 810346
For Your Diary
MONDAY CLUB
We are a social group of retired ladies who meet fortnightly
at 2.30pm in the Millard Room at Buckden Village Hall.
We enjoy a cup of tea as we chat and participate in a raffle.
Once a month we aim to organise a speaker or activity.
Our meetings for March 2018 will be:
05 March: Charades and 20 questions
19 March: Easter Quiz and Simnel Cake
Why not come and join us? You’d be most welcome! If you
require a lift or any further information please contact Jane
Scott on 811468 or Betty Millard on 810087.
LIFE DRAWING GROUP*
Venue: Buckden Village Hall
Day: Wednesday
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Contact: Terry Sladden
Tel: 01480 811031
Email: trrslddn8@gmail.com
Cost: £10.00 per 3 hours inc. 30 minute break
*Male & Female models
Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society.
We meet at 7.30 on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month at
Buckden Village Hall. Whether licensed amateur or just in-
terested in radio and electronics you will find a warm wel-
come awaits you.
• Thursday 8 th March - Club AGM
• Thursday 22nd March - “Antennas” by David Sylvester
G3RED
• Thursday 12th April - Club chat night
• Thursday 26th April - ”DMR” by Richard Withers
2E0FRQ
Further details contact the club secretary David Howlett,
secretary@hunts-hams.co.uk or visit our web site
http://hunts-hams.weebly.com
Buckden Local
History Society
The ups and down and ups again of
the Cardington Airship
by
David Fowler
The Short Brothers bought land at Cardington to build air-
ships for the Admiralty. It constructed a 700-foot-long
(210 m) Airship hangar (the No. 1 Shed) in 1915 to enable it
to build two rigid airships, the R-31 and the R-32. Shorts also
built a housing estate, opposite the site, which it named
Shortstown. The airships site was nationalised in April 1919,
becoming known as the Royal Airship Works.
In preparation for the R101 project the No 1 shed was ex-
tended between October 1924 and March 1926; its roof was
raised by 35 feet and its length increased to 812 feet. The
No. 2 shed (Southern shed), which had originally been locat-
ed at RNAS Pulham, Norfolk, was dismantled in 1928 and re-
erected at Cardington.The R101 crashed in October 1930
and work stopped on the building of airships.
David will speak about this industry and the famous airships
including the R31, R100 and the R101
Wednesday 7th March
7.30pm at
The Claret Centre, Buckden Towers
Visitors Welcome
Further details contact buckdenhistory@gmail.com