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Buckden Roundabout
March 2019
For Your Diary
Huntingdon Dining Club
Huntingdon Dining Club is a friendly fundraising group which
raises vital funds for the national children’s charity the
NSPCC in Cambridgeshire through a programme of luxury
luncheons, fashion shows and talks. Money raised by the
club’s events and membership fee will help NSPCC projects
such as Speak Out Stay Safe.
2019 Events
25th March at 12.30pm
– Luncheon with Speaker & Demon-
stration on the Art of Floristry
1st July at 12.30pm
– Luncheon with Speaker on Safeguard-
ing by Detective Inspector of Bedfordshire Police
7th October at 11am
– Anne Furbank Autumn Fashion Show
with Luncheon at 1pm
For more information contact Kate at
cfm.armstrong@gmail.com
or telephone 01954 719745
ST. MARY’S FUNDRAISERS.
CHARITY AUCTION.
SAT.2
nd
MARCH – BUCKDEN VILLAGE HALL.
DONATIONS BETWEEN 9.00 – 9.45 ONLY.
Please, no clothes, books, out of date computer
equipment or televisions.
VIEWING – 10.00 – 11.00.
AUCTION BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 11AM.
REFRESHMENTS.
DETAILS FROM PATSY GRAY ON 810041
All proceeds to St Mary’s Church Repair Fund.
The Friends of Buckden Towers
QUIZ NIGHT
Friday 15
th
March
2019
7.30 p.m. at The Towers
(Quiz Master: Ian Carter)
Teams of up to 6.
All Welcome
Refreshments
Raffle and Prizes
Entry £5.00 per person at the Door.
SATURDAY 2
nd
March 2019
2.00-6.00pm.
Fundraiser for MAGPAS at 53 Park Road, Buckden
PAMPER PARTY. Taster sessions of Holistic, Therapeutic Mas-
sages and demonstrations of various other treatments. Jew-
ellery stall. Make Up for sale, Cake Stall, Book Stall and
Raffle. Drinks and refreshments.
Any queries, or if you would like to have a stall that after-
noon, or make an appointment for a taster treatment, please
contact Patricia Ford 07712 606550. Many thanks.
1
st
Southoe and Buckden Scouts
COOKED BREAKFAST!!
2
nd
March 2019
The Scout Hut
Lucks Lane, Buckden
8 am to 12 pm
Buckden Bites
Did you know…?
July 1533 was a dramatic time in Buckden’s history. After the
annulment of their marriage, Henry VIII sent Catherine of
Aragon to reside in Buckden Palace. It was described as “a
wild and sparsely-populated country on the edge of the
great fens”.
Did you know…?
The first of several generous acts of charity in Buckden came
from William Burberry’s Will, dated 18 March 1558. He de-
vised that the rent from his lands should go to the poor of
Buckden “whilst the world should endure”.
From Buckden A Short History and Plan, S.B Edgington, 1980