March 2022

3 Buckden Roundabout March 2022 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 This month ’ s cover of a group of snowdrops was provided by Alec MacAndrew. As ever, we are very grateful. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph paintings if you only have original artwork. Please note that photos 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 APRIL EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON THURSDAY 10th MARCH . 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. March Production Dates Production dates for the April Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Thursday 10 March Proof Reading Friday 11 March Copy to Printers Tuesday 15 March Distribution Thursday 24 March Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your County Councillor 5 From your District Councillor 6 Church News 8 - 10 For your Diary 11 - 12 Linda Upham, local author 13 Village News 7, 14, 19 - 21 A Tale of Three Dukes 15 - 16 Buckden Gardeners Spring Show 17 - 18 School & Pre - school 22 Advertisements & Classifieds 23 - 28 March 2022 It ’ s snowdrop time. These lovely little flowers should still be blooming when you get this issue of the Roundabout. They grace many private gardens and public spaces in Buckden (there are some planted around the revamped Valley) and further afield (the display at the National Trust property of Anglesey Abbey is world famous). They are a sign of the turn- ing of the year, and although we can still get cold and dismal weather through March and April, the days are getting longer and life is stirring. With pandemic restrictions easing, and Spring around the cor- ner, we are beginning to attend events and live our lives much more as we did before the pandemic struck. For example, Buckden Gardeners Association has been unable to hold its twice - yearly show for two years. Now the Spring Show is back, and will be held in the Village Hall on April 2nd. You can find the show schedule on pages 17 and 18 of this issue. You don ’ t have to be a member of the BGA to enter. The daffodils should be at their best around the weekend of the show. Why not have a look at the schedule to see what classes you can enter, and have a go. Come on, let ’ s get to- gether for a real celebration of the return of village life. Did you know that we have an author of children ’ s books in Buckden? We interview her on page 13, where she tells us about how she came to start writing books, and her experi- ence as a published author. Buckden Towers is famous as the temporary prison of Cathe- rine of Aragon. But did you know that the Towers has a close connection with other noble Tudor visitors? The story of the young Dukes of Suffolk who sought refuge from an epidemic in Buckden Towers, and of their father, close friend of Henry VIII, is told on page 15. 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. The online edition of the magazine is in full colour: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Alec MacAndrew Editor ’ s Page