October 2023

15 Buckden Roundabout October 2023 Village News W.I. At our September Meeting we enjoyed an entertaining talk titled “ It shouldn't hap- pen to a home economist ” by Sian Fox. At 14 Sian decided to do Domestic Science at school, which later became called Home Economics. She achieved both O and A levels. Sian then went to Bath to do a Home Economics degree, which was also where Mary Berry went, but a few years earlier than Sian, alt- hough Sian has met Mary Berry. After graduating from Bath, Sian worked 10 years as a job officer in the trading standards department, where only men were on the staff, often she was asked to make the tea. One of her jobs was to go into a pub and ask for a pint of beer, as a complaint had come in saying the beer was watered down. Sian made us all laugh, as she had to pluck up courage to go into the pub. The Landlord questioned her about being on her own and, also asking for a pint. Her reply was “ I am really real- ly, thirsty, ” so I need a pint. Sian tested the beer by a scientific method and found that water had been added. The Landlord was prosecuted and the men in the office were impressed. Sian then worked for Sainsbury ’ s for 23 years as a Home Econ- omist and during that time, she worked in the store encourag- ing people to taste things in the hope they would be encour- aged to buy the product. One day Sian was cooking Crème Brulé in the store when firemen came running in, unbeknown to Sian, she was cooking under the smoke sensor, and it had gone off and this was linked to the fire station. This was very amusing for everyone, and the firemen sampled the food. Sian was also on the advisory team at Sainsbury ’ s. Sian worked on a team with Jamie Oliver, encouraging children to eat healthy food in schools, one child thought olives were tadpoles. She also worked at agricultural shows demonstrating cooking. Sian met Sophie Wessex at one of these shows. Sian has also worked with the Calendar girls. Sian kept the audience enthralled as she is an excellent speak- er, using anecdotes to enhance her talk making it very inter- esting and amusing. We all enjoyed the evening. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd October at 7:30pm in the Millard Suite and our talk will be Whyte Wytch. A Cam- bridgeshire Cheese. We warmly welcome new members and visitors so if you would like more information please contact: Emma Spencer 07960 018412 Judith Armitage – 01480 811717 Do you like to sing? Come and join the Aragon Singers! The Aragon Singers of Buckden are inviting new singers to join the choir. The repertoire includes a wide range of music, and rehearals are held in Buckden on Monday evenings. For more information, please call Moira on 01480 417322 We look forward to welcoming you. Buckden Junior Football Club Here at BJFC we have 13 teams that range from U7 all the way up to our newly formed ‘ Buckden Badgers ’ vets team. We play in the Hunts Youth League, The Cambridge Colts and the Peterborough league. In addition to this, we also run ses- sions for ages 3 - 6 (our Buckden Dribblers) – and have an Inclu- sive Development team for pan disability children. Sponsors We would like to start by saying a HUGE thank you to all our sponsors this year. Like many clubs and community projects, we have faced rising costs across the board over the last 12 months, meaning we have had to navigate some choppy water at times. Our Sponsors have helped enormously throughout the year and have ensured that we have been able to keep all our players doing the thing they love – playing football, whilst still making vital investments in our club to ensure that we are safeguarding its future for years to come. We are eternally grateful to all of them, your generosity is so appreciated. Dribblers Sessions Our Dribblers sessions run throughout the year – even in the holidays - from 9 - 10am at Buckden playing fields. Sessions cost £2.00 per week, pay as you play - our guide age range is 3/4, to reception age but this is very much down to the individual child so if you think you have a child that is ready to join us – please contact us, you will find us on Facebook – Buckden Drib- blers! Tea Bar returns! We will be running our tea bar on Saturday and Sunday morn- ings from 9am, at the pavilion on the playing field. We serve a range of hot drinks, cold snacks and bacon rolls! All profits go toward the running of the football club, we also will be stock- ing our range of BJFC Merchandise - woolly hats, thermal mugs and snoods. We are always looking for more volunteers to help run the tea bar, if you have any spare Saturdays – even just for an hour, please do contact us we would be very grate- ful! standing of local people ’ s experience and knowledge of the Towers. He has created a brief survey that can be accessed using this link. https://forms.office.com/e/ hPhhzSQA7r or QR Code which he would appreciate you taking the opportunity to complete the survey which would only take a couple of minutes. (Continued from page 6)