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Buckden Roundabout
September 2017
Village News
FRIENDS IN DEED
The Friends in Deed Summer Tea Party was held on the 2
nd
August at the Bowlings and we would like to
express our gratitude once again to Pam and Miles Falla who very kindly hosted the event. The weather
was not so kind and a last minute decision to hold the event indoors proved to be a wise one! Thirty-nine
people came along for tea and a variety of homemade cakes. Very many thanks to Brenda Steadman as the
main organiser and to all those members who provided cakes, gave lifts and helped out on the day, making it such an enjoyable
occasion.
The next Drop-in Café will be held on 13 September (and subsequently on the second Wednesday of each month) in the Living
Stones Room in St Mary’s Church, 2.30pm to 4pm. If you like homemade cakes, tea or coffee, and a friendly atmosphere, why
not come along and join us. All are welcome and transport is available within the village on request (see below).
For help or information contact:
Coordinator: Jane Scott 07810 006598
Requests for transport: Andy Scott 07914 669967.
Leave a message and include your contact details
http://www.buckdenroundabout.info/friends-in-deed
BUCKDEN WI
Our next W.I. Meeting Tuesday 5
th
Sep-
tember 7:30pm at Buckden School hall
will be a talk titled “Why Exercise
Matters”.
This will be an interesting evening as we all want to live longer
and exercise plays a part in this. Everyone is welcome.
The competition is your favourite trainers.
For more information please contact:
Ruth Nicholas – 07957 334142
Judith Armitage – 01480 811717
Patricia Ford – 01480 819144
Buckden Wine & Beermakers Society
Several members exhibited wines and liquors at the Buckden Spring Gardeners show and achieved winning places.
At the beginning of April the committee enjoyed a meal together and at the 39
th
AGM all the previous committee were re-
elected.
May meeting was an Australian themed evening. Members sampled Australian beers, wines and delicacies of crocodile, kanga-
roo, ostrich, lamingtons, damper bread and vegemite.
At the Buckden, Bretton, Peterborough and Sawtry Wine and Beer Makers County Show Buckden accomplished 2
nd
place over-
all and all who entered products were placed.
At the June meeting a record numbers of members attended an interesting and informative presentation, about The Pathfind-
ers, by R.A.F Wyton Heritage Centre. The evening concluded with nibbles and elderflower champagne.
A big thank you to all those who organised and supported the ‘Human fruit Machine’ stall at the Buckden Village Festival.
We meet at the Scout Hut on the 4
th
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.
For further information contact Ann Elliott 01480 810346
Future meetings.
Thursday 28
th
September. A visit to
The Happy Brewer at Roxton.
BUCKDEN ROUNDABOUT WINS
AWARD
For the second year running the Buck-
den Roundabout has won the Bronze
award in the Cambridge Building Socie-
ty Community Magazine awards. The
Roundabout won bronze in the category
for “high-frequency” magazines (those with 10 to 12 issues
per year), the same category in which we won bronze last
year. Your Roundabout editorial team is determined to
improve the Roundabout and we have our eyes on a silver,
or even a gold award for 2018. We couldn’t do this without
the contributions from all our regular contributors, from
those who write occasional articles for us, and from those
who submit wonderful photographs for the front cover.
This award is for you too.