September 2020

3 Buckden Roundabout September 2020 Buckden Roundabout Team Lead Editor - Articles & Events Ian Carter, Email: editor@buckdenroundabout.info 33 Beaufort Drive, Buckden, PE19 5YU 07515 737636 Editor and 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 photo is of a female Common Blue butter- fly and was taken by Peter Sharpe in a garden in Buckden. We are looking for more paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph them if you only have original artwork. We are also keen to get images (photos or paintings) of the village and surrounding areas in prepara- tion for future issues. Please note that images 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 OCTOBER EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER . 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. September Production Dates Production dates for the October Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Thursday 10 September Proof Reading Friday 18 September Copy to Printers Tuesday 22 September Distribution Thursday 1 October Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 District & County Councillors 5 Buckden Towers 6 Village News 7, 19 - 20 Church News 8 - 10, 18 For Your Diary 11, 21 Buckden school history 12 Buckden Wildlife 13 Back in Print 14, 15 African Orphanage 16, 17 Advertisements & Classifieds 22 - 28 September 2020 The Buckden Roundabout is back in print, and I hope you are as pleased as we are. For the editorial team this has been a peculiar five months. We were determined to keep producing the magazine, even though we were unable to print and dis- tribute it throughout the lockdown, and all the editions for the last five months were published and are available on - line on our website at www.buckdenroundabout.info . Do check them out; most of the instalments of Wendy Trattner ’ s history of Buckden school (which concludes this month on page 12), and the first instalment of Keith Lawrence ’ s story of helping to design and build an orphanage in Kenya (which continues this month on page 16) were published in these on - line only edi- tions. Our centre spread this month showcases the covers of the on - line only editions especially for those of you who did not see them there. Don ’ t forget that all our editions back to 2013 are also available on - line via our website. The editorial team have many people to thank. We are grate- ful to our volunteer distributors who have returned to the task with enthusiasm. Thank you also to our advertisers, with- out whom there would be no Roundabout, and who have con- tinued to support us. If you can, please use their services and products, and mention that you have seen their adverts in the magazine. Although getting back into print is a great step forward in the long road back to normality, we are aware that epidemic is not over at that uncertain times still lie ahead. I can assure you that we will continue to do our best to deliver the Round- about every month to every household in Buckden, Didding- ton and Stirtloe. Please remember to visit the Roundabout website. There are often articles there that we could not fit into the print edition, as well as information that arrives during the month: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Alec MacAndrew Editor ’ s Page