September 2024

3 Buckden Roundabout September 2024 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 Lesley MacAndrew 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 shows a Buckden Cricket Club match on the Playing Field with the Buckden wicketkeeper and an oppo- sition batsman. The photo was taken by Alec MacAndrew. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We especially need photos and paintings of autumn scenes, and of events in the village. We should be grateful for photos (or even paintings!) of the coro- nation celebrations in the village. 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 Buckden Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the content of the advertisements, the services provided by the advertisers 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 TUESDAY 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: Tuesday 10 September Proof Reading Friday 13 September Copy to Printers Tuesday 17 September Distribution Thursday 26 September Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10 Farm Hall 11 Kids ’ page 12 Buckfest photos 14 - 16 Village News 13, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23 School 18 Our local waterways 21 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 24 - 28 September 2024 We have a bumper edition of the Roundabout for you this month. First up, we are introducing a new regular feature, a kids ’ page with games, puzzles and jokes for all ages on page 12. We hope to publish a kids ’ page every two to three months. The Buckden History Society Chairman, Richard Storey, contin- ues his series of interesting local historical articles. This month he writes about Farm Hall, the mid 18th century mansion in Godmanchester, used by the Secret Intelligence Service dur- ing the Second World War. After the war, several of Germa- ny ’ s top physicists, including world famous Nobel prize win- ners who had links to the German atomic programme were held there for a while. Although I am a physicist, I had no idea that Werner Heisenberg, one of the fathers of Quantum Me- chanics, and other top German physicists, were detained lo- cally after the war. Check it out on page 11. On page 21 we have an article about our local waterways, the River Ouse, the River Nene and the River Orwell and their con- nection to the wider canal and waterway network. Richard Noble also writes about the Waterways Chaplaincy which serves the community of boaters who live and holiday on the network. Finally, check out pages 14 to 16 for colour photos of Buck- fest, which was excellent again, and, thankfully, dry this year. There are also links for you to donate directly to the deserving charities which were supported by this year ’ s Buckfest. 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