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ROUNDAB UT FEBRUARY 2014 Frozen gravel pit near Diddington Brook - December 2009 Not something we have seen so far this year - but winter is only just beginning! ...serving Buckden, Diddington and Stirtloe REGULAR EVENTS Monday to Buckden Pre-school Playgroup for 2 to 4 year olds in TERM TIME from 9.00 am to Friday 3.00 pm (including lunch club) on Mondays to Thursdays and 9.00 am to 12 noon on Fridays. Contact: Sarah Brown, Supervisor during pre-school hours on: 07941 671 999 Monday Buckden Whist Club at The Towers—7.15pm. New members welcome. 1st Southoe & Buckden Scout Group Beavers (for younger boys and girls) from 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm. The Aragon Singers meet in the Methodist Hall at 7.30 pm. Membership enquiries to Pam Dodman on 812880. Bellringers from 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm in the tower of St Mary’s Church. New members welcome, contact Philip Miles 810027 for information. Tuesday Storytime sessions are free and held weekly during term time at Buckden Library from 2.15 to 2.45 pm for all pre-school children with their carers. Grafham and Ellington Art Group - 1.30 to 4.00pm, weekly at Grafham Village Hall, Van Diemans Way, Grafham, PE28 0BG. Contact for further details: Jackie Woods, on 01480 890279. 1st Buckden Rainbows meet in the Buckden Scout Hut from 4.30 pm - 5.30 pm. Contact Sandra on 810404 for details Buckden Parish Council meets at 7.30 pm in Buckden Village Hall on the second Tuesday of the month except August. The Women’s Institute (WI) meets at 7.30 pm in Buckden School on the first Tuesday each month except August. Contact Pat King at [email protected] or on 01480 811020 for further details. Wednesday Buckden Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday morning from 9.30 to 11.00 am during school term in the Methodist Church Hall. Contact Catherine on 07746 599776 Coffee & chat with the vicar in St. Mary’s 10.00 am to 11.00 am. Living Stones Cafe: First Wednesday of every month, 2.30 pm - 4.00pm in St. Mary’s Living Stones Room. 1st Buckden Brownies meet at Buckden Methodist Hall 6.00 - 7.30pm. Contact Judi Baker on 214674 for further information. 2nd Buckden Guides meet in Buckden Scout Hut 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm. Contact Kathryn Beamish on 811158 or email: [email protected] Buckden Chess Club commencing 7.30 pm. Contact Tom Hazel on 810541 for ven- ue details. Buckden Local History Society meets at 7.30 pm at The Towers on the first Wednesday of the month except July and August. St Neots Model Railway Club in Buckden Village Hall at 7.00 pm. Contact John Kneeshaw on 01480 454927 for details. Thursday Buckden Handbell Team. Learners from 6.15 to 7.15 pm at the Methodist Hall. Please contact Pam Falla on 811335 for details. Friday 1st Southoe & Buckden Scout Group Cubs 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm. Scouts 7.30 pm to 9.00pm. Phone Aidan on 810347 or Kevin on 810871 for details. Saturday Men’s Breakfast at The Lion at 8.30 am on the first Saturday of each month. Contact Richard Noble on 811442 or just turn up at the Lion. Coffee and Cakes - St Mary’s at 10.30 am to 12 noon most Saturdays. Torch Talk and Tea Group - for those with sight loss. Buckden Village Hall - 2nd Saturday of the month, 2.30 to 4.00 pm. Contact: Val Reed on 01480 380485 FEBRUARY 2014 Welcome all to the February edition of the new Contents look Buckden Roundabout! Regular Events Inside Front Cover Buckden Parish Council News 4 We have received several comments on the new look and the vast majority of these have From Your County Councillor 5 been extremely positive - and this obviously is Neighbourhood Watch 5 very pleasant to hear. Local Events & Services 6 Roundabout Website information 6 Please remember that this is your magazine and that we are merely the current custodians. St Hugh’s and the Methodist Church 7 Therefore we will always welcome comments, St Mary’s Church 8 criticisms and ideas for what you would like to Buckden & District Churches Together 9 see in future editions. For Your Diary 10 - 12 Now that we have started to evolve the look of Village News 13 the outside of the magazine, we will soon start School & Pre-School News 14 turning our thoughts to updating the contents. Sports Page 15 The community focus of the magazine will al- Advertisements & Classifieds 16 - 24 ways be at the forefront of our minds, and so those community centric elements will always stay—but with the addition of new features and Buckden Roundabout Team content that are still of interest. Lead Editor- Articles & Events Ian Carter I am also delighted to announce that the Buck- Email: [email protected] den Roundabout website is now live. It can be 29 Church St, Buckden, PE19 5TP found at www.buckdenroundabout.info, and 01480 812435 more details about the site and its features can Advertisements and Payments be found on page 6 of this edition. Keith Lawrence & Fiona Shirley Email: [email protected] Editorial Team Distribution Mo Collins - c/o Village Hall Editorial Team Front Cover Wendy Thelwall, Lesley MacAndrew This month’s cover photo was provided by Alec Claire Senior, Ally Barrett, Alec MacAndrew MacAndrew and, as ever, we are very grateful. We are still looking for photos to use on the www.buckdenroundabout.info front cover so please send them in. All advertisements and non-advertising material are printed in good faith. However neither the Buckden Roundabout nor the Buckden Parish March Production Dates Council can accept any responsibility for the Production dates for the March Edition of content of the advertisements, the services pro- the Roundabout are as follows: vided by the advertisers or any statements Copy deadline: 4.30pm on Monday 10 February made in the advertisements or non-advertising material. Proof Reading Friday 14 February No part of this publication may be reproduced Copy to Printers Tuesday 18 February or stored without the express permission of the Distribution Thursday 27 February Editor of the Buckden Roundabout. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL MATERIAL (NOT ADVERTISING - SEE PAGE 22) FOR THE MARCH 2014 EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY 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. 3 The Roundabout The Parish Council is supporting the new Roundabout editorial team in developing and improving the Roundabout. You will have noticed the colour cover in the January edition, and the editorial team are planning other changes over the coming months to both the format and the content of the magazine to make it more interesting and in- formative. There will be information from the team as and when they make these changes. This month, the Parish Council is very pleased to note the launch of the new Roundabout website, where you can read the Roundabout on-line (the paper version will continue to be delivered to all households in the village), check an up-to-date diary of events in Buckden, and contribute to discussions about life in the village and locality through a discussion forum. The Roundabout has played a crucial role in the community life of the village over many years, and we believe that the new Roundabout website will play a major role in the years to come. Read the editorial and other information in this month’s edition about the website and check it out by going on-line here: www.buckdenroundabout.info Superfast Broadband comes to Buckden Connecting Cambridgeshire www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk is rolling out superfast broadband to over 90,000 premises across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The new fibre broadband cabinets in Buckden are now live and accepting orders for superfast broadband. The Connecting Cambridgeshire website ‘my area’ pages for each area has links to the map showing the locations of the cabinets and advice on ‘How to get Superfast Broadband’. Our local library can link you up with someone to show you how, or call Cambridge Direct Contact Centre on: 0345 045 5200 to find your nearest community access point. Mill Road/Greenway junction Some residents have expressed concerns that a number of drivers turning left onto Mill Road from Greenway are not looking left and are thereby risking a collision with traffic entering the village, which is on the right-hand side of the road, having negotiated the chicane at the entry to Buckden. At our Parish Council meeting on 14th January 2014, the Council passed a motion to approach Cambridgeshire County Council with a request to improve the sign- age at the end of Greenway. The Parish Council would urge all drivers to exercise caution at this junction and to always look both ways before turning on to Mill Road. There will be an extraordinary meeting of the Parish Council on 4th February in the Lincoln Room at the Village Hall starting 7.30pm. The normal monthly meeting of the Parish Council Meeting, including a 15 minute Public Forum on Tuesday 11th February starting at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Members of the public are welcome to attend and raise any Buckden related issues.. If required, the Parish Council’s Planning Committee will meet on Tuesday 11th and Tuesday 25th February starting 7pm. Agendas for the meetings are posted on the Parish Council notice boards not later than the Saturday preceding the meeting.