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Wardens’ Tales and Quiz
For our December meeting, The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust will present a miscellany of two
short Wardens’ Tales plus a light-hearted wildlife quiz. This will be held on Wednesday 9
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December starting at
7.30pm at Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston Road, Brampton, PE28 4TB.
Two of the Wildlife Trusts’ Voluntary Wardens will tell us about the work on their reserves over the year, including
the fauna, flora, history and conservation of these wildlife habitats. Kevin Doidge is Warden of Upwood Meadows
National Nature Reserve, which is well known for its fascinating flora. Martin Baker is Warden of Lady’s Wood,
which is a little gem of ancient woodland particularly renowned for its bluebells in spring.
Following the success of last year’s fun wildlife quiz we will be holding another one this year, together with the
usual raffle, wine and mince pies.
Anyone interested in wildlife is most welcome to attend. Entrance charge £2.50; accompanied children free. No
need to book. Please contact Tim on 07941 261346 for further information.
Buckden Local History Society
A Flying Bedstead, the Wingflap plane, catapults on aircraft carriers were all introduced to
us by Barry Tomlinson from the Bedford Aeronautical Heritage Group. He led us through
the evolution of Bedford RAE from USAAF air base to the research establishment that
contributed developments in supersonic flight, tested experimental aircraft, developed au-
tomatic landing systems to be used in both military and civil airliners. We enjoyed the cockpit video footage taken
at the time of the work showing landing in dense fog and demonstrating the impact of runway landing markings
and lighting.
We barely touched on the subject of testing in the wind tunnels so we have invited Barry to come back to talk to
us in September 2016 about these facilities once used to develop Concorde and now used by the Red Bull F1
team.
1st Southoe & Buckden Scouts Group
Scout Christmas Post – What is it?
It is a tradition for the 1
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Southoe and Buckden Scouts to collect and deliver Christmas cards within the village in
return for a donation for the service. Christmas Cards together with donations can be posted at clearly marked
boxes in:
One Stop, High Street
Days the Butchers, High Street
Costcutter, Hunts End
On the last Friday of the school term the cards are sorted and delivered by the Scouts on the following Saturday.
We are sorry but we cannot deliver to addresses outside the village. Please write the full name and address on
the envelope to help with delivery
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Southoe and Buckden Scouts are an energetic group catering for boys and girls from Beavers (6 years)
through Cubs, Scouts and Explorers (18 years). The young adults then have the opportunity to become Young
Leaders and help out at the various sections.
The Scouting group follows a varied programme all aimed at developing life skills and are an active part of the
local community.
Money raised from the Scout Christmas Post and other fundraising activities goes towards providing equipment
and facilities for the Scout Group.