January 2016

FROM YOUR COUNTY COUNCILLOR

This May 2016 there will be elections for the Police and Crime Commissioner. The current PCC, Sir Graham

Bright was elected in 2012 is not standing for re-election. The Police and Crime Commissioner role is to support

the chief constable and when necessary holding the chief constable to account. The PCC is also responsible for

delivering an effective and efficient police service in Cambridgeshire and liaising with local agencies such as the

local authorities, health, the Probation Trust, the fire and rescue service and the criminal justice system to ensure

there is a joined up approach. The Police and Crime Commissioner is a very important role, and elections will be

in May 2016 for us to choose Cambridgeshire’s new Commissioner.

Please be advised that residents can come along to the Buckden village hall on the second Tuesday of the month

at 6.30pm for an hour to speak to me. I will be in the Aragon room and no appointment is necessary. My next sur-

gery will be held on

Tuesday 12

January 2016

and I look forward to serving you all in 2016.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

Julie Wisson, County Councillor Buckden and the Offords

07725 791459 01767 677837 Julie.Wisson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

FROM YOUR DISTRICT COUNCILLOR

SECURITY

I am aware that our excellent Neighbourhood Watch keeps us up to date with matters concerning security and

personal safety but I believe that I must add my warnings to theirs. There has been a considerable increase in

cold phone calls trying to obtain your bank and other personal details. Sometimes the caller poses as a an expert

from Microsoft or from your bank. Never, never provide your personal bank and other details unless you are abso-

lutely sure that you know who you are speaking to. Do not ring them back on a number provided by them because

they will have kept your line open. Unfortunately many of these calls are aimed at the older generation, of which I

am one, and sometimes we can be a little too trusting. I recommend that you do as I do – as soon as I recognise a

call as a 'cold call' I replace the handset firmly back in its holder. I may have cut off the odd genuine call but if so

they will always ring back.

THE ROLE OF A DISTRICT COUNCILLOR

I am very proud to represent Buckden, Diddington and Southoe on the District Council and will always try to repre-

sent the views of the residents whenever possible. The total electorate is in the region of 2,500 and it is inevitable

that there will be occasions when there will not be a majority view or when views expressed are not, in my judge-

ment, necessarily the best for the village. Edmund Burke in November 1774 wrote "Your representative owes you,

not his industry only, but his judgement and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion". I

try to keep my finger on the villages' pulses as a member of Buckden Parish Council, by attending Southoe Parish

Council meetings and through my membership of numerous other village activities. That said I always welcome

residents’ views and comments either by telephone or email and am happy to meet residents, if they want to.

LOSS OF A VILLAGE 'CHARACTER'

All funerals are sad but sometimes a village loses a 'character' who has been part of the village fabric for what

seems a lifetime. The funeral and celebration of the life of Freddy Brown was particularly poignant and uplift-

ing. After serving in the Royal Navy in WW2 and then running a market garden with his father he was the village

'postie' for 25 years. The church was overfilled not only by old friends but younger neighbours who he had be-

friended in recent years. We have many residents whose families have lived in the villages for many generations.

We should cherish them and ensure that we learn from them what has made the village what it is.

My seasonal greetings were, perhaps a little early in the last Roundabout. May I reiterate them and wish you and

yours a very happy Christmas and prosperous and healthy New Year.

Terry Hayward (Cllr) Buckden Ward, Huntingdonshire District Council

01480 810974 or terry.hayward@huntingdonshire.gov.uk.

Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Appeal

I would like to say a very big

THANK YOU

to everyone

who contributed to the shoebox appeal as

196 shoe-

boxes

were collected.

This means that some children in poor countries will

have a happier Christmas as they will receive a shoe

box. That in effect is a smile on a child’s face. So thank

you all again for making this possible. It is a wonderful

achievement by everyone.

Carol Swepstone.

Buckden Surgery Patients’ Association

200 Club Prize Winners

December 2015 Draw

£100 No. 200 Mrs Shirley Wimbleton

£25

No. 98

Mrs Rosie Gee

£25

No. 135 Mrs Janette Brown

£25

No. 156 Mrs Mary Mansfield

£25

No. 159 Master Archie Attwell

Christmas Bonus Prize

£200 No. 57

Mrs Ann Smith