April 2021

3 Buckden Roundabout April 2021 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 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 The photo on our front cover this month shows a sparrow- hawk over its kill in a Buckden garden, and was taken by Mar- tin Shirley. As ever, we are very grateful. 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 MAY EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON SATURDAY 10TH APRIL . 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. May Production Dates Production dates for the May Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Saturday 10 April Proof Reading Friday 16 April Copy to Printers Tuesday 20 April Distribution Thursday 29 April Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Village News 6, 13, 17 Toseland Hundred 7 Church News 8 - 10 Neighbourhood Plan 11 Wildlife in Buckden 12 Parish Council—The early years 14 For your diary 15 School and pre - school 16 Advertisements & Classifieds 18 - 24 April 2021 As I write, we are just one week into the first step in the Gov- ernment ’ s road map to get us out of lockdown—the reopen- ing of schools. We can ’ t say now whether the future steps will happen as planned—that all depends on how the cases go— but we all hope that things go well. Whatever happens, the Roundabout team hopes that the monthly delivery of the magazine on your doorstep has been a small light in the diffi- cult times. This month, we have some interesting articles for you. Terry Hayward continues his fascinating history of the Parish Coun- cil. Who would have thought that subject could entertain?—it sounds so dry. But Terry has turned it into a social history, focusing on how people lived in Buckden in the past and I for one find it compelling reading. This month he reminds us how late some of the mains utilities, water, sewerage and electrici- ty, came to the village. It ’ s on page 14. Mark Ward ’ s regular Wildlife in Buckden piece is on page 12 — the highlight for me is his sighting of a White - Tailed Eagle at Grafham water hunting and catching fish. Did you ever wonder what the Toseland Hundred means? Go to page 7 where Richard Storey, Secretary of the Buckden Local History Society reveals all. Don ’ t forget to vote in the local elections on 6th May and sup- port the Buckden Local Plan in the referendum. If you can ’ t or don ’ t want to vote in person, now is the time to apply for a postal vote. 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: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Alec MacAndrew Editor ’ s Page