August 2024

3 Buckden Roundabout August 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 wild poppies in a field near Buck- den and was provided by Andy Peckham. As ever, we are very grateful. 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 SEPTEMBER EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON Saturday 10th AUGUST. 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. August Production Dates Production dates for the September Edition of the Rounda- bout are as follows: Copy deadline: Saturday 10 August Proof Reading Friday 16 August Copy to Printers Tuesday 20 August Distribution Thursday 29 August Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10 Peggy Short—a fascinating life 11 Friends of Buckden Towers 12 Village News 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 Lucy Boston & the Manor House 14 Poppies 17 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 20 - 24 August 2024 It ’ s back! Last year we ran a very successful Christmas cover art competition and this year we are doing it again. I know it ’ s only August, the tar is melting on the roads (perhaps), every- one is at the seaside and Christmas seems a long way off, but the deadline for entries will be upon us before you can say “ felt tip pen ”. So get your art materials and your cameras out and design a beautiful cover for the Christmas edition of the Roundabout. There are cash prizes to be won and the overall winner will see their design on the cover of the Christmas edi- tion. For more details see the advert on page 19 of this issue. Look out for hints and tips on how to be successful in the next (September) issue of the magazine. This month, we continue our excellent series of wildlife arti- cles kindly provided by Gregory Belcher, the Senior Reserves Officer at Grafham Water, with an article on poppies. The common variety creates a splash of brilliant red in many culti- vated fields in the summer. Learn more about this fascinating family of flowers on page 17. The Roundabout relies on volunteers to produce and distrib- ute the magazine. At the moment, we are looking for more people to help with delivering the magazine. Each of our vol- unteer deliverers distributes between 20 and 50 magazines each month to homes in Buckden. It doesn ’ t take more than about a half hour each month, it gets you out and about and it ’ s a great help to the editorial team. For more details contact our distribution co - ordinator, Lesley MacAndrew: distribution@buckdenroundabout.info 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