January 2021

6 Buckden Roundabout January 2021 Buckden Neighbourhood Watch Thank you to everyone who has contacted the Police or me during the year to report crimes or to report suspicious be- haviour in order to prevent crime. Here are some steps to consider when reporting a crime or an incident: • Is it happening now or has it happened in the last few minutes? • Does your information need urgent Police action? • Will it wait? If in doubt dial 999. The Police will assess the urgency of the situation. If a vehicle is part of the incident, try to make a note of as many of the following details as you can: • The vehicle registration number • Make of vehicle • Model of vehicle • Body style: 2 door, 4 door, saloon, or van. • Condition of the vehicle and other features such as towbar, stickers, wheel trims. If a person is part of the incident you can note approximate age, height, hair colour length and style and their clothing and other distinguishing features. Security with visitors at the door Lock Stop Chain Check Lock : You are advised to lock your home by keeping all doors locked whether you are at home or away. Stop: Are you expecting anybody? Chain: Put the chain on before opening the door Check Always ask for identification. If your visitors don ’ t have identification, don ’ t let them in. They should be able to prove that they are genuine representatives of the company they work for. Genuine traders and company representatives will not mind you checking their identity. RICHARD WEST Village Coordinator 01480 811467 / 07841 866630 To contact the police: 999 in an emergency; 0800 555 111 Crime Stoppers; 0300 123 2040 Action Fraud. EMAIL burglarycrackdown@cambs.pnn.police.uk or visit www.crimestoppers.uk.org or you can telephone 101 Village News Buckden Branch—Royal British Legion I started my notes for the November edition of the Rounda- bout with: Remembrance Sunday this year falls on the 8 th No- vember; and that is about the only thing that will be “ normal ”. How right I was. Jes Salt should get the prize for being both creative and adaptable, with David Pickavance coming a close second. Jes had us all set up for a shortened open air service on the church side of the War Memorial open to anyone who wanted to come and David prepared a risk assessment which was a work of art in its own right. The service would have in- cluded Chris Bylett ’ s choir singing Only Remember from War Horse and the National Anthem, Michelle doing her usual mag- ic on the trumpet, Richard Noble reading the lesson and a standard bearer for the British Legion standard kindly provided by the scouts. Then the rules changed, limiting and discouraging attendance at the proposed outdoor service. Jes responded by recording the whole service as originally intended in church before Re- membrance Sunday and circulating the recording on the day, I gather his wife, Jane, did all the splicing and the end result was well received; I certainly enjoyed watching it on Remembrance Sunday afternoon. We still held a very truncated service at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday, after David had up- dated his risk assessment (I think he ended up doing it three times!) and I am very grateful to everyone who showed up and made it a memorable event. Michelle blew the Last Post and Reveille for the second time that week, for which many thanks. In the event, we dispensed with the standard bearer, but I am still grateful to the scouts for rallying round with the offer to assist. We had intended to have a short ceremony at the War Memo- rial on Armistice Day. This would have been against the rules, so Jes and I agreed to show up and observe the two minutes silence together. I am glad we did, since a number of others also attended and, in the end, there was a very short ceremony surrounding the silence. One of the reasons why these notes normally come out in Jan- uary rather than December is to allow time for the Poppy Ap- peal collection to be fully counted. As you know, there was no house to house collection this year for the Poppy appeal; we do hope to be able to reinstate this next year. However, boxes in shops in the village, plus a contribution of £673 from Little- hay, produced an overall £2,403; a very creditable result in this year ’ s difficult circumstances and I am very grateful to Tim and Celia for all the work put in to achieve this. Many thanks also to all shops and other establishments who allowed us to dis- play boxes. Let ’ s hope things are back to normal for next year. Peter Mount. Chairman.