January 2022

12 Buckden Roundabout January 2022 Village News Buckden WI Our December meeting took the form of an informal social even- ing, giving us a chance to chat to friends, many of whom we hadn ’ t seen for a while due to the Covid restrictions. Last month we had enjoyed an evening painting ceramics with Beccy Boxer and have since been waiting with baited breath to see how our masterpieces would turn out. They had now all been fired and returned to us in time for Christmas. They far exceeded expectations – the colours were so much brighter and several members didn ’ t recognise their works of art! Fortunately, we had been encouraged to take photos of our efforts before they were fired and this proved to be sound ad- vice! Once we had identified and collected our treasures we were then entertained by three lovely ladies, “ The Compa- ny of Cats, ” who sang some traditional Christmas songs but all with a slight twist to the lyrics! There was also a short, amusing take on the Nativity involving a maid, a cook, an innkeeper and “ another ”! Great fun. Following this we enjoyed a delicious buffet supper thanks to M&S before wishing one another a fond farewell. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 4th at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. Our speaker for the evening will be Hilary Blagborough and her talk is entitled “ Working beneath THE BEAR ”. Our competition is: How many words can be found in the word “ CONSTELLATION ” Visitors are most welcome and for further information please contact: Ruth Nicholas – 07957 334142 Judith Armitage – 01480 811717 Buckden Junior Football Club After a break for Christmas and New Year, our football season continues. January and February are usually very turbulent months for us, with traditionally wet weather – but we are hoping to be able to enjoy an uninterrupted start to the year this year. New Coach for the Big Dribblers! We are delighted to be able to announce that we have a new coach for our Big Dribblers. Leighton Jones will be joining the team for the sessions from January, and will continue with the team at U7 level from next season. We would like to say a huge thank you to Leighton for volunteering, and to welcome him to the BJFC family! Our Little Dribblers have 2 sessions running each week, also on a Sunday - one at 9am and one at 9.45am. All sessions cost £1.50 per week. If you are interested in joining any of these, please contact us. End of Season Event! After a very unsettled couple of seasons for our teams, where we have been unable to celebrate as usual as a club - we are looking into the possibility of having an End of Season presen- tation event again this year. We are hopeful that this will be in June, more details will follow shortly so keep an eye out on our Facebook page and in here! Club Shop We have BJFC branded beanies, snoods, face masks and ther- mal mugs – perfect for the cold days ahead – contact us for more information. Butler Residential. A huge thank you to Laura and Barry from Butler Residential for their support throughout the year as our Club Sponsor. If you are looking to move and wanted to support the club – you can contact Butler Residential on 01480 775355. For more information on the club, joining a team or the com- mittee please contact our Chairman Michael Lander via bjfcchairman@hotmail.com . Nothing new under the sun Parental concerns about ‘ jabs ’ are nothing new. Vaccination against smallpox first became compulsory in 1853; from 1867, parents and guardians could be repeatedly fined for refusing to have their children vaccinated. This severe approach caused public unease: many people felt that children should not be exposed to the associated risks, especially as the alarming ar- ray of symptoms caused by a vaccination sore gone wrong - snuffles, thrush, nodes on the head, bubo in the armpit, phage- daenic sores, abscesses and eruption on the infant ’ s genitals – included some that suggested that some smallpox vaccine might be contaminated with syphilis. A Royal Commission was appointed to review all aspects of vaccination. This took so long that a fifth of its members had died before it issued its final report in 1896/7. However, the government responded swiftly with the Vaccination Act 1898, which included a provision whereby people could obtain an exemption if they satisfied the local magistrates that they ‘ conscientiously believed ’ that vaccination would be prejudicial to the health of their child. […] Curiously, 33% more children were vaccinated in the year after the new Act than in the year before exemption applied: confirmation, perhaps, of the Victorians ’ resistance to being bullied by government into doing something that most of them were reasonably happy to do of their own free will. - extracted from “ Buckden, A Huntingdonshire Village ” published by BLHS 2010. The book is available on the Rounda- bout website here: https://tinyurl.com/yyhdfgvt