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12 Buckden Roundabout July 2021 Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society. We meet at 7.30 on the 2 nd and 4 th Thursday each month at Buckden Village Hall. Whether licensed amateur or just interested in radio and electronics you will find a warm welcome, and a cup of tea, awaits you. Regretfully due to the coronavirus a decision has been made in line with government advice to cancel the our HARS Club meetings. We will review the meetings on a month by month basis until the health crisis is over. If any member needs help or knows of a member that needs help, please let the Chairman or any of the com- mittee know so that we can work together to ensure that assistance is given. Further details contact the club secretary David Howlett, secretary@hunts - hams.co.uk or visit our web site http://hunts - hams.weebly.com For Your Diary A successful trial run of the aerator tower in Sanctuary Bay was carried out in January 1965 but rarely used since. Buckden was much affected for over 3 years during con- struction as most of the gravel required was taken from what is now the Marina and hauled by truck through the village. Grafham Water site now covers 1,992 - acre and was designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1986. It has a circumference of approximately 10 miles, is 69 ft deep at maximum and the eighth largest reservoir in England by vol- ume and the third largest by area at 1,550 acres. Apart from being an important source of water for millions of people, Grafham Water is a notable water sports centre and is famous for trout fishing and bird watching. An area of 280 acres at the western end is a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Acknowledgements: • Anglian Water for some images of the construction and the late Robin Gibson for the picture of the aeration tower. • Roger Cook who reviewed the article and was the designer of the aeration tower. • Chris Shurlock, who worked for J.L. Kier Ltd when they merged with W & C French Ltd in 1973 to become French Kier Ltd. Chris provided some very useful background ma- terial for this article. • Heather Joyner, Editor of the Grafham Gossip, for initially publishing these articles on Grafham Water and for putting out a request to residents living at the time for their memo- ries. References: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ScwHqBLfbbo&ab_channel=AnglianWater https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side - by - side/ #zoom=14&lat=52.29971&lon= - 0.31504&layers=6&right=OSAPI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafham_Water https://maps.nls.uk/view/196191933 (Continued from page 7) Grafham Water was officially opened on 6 July 1966 by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Events coming up in Diddington Church Announcing a new local history show at St Laurence Church Saturday 3rd July and Sunday 4th July 11am to 4pm each day Come and enjoy the extensive collection of historical docu- ments curated by Dave and Pam Dodman, both written and pictorial. Read bout the amazing history of Diddington during WW" Refreshments will be available, as well as the best toilet in Cambridgeshire! There is a special surprise planned as well! Raising funds for this unique and precious 900 year - old church Also - Blues in the Pews - Saturday 9th October Rain, rain, rain.... But we need not worry as our roof is all fixed and there are no leaks to spoil the interior of the building We very much appreciate the grant we received from the Covid - 19 Emergency Heritage at Risk Response Fund and the work of the contractors, Steve and Martin Strickland Did you know …? While humans are not the biggest, fastest, or strongest ani- mals around, we are the best at something: long distance running. Our long legs, upright posture, and ability to shed heat via sweat are all factors that make us good runners. In fact, early humans used to hunt their prey by chasing it for long periods of time until the animals literally died from ex- haustion, a technique known as persistence hunting. From osgpc.com