May 2024

3 Buckden Roundabout May 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 visitors at the 2023 FOBT plant sale (on 18th May this year, see page 13) and was taken by Martin Shirley. 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 JUNE EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON FRIDAY 10th MAY 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 June Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Friday 10 May Proof Reading Friday 17 May Copy to Printers Tuesday 21 May Distribution Thursday 30 May Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10 Village News 11, 16 - 18 Windmills 12 School 14 Buckden Community Events 15 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 19 - 24 May 2024 We are well and truly into Spring, an early one this year, with the blackthorn in blossom in the hedgerows at least two weeks earlier than usual. Spring means that it ’ s time again for the FOBT plant sale. FOBT stands for the Friends of Buckden Towers , a voluntary organisation that helps raise funds to maintain our historic Buckden Towers. The Plant Sale has be- come a regular and very popular feature in May each year. It is held in the grounds of the Towers and attracts visitors from far and wide who come to take advantage of the wide range of plants on sale from professional growers and nurseries. More details on page 13. In this edition, Richard Storey continues his series of articles on local history. This month he is focused on historic windmills in or near Buckden, and two in particular: one is situated on the western side of the A1 just south of the roundabout and still exists—Mill Cottage, The other was at the southern end of the High Street and was a public or ale house called The Wind- mill. It was demolished some years ago to make room for the new flats. Finally, sharp - eyed readers will notice that we have just start- ed including news and features specifically relating to Didding- ton village. The Roundabout team has proclaimed for many years that we serve “ Buckden , Diddington and Stirtloe ”, so we are really pleased to include this Diddington news. You can find it on page 16 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