November 2020

13 Buckden Roundabout November 2020 RAF Gransden Lodge Welcomes ALL people living with dementia & memory loss together with their Carers All groups temporarily suspended until further notice HOWEVER, Join our club! Fortnightly Reconnect Zoom sessions Wednesdays 11:00 Contact Jo for details on 01480 453554 / Jorod.fisher@btinternet.com Carer Support Information available Phone Janet on 0770 2010594 Brampton Reconnect Social Group We are all excited about opening again, as soon as lockdown is back to the “ new normal ”. We will let you all know our plans for Reconnect, The Choir and Love to Move. We are also in the planning stages of some future projects such as: Friday Club & Golf plans etc and look forward to implementing them. Gransden Lodge ’ s brief career as a motor racing circuit was important enough to be considered as the home of British mo- tor racing; however, Silverstone airfield was chosen instead and, as they say, the rest is history! Shortly after that the run- ways were dug up and the airfield returned to agricultural use. In 1990 the Cambridge University Gliding Club relocated from Duxford to Gransden Lodge and is still there to this day, mak- ing Gransden Lodge one of the most important soaring centres in the UK. The Canadian connection mentioned earlier lives on. In memory of the 801 servicemen from 405 Squadron who lost their lives in World Ward 2, the 405 Squadron Association funded a stained glass window and Book of Remembrance in St Bartholo- mew's Church, Great Gransden. Organised both by the Gransden Society, the Window was installed in 1989 and re - dedicated on 19 May 2019. Most years a contin- gent of 405 Squadron personnel visit the people of the Gransdens to participate in events, pay their respects and keep alive a wonder- ful and lasting friendship. References: Trials and Tribulations – The story of RAF Gransden Lodge by Chris Sullivan. Action Stations – 1 Wartime Military Airfields of East Anglia 1939 - 1945. With special thanks to Val Davison from the Gransden Society for the photographs and invaluable assistance. Major Derek Hottie, 405 Squadron, RCAF visiting the Memorial Window and Book of Remembrance 405 Squadron Memorial Window, St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden