November 2020

16 Buckden Roundabout November 2020 Village News November 2020 Stop by and support your local library … It has been great to see so many of you again after our long break. If you haven ’ t popped in to the library yet it would be good to say hello to you too! Buckden library ’ s temporary opening hours are: Tuesday – 2pm - 6pm Friday - 10am - 2pm The limited service we are currently able to provide means you can: • Request books from the library catalogue using the normal on line reservations service or via Customer Services (contact details below). Normal charges have been suspended for this service. • Use our Select and Collect service to request a selec- tion of titles based on, for example, genre or author. Using the form available on our website or by calling Customer Services you can tell us what you like to read and library staff will select books based on your choices. Please note that this is the only way you are currently able to obtain a selection of board and pic- ture books for children. • Return items to Buckden library • Book an appointment to use the library computers . Note that this is currently restricted to one 45 minute appointment per day per customer • Print and photocopy – exact cash only to pay for this please The library will operate a queuing system for readers to col- lect their reserved books which will already have been checked out to you. Please do be prepared to wait outside for a few minutes if we are busy. We cannot currently allow browsing in library buildings or assist with computer use, and all events and clubs remain suspended. We are also not able to accept book donations at this time, so if you have any great titles you would be happy to donate after their lockdown use, please hold on to them for us for now and we will be very pleased to take them off your hands at a later date. We look forward to seeing you soon! Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden Tel: 0345 045 5225 www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library Friends of Buckden Towers Buckden Towers is an important historic monu- ment right here in the village of Buckden. THE OUTER GATEHOUSE The Outer Gatehouse dates from the 15 th century and is part of the collection of the Buckden Towers group of buildings designated as a listed scheduled monument grade 1. The Outer Gatehouse is the principle pedestrian entrance into Buckden Towers from the High Street. It is consequent- ly an important part of the historic character of the village of Buckden. The structure suffers from some cracking to its brickwork, and almost total deterioration of its roof structure. Restora- tion is essential and urgent, and The Friends of Buckden Towers are proud to be supporting this important pro- gramme, being managed by the owners of Buckden Towers. “ Historic England ” has awarded a grant towards the repairs to the roof and masonry, and tender documentation has been prepared by conservation architects appointed by the Owners. Costs are anticipated to be high. FoBT has agreed to assist with the balance of the funding through a grant to the Owners in support of the project. Repair works are ex- pected to commence early next year. Why not get involved? Why not join this important local charity and contribute to the maintenance and preservation of our beautiful historic monument? Membership costs only £6.00 per year for a single individual, or £10.00 for a family. (Children under 18 years are free with family membership). Life subscriptions are also availa- ble. More details can be obtained from our membership secretary Frances Farmer Membershiptow- ers@btinternet.com or by phone 01480 812368 Tours of the property are now being offered, in limited group sizes, as necessary to comply with current Covid re- strictions. Contact Christine Lawrence chrismlaw@btinternet.com or by phone 01480 812227 for more information. Please note that our programme of social events is in “ Covid Limbo ” at present, but we hope to get going again soon.