October 2021

12 Buckden Roundabout October 2021 Village News Buckden WI At long last September saw us back in the Village Hall after an absence of 18 months! It was a huge step towards normality and, although we had held get - togethers in our President ’ s gar- den, it was always dependent on our fickle weather, so, to be back in our Hall was something to cele- brate. The evening was spent catching up on each other ’ s news but mainly hearing a very interesting talk by Bill Templeton on “ Huntingdon High Street – A Bridge through Time ”. As the title suggests it focused on the history of both Hunting- don and Godmanchester, particularly on areas around the bridge. Both towns date back to Roman times, especially Godman- chester, and were very important as they were the first towns where you could actually cross the River Ouse as it tended to be too foggy upstream. In terms of trade there was the A1 to the north and south and two railway lines, one in Godman- chester and the one that still exists in Huntingdon. The two lines didn ’ t actually meet so one would have had to leave the train in Godmanchester, cross the bridge and contin- ue walking up to Huntingdon station! Bill ’ s talk was full of really interesting facts and figures – did you know that there were 16 churches in Huntingdon; that the bridge is a grade 1 listed building and that in years gone by there was a toll levied to cross it? Our next meeting is on October 5th in the Millard Suite at the Village Hall at 7.30pm and our speaker will be our very own Jessica Blagbrough on “ Living as a Viking in the 21st century ”. There will also be Viking food to taste! New members will be warmly welcomed and for more infor- mation please contact: Ruth Nicholas – 07957 334142 Judith Armitage – 01480 811717 Buckden Junior Football Club As we prepare for the start of a new season, we are looking for- ward to what we hope will be an uninterrupted period this year. We are welcoming 2 new U7 teams to our club this year, the Harriers Black and Harriers White and wish them lots of luck in their first season. They will be joining our other teams at U8, U9, U10, U11, U12, U14, U15 and U16. Sponsors A special thank you to all of this year ’ s sponsors, we would not be able to operate without your generosity and support so on behalf of the entire club, thank you. Embee Picasso Trebes Consulting Bloor Homes Thornhill Estates Buckden Dental Clinic St Neots Fireplace and Stove Centre Fensom Business Solutions E Timber Products M.A Motors Fensom Business Solutions Finesse Mortgage Services Annafield Estates Butler Residential Orange Squash Agency GAP Home Improvements TP Plastering Child Welfare Officer Required As our current Child Welfare Officer is stepping down at the end of the season, we are looking for a new person to join our committee and fill this role. The main purpose of the role is to assist with the safeguarding and protecting of children and young people in our club. You would be joining a very dedicat- ed group of volunteers who will support you, and full training, including any qualifications required will be given/funded by the club. If you are interested in joining us or would like to know more, please contact our chairman Michael bjfcchair- man@hotmail.com . 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. Details of our Dribblers Sessions Our Dribblers sessions are now split into two - older dribblers (school year 1) and younger dribblers (age 3 and above) both of which play on Sundays. Older dribblers play from 9am and we have 2 younger dribblers sessions, one at 9am and one at 9.45am. Sessions cost £1.50 per week. If you are interested in joining any of these, please contact us. For more information on the club, joining a team or the com- mittee please contact our Chairman Michael Lander via bjfc- chairman@hotmail.com.