October 2022

3 Buckden Roundabout October 2022 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 Wendy Trattner 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 front cover shows Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II taken on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Credit: Press Association/Danny Lawson. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph paintings if you only have original artwork. 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 OCTOBER EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON MONDAY 10TH OCTOBER 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. October Production Dates Production dates for the November Edition of the Rounda- bout are as follows: Copy deadline: Monday 10 October Proof Reading Friday 14 October Copy to Printers Tuesday 18 October Distribution Thursday 27 October Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From Your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10 Village News 11, 13, 15, 17 Reporting issues in the village 12 HCCN and BJFC 14 Pre - school & School 16 Advertisements & Classifieds 18 - 24 October 2022 Welcome to the October edition of Buckden Roundabout. As I am compiling the magazine and writing this editorial there is only one subject on peoples lips and minds and that is the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday Septem- ber 8th whilst staying at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire. Like most, the thoughts of the editorial team at the Rounda- bout are with those left behind - sons, daughters and their partners, grandchildren and great - grandchildren. Apart from anything else, Her Majesty was at heart a woman devoted to family. It was somehow appropriate that Her Majesty should pass away at Balmoral, a place long said to be her favourite and the venue for almost every summer of her life. There are tributes and condolence messages from various regular contributors to the magazine, and the editorial team join with those and add our own by featuring Her Majesty on the front cover, and the new poem in tribute by the Poet Lau- reate, Simon Armitage (Page 17) Elsewhere in the magazine there are some very useful point- ers from Buckden Parish Council about where to go to report issues; and our District Councillor has useful advice regarding the cost of living crisis and where to get the support you ,may be entitled to. 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 - Ian Carter Editor ’ s Page Advertising Manager Assistant We are looking for an assistant to work with our Advertising Manager, Fiona Shirley. Your Roundabout is run 100% by vol- unteers. For more information please contact Fiona at adverts@buckdenroundabout.info