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7 Buckden Roundabout
September 2019 St Hugh’s and Methodist Church
Catholic Church of St Hugh of Lincoln,
High Street, Buckden
Telephone: 01480 810344
Website: http://stjosephsthugh.org/
In the pastoral care of the Claretian Missionaries:
Fr. Antony Arockiam CMF
Fr. Jim Kennedy CMF
Fr. Paul Peter Alphonse CMF
Sunday Masses - Saturday evening at 6.30 pm and Sundays at
9.45 am.
Weekday Masses - Monday to Saturday at 9.15 am in the Lady
Chapel.
Morning and Evening Prayer Monday to Saturday at 9 am and
5.45 pm in the Lady Chapel.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation every Saturday from 9.45 am
to 10.15 am.
The Rosary is prayed each Monday morning after the 9.30 am
Mass.
Catechism Classes for school age children each Sunday from
9.00 am in term time. Formal classes for primary age children.
Silent Adoration. There is half an hour of silent adoration be-
fore the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday from 9.45 am and
ending with Benediction at 10.15 am.
Would any newcomers to the Village who are Catholics
please let Fr. Antony know their contact details.
Buckden Methodist Church
Minister: Rev. Pam Siddall (01480 819228)
Stewards: Angie Barnes (810102)
Bob Baxter (810092)
Carol Swepstone (810053)
Services in September
Sunday 1st
10.30 a.m. Morning Service: Rev. Pam Siddall
Sunday 8th
10.30a.m. Morning Service: Rev. Vilma Broadhurst
Sunday 15th
10.30a.m. Morning Service: Mr. Don Moorman
Sunday 22nd
10.30a.m. Harvest Festival: Rev. Dawn Colley
Sunday 29th
10.30a.m. Morning Service: Local Arrangement
Activities in September
Friday 6 th 10a.m. Shoebox Coffee Morning
Friday 13th 10a.m. Coffee Morning
Friday 20th 12noon Soup and Sweet Lunch
Friday 27th 10a.m. Macmillan Coffee Morning
Everyone is very welcome to any of these events.
Traffic lights on the roundabout?
In support of the Parish Council’s endeavours and initiatives
on behalf of local residents, my belief is that the steady natu-
ral growth of Buckden has been such that it allows it to be still
referred to as a community village.
The Church Commissioners, by the very nature of the
Church’s general ethos and message, ought to be seen to
demonstrate a real responsibility to the local community, over
and above any financial greed resulting in land sales to allow
unnatural and aggressive housing development.
Recently, we
have seen a real
increase in traffic
congestion at
both the Offord
level crossing,
resulting in
queuing along
Station Lane,
into both directions of the Offord High Street, along the front-
age of the container industrial park, over all three bridges and
up Mill Road, across and way past the entrance to Buckden
Marina.
In the other direction, there is real cause for concern for the
worsening congestion onto the Buckden roundabout, for resi-
dents entering onto the A1. As a direct result of the backing
up of vehicles along Buckden High Street, drivers now resort
to travelling up the alternative direction of the High Street
and entering the A1 north of the village, by turning left to
then negotiate the Buckden roundabout to travel either A1
North, Perry Road West, or A1 South, thereafter.
Whatever the attempt of a remedy to placate and ease the
present and worsening congestion situation, it would appear
that it will be made on the basis of financial gain at the lowest
cost, rather than the ethos of care and consideration for the
residents of Buckden village.
Putting care and consideration to one side, what on earth has
convinced the Church Commissioners that traffic lights on
Buckden roundabout will assist in and resolve the situation?
Assuming that they have considered the increase in traffic and
additional inconvenience to the current congestion following
the arrival of some 300 plus vehicles with their building going
ahead in Silver Street, have they factored in the additional
congestion that is sure to follow the building of additional
homes in Lucks Lane, which is yet to be experienced!
Please, please Church Commissioners, accept the responsibil-
ity of pastoral care over and above financial greed and make a
positive contribution to the residents of Buckden, in order to
keep our village, just what it is, a lovely community village and
not a rural car park.
Bob & Valerie Cleaver, Buckden