PLAYINGFIELD MINUTES 5TH JULY 2022
MINUTES OF THE PLAYING FIELD MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY 5TH JULY 2022 In Attendance: Chairman D Maxwell Trustee D Hudson Trustee B Grimes Councillor J Laming Councillor J Job Clerk J Halsall […]
ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES 5TH JULY 22
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY 5th JULY 2022 In Attendance: Chairman D Maxwell Councillor D Hudson Councillor J Laming Councillor B Grimes Councillor J Job Clerk J Halsall DMBC A […]
Nature Outbids Human Chaos
As our strange summer moves on we reflect on a truly staggering number of current issues. It started with yet another variant of Covid19, followed by inflation, depreciation in sterling, absolute chaos in work schedules, employment, work from home, airports, railways and ferries. Stir in […]
Are You Human?
Apologies to anyone trying recently to leave a reply or comment on the website, we had a technical issue whilst trying to fight the spam bots.* Spam bots are devious internet blighters who seek loop holes in website defences in order to leave spurious messages […]
Village Flag Lowered
The village flag has today been lowered to mark the passing of Brian Glidden, of Grange Lane. Brian was a long-term resident and artist of Burghwallis and was well known in the village. Our deepest sympathies go to Betty and the rest of the family.
The Blue House Gets A New Roof
For those with knowledge of South Korea, their blue house, as it is known, is the presidential palace in Seoul. It has a blue tiled roof. Our ‘Blue House’ for the past two years has been formed by the blue tarpaulin draped over the collapsed […]
Village Flag Lowered – Mike Hammerton
The village flag has been lowered in respect to Mike Hammerton. Although not strictly a resident of Burghwallis Mike lived with his wife Sharon in Mill Lane Skellow. Mike was, however, a regular member of the congregation of St Helen’s where he was also at […]
Village Flag Lowered – Mike Bell
The village flag has been lowered to acknowledge the passing of Mike Bell. Mike was a long time resident of Grange Lane Burghwallis, a member of the congregation of St Helen’s church, and an ardent cricket fan. We are a little late in recognising Mike […]
Doncaster Great British Railways HQ?
After 42 local authorities across Britain applied to become the location of the Great British Railways headquarters, Doncaster is through to the last six – Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle and York. You can now add your vote as to which location you feel should win. The results of […]
Wet Wet Wet Tribute Song For Jubilees
The Oxford dictionary is considering added a new definition for the word Jubilee; “A term used to describe a wet, windy and cold national celebration. The recent Jubilee celebration brought memories of previous events to surface. I can recall the pageants that surrounded the coronation […]