The lockdown could be misconstrued as life in a bit of a rut. Unfortunately some people have taken the term literal literally. A walk along Scorcher Hill Lane (SHL) has revealed the tendency for drivers to navigate along lengthy sections of the now very soft […]
The burst of a mains pipe somewhere between Askern and Burghwallis has residents and Yorkshire Water perplexed. After three days the source of the leak remains a mystery. Normally a leak of this size would result in water squirting in the direction of up, putting […]
The Burghwallis village flag has been lowered to mark the passing of Roy Ezard, of Scorcher Hills Lane
One of natures delights recently landed around Burghwallis. The white stuff landed big time to the delight of many of us ‘fastened in’ – maybe less so to those having to travel to work enduring skiddy bits en route. We would like to thank Brian […]
2021 is the year the next national census will be conducted. This is nothing new – there was famously one in Judaea at the time of the change from BC to AD! A census is the means by which the government and its many agencies […]
We have all become the northern martyrs fending off the volume of water that has been recently delivered. Just to cheer us up our local tier 3 status has been ‘diluted’ and being fastened in (sic) has been superceded by the need to stop indoors […]
In all walks of life, behind the scenes there are inevitably a group of people who get things done. The world as we know it relies on volunteers, and Burghwallis is no exception. A small team of local residents turn up to prune, plant, paint, […]
The road to redemption seems arduously long. As we trudge through Lockdown v2.01 the impact on peoples lives is immeasurable. Today 11 November 2020 as we remember those in the forces who fell in the defence of our country we can spare a thought to […]
The remembrance ceremony at Burghwallis took on a different but possibly equally moving ceremony on Sunday 8th November 2020. Covid -19 restrictions saw a changed format, the traditional gathering around the war memorial being relocated to the playing field opposite. The 20 members of the […]
The original function of the pinfold was to hold stray sheep caught wandering around the village until the farmer collected them and paid a fine for their release. We don’t have any sheep now but there is a possibility of capturing a small child instead. […]