Village Flag Lowered
The village flag has today been lowered to mark the passing of Margaret Bell, recently of The Abbe’s Walk, and widow of the late Ted Bell, former Parish Councillor. Further information will be published in due course.
The Long Arm of the Law
Hopefully, not many of us have the experience of getting too close to the members of the Police service, but, last week, we were joined at our Parish Council meeting by Toni Bratby, one of the Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) allocated to our area. […]
War Memorial Update
We recently reported that we had decided to monitor any potential movement in the retaining wall around the memorial in the centre of the village, before we went to the expense of fixing something that isn’t a real problem. We have now acquired a couple […]
New Wildlife Area – update
Back in May, we reported the development of a new wildlife garden in the wooded area next to The Burghwallis pub car park. Things have moved on apace since then. It is almost a year since the idea of creating a woodland garden and play […]
Irene Simm Obituary
Irene was born at New Street in Bentley growing up during wartime. Her parents Charlie and Ena were clearly very busy at this time so much of Irene’s happy childhood was spent with her grandparents who, along with great uncles from Ireland ensured that she […]
Irene Simm
We are sad to report the death of Irene Simm on 19th September. Many will remember Irene (and husband Johnny) who transformed the then struggling Burghwallis club into the hugely successful Burghwallis pub, which they ran in the 1990’s and, before that, The Anne Arms […]
Spring Has Sprung – Again
Way back in June, we discovered the children’s ‘Springer’ ride in the Playing field had been broken. We suspect someone a little larger than life and probably slightly over the weight limit – like an adult still young at heart, had an illicit shot on […]
War Memorial Update
Frequent fliers to this site will recall that we reported on the state of the village War Memorial back in May, when we “noticed” that there appeared to be movement in the retaining wall, though we do not know how long such signs have been […]
Things That go Bump in The Night – And Day
For some years now, we have been subjected to the perils of driving to Sutton and back along Burghwallis Lane, with its plethora of potholes and rough road surface. And you can only imagine how the bus drivers feel as they lump, bump and squeeze […]
Be Prepared!
As we are sure everyone knows, this is the motto of the Boy Scouts. Now it applies to the residents of Burghwallis, particularly those of us who use The Abbe’s Walk. On the weekend of 5th to 7th July, the Scouts are holding their biennial […]