We have been advised by DMBC that The Abbé’s Walk will be closed on Monday, 17th October, potentially till Friday, 21st October, for the installation of new telecommunications equipment along part of the road. Diversions will be signed via Sutton and Burghwallis Lane. This is […]
Most people celebrate their 70th birthday with a nice meal with family and friends, or a holiday to a special place – a nice relaxing occasion to mark this milestone. Not so for one of our village residents, Trevor Bayley. He decided to climb Mount […]
One of the banes of life is the constant need to clear up after other people. Be they family, the errant teenager, the sloppy partner or just the ever growing tribe of bogans that inhabit the earth and pass through Burghwallis chucking their rubbish as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
We have received a notification from DMBC that Grange Lane will be closed from the junction with Sixrood Lane to the junction with The Abbe’s Walk from 08.00 on Monday, 22nd August until 18.00 on Friday, 26th August, or until the works are complete, whichever […]
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 […]
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 […]