Village flag lowered
The village flag has been lowered today, 24th December, to mark the passing of Jean Lunness, who died last night. The flag will remain down for 7 days.
A Big Thankyou
This year, the Burghwallis branch of the Royal British Legion raised £24,537.50 in the annual Poppy Appeal. A big thank you to all who contributed to this amount. A bit of background to the RBL: The Royal British Legion was founded in 1921 as a […]
Priest’s Body Found Buried Under Altar
It’s the time of year when Christmas mystery stories emerge. We have one of our own which involves a body found in 1934 buried under the altar in St Helens Church. This story originally appeared in the ‘Doncaster Star’ in January 2001:- Some interesting discoveries […]
Calm After the Storm
Anyone taking a sneaky peak through the curtains last Saturday evening would think Armageddon had arrived. At 5pm there was a tremendous downpour with gusty winds to boot. Great timing for the lighting of the Christmas tree. A lot of hard work had already been […]
St Helen’s Church Organ
By Colin Bowes (Churchwarden) I recently had an arranged visit to St. Helen’s by a gentleman called Alwyn Johnson from Driffield. Alwyn has taken on the task of photographing every pipe organ in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire; the organ at St. Helens was […]
Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch 2018
It’s Not Too Late to Book – But Please hurry! Are you resident in BURGHWALLIS? You are invited to a Christmas lunch at the Burghwallis Pub. Function room on Thursday 13thDecember at 12 noon for 12.30 lunch. The lunch is complimentary, care of the Parish […]
We Will Remember Them
The eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month 2018 allowed a crowd of 85 to recognise the 100th year celebration recognising armistice day of the 1914 – 1918 war. The gathering from local villagers, members of the British legion, armed forces and […]
Robert Lunness Obituary
Robert Lunness (76) Robert was born at Adwick as one of eight children to Joseph and Kathleen. He went to school at Carcroft and enjoyed a happy childhood. As a boy he would help his dad with the livestock but he initially worked in haulage […]
Earth Moves Thanks to Volunteers
The equivalent ‘Great Escape’ removal of soil from prisoners tunnelling activity down the POW trouser legs is almost complete. The relocation of a whacking great heap of grave spoil in the churchyard has now moved from one part of South Yorkshire to another. Actually it […]
Ding Dong Versus Dong Ding
Those with splendid hearing would have been serenaded by the the church bells of St Helen’s at 7:00pm on Armistice day. Along with thousands of other bells throughout the UK the bells of St Helen’s rang out in tribute to the ending of the 1914 […]