Apart from driving to Doncaster, and thus bear the wrath of the environmentalist – as well as that damn roundabout at the end of St George’s bridge, you can always go by bus or train. Having recently travelled the entire distance from Burghwallis to the […]
The Burghwallis web site has been in operation for around 5 years in its current guise and needed an overhaul to meet latest security and operational issues. There are some nasty people in this wide world, not litter dumpers this time, for we are also […]
The festive mood is over and as the Christmas mood of the Holly and the Ivy disappears into the memory a more sinister thought emerges. Ivy can eat trees. One of the best village scapes in the UK * is under threat. The fantastic and […]
Fear not. The ‘Emmaculate’ Macron had not shifted a bunch of rebellious French protesters over to invade Burghwallis to get them out of his hair, or even give us taste of what we will miss when/if/perhaps Brexit happens. This gang of Gilets Jaune chaps were […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]