Just when we thought Openreach was Overstretched and probably never going to allow Burghwallis to join the rest of the world in broadband, they have tightened the strings between the tin cans and switched on cabinet 13. We are in the midst of data flying […]
Sometimes bigger is not better Two years ago, the Parish Council purchased a couple of Burghwallis flags for the village to display at the war memorial where they have flown ever since. The flag bears the words ‘The Ancient Village of Burghwallis” along with the […]
The amount of information that is held about us by organisations on computers and in data banks is growing at an incredible rate. The ministry of things has decreed such information needs to be declared and kept secure by the holder through the GDPR. (General […]
The Red Ensign is once again flying at the village flag pole to recognise the annual Merchant Navy Day. You can find out the full story here.. On this Merchant Navy Day, I very much hope you will support this campaign by Seafarers UK […]
The wheels on our buses will continue to go round. Route 51 and 51A have been cleared to continue for another year to September 2019. Good news for local residents who use the service as a lifeline. And contrary to the many tales of cancelled […]
For those of us who have bemoaned the extremely tardy delivery of decent broadband by Openreach, there is some unexpectedly good news. Now don’t hold your breath; we know Openreach have yet to go anywhere near their spanners to install fibre cables. We must therefore […]
The observant chaps who trot by Skellow Mill pond will have noticed the mill pond is fast being refilled. Despite the wierd weather, which relocated our entire rainfall allowance to southern France (apparently n’owt to do with Brexit) the River Skell albeit tiny in the […]
This summer has seen range of interesting phenomena. The World Cup being staged in Russia, Brexit coughing and spluttering, Northern Rail showing us how not to organise a railway, Virgin Rail disappearing completely and Wimbledon being criticised about the height of the grass. Oh and […]
An old friend has found its way home. The Burghwallis welcome sign along Scorcher Hills Lane is back in place. Similar to the many stories of garden gnomes who seem to travel the world yet no one knows how or why, our sign disappeared for […]
A group of 26 villagers recently attended a one hours CPR training session on the use of our new defibrillator that is fitted to the outside wall of the Burghwallis pub. The informative training session, held in the Burghwallis pub on 5th June was conducted by the […]