Don Axon recently celebrated his 80th birthday with a difference. On Saturday 1st October 2016 Don held a fantastic party in the Burghwallis Pub and used the occasion to raise £900 for the Pilgrim Bandits Charity. Don who lives on Grange Lane in […]
The Burghwallis Neighbourhood Plan will be finally decided by local residents in a referendum on:- 27th October 2016 Those of us with a good memory will recall the parish council organised a working group to establish a local neighbourhood plan. This planning document provides local […]
Two years ago a team of villagers, in association with the Woodland Trust, planted 450 young trees along the verge of Scorcher Hills Lane. The young saplings had just started to flourish when a contractor to the DMBC hired the cut the verge manged to […]
The recent success achieved by the Burghwallis Parish Council in gaining a hugely improved bus service through the village – will see the new service start on a one year trial from 5th September 2016 . The success of the council was due to significant […]
Sometimes public concern wins through. The imminent demise of the 420 bus route through Burghwallis has been overruled, instead the availability of buses is to increase well over the previous frequency. The 420 route is to be replaced by rerouting the existing 50 and 50a […]
St Helen’s churchyard got a thorough sorting last Friday. Colin Bowes, the now retired churchwarden, previously managed the churchyard almost single handed over the years but had to hang up his sickle and scythe due to ill health. In his place there are contractors whom […]
The current 420 bus service running through Burghwallis is to be severely curtailed from 25th July 2016. The first bus to Doncaster will now be timed at 21:22. Somewhere, somebody in the transport operation feels this strident decision makes sense. Over the past few decades […]
Not wishing to be outdone, what with the flag waving of the Union Jack ( Queens birthday) St Georges (England rugby and football teams) and the Welsh Dragon ( Wales football team) The Saltire ( Scotland football team) – Burghwallis has trumped the lot for […]
The annual Burghwallis fun day is looming up. Possibly ever so slightly less frantic than the Brexit referendum but a great way to celebrate or commiserate. You can come and wave a union jack come what may. This year the Fun Day is to be […]
We can feel proud of our engineering achievements, everything from the gadget for getting things out of horses hooves to cast iron village pumps. But there is always some smart-reared country that feels it has to go one better. Ignoring the diesel emissions thing where […]