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Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association Trustees held on 5th March 2024 are presented below.

Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association General Committee held on 5th March 2024 are presented below.

COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH REPORT APRIL 2024 We did not do any speedwatch sessions in the last full week of April, because the B4039 was closed in the daytime. There were two busy sessions where we caught 8 speeders in each one hour session, one at midday on 2nd April, and one at 11am on 11th April. NO OF ...

Top 10: books celebrating plants and Spring May is the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of Spring and flowers. Accordingly, this month we dig deep into all things botanical with the best of fiction and non-fiction about gardening, plants, nature and plant-hunters. Cosiddetta Flora from the Villa di Arianna in Stabiae near Pompeii, 1st century Roman fresco Rappaccini’s Daughter by ...

Dear Readers, Welcome to the fortieth (Special Anniversary) edition of the new online Bugle newsletter. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the content. To view the Bugle Click here The editorial team would welcome and feedback, any comments please to Bugle@burtonvillage.org Regards Chris On behalf of the editorial team

Dear Lottery Club Members, The one hundred and seventh  draw of the 100 Club Lottery took place on the 26th April 2024.  The draw was made by Jamie Harris, of Tyning View, Burton   1st prize (£50) was won by Eileen Billington 2nd prize ((£35) was won by Paula Coyle 3rd prize (£25) was won by Ian & Tina Clark   Congratulations to ...

The Trees by Percival Everett Summary When the rural town of Money, Mississippi is beset by a series of brutal murders, a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive, only to be met with resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a mob of racist white townsfolk. This, they expect. Less ...

COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH REPORT MARCH 2024 Despite the poor weather we managed 11 sessions in March. The speeders were more in evidence, with two at 45mph and over, and a session where we logged 12 in one hour NO OF SESSIONS 11 VEHICLES OBSERVED 2469 REPORTED VEHICLES SPEED NUMBER PERCENT 36+ 62 2.55% of which 36-39 46 1.86% 40-44 14 0.57 45+ 2 0.08% The team would benefit from another volunteer or two, to reduce the load on individual ...

Dear Readers, Welcome to the thirty nineth edition of the new online Bugle newsletter. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the content. To view the Bugle Click here The editorial team would welcome and feedback, any comments please to Bugle@burtonvillage.org Regards Chris On behalf of the editorial team