It’s up. It’s done. The official blessing of the long term Poppy Project for St Mary’s Burton and Nettleton is happening Tuesday 1st November by the Archdeacon, no less, at 6pm at the Church. Come and see the magnificent effort made by a great team of people. Here are just Read more…
The BCA-organised Dog Show took place on Saturday 17 September at Burton Farm, by kind permission of Freddie Clark and Yas Bright. All proceeds went to Dogs Trust. The fun dog show included a competition, have-a-go agility, face painting, raffle and stalls. Thanks to support from the charity’s fundraising team, the Read more…
We are thrilled to present a staggering list of raffle prizes to be won this Saturday, 17 September, at the Burton Dog Show. Our utmost thanks to all the local businesses, individuals and Burton’s caring canine community who have so generously donated prizes in support of Dogs Trust. Eating Out Read more…
Due to the possibility of inclement weather please note the venue for this week’s meeting on Wednesday 7th September has been changed to the Church. ( NOT the New House) Start time is 5pm. Much progress has been made and now that the design is more or less finalised, we Read more…
Progress Report 1350 poppies is a LOT of poppies and the design process started on August 11th at the New House on one of our super hot days of the month. A joint discussion resulted in a design which pleased everyone AND would produce impact and be seen from a Read more…
Reminder – Poppy Project meeting August 11th 2022 6pm at the New House. All welcome. Please bring all the poppies you have completed. We are going to finalise the design and start the attachment process.
Poppy Project Update We now have over 1,000 poppies completed! A far greater result than expected when the project first began. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed. If you haven’t got your fingers round to doing any crocheting or knitting it is still possible to contribute. We need Attachers! If Read more…
Something is happening in rural Wiltshire, and it is long overdue. On an evening full of eastern promise, those in the know made pilgrimage to the third supper club at Burton Farm Shop and Kitchen. Launched in November 2021, the supper club is striking out to expand our appreciation of Read more…
Sunday 15th May 10.00-11:30 St Mary the Virgin Church, West Kington Invitation from Julia Howey If you would like to find out more about nature in our parish, please join us for a guided walk (1.5 hrs approx) looking at river banks, grassland, woodland and verges. We will meet at 10am Read more…
The Poppy Project A further meeting of the Poppy Project took place on 24th March. It turns out we now have over 700 completed poppies along with our first MALE recruit. Our new goal is 1000 poppies which should be easily achievable. Thoughts are turning to the design of the Read more…