BCA Minutes
BCA General Committee – notes of meeting 5th March 2024
Minutes from the meeting of the Burton Community Association General Committee held on 5th March 2024 are presented below.
Book Club
Burton Book Club – group read for May 2024
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Summary Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked….’ To his customers and neighbours on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife, Elizabeth, are expecting Read more…
Village News
Speedwatch Report for April
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 Read more…
Book Club
The Lit List – a Literary Flora
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. Bubbling under
Bugle Issues
Burton Bugle Issue 68 – May 2024
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 Read more…
Lottery Draw Results
100 Club Lottery Draw
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 Read more…
Book Club
Burton Book Club – group read for April 2024
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 Read more…
Village News
Speedwatch Report for March
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+ Read more…
Bugle Issues
Burton Bugle Issue 67 – April 2024
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 Read more…
Lottery Draw Results
100 Club Lottery Draw
Dear Lottery Club Members, The one hundred and sixth draw of the 100 Club Lottery took place on the 29th March 2024. The draw was made by Ann Sturrock from Bradford on Avon, who was visiting family from the village 1st prize (£50) was won by Kevin Perkins 2nd Read more…