This month we will be reading ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ by Tracy Chevalier. Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner not only helps her in Read more…
The Burton Book Club meets on the third Monday of every month, at 19:30 in the Old House @ Home. Books are picked at random out of a hat from members’ nominations. Each month the selected book will be posted on this website. We have somewhere in the region of 8-12 members. If Read more…
At last night’s general meeting of the Community Association the Burton Bridge Group was born. Championed by David Staincliffe, the group already boasts eight members. As David said, ‘the group is open to players of all standards, including the complete novice’. As long as you know what a deck of Read more…
Burton Community Association Committee Meeting 14 April 2014, at the Old House @ Home Those present: Amanda Read (Chair), Grant Cambridge (Deputy Chair), Alistair Caie (Secretary), Paul Bird, Paul Lortal, Moya Webb 1 Apologies for absence: Pip Gilbert, Freddie Clark 2 Minutes of Committee Meeting 24 March 2014: Approved 3 Read more…
In 2011 the Parish Plan stated ‘Speed of traffic through Burton: 75% of all respondents – and 90% of those who live in Burton – say that traffic drives too fast on the road through Burton (B4039). The police are aware of this concern but have said recently that ..“based on the initial speed survey data, Read more…
This month we will be reading Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson (1919). The book is a collection of interrelated short stories about the various inhabitants of the fictional small Midwestern town of Winesburg. Anderson was in the vanguard of American writers Read more…
Burton in Bloom is a new group whose aim is to bring a bit more beauty to Burton, with possible projects such as (but not limited to): Picket fencing at entry points to the village Flower tubs at entry points to the village Flower tubs on the village triangle Seating Read more…