The first draw of the 100 Lottery Club was made on Friday, 26th June 2015. The draw was made by a resident from Littleton Drew who was dining at the pub to celebrate a wedding anniversary. 1st prize (£80) was won by Andy & Clare McGuiness 2nd prize (£48) was Read more…
Dear Residents, Further to the below emails concerning the lottery club. There are a number of residents who were away from the village during the lottery membership campaign, who may still wish to join the club. There are also a number of membership residents who have expressed a wish to Read more…
On the Friday 19th June residents of Burton had their first brewery trip to Butcombe Brewery in Wrington near Bristol. It was a lovely event organised by Dave Warburton of the Old House @ Home and Missy Sell. It is quite a long drive to Wrington in Friday evening traffic Read more…
After the resounding success of our earlier village tidy-up, Victoria and Trystan Hitchens are proposing a second day of cleaning, clearing and making good, before winter sets in. All welcome. Meet at the Church at 10am.
As you may know the Burton Community Association has asked John Millican to look at street lighting in the village. We stress that there is no definite plan or commitment to provide street lighting in Burton and that this is just a consultation. John would be interested in your views on the Read more…
Burton Community Association General Meeting Monday 12 May 7:30pm at the Old House at Home At the meeting the Chair of the BCA, Amanda Read, presented the Chair’s Report for Period March-May 2014. The report summarises BCA activities since its inception at the launch event in March 2014. The full report Read more…
This year BCA is backing the village fete and stands to gain £300 or more from this one event. This income is essential if we are to realise much of the Beautiful Burton project, which includes a WW1 memorial bench on the Triangle, and picket fences for the village entry Read more…
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…