Fashion Show fundraiser for Burton Memorial Hall

Fashion Show fundraiser for Burton Memorial Hall at Burton-in-Kendal next Friday. All the details are in the poster below. Everyone welcome.

Going Wild at Burton Memorial Hall #3

The third in the series of fund-raising nature, wildlife and natural history talks at Burton Memorial Hall will be on Thursday 22nd March and is entitled 50 Shades of Grey Limestone, Limestone Pavements and Limestone Landscapes, and will be given by Peter Standing, author of four geotrail guides to Whitbarrow, Arnside, Beetham and Gait Barrows. Another guide about Farleton Knott, Holme Park and Hutton Roof is due in summer 2018.

Doors open at 7.15pm, talk begins 7.30pm. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available in the interval.

Going Wild at Burton Memorial Hall #2

The second in the series of fund-raising nature, wildlife and natural history talks at Burton Memorial Hall is Thursday 22nd February is entitled Celebrating Our Swifts, and will be given by local enthusiasts and national swift experts, Tanya and Edmund Hoare. 

Doors open at 7.15pm, talk begins 7.30pm. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available in the interval.

Going Wild at Burton Memorial Hall #1

Burton Memorial Hall is hosting a new series of fund-raising nature, wildlife and natural history talks starting from January 2018.

The first talk will be on Thursday 25th January and is entitled The Migrations of the Birds of Burton and Dalton Crags, by Bryan Yorke.

The talk starts at 7.30pm and is in aid of hall funds. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available in the interval.

Weather for astronomers

Today we have added a new panel below this one, which gives information about weather and visibility from a website called Clear Outside. The difference being that this one is aimed at astronomers.

The info covers all aspects of the weather that is of interest to stargazers and those who enjoy taking photos of the skies at night, but will also prove useful to others who want specific and accurate (well as accurate as we can hope for!) information about the weather.

So whether it is cloud cover, rain or frost our new panel will keep you informed.

As a bonus if you go to the Clear Outside website and see the info there it will also tell you if the International Space Station is due for a pass overhead - how neat is that?!

Now you have no excuse for not knowing when you can take pics of the moon or those meteor showers or other sky objects. :)

The full moon over Burton on Xmas Eve 2015, photo © Anne Nichols 2015

Library van dies, library book drop begins

The nearest library to our village is 5 miles away, so Burton was visited weekly on a Monday for an hour by a mobile library van which parked in the memorial hall car park. It was very well-used, by many people from older people to mums with small kids, for all of whom it saved the hassle, time and expense of a trip on the bus or by car into the nearest library to borrow or order books.

Late last year the library van developed a fault which meant it was withdrawn from service - as a replacement would cost c.£100,000, according to county council, and as they are cutting back due to reduced grants etc. from govt., we faced having no library presence in the village.

For many years on the first Monday of the month a group of volunteers have been running a library coffee morning at the same time as the van visited, and this raised funds to help with the village hall's upkeep. Loss of library van put the coffee morning at risk, so the volunteers got together and decided to approach the county council to ask if there could be a book drop at the hall instead of the library van. 

After several meetings with the county library service to hash out the details there is now a book drop service to replace the library van. A large folding bookcase is stored in the village hall into which the library service will drop off 200 books every so often and take the old batch away, and the volunteers run this village library on the first and third Mondays each month, with the option to increase to every Monday if demand justifies it.

It's still a very new service, but is worth trying to keep access to books going within the village. What would be even better would be if the county council could be persuaded to allow the village hall to be a library link, which would require the use of a computer terminal to access the online services which are only available in libraries and library links, e.g. reference and genealogy resources. But at least for now the books are accessible easily still.

Lancashire Life features Burton in January 2016

Burton features in the January edition of Lancashire Life magazine.

Lakeland Wildlife Oasis flood appeal

The local little charity, Lakeland Wildlife Oasis, across the moss from Burton on the A6 has been badly flooded, and is needing help with the clean up and repairs. 

This is a small place, doing important conservation work. This is the park where the globally endangered and rare Snow Leopards cubs were born in May 2014.  One of the two cubs has left to join a breeding programme elsewhere, whilst the other is still at LWO awaiting paperwork which will allow him to move to another breeding programme.

As well as practical help (details when we have them later) they have launched an appeal to raise £5000.

If you can help in any way, please would you do so?
Appeal Link: https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/jayneestelle-gibbins

Find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lakeland-Wildlife-Oasis

Their own website: http://wildlifeoasis.co.uk/

Burton CraftMarket 2015

CraftMarket 2015 - Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October, 2015. 10am - 4pm both days

Annual fund-raising CraftMarket at Burton Memorial Hall, Cumbria, LA6 1NA with fabulous crafts on sale direct from the crafter, craft demos, kids' crafts, Vintage Village Hall Tea Room. 

Admission: adults £1, kids go free.  Disabled parking, access and toilet. Baby-change facilities. Parking. WiFi. 

Burton in Kendal Onion Show

Kings Arms, Burton in Kendal

Sunday 4th October 2015

Classes and promises to date are as follows:

Classes

1. 3 Dressed Onions
2. 3 Leeks
3. 3 Onion sets
4. 2 Cabbages
5. 3 gourd
6. 3 Beetroot
7. 3 Carrots
8. 3 Individual Salad Vegetables
9. 3 Individual Mixed Vegetables
10. 5 Individual Mixed Vegetables
11. Heaviest Onion
12. Heaviest Vegetable
13. 5 Dessert Apples
14. 5 Cooking Apples
15. Pot Plant
16. Vase of Flowers
17. Vase of Dahlias
18. 3 Chrysanthemums
19. Chocolate Cake
20. Novelty cake
21. Fruit Pie
22. Loaf of Bread
23. 4 Cup cakes
24. Tray Bake
25. 3 Poultry Eggs
26. Novice Class (any veg)
27. Jar of homemade jam with taster pot
28. Jar of chutney with taster pot

Children’s classes’. Up to yr 2 and yrs 3-6

29. Item made from recyclable materials
30. Fruit and Veg animal
31. Wildlife/animal picture
32. 3 Decorated biscuits

Entries taken from 10.00hrs and closed at noon for judging to commence afterwards. Auction of promises/entries to commence at 2pm, we look forward to another brilliant day.

There will be a ducking stool offering you a chance to dunk a local “Lady” plus bouncy castle and kids entertainment.

List of promises to date (donor)

Side of Home Cold Smoked Salmon. Neil Shaw.

Walking Stick. Roger Shaw.

Fly only session on the River Bela Ian Hunt

Dinner, B&B in the deluxe Lapwing suite @ Longlands. Fiona and Barry Robinson

Half Rib of Hereford Beef John Long.

Traditional English Game Meal for 4. Neil and Ruth Shaw.

Haunch of Venison Jeff Nicholls.

Days Driven Pheasant Shooting @ Heversham. Callum Graham

15kg Park House Box of Beef. Paul Capstick

Greek hamper. Jill and Akis.

Weekend at Seathwaite Cottage. Julian Rowley

Photo shoot inc 1 10 x 8 print. John Jackson.

10lb pack of traditional free range pork sausages. Shagram meats.

Afternoon Tea for 2 at Sharrow Bay. BPW Fire Safety.

Side of Lamb. Mark Blease.

Personalised slate place mats. Carl Jackson.

4hr bush craft/forest skills kids’ session in the woods. Graham Brandwood.

Overnight stay for 2 in the White Hart, Harrogate, inc brewery trip. Louise and Andy Barker.

Furness Fish and Game Hamper Clare Worrall

Pure Essence voucher. Sue Shields.

The best Cheese and Onion pie in’t world. Chris Kirkham.

MOT Pritchard’s Garage

Evening rise on Lupton Reservoir Ian Hunt

Days Salmon fishing inc lunch. Carl Jackson

Selection of homemade jam and marmalade. Mollie, Sheila and Rachel.

Onion show liqueur pack Onion show committee.

Homemade Christmas cake Rebecca Ludlum

½ dozen free range eggs a week for 3 months. Roy Healey.

2 gardeners for half a day. Julian and Moira Rowley

Fresh fish hamper. Nathan Lusted.

11th Burton in Kendal Art & Craft Exhibition

Burton in Kendal Art and Craft Society

11th Annual Exhibition on the 6th & 7th of June  10am – 4pm both days
Burton Memorial Hall, Main Street, Burton in Kendal LA6 1NA

Free entry. Refreshments served all day.

Now in its 11th year, Burton-in-Kendal Art & Craft Society's annual exhibition continues to be a popular event for locals and visitors alike. With over 100 exhibits there is plenty to see and it's a great opportunity to purchase original artworks from local artists at affordable prices.

This year the guest artist is Olympic Artist, Christine Rooney, who will open the exhibition and display some of her own unique work.

There will also be a display by the Children of Burton Morewood School, who have been busy creating artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.

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Contact:  callylawson@btinternet.com
Telephone: 07852 240778

Burton helping quake victims in Nepal

DIARY DATE: Saturday 30th May, 9.30am-11.30am

Coffee Morning and Bring'n'Buy Sale in aid of the Nepal Quake Victims, Burton Memorial Hall.

All welcome!

There will be a home-made cakes stall (Yum!), Bring and Buy, coffee and cake, and live music! 

The event is in aid of DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) and the Mission Aviation Fellowship, to support their work in Nepal after the recent devastating earthquakes.

HELP NEEDED! BURTON RECREATION TRUST IN CRISIS

BRT exists to manage the outdoor recreation facilities behind the Royal Hotel. The present Chairman and Secretary are no longer able to carry out their roles due to family commitments and are appealing for new Trustees to step forward and assist in the managing of the facility. The Trust is non-profit making but it must raise enough funds annually to run the facility and maintain a ‘sinking fund’ to cover larger replacement costs.

The roles are not onerous and can be very rewarding, especially where there a few willing helpers to assist. We have Tennis Club members who take on the bookings and the cleaning of the facilities and we always get a number of ‘regular’ and other volunteers to help at the annual 10K and Fun run. This annual event is the main fundraiser and we desperately need help to run it this year.

If no-one comes forward in May, then very sadly, the Trust will revert to the Charities Commission and BRT will cease to exist – the lease will foreclose – and once it’s gone, then it’s gone.

Since it’s opening, some 15 years ago, other villages have built their own Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs) and we do not get the bookings that we used to do. Nonetheless, it is an important village asset and we are lucky indeed to have such a facility right in the centre of the village – please let’s not lose it.

If you can help, please ring 01524 781248 (Richard & Jane) or 01524 782152 (Phil, Trustee). We will be delighted to hear from you

Richard Davey & Jane Hopwood

Fashion Show in aid of Burton Memorial Hall

The next event in aid of Hall funds is a Fashion Show on Thursday 23rd April, 7pm.  Tickets on sale at Burton Village Store!

Superfast fibre broadband finally hits Burton!

Great excitement this week as we heard that Burton village can now get superfast fibre broadband. Holme, on the same exchange, has been able to get it for a few weeks now.

We've been checking and it seems that most of Burton village itself has the status message "accepting orders", and fibre certainly gets as far as the kennels on Station Lane.

Holme Mills is "fibre to cabinet but cabinet not yet taking orders so keep checking", Hilderstone is "accepting orders", but Burtlands/Station Inn and out to Moss House Farm are all returning "exploring solutions".

The houses at the very top of Vicarage Lane, Dalton, are also "exploring solutions". 

Dalton Hall Business Centre and Stable Yard areas are "accepting orders", as is Clawthorpe.

If you are not sure if your line is fibre-possible, do use the checker to see (BT lines only) or contact your telephone provider and ask them directly.   

King's Barn opens officially!

There was great excitement tonight in the King's Arms, with the official opening of the King's Barn accommodation. Extra en-suite bedrooms have been created within the revamped former storage barn, with one having full disabled access and a wet-room, along with an en-suite linked room adjoining suitable for a carer or family.

The rooms can serve as twin beds or wide doubles, with ample hanging space for clothes,a hospitality tray, and en suite facilities including showers and baths.

Cosily warm and tastefully decorated, the rooms are just across the courtyard from the main building and have easy access from the adjacent car park.

Happy New Year!

As we start 2015 with leaden skies, torrential rain and high winds, may we wish you all the best for the New Year!  Hopefully things will improve, weather-wise, fairly soon... at least it is not snowing!

WW1 Commemorative Exhibition at Burton Memorial Hall, LA6 1NA

WW1 Commemorative Exhibition at Burton Memorial Hall
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October, 2014. 10am - 4pm both days.
Admission free.

Holme & District Local History Society WW1 Exhibition

There's a nice article on the Westmorland Gazette website about this weekend's WW1 Commemorative Exhibition at Burton: http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11534093.World_War_One_fallen_not_forgotten_in_Holme_village/

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October, 2014, 10am - 4pm
Burton Memorial Hall

WW1 Commemorative Exhibition in Burton & Holme

See the HDLHS website for more information: http://localhistory.burtonweb.org.uk/
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