CraftMarket 2014

Click the image above to see the larger poster. Visit our Flickr album to see the crafters coming in 2014:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmh_craftmarket/sets/72157645642072439/

"Northern Lights spectacular expected in Cumbria tonight" says Gazette

Cumbria could be in for a rare treat tonight, if the skies stay clear, as large parts of the country may see spectacular Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) after massive emissions from the sun reach the earth's atmosphere.

Read what Stuart Atkinson, from the Edington Society in Kendal, has to say about it here: http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/10926814.Northern_Lights_spectacular_expected_in_Cumbria_tonight/?ref=mr

If anyone does manage to see them and takes photos, please do let us know and we'll include them on the BurtonWeb site. :)

Silverdale Viking silver hoard at Lancaster City Museum

From 25 October to 21 December, 2013, the Silverdale Viking silver hoard will be on display at Lancaster City Museum. Admission is free. http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/silverdale-hoard-110-000-viking-treasure-to-go-on-display-at-lancaster-museum-1-6145306

 

Burton's 37th Annual Onion Show is this Sunday!

Sunday 6th October sees this year's annual Onion Show taking place at the Kings Arms at Burton in Kendal.

For 37 years the annual Onion Show has raised money for Burton Children's Sports Committee, which organises the annual village bonfire night and fireworks, family discos, and the annual sports day and carnival parade.

This year's show has an amended range of classes, and a huge list of items for the auction. Download the PDF list from here: Onion Show Class List

Entries need to be in between 10am and 12 noon. Judging starts at 12 noon. Auction of promises and entries starts at 2pm.

CraftMarket 2013 at Burton Memorial Hall this weekend!

CraftMarket 2013 at Burton Memorial Hall is THIS WEEKEND! Stallholders can set up from 8am each day. Open to the public from 10am - 4pm both days. Free public parking in the Memorial Hall car park and the Royal Hotel car park. Vintage tearoom open 10am - 4pm both days.
https://www.facebook.com/events/156392044544170/ 
http://bmh.burtonweb.org.uk/index.php?id=craftmarket

Wheels 4 Alex Quiz Sheets on sale NOW!

The Wheels 4 Alex Quiz Sheets are now on sale, price £1 each. Each sheet has 50 questions - 46 of them have a connection with the word Alex, the remaining 4 have a connection with the word wheels - it's up to you to work it which is which and answer the questions. Each answer has an indication of the number of words needed for it. Some you'll know immediately, some may need a wee bit of thinking about, and a few will tax your little grey cells! If you get stuck, the answers to every question may be found by using internet search engines, so don't despair!!!

The quiz sheets need to be returned to us by 1st December, 2013, and there are small cash prizes for the first three all correct entries out of the hat. All profits from the quiz (that is all sales minus the prize monies) are going to the Wheels for Alex Campaign Appeal in aid of the new powered outdoor wheelchair for Alex Doherty. See www.wheelsforalex.org for more details of the appeal.

If you would like to buy a quiz sheet, you can find them on sale at:
Burton Village Store & Post Office, Burton-in-Kendal
The King's Arms Hotel, Burton-in-Kendal
Mossdale Services on the A6 at Hale

Or, if you would like to buy one but are not local, we can post you one out for £1.50 (£1 for the quiz & 50p 2nd class postage) payable by PayPal (you can use the button below). If you would like multiple copies of the quiz, we can send up to 10 quiz sheets to you for the same postage rate of 50p, so just select the number of sheets you require and add the postage to the cost. Or if you don't like using PayPal simply send us* a £1 in an envelope along with a pre-stamped addressed return envelope and we'll post one to you.

*Address to post to is Wheels 4 Alex Quiz, c/o BurtonWeb,
4 Drovers Way, Burton, Carnforth. LA76 1HU

Wheels for Alex website is now online!

The Burton-based campaign, Wheels for Alex, has a shiny sparkly new website, where you can keep up to date with the latest news, amount raised, and find a list of the events which are planned to raise more funds towards this amazing set of wheels to keep Alex mobile. Why not pop over and see them and maybe make a donation whilst you are there too?

Wheels for Alex

Wheels for Alex Campaign - Please Help!

The Wheels 4 Alex Campaign has launched, with the aim of raising £9,000 to buy Alex, who has Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, a Boma 7 Off-road Wheelchair.

Five years ago, Burton in Kendal villager Alex Doherty was diagnosed with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 44.  At that time, this father of two young children had his own business as a Professional Outdoor Activities Instructor, working, among other things with companies to encourage teambuilding. He was a highly active person who enjoyed climbing, mountaineering and adventure holidays in his spare time. The effect of this devastating disease has been shockingly rapid over the last five years. Alex is doing everything ‘he can’ to slow down this progression but he is now barely able to use his legs, so we are asking for your help in the Wheels for Alex Campaign, to raise £9,000 to buy Alex some wheels!

You can read more about the Wheels for Alex campaign on our page here: http://burtonweb.org.uk/viewpage.php?page_id=46

If you want to help in any way, the campaign team will be delighted to hear from you:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wheels-for-Alex/195538827264729

The wheelchair the Wheels for Alex Campaign wants to buy for Alex:

Protest of Flowers at War Memorials

Families with former and serving members of the armed forces placed flowers at the Burton war memorial today, in memory of Drummer Lee Rigby, the soldier murdered in Woolwich on 22 May 2013.

The murder of Lee Rigby, a serving soldier, in Woolwich on 22 May 2013, sent a shock wave through the country, especially within families who have members serving in the military forces. By placing flowers at every war memorial throughout the country we hope to show both that we support our armed service personnel wherever they may be based, and that terrorism in any form will not bring us down.

Anyone who would like to support the campaign is asked to lay flowers at the war memorial. The campaign's webpage may be found here: www.facebook.com/events/148533981999928/ 

Children's Sports Day rained off

How sad that, after a few days of fine sunny and warm weather, the cold and wet returned today, causing the abandonment of the annual children's sports day races and stalls today (Spring Bank Holiday Monday). After all the hard work and planning by the sports committee the SPACE-themed parade made its way round the village before the clouds gathered again, the rain poured down, and races were stopped. The stall holders battled on awhile, but by 2.30pm they had accepted the inevitable and were packing everything away.

Some damp Daleks lay in a trailer, the TARDIS was parked on someone's driveway, and the chairs and tables were loaded back into vans for their return trip to the Memorial Hall. Lots of the younger men from the village were out doing a sterling job in horrible conditions, whilst some of the mums and kids sheltered on the bowling pavilion terrace, whilst others had given up and gone home.

Those looking after the still well-stocked burger and bun stall were planning how to migrate it all over to the Hall for tonight's family disco, whilst the team with the stop-me-and-buy-a-coffee bicycle stall were tipping water off their canopy before heading for a drier place. This is such a busy and popular event, and it's sad when it's rained off like this, but at least everyone will have this evening's family disco to look forward to in the Memorial Hall... and there may be a few burgers going too!

Oh what a night!

I make no apologies for stealing a song title to describe last night's gig at the Kings Arms in Burton, as it was such a fab night of music and songs.

Southend's finest (who are both now Cumbrian residents), Mickey Jupp and Mo Witham played for almost 3 hours in the bar, getting through a 3-part set list of some 25 songs, many of which were written by Mickey himself.

People came from near and far to listen, there were even fans from London, the Midlands and Ireland! Mickey and Mo clearly enjoyed the intimate atmosphere of the bar, as well as the excellent beer, and the audience obviously enjoyed their performance!

For anyone who missed the night, never fear, as Mickey and Mo will be back - they are taking part in an event later this year in the Memorial Hall - more details will be available soon.

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Lots happening in Burton in 2013!

This looks like being a very busy year in Burton, as lots of events are planned by a host of different groups and societies. We try to bring you an up-to-date listing on our What's On page on BurtonWeb, but we do not always know every detail, so if you have something planned, please drop us a line via the website and tell us what you are doing. We'll be happy to add it (for free) to the events listing for you.

Silverdale & Arnside Art & Craft Trail 2013

We've been asked to share the info below about a forthcoming event in a neighbouring community:

"The annual Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail is taking place from Friday 28th June until Sunday 30th June 2013.

Local exhibitors who wish to register for this event and/or to find out more go to www.silverdalearttrail.co.uk and click on ‘exhibitor login’.

Alternatively, you can contact Debbie Copley on 01524 702563 or via email on trail@silverdalearttrail.co.uk

The deadline for online registration is midnight on Wednesday 28th February 2013."

Christmas Lights at the Kings Arms Burton

A little bird tells us that the Kings Arms Christmas decorations and lights are going to be spectacular this year. It may cause a spike in the National Grid's power drain when they switch on, but surely they will cheer everyone up and bring a smile to even the more dour of faces these cold December days and nights?

We will send our undercover photographer to get some pictures (we may have to dress him as an elf to blend in, but what the heck!) - but if you can't wait, why not pop along and see for yourself?

Kings Arms, Main Street, Burton LA6 1NR http://kingsarmsburton.co.uk/

Cumbria's new Police & Crime Commissioner

In the first PCC elections in November, Richard Rhodes was returned as the first PCC for Cumbria. As time goes on we will no doubt see him out and about, he may possibly even manage to visit small villages like ours, but in the meantime, if you want to contact him, here are some handy links:

Cumbria Police & Crime Commissioner website: http://cumbria-pcc.gov.uk/

Cumbria PCC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/cumbriapcc

If you wish to contact the Police and Crime Commissioner please do so using the contact information below:

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
Carleton Hall
Penrith
Cumbria CA10 2AU

Telephone: 01768 217734
E-mail:commissioner@cumbria-pcc.gov.uk

Cumbria PCC candidate info now online

Leaflets for the various candidates are slowly going out, but it's a mammoth task covering the whole of the county, so if you've not had information about the candidates, why not pop along to the Choose My PCC website (set up by the Home Office) http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/candidates/area/cumbria where you can find summaries of each candidate and their election addresses.

Who are Cumbria's Police Commissioner Candidates?

We've been asked who the candidates are who are standing in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections for Cumbria on Thursday 15th November, so here is a screenshot showing the official list as published by the Returning Officer at SLDC.(Click to view a larger version.)

The Polling Station for Burton is Burton Memorial Hall, and voters on the list should have received a Poll Card through the post by now. If you haven't had one, nor arranged a postal or proxy vote, you need to contact the Electoral Registration Officer as soon as possible to ensure you will be able to vote on the day, or if you're not on the Voting Register complete the form you can obtain here: http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/how_do_i_vote/registering_to_vote.aspx or https://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register_to_vote/electoral_registration_applica.aspx and send it into the Electoral Registration Officer as soon as possible.

Contacts:
Electoral Registration Officer
South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House
Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4UQ
Tel: 0845 050 4434

Confused about the PCC Election?

The Electoral Commission website has provided 2 helpful pages about the voting process for the new Police and Crime Commissioner on 15 November. http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/pcc.aspx and  http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/how_do_i_vote/voting_systems/police_and_crime_commissioner.aspx

It's especially useful to watch the video they have provided, which explains you can vote for two candidates - a first choice and a second choice, so that's one X in each of the two columns on the ballot paper.



http://youtu.be/PptcuCdSur0

Once elected, the Police and Crime Commissioner will serve until May 2016, a term of 3½ years.

The Electoral Commission has produced a booklet about the election of the Police & Crime Commissioners, a copy of which should be delivered to every household before the 2nd November. However, you can also download a PDF version of the booklet using the link here: http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/PDF/PCC-booklet-public-info-FINAL-ENGLAND-English-web.pdf

More information on the candidates standing, including copies of their statements, may be found online from 26th October on the Home Office website  http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/ or you can pre-order printed copies by calling 0800 1 07 07 08. The Electoral Commission also has a Helpline if you have questions about the election, where you can talk to a real person, call 0800 3 280 280. Both calls are free from a landline, charges from a mobile phone will vary depending on your service provider.

Election or non-event? You choose!

Why does the Home Office think that having the information about candidates for the Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections on Thursday 15 November should only be available after October 26th? Isn't that getting a bit late in the day? It's certainly too late for village newsletters like Burton News, which are published monthly, to carry it in their November issue.

Also, today is the first that I've heard an advert on local radio (Lakeland Radio) about these elections. The information is online, but not everyone has access to the internet still or wants it in that format, but if you want printed info you have to ring up and ask for it. (You can phone now on 0800 107 0708 and pre-order a printed copy.) Which begs the question, if you don't hear or read an advert telling you this, how would you know that you can ask for it?!

The election of Police & Crime Commissioners is the biggest change in the way police forces are managed for decades and yet it's being carried out in a less than voter-friendly manner. An election taking place in November seems destined to attract a low turn-out - dark nights are never an encouragement for voters to turn out, and the Electoral Reform Society is predicting a turn-out of around 18.5% as against a more usual 60%+ for a general election. How is this democratic? How will the person elected reflect the electorate with such a low turn-out?

In Cumbria there are 4 candidates standing. Whichever of them gets the most votes, it still means that the most powerful person in policing in Cumbria would have been elected by a minority of the electorate.

The PCC will have the power to set out the crime plan for the county, set the budget and precept for the county police force, and hire and fire the chief constable and the deputy chief constable. These are huge powers, and they should be in the hands of (preferably) a non-political elected police authority or of a commissioner who is elected by a majority of the electorate, not just by the votes of the few who realise how important these elections really are.

http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/ Home Office website about the Police & Crime Commissioner elections
List of candidates standing in Cumbria: http://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/pdf/SPN%20-%20PCC.pdf (PDF file)

The Polling Station for Burton-in-Kendal is Burton Memorial Hall, polling hours are 7am - 10pm.

Food Fun Night

At the Fun Food Night at Burton Memorial Hall on Friday 2nd November, Diana Brown, an independent consultant for The Pampered Chef, will be demonstrating how to make easy yet impressive Canapes for Christmas. There will also be a cook-off between two volunteers, a wine bar, raffle and loads of fun! 

Come along on the night to taste the food, try the fabulous Pampered Chef range of products and be inspired! Just imagine all your Christmas presents sorted in one night for all your foodie friends and family. 

Ordering also available on a dedicated page of the Pampered Chef website towards this event. Free delivery after the event to LA6 area, or £5.00 for delivery direct to your door (free over £100) anywhere in the UK. 30 day trial with easy free return and collection from your door. 

http://www.pamperedchef.biz/tastingcumbria?page=host-search-results&showId=3807898

 

Doors open 7pm, ends 10pm. 

Cost £3 per person. 

Contact for details: 01524 781306