Drama: The Holme Front

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Holme Parish Hall

Christmas Bingo dates at Burton Memorial Hall

The Xmas bingo nights at Burton Memorial Hall are as follows:

• Thursday 27th November, in aid of Burton Memorial Hall
• Thursday 4th December, in aid of Burton Children's Sports Committee
• Friday 12th December, in aid of Burton Pre-school
• Friday 19th December, in aid of Burton Tennis Club

Doors open at 6.30pm for all dates, eyes down at 7.30pm. Refreshments on sale.

Burton Pre-school Nearly New Sale

Burton Pre-school Nearly New Sale 8 November at 10:00–12:00. See here for more details or to claim a code to sell: https://www.facebook.com/events/756953281045027

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

Halloween Ghost Train

There are some spooky goings-on planned at the Cinderbarrow miniature railway on Hallowe'en.... Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! 

See Google Maps for location:

https://maps.google.co.uk

Burton Pre-School Halloween Disco

Burton Pre-School Halloween Disco, Sat 1 Nov 5.30pm - 7.30 pm at Burton Memorial Hall. 

See https://www.facebook.com/events/1498199303790676 for details.

Flu Clinics 2014

Memorial Hall Harvest Fair

The annual Harvest Fair will take place at Burton Memorial Hall, Saturday 18th October, 10am - 12 noon. The fair is in aid of Hall funds. Burton Memorial Hall is a charity registered in England and Wales, number 505018. Click the image below to see the larger poster.

WW1 Commemorative Exhibition in Burton & Holme

See the HDLHS website for more information: http://localhistory.burtonweb.org.uk/
Click the image above to see a larger version

Fashion Show by Kitty Brown

In aid of Hall funds. Click the image to see the larger poster.

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/