Walk for Lisa
On Sunday 16 July, several walkers stepped out across local fields and the sea wall too complete a nine mile walk in aid of Lisa Aydon.
The walk was excellent with a lovely cake stall a third of the way round, not to mention hot nibbles at the Victoria Pub, finally finishing at The Rose Inn. The Rose Inn treated us to a great afternoon of fun, with face painting, donkeys, a bouncy castle, a delicious sausage stall and an enormous raffle. The just giving page is still open and we would really [more]
Posted On 10-August-2017
[more]New North Ward Councillor Nick Skeens
New North Ward Councillor Nick SkeensNormally Town Council by-elections in Burnham don’t create much controversy, but in this case it was incident packed from start to finish Maldon District Council kicked off events with polling cards incorrectly spelled in just one key respect. Then on July 14th through social media, with less than a week to go, popular independent candidate Wayne Davey announced that he intended withdrawing from the election because when advised to check
with Maldon’s elections office, they had told him that he could be reported [more]
Posted On 10-August-2017
Fire Station Open DayJuly 16th saw the Burnham Fire Station’s annual open day. This is always a popular event with a bouncy castle, BBQ, face painting and a superb raffle.
As always children were able to climb into the fire trucks and have a go at being fire fighters for the day, with crew members assisting them to use the fire hose. During the day members of the crew put on a demonstration of “why not to put water on a chip fryer”. With flames 10ft high, the [more]
Posted On 10-August-2017
Farewell Harry Harrington
For the second year running the Carnival has been shocked by the sudden death of oneof our committee members.
Robin “Harry” Harrington passed away suddenly on July 13th aged 69. Our thoughts go out to his wife Gwen and family.
Harry was a committee member in the 1970s running the afternoon events on the playing field. He returned to the committee in the 2000s with Gwen to run the bingo, and has been an enthusiastic member ever since, serving as Chairman from 2010-2013 and as a vice chairman from then to date.
He [more]
Posted On 10-August-2017
Dengie Rocks Against Dementia
The day was a great success raising over £1000, over £500 of this being raised through the charity auction, which will go into the protected
fund for Essex. Importantly Victoria Lyons, the Admiral Nurse consultant , was able to give advice to people who had questions or concerns about loved ones living with dementia. The day also raised awareness about Dementia UK and The Admiral Nurse service they provide. For many people it was the
first time they had heard about Admiral Nurses. SEAN would like to say a huge thank you to the [more]
Posted On 10-August-2017
Burnham In Bloom Awards Night On July 21st Burnham Council Chambers hosted the annual Burnham In Bloom awards
evening. The event was originally set up in 2010 by late editor Keith Williams, it was a realpassion of his. This year it has been carried on by the editor of the Burnham and Dengie Hundred Review, Jennifer Williams with help from avid gardeners Cristina Franchi and Jane Sisterson. Many awards were given to local residents who work year round to keep their gardens looking beautiful.
The winners of this year’s competition are as follows:
Best Sunflower, Daisy McMahon.
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Posted On 10-August-2017
School plants - Huge thanks to Una Norman
Before writing the article on this year’s school planters, I would like to say a huge thank you to Una Norman. Not only does Una organise the planters every year but she also goes to great lengths in keeping our town beautiful throughout the year.
She doesn't take the credit or delegate, she does it all out of great respect for our quaint town. A lot of you have probably seen Una around the town with volunteers, always with a project on the go keeping our green spaces presentable and in doing so over the years has [more]
Posted On 9-July-2017
Burnham Week 2017, commencing on Saturday 26th August, marks the 125th anniversary of this popular week long sailing regatta. Growing out of a small town regatta, Burnham Week became famous in yachting circles for sailing, but also for its friendly and inclusive social side – second to none. This year will be no different with racing set for all types of craft; dinghies to ocean-going racing yachts; single or multihull; and all craft between. Competitors can do one to eight days of glorious river racing. With such an historical regatta there [more]
Posted On 9-July-2017