http://burnhamoncrouch.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:50:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to this brand new website for Burnham-on-Crouch and the Dengie Hundred community. The site is so new, that I haven't quite made up my mind what to do with it. I know one thing for sure. The site is going to contain as much detailed and up-to-date information as possible ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/a-blog-a-mashup-what-is-this-new-website-all-about/ More than 20 firefighters tackling a barn fire in Essex have been forced to carry out a controlled burning. The building at Stow Maries near South Woodham Ferrers contained hay and 30 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser, which have been lost. Six pumps attended the incident early on Saturday 19th July with ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/07/hay-and-fertiliser-lost-in-blaze/ The River Crouch will become a stage this weekend. In the absence of RIVERfest, the RiverRats are taking to the water to celebrate music in Burnham on Saturday July 5. They will be sailing aboard Maverick, a fishing and work boat owned and piloted by Crouch waterman Harry Lymer. Pete Crisp (lead guitar), Warren ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/07/riverrats-get-ready-to-set-sail/ 12 Jul 2008  St. Marys Church Burnham on Crouch will be holding their Open Garden Afternoon on Saturday 12th July from 2pm-6pm. Programs will be available from the Church Car Park or any participating garden on the day, priced at £3, accompanied children free. There will be refreshments, plants for sale ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/07/burnham-on-crouch-open-gardens/ I have added a couple of extra features to the site.. First is a VOTING button which has been applied to all articles displayed on the site. Now where you see the VOTE link at the bottom of the article you can indicate how you feel about it by clicking the ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/votes-and-social-bookmarking/ Burnham Sailing Club held the annual pursuit race on Wednesday evening in three sections, the cruisers, the sports boats and the juniors. The idea is that the boats are sent off in order of their handicap and the one that is in the lead at the finish time (8.15pm) will be ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/baby-beluga-wins-pursuit/ Young people in Burnham will be able to welcome a weekly summer roadshow to the town. Burnham Town Council agreed to pay for one session a week from the Essex County Council Youth Bus. The £480 at £80 a session will mean youngsters can enjoy the cafe, internet, music and other entertainment ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/roadshow-bus-brought-to-burnham/ 23rd - 30th August Burnham Week 2008 will soon be upon us. For more information on this event visit the official Burnham Week website at http://www.burnhamweek.org.uk.  [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2huQ0p1JWY] With absolutely nothing to do with this year's Burnham week, I've inserted this video as it's the only sailing reference to Burnham that I could find ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/burnham-week-2008/ Back and determined to make more money and get more people involved than last year, depending on your viewpoint, Burnham welcomes it's 3rd Annual Pub Crawl! This year's Summer theme is going to be MOVIE STARS & CHARACTERS. In tradition the crawl will start at 4pm in The Railway Inn on Saturday July ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/burnham-on-crouch-pub-crawl/ 5 boats came to the Branklet Buoy start at Burnham on Crouch for the Association's annual visit to the Medway. Saturday's race, for the Jane's Cup, started in a solid northerly breeze of 15kts. All three classes started cleanly for the spinnaker reach out of the Crouch. Spinnaker's soon gave way ... http://burnhamoncrouch.com/2008/06/eaora-jane%e2%80%99s-cup-at-burnham-on-crouch/