Photos: Britain In Bloom judge praises Burnham-On-Sea in visit
Burnham-On-Sea’s chances of achieving success in the prestigious Britain In Bloom competition have been given a boost this week. Burnham In Bloom’s Dave Perrett and Jo Brown gave regional judge Richard Beale a guided tour of the town on Wednesday (July 27th).
They said he was impressed by Burnham’s tidiness and floral displays, with hopes high of success.
“We hope that we’ve done well – it was a good visit and our hopes of Burnham winning an award this year are very much alive,” said Dave.
“The judge started off at the fountain next to May’s Cafe, then went to the Sailing Club along the seafront, visiting Marine Cove, the Manor Gardens, Kathleen Chambers, Pembroke Close, Home Farm, Burnham Infants School, G&H Tyres, the High Street and Sunny Lawns plus the replica railway signal box in Old Station Approach.”
Burnham In Bloom donates tablet computers to two schools
The team from Burnham In Bloom have this week presented four tablet computers to Burnham-On-Sea’s St Andrew’s Junior School and Burnham Infants School.
As Burnham-On-Sea.com reported here in February, the community-spirited members of Burnham In Bloom decided to give £2,000 of new tablet computers to help local schools and children.
12 tablets were distributed to schools in the Burnham and Highbridge area: Churchfield, St Joseph’s and Berrow.
And four further tablets have this week been delivered to Burnham Infants and St Andrew’s.
The group’s Jo Brown says: “Both schools very much appreciated them.”
Burnham-On-Sea Lions Club buys laptop PCs to help children with home schooling
Community-spirited members of Burnham-On-Sea Lions Club have dipped into their funds to buy three laptop PCs and four tablets to help several local schoolchildren with their home learning during the ongoing Covid lockdown.
“Burnham and District Lions Club wanted to help our young and their education during this current crisis,” explains the club’s Doug Plume.
“We recognised that our local schools may benefit from having access to more portable IT equipment to share out to those students who may not be fortunate enough to have access to laptops or tablets to be able to do work set by their teachers.”