Burwell Carnival 2008
The theme this year was 'Countries of the World'. A very good attendance, good weather and lots of hard work by the organisers made this a very successful carnival. £7,200 was raised for Carnival charities.
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Controlling Weeds
Burwell, one of only 7 out of 243 Cambridgehsire parishes who have chosen to opt out of the council weed treatment programme. Controlling weeds
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Burwell, one of only 7 out of 243 Cambridgehsire parishes who have chosen to opt out of the council weed treatment programme. Controlling weeds
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UK's biggest solar farm approved for east of England (Click on image for larger version)
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