Hello Burscough
FROM A BASE TO BOOTHS Located in Lancashire, our Burscough store opened in July 2015, its recognisable and unique aircraft hangar style shape is by no coincidence. It’s sited on the former 650 acre HMS Ringtail airfield which was a Fleet Air Arm naval air station commissioned in September 1943 and originally used for fighter squadrons.With the store designed to preserve and acknowledge the site’s proud histor y. During the construction of the Ringtail Retail Park, the existing memorial to those who served at the airbase was relocated and
In ever y issue of The Good Grocers we will be visiting one of our stores and catching up with some of our colleagues. Our colleagues at Burscough store are keen fund raisers for local charities and over the years they have raised thousands of pounds. They get up to all sor ts! Including the annual (and occasionally ver y wet) raft races in the canal as par t of the Burscough heritage weekend, fancy dress days and a few male colleagues facing an eye-watering charity leg wax.
rededicated within a new memorial garden, located to the left of the store if you would like to visit it. Within the memorial garden you can say a little hello to a life size, bronze sculpture of a Fleet Air Arm pilot, positioned to watch over the former airfield that we affectionately named ʻFrankʼ. Commissioned by Nor th West sculptor, Peter Hodgkinson.We hope the local community use the memorial garden as a time to pause
Fun aside, their hard work is testimony to the local charities they have suppor ted, including the funding for an outdoor sensor y room for The Alfie Lund Fund, and recently, funds for Lifting Louis.
We think Burscough’s Trading Manager Liz, pictured left, sums it up perfectly: “Serving our local community is
so impor tant to us, now more than ever – we have such an amazing team spirit here. If you’re down, you’re never down for long as we all look out for each other.Working at Burscough is like a home from home, one big happy family!”
and reflect and enjoy it over the coming years as much as we do. To read more visit booths.co.uk and for HMS Ringtail visit www.hms-ringtail.org.uk .
A CHRISTMAS ‘CAROLE’ Each year for the Booths Christmas Book we hold a recipe competition for our colleagues to feature their seasonal delights. Carole from Burscough entered our 2020 competition and won! We simply couldn’t resist her delightful golden caramel shor tbread and she’s shared her secret to these sweet treats with us. If you haven’t tried them already over the festive period, you can find the recipe at booths.co.uk/recipes . We also asked Carole what she enjoys most about working at Burscough store: “I love the team spirit and banter and that I feel appreciated and my good work is recognised by all management and colleagues – it’s always busy and there is always something to do.”
I make these as presents for my family and friends, I think itʼs nicer to make something. My friends at Burscough love it!
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