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Bells Ring Out At Beverley Treasure House

June 21, 2011

A new exhibition at the Treasure House, Beverley, looks at the fascinating world of church bell ringing, researched by members of the Beverley and District Ringing Society and the Beverley Town Handbell Ringers. The sound of church bells is iconic to Britain and this exhibition celebrates this very familiar part of daily life, from the resurgence of ringers after the Second World War to the work being undertaken by the…

See The Nostalgic Side of The Seaside

June 14, 2011

Bridlington and the coastline of Holderness has long been a popular tourist destination. Each year thousands of people visit this part of Yorkshire and time and again they return. On Tuesday, 24 June, the East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service celebrate our much loved coastal areas with its third archive cinema event, ‘Bridlington and the East Yorkshire Coast’. The show draws on a variety of footage from the past…

York Waits At The Beverley Guildhall

June 7, 2011

The Beverley Guildhall will present an unusual evening lecture by members of the York Waits at 7pm on Thursday, 16 June, with plenty of medieval musical instruments to see and hear. From the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century the English town bands, or waits, provided music for civic occasions and celebrations. In this lecture Tim Bayley and John Peel of today’s York Waits will outline the history of the…

Family History Beginners Day @ The Treasure House, Beverley

June 7, 2011

Tracing your family history is a fascinating and rewarding hobby, but it can be difficult to know where to start. A family history beginners day will be held at the Treasure House on Saturday, 9 July to get people started in tracing their family tree. The day will be lead by an expert tutor, who will introduce different ways of finding information about ancestors. Over the course of the day…

‘Being There’ Paintings & Drawings by Barry and Jill Carter

May 24, 2011

A new exhibition of works by well-known, Cottingham-based artists, Barry and Jill Carter, will be on display at Beverley Art Gallery this summer. Barry and Jill have exhibited widely in the North of England for many years, in both solo and group shows. Barry is inspired by coastal locations, especially Bridlington, Flamborough and Staithes. The inland waterways and boatyards of North Lincolnshire are also favourite locations. Jill favours domestic interiors,…

East Riding Events For National Family Week

May 12, 2011

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding a number of events to celebrate National Family Week, starting with a fun day at the Beverley Treasure House, Beverley, on Tuesday, 31 May. The day runs from 10.30am – 12.30pm with a behind the scenes tour of the museum’s stores and the archive’s conservation workshop. Have a go at the mystery museum objects challenge and creative crafts. This session must be pre-booked….

New Display at Beverley Art Gallery

May 12, 2011

‘Spreading Light: The Champney Bequest and Adult Learners’ is the new display at Beverley Art Gallery, which features a collection of works produced by a long established Beverley Art Group, whose members have experienced mental health problems. Tutor, Alan Lewis, has taught the group for a number of years and also works as an attendant at the Gallery and Beverley Treasure House. The project was instigated by a Heritage Lottery…

New Family History Courses at the Beverley Treasure House

May 10, 2011

Tracing your family history is a fascinating and rewarding hobby, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Help is at hand though with a new programme of family history courses and events, which have been launched by the Treasure House. A family history beginners’ day will be held on Saturday, 9 July to get people started in tracing their family tree. The day will be lead by…

Syntan Barge Floating Museum

April 13, 2011

The MV Syntan Barge is the pride and joy of the Beverley Barge Preservation Society. The society was set up in 2000 with the aim of providing visitors to Beverley Beck a memorable trip back in time and provide an overview of the industries that once flourished in this part of town. The Syntan, once a working barge on the Beck, was re-discovered at Doncaster Power Station, where it had…

Beverley Beck

April 13, 2011

Beverley Beck is the historic waterway that once made the town of Beverley one of most prosperous in England. Through links with the Low Countries and other parts of mainland Europe, Beverley was at the centre of a number of trades, with perhaps the most prosperous of the lot the tanning industry. The Beck was first mentioned in the late 13th century in historical records, and continued to the main…

Public Services Opening Times Easter 2011

April 7, 2011

East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to advise residents of opening hours for venues, including leisure centres, libraries, museums, archive services and customer service centres during the Easter holidays and for the Royal wedding. From Friday, 22 April to Monday, 2 May, general opening times will be as follows for the council’s 11 leisure centres. Beverley Leisure Complex For specific pool opening times please check with the facility. Friday…

Forthcoming Lectures @ The Treasure House

April 5, 2011

Forthcoming lectures this month, organised by the council’s museums service and held in the Treasure House, Beverley, are as follows: Thursday 7 April Coins, Tokens and ‘Funny Money’ by Dr. David Marchant, museums registrar. A look at coinage and other coin-like artefacts in the East Riding museum service’s collections. Thursday 14 April Reuben Chappell and other Pierhead Painters by Janet Tierney, curator of Goole Museum. Shipping in the 19th and…

New Works From Driffield Art Club at Beverley Art Gallery

March 23, 2011

Members of Driffield Art Club have submitted two pieces of recently produced artwork for a new exhibition, called For Art’s Sake, at Beverley Art Gallery, which opens on Saturday, 2 April. Founded in 1965, the club is well established in the community, with over 100 members. The club meets monthly at Westgarth Community Centre, Mill Street, Driffield. There will be an open afternoon for the exhibition on Saturday, 2 April,…

The East Riding Yeomanry @ The Treasure House

March 5, 2011

A new mini-display at the Treasure House in Beverley opened this week. The topic of this latest display is the East Riding Yeomanry, a territorial regiment that served in the Palestine campaign and on the western front during the First World War. Drawing on photographs, uniforms and other objects in the museum service’s collections, the display can be found in the café area on the first floor of the Beverley…

A Felon in the Family @ The Treasure House

March 5, 2011

Family historians can delve into the murky past of their ancestors thanks to a fascinating archive document. A volume of photographs of convicted offenders dating back to 1875 is now being repaired so that it can be made available to the public by autumn. Work to restore the volume is being done by the document conservation department at East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service, based in…

Beverley Minster

February 17, 2011

The most popular tourist attraction in East Yorkshire and the most important building in Beverley’s history. Beverley Minster is one of the finest parish churches in the country. It has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for 1300 years and is one of the oldest gothic structures in Britain. Larger than one third of all cathedrals and regarded as one of the most beautiful non-cathedrals in the UK, it…

Old Curtains and Bras Win Fashion Awards

February 16, 2011

East Riding students this morning won awards for their fashion outfits made from discarded net curtains, bras, old shirts and duvets. They were competing in the pre-worn fashion awards sponsored by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to highlight the 3,000 tonnes of clothes sent by residents to landfill last year. This is equivalent to three million pairs of jeans. The winner, Madeleine Burn, Churchill Avenue, Cottingham, an art and design…

Fashion Display of Students’ Work @ The Treasure House

January 31, 2011

A collection of fashions by East Riding students goes on display at the Treasure House, Beverley from 15 February. The outfits have been made from pre-worn clothing, including from charity shops, to show how to give garments a new lease of life. The fashions will be entries submitted by students at East Riding College and Bishop Burton College as part of the council’s competition to highlight the 3,000 tonnes of…

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