Crowds Flock to New Chippy

October 20, 2009

Stuarts of Driffield opened their new shop on Norwood in Beverley yesterday and the judging by the hordes of people outside they will prove a to be a popular addition to Beverley. Customer queuing out side Stuart’s of Driffield Fish & Chips on their opening night in Beverley The lucky ones who have finally made it to the front of the line for Fish & Chips

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Kings Head Bungee Jump

October 16, 2009

Exclusive pictures from the Bungee jump that was held at the Kings Head Hotel in Beverley where people were throwing themselves out of a cage for charity. One brave jumper, this lady did not think twice about and just jumped out of the cage. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image, these are just some of the pictures please contact us if you would like a copy of your…

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Beverley & Lemgo Officials Meet

October 16, 2009

Mayor of  Beverley and Lemgo Mayor Dr. Reiner Austermann today exchanged gifts and ideas with their clerks, discussing The Beverley Food Festival, Armed Forces Day and the twining of the Towns and Fire Service. The Lemgo party where then taken to The Beverley Guildhall for a very informative guided tour of Beverley Town Councils historic home. Mayor of Beverley David Elvidge & Mayor of Lemgo Dr. Reiner Austermann Helen Watson…

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Beverley Volunteers to Visit Serbia

October 16, 2009

Sue Dudill, Promoter for the European Union’s Youth in Action Programme to mobilise young people in Europe, is taking a group of volunteers from Beverley over to Krusevac in Serbia on the 24th October for what promises to be an exciting and worthwhile non-formal learning experience. It has been organised in conjunction with Marina Virijevic, a colleague from OSK, a youth-based organisation in that area. The theme of this exchange…

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Regal DJ to Write Book

October 16, 2009

As resident DJ at the Regal nightclub in the 80’s, twenty years on I now would like to preserve all the memories from this building. With you’re help we can bring back this great Beverley building and so many happy memories. Ask you’re parents, grand parents, dig out the photographs from the loft, The Regal needs you. The Regal Cinema, Café Restaurant & Ballroom built & opened 1935. A fine…

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Parking Ticket Refund Awarded

October 14, 2009

Mrs Fewster, a Beverley resident received good news this week after a parking fine of £40 was refunded. Mrs Fewster had popped into the Tesco store in Beverley to do some shopping only to return to find a parking ticket on her car for parking in a disabled bay. She tried to resolve the issue on the day showing the parking attendant her blue badge though he refused to cancel…

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Lemgo Fire Fighters in Beverley

October 13, 2009

A party from Beverley’s twin town of Lemgo, including five firefighters, has arrived in the area to further strengthen ties between the two towns. Today, we caught up with Sebastian Krug and other members of the Lemgo Junior Fire Service, who are staying for a week at Beverley Friary. While here, Sebastian and his colleagues will take in the sights of Beverley, Hull and York and spend time with the…

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Hengate Works Cause Traffic Mayhem

October 12, 2009

Beverley was brought to a grinding halt yesterday as the scheduled Hengate Roadworks began.  This was the first of – Sunday’s that Hengate would be closed off to traffic as the work on removing about eight inches of the original carriageway and replacing damaged ironwork. The council will also be resurfacing approximately half of the junction on New Walkergate/Manor Road at the end of Hengate during this period meaning more…

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Fashion Show Preview

October 12, 2009

The Fashion show today at the Beverley Memorial Hall is set to be a bit hit, the show which gets underway at 7.00pm tonight with lots of local shops taking part these include;  The Earth Collection, Faze 8, Beverley Hat Company, Pink Dance, Barbour, Burtons and Per-Una. The fashion show is being organised by the Beverley Chamber of Commerce the group that help promote Beverley, the money raised by tonight’s…

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Beverley Men Survived

October 11, 2009

The 2009 Nottingham event was run on predominantly the same course as last year’s event. Highlights on the route include Nottingham Forest Football ground and the National Watersports centre at Holme Pierrepont. Along the way, obstacles littered our path. The Nottingham Survival course is part urban and part “rural”. It’s a very green course. We started with a really pleasant run out of the City Centre, along the river Trent…

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Skate Park Cleaned Up

October 10, 2009

Beverley Skate Park was cleaned up by the people who use it with the help of the East Riding of Yorkshire Detached Team. Laura Townsend, Dean Walters and Vicky Bolton were joined by the Mayor of Beverley David Elvidge engaged with the with skaters who showed great maturity and pulling on the not so flattering Youth Tidy Up vests and got stuck in. Broken glass, plastic bottles, bricks and even…

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Beverley Skate Park Big Clean Up

October 9, 2009

Beverley Skate Park Youth Tidy Up Event East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth service is hosting a series of Youth Tidy Up events across the East Riding. The events join onto a national initiative, The Big Tidy Up. The next Youth Tidy Up event, led by the Detached Youth Work Team is take place on Saturday 10 October at Beverley Skate Park from approximately 12 to 2pm. The East Riding…

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Beverley Brass Band 40th Anniversary Concert

October 7, 2009

Beverley Brass Band will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a performance at Toll Gavel Methodist Church later this month. The concert that takes place on the 23rd of October at 7.30pm with proceeds from ticket sales going to Combat Stress a leading organisation that provides mental health care to veterans of the armed services. Tickets for the Beverley Brass Band 40th Anniversary Concert can be purchased in advance from the…

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Hengate Road Closure

October 7, 2009

Road reconstruction works are scheduled to be carried out  on Sundays starting later this month. The work will start on Sunday , 11th October and will be undertaken on seven consecutive Sundays except  8th November 2009 which is Remembrance Sunday. As well as taking out about eight inches of the original carriageway and replacing damaged ironwork, the council will also be resurfacing approximately half of the junction on New Walkergate/Manor…

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Rain Storm in Beverley

October 7, 2009

Yesterday evening Beverley was hit by a rain storm, these pictures were taken on Manor Road near the junction of St Mary’s Walk where the road was completely flooded, cars seemed to cope though the pedestrians had a much tougher journey home. The homes on Manor Road were some of those that were flooded badly in Beverley Floods of June 2007 and many were watching out of their windows as…

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Beverley Literature Festival

Storming Performances at Beverley Literature Festival The wild weather in Beverley on Saturday was matched by some equally energetic performances over the first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival as writer after writer took their audiences by storm in what has been some of the most exciting days in the festival’s eight year history. Iain Banks riffed on his new novel with the energy of a man possessed by genius. …

October 6, 2009
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Whites Makes Top 1200

October 6, 2009

The very first edition of The Good Food Guide was done by Raymond Postage back in 1951 with the goal of informing readers which restaurants come up to the proper standards. The Good Food Guide is made up from scratch each year and this year Beverley’s Whites Restaurant broke into the top 1200 restaurants that will be featured in the 2010 edition. John Robinson said “Whites was this year’s only…

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War Graves Photographic Project

October 6, 2009

The War Graves Photographic Project has been set up in an attempt to photograph each and every MoD grave, Individual Memorial and family memorial from WWI to the current day. The project aims to photograph and log over 1.7 million Common Wealth War Graves from around the world and depends on volunteers from every walk of life. HU17.net has volunteered to produce images for the graves located in Beverley or…

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