With the cold weather fast approaching and the cost of living ever increasing, this winter will be extremely challenging for many people in the region. If you want to help, donate to Two Ridings Community Foundation’s Surviving Winter Fund.
Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Opens This Weekend
‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’, a unique exhibition bringing together a selection of items from private collections across East Yorkshire and artwork by Laura Boswell, opens Saturday 16 October at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House.
The idea for the exhibition came about over two years ago when the Japanese Embassy introduced the ‘Japan-UK Season of Culture’, a celebration of the many facets of Japanese culture in the UK.
Messerschmitt bf 109e : Completing A Build That Was Started 49 Years Earlier
This Airfix kit was given kindly to me. It is a 1/24 Messerschmitt bf 109e which was partly made by a chap called George Bogg. We think the model was started in 1973 by George.
It took a while to clean it up, take it apart before putting back together. Sadly, while George put in motors I was unable to make them work. He had also put a lot of effort into detailing the model making many modifications to the original kit.
Spru Goo – Simple Yet Effective Way Of Filling Gaps On Plastic Models
Spru Goo is a word you have heard banded about in the plastic model-making world. This handy product however is not something you can buy in a shop.
Spru Goo is in fact just glue mixed with old spru. Most model makers make it with the offcuts of plastic and frames that parts of kits are shipped in.
CADEY Aims For A Defibrillator In Every Local Rural Community
The CADEY Committee, accompanied by their generous funders Esh Construction and Humber Aid have made a whistle-stop tour of Beverley and Holderness to pay visits to the life-saving public access defibrillators installed over the summer.
The East Riding Festival Of Words Presents Bestsellers Day In Beverley
The East Riding Festival of Words is hosting a Bestsellers Day on Saturday, 23 October at Beverley Memorial Hall.
The popular event is back for 2021 and will feature four sessions.
Useful Burglary Prevention Tips For Business Owners
Burglars are only as successful as the people they rob. If you take a few precautions, your home and business will be much less likely to attract them and their sticky fingers.
Prevention starts with an awareness of how burglars operate. Most break-ins happen when burglars can access the building without being seen or heard by neighbours or passersby.
Beverley 1300 : Series of Events Confirmed To Mark Beverley’s Key Milestones
Beverley 1330 have confirmed a number of events that will take place to mark key historic milestones of the towns past.
Organisers hope people in the town will take the opportunity to enjoy some of the 9 events that will take place across four day period.
Get Online Week 2021 In The East Riding At Beverley Library
East Riding Libraries are encouraging residents to ‘Get reading, Get listening and Get watching’ for Get Online Week 2021, which runs from Monday, 18 to Sunday, 24 October.
During the week, there will be members of the library team on hand at sessions in Beverley and Bridlington North and on the Gilberdyke Mobile Library to help anyone to start using the huge digital library of eBooks, audiobooks, digital newspapers, magazines and streaming services available completely FREE to East Riding Library members.
Giving Nature A Home: Celebrating Wildlife At Cottingham Development
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East is celebrating receiving Gold Standard at its show home garden, located in Cottingham at David Wilson Homes’ Harland Park development, as part of its ongoing partnership with The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
The Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance 2021: Honouring One Of The First World War Hull Pals – Private Jack Cunningham VC
In Remembrance week 2021, we honour the achievements of one of Hull’s own, Private Jack Cunningham VC, whose story of bravery in the face of the enemy has been brought back to life after the restoration of a 104-year-old piece of cinematic history.
John Cunningham, who was usually known as Jack, came from a traveller family and was the eldest son of Charles Cunningham, a licensed pot hawker and his wife Mary Ann. He had six brothers and just like his father, was a hawker.
Tribute To Beverley’s Historic Shipbuilding Past To Be Officially Opened
A tribute to Beverley’s shipbuilding past is to be officially opened this week. Located by the River Hull on Grove Hill road the tribute highlights an industry that deserves to be remembered.
Employing hundreds of people the industry located in Beverley built over 1000 ships. The first iron ships were built in Beverley back in 1882 by Henry and Joseph Scarr.
Swanland Features As Redrow Scoops 13 Uk Property Awards
One of Redrow’s 13 prestigious awards in the 2021 UK Property Awards is heading to the picturesque village of Swanland, near Hull.
The fully furnished Leamington Lifestyle show home at Swanland Heights has been named as an award winner.
Eco-Conscious Brits Stockpile Broken ‘Junk’ at Home Worth £437
Eco-conscious Brits are filling their homes with broken things rather than throwing out or repairing, according to a new poll.
New research of 1000 British families has revealed that cupboards and drawers are filled with an average of £437 worth of broken items per household at any one time.
The Princess Royal Visits Defence School of Transport
The Princess Royal has recently visited the Defence School of Transport in Leconfield. Princess Anne who is the Colonel in Chief of the Royal Logistic Corps visited 25 Training Regiment RLC and DST at Normandy Barracks in its 25th Anniversary year.
Football Club Continues To Thrive Thanks To Partnership With Global Brand
Backing from a global brand is helping a grassroots football club in Beverley continue to flourish.
AFC Tickton is one of the area’s biggest football clubs, with more than 450 players aged from six to 72.
Airfix Harrier GR9 1:72 Build Review and Photos
Airfix has a range of models in their range but from a personal level, their take of the GR9 Harrier is one of their better efforts.
The kit is quite small, however, there is plenty of detail and options provided by this smart kit from Airfix.
AA Global Steps Up With Funding To Help Fitmums And Friends
A scheme that was launched nearly 10 years ago to help women with post-natal depression is to embark on a post-Covid campaign to help a wider range of people after securing funding from a business in Hull.
In the Pink, which was set up in 2012 by Fitmums and Friends, is being sponsored by AA Global Language Services to cover the cost of employing a part-time coordinator who will build a network of volunteers.