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…
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. …
Whites Makes Top 1200
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…
War Graves Photographic Project
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…
Robin Storey
Robin Storey who lives and works as an artist in Beverley was originally from County Durham. Robin Storey’s landscape paintings were first exhibited in The Beverley Art Gallery and have since appeared in galleries throughout the country. As a youngster he was a keen sportsman and played tennis for Yorkshire and twice made the Wimbledon Qualifying completion. His art has earned him the title of “Professional Artist of the Year…
Darlington Mowden Park Vs Beverley RUFC
Darlington Mowden Park 36 Beverley 21 – After a disastrous first twenty minutes which left them trailing 21-5 Beverley steadily clawed their way back to 21-all only to succumb to two late tries and go down to a convincing defeat. It was a strange game. There was plenty of good rugby on view but for Beverley also plenty of frustration. Time and again when they should have kept the ball…
Bonfire Night Diversions & Parking
The Annual Beverley Lions Bonfire is a very successful and well-attended event, however with this comes a number of Traffic and Public Safety issues, which have been monitored and discussed with The Beverley Police, The Beverley Lions and the Highways Authority. In 2008 a trial was carried whereby the east bound carriageway of Westwood Road and Walkington Road was temporary closed to traffic. This closure proved successful, but safety issues…
Beverley Food Festival Video & Pics
The Beverley Food Festival was a great hit, crowds flocked to the Market Place which was transformed into food haven. In the specially erected marquee was a food theatre all carefully managed by top local chef David Nowell of the Tickon Grange Hotel. Beverley Brass Band were on hand to entertain the crown with live music as they browsed the stalls which included one with a mountain of Brussels Sprouts….
Molescroft FC Vs Westella & Willerby B
Molescroft FC pulled off a great result in the cup coming back from 2-0 down at half time, to win 4-3 in extra time. With thanks to a string of fine saves from man of match Dodd and goals coming from Cazza (2) Hary and Tom the team progressed to the next round. “Well done for a fantastic effort bay all the team.” Coach Glyn Click on the thumbnail to…
Beverley Town Vs Hedon Rangers
Beverley Town were playing at home yesterday at the Norwood Recreation Ground, the sides were level at 2 – 2 at half time with the game finishing 3 – 3 meaning the sides both remain mid table. Beverley Town Scorers Craig Lamplugh 2, Rich Jagger Hedon Rangers Scorers Glen Adams, Kieth Parkinson, Mike Carling Town got back to action after a 2 week lay off, and hosted an entertaining game…
Beverley XV Vs Malton & Norton
Pictures form the game at Beaver Park that feature Beverley XV Vs Malton & Norton, full match report to follow. 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 photo, by sending an email to paul@hu17.net [nggallery id=201] Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image, these are just some of the pictures…
Beverley RL Vs Fenners
The blue and golds finally overcame the stubborn resistance of a spirited Fenners outfit last Saturday at the Beverley Leisure Centre. They monopolised possession and territory in the first half but struggled to turn the pressure into points. The hosts opened the scoring with an astute pass from Neil Gay which sent Craig Hancock sprinting away to side-step the full back and score for Louis Hubbard to convert. The lead…
Hodgsons Vs Haltemprice
Action from the cup match between Hodgsons FC an Haltemprice, it was an excellent win for Hodgsons FC who came 10-1 winners with goals from – J Dexter 3, B Daniels 1, P Silvester 2, C Heath 1, S Scott 1, C Robinson 1, D Atkinson 1. Into the hat for the 2nd round of the Senior Country Cup. Hodgsons FC progressed to the second round of the Senior Country…
The Archives Open Day
More than 230 members of the public attended an open day held by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service at the Beverley Treasure House on Saturday, 26 September. The day was part of the national archive awareness campaign, which this year was using ‘flight’ as its theme. Visitors were able to see a display of documents on the theme of flight, take behind the scenes tours…
Tourist Information Centre
Beverley Tourist Information Centre – At the heart of the East Yorkshire, bustling market town Beverley has fine food and shopping combined with a rich cultural heritage with many features, including St Mary’s Church and the Minster, dating back to the 13th century. The TIC is found close to Wednesday Market Place on Butcher Row. Your one stop shop for a full range of information services. Fully trained, friendly and…
Local History Book Fair
Popular local history events are being planned by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archive and local studies service, based at the Beverley Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley. The annual Local History Book Fair will be held on Saturday, 17 October, at Beverley Minster while an autumn programme of local history lectures and garden tours will start on Monday, 19 October. Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Christopher…
Beverley Head to the North East
Beverley head to the North East on Saturday for the first of several trips to the area this season, for the National League 3 fixture against Darlington Mowden Park. Park have been a force in Northern rugby for a number of years but have slipped of late and were relegated last season from the old National league. Nonetheless they seem to have strengthened their squad somewhat for this season and…
Beverley Youth Networking
The High Sherriff and Tribune Trust funded a meeting of agencies and groups that met today at the Beverley Memorial Hall to discuss joint agency working so we don’t overlap and Beverley gets the best youth support availble. Chris Hughes of the Beverley Local Action Team Pictures from the Beverley Youth Networking event Click the thumbnail to view image [nggallery id=198] Pictures from the Beverley Youth Networking event Click the…