Pupils from Cherry Burton CE Primary School have been taking part in the Real Aid 2010 Christmas Gift Box Appeal. The children brought wrapped shoe boxes into school which they had filled with small gifts to be given as Christmas presents to children in the poorest communities of Africa. Real Aid is an international non-governmental, non-political, non-religious independent organisation which is constituted as a charity under a memorandum and articles…
Beavers Will Not Take Billingham Lightly in Tricky Away Fixture
Beverley RUFC travel to Teeside on Saturday to take on Billingham RFC in their National League 3 (North) Fixture. Billingham are struggling somewhat this season and currently lie second to bottom in the table, but the Beavers will be taking nothing for granted as it is evident that, on their day, any team can beat any other in this league, such is the closeness of the competition. Beverley will travel…
Posh Pie & Pea Night @ Dine on the Rowe
The posh pie and peas nights have now been running for 2 months at Dine on the Rowe on Wednesday evenings and they have grown and grown in popularity. There is no wonder with the pies on offer that change weekly. This week the restaurant hosted Derek Waudby a local singer song writer strumming some folk on his acoustic guitar, his beautiful tones went done well with the group booking…
Psychic Evening With Beverley Ladies Circle
On a cold, dark November evening 20 members of Beverley Ladies Circle descended onto New Walk to attend a Psychic Evening. The evening was kindly hosted by Helen Tojagic, also a member and it was thought by LC Events Organiser Kerri Harold that this would be the perfect venue for the night, “Helen’s 4 storey town house has such a lot of character that when she offered it as a…
Wednesday Came With a Surprise for One Young Trail Explorer!
Three-year-old HARVEY LEE had a surprise start to Wednesday, at Walkington Primary School, when he was presented with a framed family photograph which was the prize for him, and his family, winning the Beverley Town Trail Family Quiz, earlier this year. Harvey’s head teacher, Mrs Susan Eves, made special arrangements for this very different start to his school day. His seven-year-old sister, ISOBEL, will be equally surprised at the school’s…
My Favourite Toy Drawing Competition Winners
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s hardly surprising that many children’s attention is now starting to focus on toys. Keystage 1 pupils at Keldmarsh Primary School in Beverley have been channelling their enthusiasm in an artistic direction by entering a competition to draw their favourite toy. The challenge was set by local on-line toy store, wrapped up 4u, which specialises in traditional toys and Christmas decorations from Germany. Entries…
Beverley Hypnotherapist Goes Global
Following a business trip to New York where she spoke at an obesity conference and delivered training for her weight-loss system which incorporates the Virtual Gastric Band, UK Clinical Hypnotherapist Sheila Granger from Beverley, has returned to interest from the other side of the world. Having attracted attention in the UK with her claims to help fight the obesity epidemic via her revolutionary technique, Sheila was asked by a New…
Own a New Luxury Apartment in Beverley For Less Then £400 a Month
The search for a dream home at an unbelievable price is over for buyers lucky enough to snap up one of the remaining homes at The Worx in Beverley, where homes are on offer for just 80 per cent of the purchase price. Barratt Yorkshire East is offering first time buyers the chance to move into a luxurious new home for as little as £379.82 per month (list price £112,995)…
Beverley Lions Delight at Market Cross Christmas Tree
The Beverley Lions Club have for the past 10 years been decorating the Market Cross with Christmas lights and erecting the Christmas Tree and this is done as a service activity to the people and the town of Beverley. Each year the President of the Beverley Lions Club and the Mayor of Beverley perform together this switch on ceremony and this year it carried out by Mr Paul James and…
Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal Raise Over £500
The Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal had a boost to their funds at the weekend when they raised £421.39 from a bag pack at Morrison`s, Beverley, and a further £97 from a street collection during the lighting of the Christmas trees in the town. Prue Blake, from the Christmas Lights Group said; “It is especially pleasing that Morrison`s have entered into the festive spirit of Christmas by enabling the Christmas Lights Group…
Turn Back Time: Beverley’s Changing High Street
Find out more about the story of Beverley’s shops and shopping with the authors of Beverley Through Time, Margaret Sumner and Patricia Deans. After an illustrated talk about the town, the two local historians invite people to see a range of books, period costumes, photographs and documents relevant to Beverley’s shopping and trade history. These will be on display in the reference library until Christmas. The library are also looking…
Oh Yes It Is – Pantomime Season in Beverley
Beverley Musical Theatre’s annual pantomime this year is Mother Goose, starting on the 23rd and running till the 27th November at the Beverley Memorial Hall. There are loads of songs and dances and comedy and booing and hissing. Matinees on Saturday & Sunday at 2.30pm – Tickets availibe from The Beverley Music Centre. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery…
Eager Beaver March On with Win Over Forest
The Eager Beaver continued their recent good form with a win over Cottingham Forest. Playing at Longcroft School the Tangerines thumped Forest 6 – 2. Rob West scored a brace, and Carl Fisher, Sam West and Zach Yeadf also got on the score sheet. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1088] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture…
Healey Forced to Start as Molescroft Win on the Road
A severely depleted Molescroft Rangers side travelled to play FC Ridings, knowing a win would keep them in touch with leaders and local rivals Hodgsons Reserves. Absentees included goal keeper Bryce (who was doing his NVQ Level 4 childcare exam), “Ice Man” Tony Walker (who was resting his hamstring), Gary Walmsly (who was mascot at Hull City), Assistant Recreational Soccer Executive (A.R.S.E) James Radley (who was out buying a mobility…
Dawson Wins Convincingly As Beverley AC Juniors Scoop Prize
The 2nd annual Goole Viking Striders Junior Cross Country event was held on Sunday at Snaith School. This new event attracts club runners from the Yorkshire region. The pressure was on for Beverley Athletic Club; after last year’s huge successes of being the club to score the most points overall and take home a splendid trophy. The drizzle did not dampen the enthusiasm as Oliver Cockerill got Beverley off to…
Respectable Finish For Traynor in the Dalby Dash
A new trail race was added to the calendar of local events last week with the inaugural Dalby Dash. Organised by Pickering Running Club in aid of Pickering Rotary Club and Help for Heroes, the race attracted a field of over 350 runners. It was a cool and misty start from Dalby Forest Visitor Centre with runners facing a gruelling 1½ mile climb to the summit of Housedale before a…
Good Turn Out For 12th Beverley Beaver Trail Despite Poor Weather
More than 50 runners and walkers joined members of Beverley Athletic Club to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Beverley Beaver Trail on Sunday. Club Secretary Brian Richardson was very pleased with the turn out on such a cold and wet autumn day and commented: “It was good to see a lot of local people, including walkers, and if the weather had been better I think we would have had…
Theft Hugh Rice, Beverley CCTV Images
POLICE have released a CCTV still of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a theft that happened at about 1430hrs on Thursday 18 November at Hugh Rice Jewellers, North Bar Within, Beverley. A man entered the shop and started making conversation with a staff member and asked to look at a diamond cluster ring that was on display in the window. The staff member retrieved…