The Beverley Lions Market Cross Xmas Lights will be switched on at 3-00pm on Saturday 20th November by the Mayor of Beverley Councillor Bessie Foot and the President of the Beverley Lions Club Paul James. The service will be conducted by Reverend Dianne Finch with the Introit of Silent Night by Janet Bates and carol singing by the children from the Beverley Minster County Primary School to music provided by…
Out & About: Emilios and Lucias Wine Bar & Grill
Around the town these are pictures of local people enjoying a good night out in Beverley at Lucias Wine Bar & Grill and also at Emilios restaurant Railway Street, Beverley. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1078] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size
Turning Back Time in Beverley’s High Street
Anyone who is enjoying ‘Turn Back Time – The High Street’ currently showing on BBC 1 may be interested to know that the project will be visiting Beverley between Monday 22nd and 26th November. The Video Nation Network (an online platform that allows people to submit and share videos, and add their voice, to BBC projects and news) will be bringing a bus kitted out with editing facilities to enable…
Will Dyson-Campbell Wins Longcroft’s Got Talent
Longcroft School held a special evening called ‘Longcroft’s Got Talent’. The event was organised by the Renaissance Dance Company which is made up of students from the school. In total nineteen acts took to the stage performing in front of a panel of three judges. The winner was Will Dyson-Campbell, a pianist who only entered after helping a friend and was shocked to win. There was plenty of talent on…
Heidi Gibson’s 40th Birthday @ The Dog & Duck Inn
Friends of Heidi Gibson gathered for a night of fun, chat and sambucas to help celebrate her 42nd birthday. The girls congregated at the Dog & Duck where they all donned their glad rags and dusted off their bling for the night. The girls did a HU17 pub crawl that included the Dog and Duck Inn, The Beaver, the Cross Keys, The Kings Head and the Windmill. HU17.net Picture Gallery:…
Tom Ford Collection @ Eyesite Opticians
Last weekend customers of Eyesite Opticians were as always, kept ahead of the pack, as the full 2011 Tom Ford collection was on view for the lucky shoppers. Amidst the warm settings of Eyesites Beverley store, customers and friends of the branch were invited to share in drinks and nibbles, whilst browsing through the prized collection. Guests were also invited to pre order some stunning frames from the highly acclaimed…
Beverley Aim to Leap Frog Penrith With Victory on Saturday
This Saturday’s visitors to Beaver Park are Penrith RFC who lie just above the Beavers in the National 3 (North) League table and will present another stern challenge. Games between the two clubs have been historically close fought encounters over the years and this week’s is not likely to prove an exception. The season is now almost half over, and it has become evident that, with the possible exception of…
Will You Have to Sell Your Property to Pay for Care Home Fees?
Last year, 20,000 pensioners, an average of 60 a day, were forced to sell their homes in order to pay for residential care. At present, the law states that if you require care and have assets worth more than £23,500, you pay for the personal care you receive. A recent example in the national news was a widow who had developed Alzheimers. She was moved into a care home and…
Start Swimming Lessons Immediately at Beverley Leisure Centre
Beverley Leisure Complex is able to offer an immediate start for our pre-school swimming lessons. All lessons run daily from Monday to Saturday during the afternoons and evenings. Classes on a Saturday take place in the morning and across tea time. Pre-school sessions are for children aged three to five years. There is a maximum of six children in a class and the teacher is in the water with the…
York Waits Musicians Return to Beverley
Early music band York Waits pay another of their regular visits to The Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, on Thursday, 2 December 2010 at 7.30pm. For this special programme, the five-strong group takes the story back to the beginning of the world playing ancient instruments that include shawms, sackbut, recorders, crumhorns harp, lute, fiddle and hurdy gurdy. Featuring singer Deborah Catterall, the Waits start their concert with traditional English carols…
Rachel Kirk First Lady Home for Beverley at Drewton Woods
The second race in the East Yorkshire Cross-Country League took place at Drewton Woods, near South Cave last Sunday. It was a gloriously sunny autumn morning and the ground was soft but not muddy making conditions perfect for a good race. There was an excellent turn out from all clubs but the race was dominated by City of Hull who took first place in both the men’s and ladies’ team…
Murder Investigation @ The Woolpack
A ‘Crime Scene Investigation Night’ was held at The Woolpack Inn on Tuesday night. The event was organised by the proprietor of the Woolpack Kim McKenna. The participating teams had to solve crimes and identify murderers using clues, interviews with witnesses, and forensic evidence. The event raised almost £200 for the ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’ charity. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image…
Cranswick Secure 4-2 Victory on Penalties
Beverley took a break from league duty to take on a youthful Cranswick team in the East Riding Senior Cup. Both Teams started brightly, but it was Town who took control of possession, passing the ball well and creating numerous chances. Left back Eddie Rafton and winger Michael O`Connell were causing major problems down the left flank, linking up well and overlapping on numerous occasions. This lead to a number…
Real Aid Aims to Increase Number of Gift Boxes
Tickton-based Real Aid, which has shops across the East Riding, is planning to deliver thousands of gift boxes to impoverished children in west Africa and eastern Europe. Last year, the charity delivered more than 4,000 Christmas boxes thanks to kind-hearted donors across East Yorkshire. The charity are hoping to send even more gift boxes this year with the help of local schools, churches, groups and residents. Barbara Raine, the charity’s…
Town Councillor Meets With Local Scout Group
Scouts in the Beverley St Nicholas group were treated to a top-level talk on their town by Councillor David Elvidge. They had many ideas of their own about Beverley, and grabbed the opportunity to pass them on to the Councillor. David Elvidge tells HU17.net his account of the evening “Following a meeting at the Scouts AGM last year I find I must have made an impression on at least one…
A Bright Future For Beverley
People from about ten local organisations and churches met on 14th November at the Friends Meeting House with an ambitious aim: to turn around the doom and gloom of climate change, energy shortages and economic instability. After a thought-provoking presentation by Diana Sandy, Phil Entwistle said “We can live well without ruining the Earth – if we do the right things. But we have to change direction within a very…
Colts Drop Point at Home to Parkers
The Humber Colts were pegged back by Parkers as they dropped their first points of the season. The Colts looked to be on course to maintaining their 100% start to the season till a goal keeping error by Luke Coxon gifted the visitors a late equaliser. Final Score Humber Colts 1 Parkers 1 HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery…
Beverley Well Beaten by Birkenhead
A moment of carelessness twenty minutes from time put an end to any chance Beverley might have had of getting something out of this game. Birkenhead held a narrow lead at 10-7 and at that stage it was still anybody’s match. Beverley made a mess of a lineout and this led to a converted Birkenhead try. It proved to be the defining moment of the match. After that it was…