Cancellation of New Years Day Run For Fun

December 28, 2009

For Health and Safety reasons, due to the adverse weather conditions, the Beverley Lions Club have cancelled the New Years Day Fun Run around the streets of Beverley. The Beverley Lions Club apologise for any inconvenience this will cause but hope that everyone concerned will understand that in the circumstances they had no other choice. Saturday Market in Beverley covered in snow, December 2009

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Festival of Christmas Attracts Massive Crowds

December 14, 2009

The Beverley Christmas Festival was a great success 1000’s of people came to enjoy a wide range of live street acts, bands and to shop at the special Christmas Market with many traders dressing in Victorian costumes. The Beverley Lions were at Market Cross where people were invited for a small donation to light a candle for a loved one. This year’s Beverley Festival of Christmas, was a resounding success,…

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Beverley Lions Run for Fun 2009

December 9, 2009

The Beverley Lions are once again holding their annual Run For Fun on New Years Day to help banish those Christmas indulgencies and this will be the 20th time they have staged this event. As usual the run has three different distances, 3Km mainly for young children, families and even walkers etc, the 6Km mainly for those wanting a pleasant jog and the 10Km for the more serious runners etc….

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Beverley Lions Christmas Concert

December 7, 2009

The Beverley Lions held their annual Christmas concert at the Beverley Memorial. Over 200 people were in the hall to enjoy music and a light hearted comedy sketch. The stars of the show were Westfield Junior Choir, the youngsters were accompanied by Mrs Redhead on the piano. The youngsters sang a selection of carols as well and performing a song for the first time that was written especially for them….

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Macmillan Cancer Support Tree of Thoughts

November 27, 2009

The Macmillan Tree of Thoughts at Wednesday Market was switched on yesterday in Beverley, a large crowd gathered which included BBC Radio presenter Lara King and the Mayor of Beverley.  The crowd sung carols led by MICE Singers, G Jack & Son remained open for the evening providing hot drinks and mince pies. Steve Morris and Jane Prutton thanked the crowd with special mentions in the programme being made to…

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Beverley Christmas Lights Switch Video

November 22, 2009

The Beverley Christmas Lights were switched on by the Mayor of Beverley David Elvidge. The Beverley Pipe Band led a parade from Market Cross up Toll Gavel lighting all three of the Christmas trees with music from the Beverley Pipe Band. The Mayor of Beverley thanked the Beverley Christmas Lights appeal and the Beverley Lions before encouraging the crowds to count down from 10 before he flicked the switch. Additional…

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Beverley Remembrance Sunday

November 8, 2009

Beverley today remembered those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Mayor of Beverley, David Elvidge and Graham Stuart MP for Beverley and Holderness were among those placed Poppy wreaths in Memorial Garden. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=262] HU17.net…

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Bonfire Aftermath & Clean Up

November 6, 2009

What happens after 6,000 people have visited the Westwood on bonfire night, some one has to clean up the remains of the giant bonfire and also the litter that is left by those who were there the evening before. The Beverley Lions with help from East Riding Council and some members of the Armed services cleared all the litter. The most important thing was to collect all the old sparklers…

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Beverley Lions Bonfire Night 2009

November 6, 2009

Beverley Lions pulled off another great night with their annual bonfire and fireworks display at the Beverley Westwood, the Mayor of Beverley got the night underway when he started bonfire that soon took the chill out of the air. Organisers, the Beverley Lions were very pleased with the turn out estimating around 6,000 people came to the bonfire and fireworks display. The Beverley Westwood is taken over for an evening…

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Beverley Lions Build the Bonfire

November 5, 2009

Beverley Lions with the help of troops from the Leconfield army base this afternoon built the bonfire for this evens annual Beverley Lions Guy Fawkes Night Fireworks night. Tonight 5,000 people are expected to come to the Beverley Westwood to see the bonfire and fire works display and with it being clear dry night those numbers could easily swell. Those who are attending are reminded there will be parking and…

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The Beverley Lions Club

November 3, 2009

The Beverley Lions Club is a group of ordinary people from Beverley who through fund raising organise events for everyone in the community. The Beverley Lions are involved with many of the key annual events in Beverley including the Bon Fire on the Beverley Westwood through to regular Car Boot Sales at Beverley Grammar School. The Lions have global network of some 45,000 clubs with more then 1.3 million members…

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Beverley Lions Guy Fawkes Night Fireworks

Each year the Beverley Lions Club organise their Annual Fireworks Display on Guy Fawkes Night, which this year is on Thursday 5th November and will take place as usual on the Beverley Westwood adjacent to Westwood Road. The Bonfire which is provided by the Beverley Town Council will be lit at  7-15 pm by the Mayor of Beverley, Councillor David Elvidge, together with President of the Beverley Lions Club, Ian…

October 26, 2009
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Bonfire Night Diversions & Parking

October 5, 2009

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…

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Casino & Hog Roast

July 26, 2009

The Beverley Lions Club held a casino themed night at the Norwood Recreation Ground in Beverley complete with a hog roast. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image… [nggallery id=96] Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image…

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