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Beverley Civic Service Parade 2011

March 15, 2011

The Beverley Church Lads and Girls Brigade led the Mayor of Beverley, Bessie Foot, from the Beverley Guildhall to the Beverley Minster this Sunday. At the Minster Reverend Jeremy Fletcher welcomed the Civic guests that included the Chairman of East Riding Council for the special service that traditionally is used to welcome people to Beverley. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full…

Youth Cafe Success Inspires Others

March 2, 2011

The Youth Café is relishing from the successful publicity given by its appearance on Songs of Praise in January. Youth Workers & Churches from as far as Wales & Ireland have contacted the Youth Café team with messages of praise & admiration for what Beverley Minster is offering to young people in Beverley. Lee Kirby said: “I have also been approached about compiling a pack for prospective churches wishing to…

Beverley Over 50’s Healthy Lifestyles and Information Event

March 2, 2011

A free event to help people lead more active and healthier lifestyles as they get older is taking place on Wednesday 23 March at Toll Gavel Church, Beverley. The event, which has been coordinated by the Beverley Local Action Team, focuses on the lifestyles of residents who are over 50 and will be held between 11 am and 3 pm. Organisations attending the event include NHS East Riding of Yorkshire,…

World Champion Skater to Attend Coffee Morning in Beverley

February 23, 2011

World Champion in-line skater, Jenna Downing, is attending a coffee morning at Toll Gavel Church, Beverley, on Saturday, 26 February. Jenna, who is currently working with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust, is taking part in a range of activities to promote the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, which includes supporting the London 2012 Young Leaders Volunteering Programme, sponsored by BP. The coffee morning is being organised by Emily Robinson,…

Special Treat for fans of Choral Chamber Music

Explore St Mary’s Church Secret Rooms This Saturday

February 22, 2011

Choral Chamber Music Fans will be delighted to hear that Beverley Chamber Choir is well into rehearsals of J S Bach St John Passion. The performance for which will take place in St Mary’s Church on Good Friday April 22nd . Beverley Chamber Choir, under the direction of Mark Pybus, is fast gaining a reputation for presenting choral music to the highest possible standard. This quality of performance is resulting…

Beverley Minster

February 17, 2011

The most popular tourist attraction in East Yorkshire and the most important building in Beverley’s history. Beverley Minster is one of the finest parish churches in the country. It has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for 1300 years and is one of the oldest gothic structures in Britain. Larger than one third of all cathedrals and regarded as one of the most beautiful non-cathedrals in the UK, it…

Old Curtains and Bras Win Fashion Awards

February 16, 2011

East Riding students this morning won awards for their fashion outfits made from discarded net curtains, bras, old shirts and duvets. They were competing in the pre-worn fashion awards sponsored by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to highlight the 3,000 tonnes of clothes sent by residents to landfill last year. This is equivalent to three million pairs of jeans. The winner, Madeleine Burn, Churchill Avenue, Cottingham, an art and design…

Double Celebration For Beverley Preschool

February 11, 2011

Toll Gavel Church Preschool Playgroup have celebrated two major occasions this week. Children welcomed in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit by making a fantastic dragon. To add to the fun, they got to practise their chop-stick skills sampling a variety of Chinese foods. Also, Sheila Manson was appointed as the new manager. Sheila brings to the Preschool a wealth of experience in childcare and welfare. A Lancashire lass by…

Music Hall Memories Concert @ Toll Gavel United Church

February 11, 2011

Tony Peers Productions of Scarborough are making a welcome return to the East Riding this March with a show to delight audiences of all ages. Awash with laughter, great songs and beautiful costumes, this is the kind of show you rarely see any more. If you can remember when the singers could sing, the dancers could dance, the costumes were beautiful and the comedian could make you laugh, without offending…

Charity Concert ‘Music for Everyone’

February 10, 2011

The Rotary Clubs of Beverley and Hornsea are promoting ‘Music for Everyone’, a charity music concert at the Toll Gavel United Reformed Church, Toll Gavel, Beverley on Friday 11th February starting 7:30 pm. Headline act is the nationally acclaimed Hull classical pop quartet Ti Amero supported by jazz pianist John Murray and a performance by musicians from Hymers College, Hull. It will be an entertaining evening catering for all tastes….

Filming Project in Leven – Beverley

February 2, 2011

Now in the planning stages is a brand new filming project being undertaken by The Bijou Filming Company; “Birthday In Little Town” is the title, and the story line follows the happenings in Judea a little over 2000 years ago. The resultant film will be shown in church’s, village halls and schools in and around East Yorkshire and maybe even beyond. Opportunities exist for people to take part at all…

Youth Cafe @ The Beverley Minster

January 29, 2011

Over 200 young people attended a Club Night themed Youth Cafe at Beverley Minster on Friday night. An army of volunteers from the congregation ensure this event takes place every 6-8 weeks for the young people of Beverley. Working in partnership with other churches in Beverley, the Beverley Minster hosts the Youth Cafe under the Love Beverley banner, which seeks to serve the town of Beverley in any way possible….

Burns Night Civic Dinner @ The Tickton Grange Hotel

January 23, 2011

Mayor of Beverley Bessie Foot hosted a Civic Dinner at The Tickton Grange Hotel. Guests included David Rudd, Kerri Harrold, Duncan Jack, Paul Brusby, Bryan Pearson, Brian Brookes and Rev Jeremy Fletcher. An auction was held on the night with the money raised being donated to the Mayor’s chosen charities, the Beverley Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade, and Marie Curie Cancer Care. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail…

Beverley People: Samman Road Centre Luncheon Club

January 20, 2011

This week HU17.net visited the Luncheon Club that is held at the Samman Road Centre. Members of the community from around Beverley were collected by the Beverley Community Lift and dropped off at the Samman Road Centre where they enjoyed a hot meal and social interaction with friends. Those on the bus included Jack Bedner of Cherry Tree Lane, Beverley who is now in his 90s. Jack came to Beverley…

Acclaimed Opera Company Opera Box Come to Beverley

January 19, 2011

The acclaimed opera company Opera Box presents a captivating new production transporting audiences into the world of romantic opera with music from some of the most loved composers including Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Mozart and many more at Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, on Thursday, 17th February at 7.30pm. ‘A Night of Romantic Opera’ offers an enchanting evening of arias and ensembles accompanied by piano and performed by a selected cast…

Actors Prepare to Launch “Waiting for Godot” in East Riding

January 10, 2011

East Yorkshire-based Other Lives Productions take to the stage with their most ambitious play when they open with Waiting for Godot in an eight-venue East Riding tour, ending at Hull Truck Theatre (from Saturday 15th January 2011). Samuel Beckett’s play, which was first published in 1952, features two tramps, Vladimir (Neil King) and Estragon (Mike Burton), sitting by the roadside waiting for a man called Godot. They think they have…

Beverley Councillors Fight for Life of Samman Road Centre

January 7, 2011

Beverley Councillors met with East Riding of Yorkshire Council Officers to try and secure the life of the Samman Road Centre on Beverley’s Swinemoor Estate. The meeting was held after letters of objection were received from local groups that are all regular users of the facility and passed to Lauraine Walker who is conducting a review of the Day Centre facilities across the East Riding. These were received after Groups…

New Years Eve 2010 @ The Beverley Minster

January 1, 2011

For any true Beverlonian, the best way to see in 2011 was the traditional ‘Service for the New Year’ held at Beverley Minster. Mayor Bessie Foot and Reverend Jeremy Fletcher welcomed the townsfolk to a service within the Minster. The congregation were then invited to have a hot chocolate and a snack in the Western Forecourt. Many Beverley residents also joined them, some of them bringing champagne, to hear the…

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