Continental-Style Cafe Culture @ Wednesday Market

June 11, 2010

Wednesday Market may be Beverley’s very own ‘Latin Quarter’ – but still not enough is being done to promote this increasingly attractive area of town according to two local business people. Les and Chris Willicombe have run the Queen’s Head, Wednesday Market, for the past five and a half years and are passionate about the alternative atmosphere the area provides. Over the past few years, a huge amount of work…

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World Cup – Drink Driving – It’s Not Worth It

June 8, 2010

As world cup fever starts to hit, Safer Roads Humber – the region’s road safety partnership – is launching a major campaign to cut drink driving. Safer Roads Humber has joined a national campaign and is using posters, leaflets, beer mats, radio adverts and a 24-foot-long advertising van to get the message of the dangers of drink driving across to motorists. Humberside Police, one of the partners, is also carrying…

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Classic Car Show ‘Leave Your Car at Home and Enjoy the Event’

May 19, 2010

Beverley car fanatics will soon be going green with envy as the Classic Car Show returns to the town. On Wednesday 23 June, the whole of the town will be a giant car park with some of the finest, and occasionally outright bizarre, examples of classic automobiles in Britain on show. The evening event means there’ll be no parking in the town. From Sow Hill to Toll Gavel, owners will…

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Ragamuffins @ The Queens Head

March 26, 2010

Beverley’s Ragamuffins performed last night at The Queens Head pub, Jerry O’Connell and John Burgess performed tracks from both of their albums, Our Beverley’ and the recently released ‘Beverley Bookends’ to locals. Songs on the albums include ‘What about the Connie Club?’ which features most of the pubs in the town within the lyrics and ‘Wezzo’ that tells the story of growing up and playing on the Beverley Westwood. The…

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Beverley Darts League Championships at Hodgsons Pub

March 17, 2010

Around 80 darts players from pubs and clubs in Beverley and surrounding areas came together at Hodgsons Pub for the Beverley Darts & Dominoes League Darts Trebles Championship. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=513] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size

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Beverley Night Life by Ellie Neves

February 11, 2010

Walk through Saturday Market on a typical Saturday night, and chances are you might feel a little blown away by the flurry of chilly-looking young drinkers charging from pub to pub. The idea might seem a little off putting, but as a young ‘Beverlorian’ myself, I can safely recommend that you take an hour or so out to test what they’re all so excited about. The truth is the nightlife…

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How Beverley Has Changed Since WWII

February 9, 2010

Beverley has changed remarkably since World War Two. In 1945 the town had a population of around 16,000 people, was dominated by its weekly stock market and old factories which employed most of its residents in manual work. Older residents remember a town in which they knew the faces in the crowd, sons followed fathers into local factories,  most wives stayed at home and looked after children, neighbourhoods organised their…

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Tribfest Seeks Beverley Venue for Competition

January 22, 2010

Tribfest are looking for a venue in Beverley to host a competition with the winners getting to appear on the main stage and perform in front of thousands of people, a note on the official web site reads; With only 29 weeks to Tribfest we are launching a Karaoke competition with a twist in conjunction with Coors/Carling.  We are looking for venues across East Yorkshire and as many amateur singers…

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Beverley MVC Donate £600 to Yorkshire Air Ambulance

January 19, 2010

The Chairman of Beverley Male Voice Choir, Mr Hugh Walton, presented a cheque for to Mr Bob Smailes of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service at a ceremony held in Toll Gavel Methodist Church in Beverley. The was raised from the proceeds of the annual joint concert of the Beverley Male Voice Choir and the Blackpool Male Voice Choir held at Toll Gavel Methodist Church and also from carol singing in…

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Beverley, a Town Once Experienced & Never Forgotten

December 10, 2009

The changing vision of a young Beverlonian Born and bred in Beverley, I’m what is known as a Beverlonian.  As a bored, disillusioned & angst ridden teenager, I frequently found myself thinking ’there must be more to life than just existing in a small town in East Yorkshire‘…a somewhat dreary place I felt, that seemed to suffer with a habitual case of nothingness and a constant attack of bad weather….

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John Lock Memorial Cup

November 17, 2009

John Lock Memorial day fast approaching and for the first time we can reveal the trophies that will be awarded to the winning football team and winners of the pool competition. To date organisers of the John Lock Memorial Day have already raised £900 and sold 200 hundred tickets to the evening event which will be held at Hodgsons in Beverley. Ann & Dave Chilcott told HU17.net ‘We are very…

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Beverley Pubs Pool Finals Night

November 2, 2009

The Humber Keel Tavern in Beverley played host to the finals day of the Beverley Pub Pool League. Highlight of the evening was the team event that saw the Humber Keel take on the Sloop Inn in a first to seven match.

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Cross Keys Friday Night Party

October 31, 2009

Pictures from this Friday: People enjoy a good drink and dance at the Cross Keys in Beverley in the pubs back room getting the weekend off to a cracking start. Beverley housemates John & James hit the beer and dance Friday night away at the Cross Keys Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image, these are just some of the pictures please contact us if you require copies of…

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Windmill Inn

October 27, 2009

The Windmill Inn in Beverley is a traditional public house, the pub sells a selection of real ales and draft beers as well as offering a good selection of home cooked pub food through the day. Windmill Inn – 53 Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8ET‎ – 01482 862817 Windmill Inn – 53 Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8ET‎ – 01482 862817 Windmill Inn – 53 Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire,…

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John Lock Memorial Day

John Lock Memorial Day A special Memorial will be held for John Lock in Beverley on November 21st 2009. John Lock who aged just 34 was tragically killed in car accident in on the 17th August 2009 leaving behind a his wife and three young children. Nicknamed ‘Locky’ by his friends and an outstanding sportsman and was well know for his football and pool playing abilities. It is some what…

October 9, 2009
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Beverley Food Festival 2009

September 17, 2009

Click here for pictures and video from the Beverley Food Festival 2009 All the ingredients are being mixed together for the fourth annual Beverley Food Festival, on Sunday October 4th 2009.  Organised by Beverley Town Council, the event will see the Market Place come alive with the tempting tastes and alluring aromas from upwards of seventy stalls, which will be selling local produce from the East Riding of Yorkshire. There…

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Ladies Day Preview

August 11, 2009

Tomorrow Beverley Racecourse will be hosting Ladies Day the highlight of their race season. With the weather looking good for tomorrow it is sure to be a sceptical colour and fashion with hats and dresses galore. The Race Schedule for August 12th, Beverley ‘Ladies Day’ Beverley Racecourse, Race Card 14:10 16 runners 14:40 13 runners 15:15 14 runners 15:45 6 runners 16:20 14 runners 16:50 East 9 runners 17:20 12…

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