Two teams of Beverley girls are teaming up for one day to support their chosen charity Bundles of Joy. Girls from a range of Beverley schools are taking part in Humberside Police’s Lifestyle challenge.
They have all picked Bundles of Joy as their nominated charity, are working together to provide a small summer fair in partnership with Toll Gavel Methodist Church.
During October four pedal cycles were stolen from public places in Beverley a further four were stolen from properties in the town.
Children from Keldmarsh Primary School performed songs from their joint venture with Beverley Community Church ‘iSingPOP’ , at Toll Gavel Methodist Church on Thursday evening.
Toll Gavel Methodist Church in Beverley is hosting a Festival of Angels. During the first weekend in Advent the church will be open to visitors, having been decorated with angels.
Beverley Library will roar into action on Saturday, 13 October, at 10.30am, as Paul Stickland’s ‘Dinosaur Roar’ event for children aged from two years gets underway and kicks-off the popular Children’s Literature Festival.
Fans of crime fiction can hear from two of the country’s finest authors working in the genre today on Friday, 12 October as part of the 10th Beverley Literature Festival.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Lara Goodband and Rebecca Jenkins as co-directors of Beverley Literature Festival 2012.
The annual Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival (24 – 26 May) celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2012. Widely regarded as one of the cultural landmarks of the East Riding of Yorkshire
It’s been at least 10 years since celebrated Beverley Author Val Wood appeared at the Beverley Literature Festival. This year Val is back to celebrate the release of her 17 th novel The Harbour Girl. Val says: “I’m so looking forward to meeting readers old and new and will be reading from my new novel, The Harbour Girl, which is set for release in November so all attendees will be…
Some of the world’s finest early music specialists will soon be playing in Beverley’s most spectacular settings. The 2011 Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival – which runs from 26-29 May – will see a wide range of top-quality musicians entertain audiences with a brief exploration of the history of music, from Renaissance to the present day The festival opens with a performance from internationally acclaimed vocal group The…
For many centuries Christians have followed in the footsteps of Jesus from his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane through to his trial, crucifixion, death and burial to his resurrection on Easter Day. In the Holly Land this journey may follow the actual route Jesus took but the same journey may be made devotionally, in the heart and mind, in towns and churches throughout the world. Here in Beverley the…
Tango 5 will be performing at The Toll Gavel Methodist Church, Beverley, on Thursday, 29 April 2010 at 7.30pm. Tango 5 brings together leading musicians from around the north with the internationally acclaimed Argentinian bandoneon player, Santiago Cimadevilla, to create the thrilling sound of the Tango Quintet. Tango, which has its roots in the bordellos of Buenos Aires, is now heard in concert halls around the world. Tango 5’s programme…
Over 200 pancakes were eaten by those who entered the doors of Toll Gavel United Church on Shrove Tuesday. Invitations sent out to local schools about the event were well received as people flocked through the door to enjoy the church’s hospitality. It is said there is no such thing as a free meal, but pancakes and hospitality came at no cost so all who enjoyed the event now Know…
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,…
East Yorkshire-based Other Lives Productions take to the stage with their most ambitious play yet when actors Richard Avery and Neil King open with Waiting for Godot in an eight-venue East Riding tour, that includes a performance at Toll United Gavel Church on Thursday 20th January. Samuel Beckett’s play, which was first published in 1952, features two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, sitting by the roadside waiting for a man called…
The Beverley Male Voice Choir and children from Leconfield Primary School held a Christmas Concert at Toll Gavel United Church. The concert was very well attended. Special guests included the Mayor of Beverley Cllr Bessie Foot and the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Cllr David Rudd. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1133] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click…
Tickets are selling well for the first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival 1-10 October. And no wonder! Louis de Bernières kicks off the festival at 7pm on Friday night, followed by an astounding performance of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein. On Saturday, there is a chance to rethink all our assumptions about the Battle of the Somme with William Philpott, the supremely skilful author of a new book…
Richard Durrant will be appearing at the Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley on Thursday 14 October 2010 at 7.30pm. He’s no stranger to delivering enchanting guitar performances that leave the hairs on the back of one’s neck standing up. Recent performances of the “Guitar Whisperer” have taken him to all corners of England where his rapidly growing audiences have enjoyed a guitar show like no other. In the constantly evolving,…