Beverley Game Keeper Paul Stephenson takes a party into the fields on the out skirts of Beverley for an afternoon of ‘Guns on Pegs’. 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
The council’s museums service is pleased to announce a series of autumn lectures at the Treasure House, Beverley. Dr David Marchant, museums registrar, will begin the series on 12 October with a talk on ‘The South Cave weapons cache – seven years on, what have we learned?’ This will be followed by Janet Tierney’s ‘Past times, past apparel – a look at costumes in the East Riding museum service collections’…
Once again, Skidby Windmill will be taking part in the popular annual Heritage Open Days event. The mill will be offering free admission to everybody (not just the under fives) on Saturday, 11th and Sunday, 12th September only – the HODS event nationally runs from 9 – 12 September, but not all venues take part for the full four days. Heritage Open Days – the annual celebration of Britain’s architecture,…
A Beverley farmer has embarked on a new business venture to provide gainful summer holiday employment for his daughters and other students in the region. John Clappison, from Risby, has given over 10 acres of his 600 acre farm and planted 60,000 maize seedlings that will grow into Beverley Maze and will provide part-time jobs for 10 people. John explains why he decided to invest in the tourist attraction that…
Situated on the outskirts of Beverley, a ten-acre maze constructed entirely out of maize can be found, which is an attraction part of a large area of farmland own by John Clappison. Going by the name of the ‘Giant Clown Megamaze’, the pattern made by the pathways resembles the shape of a juggling clown. ‘The maze is yet another good attraction for Beverley,’ says Mr Clappison, ‘Children can come here…
Local farmers W Clappison are set to cut out the middle man and become a direct supplier of sprouts to the supermarket industry. The Beverley firm, founded in 1976 and who produce four per cent of the country’s sprouts, have used a £35,000 grant to enable them to package their sprouts ready for supermarket use. Previously, they have been bulk growers, but the grant, courtesy of the Rural Enterprise Development…
A new exhibition is now showing at Skidby Windmill, in the village life gallery, and is likely to last for about four months. Entitled ‘East Yorkshire Windmills,’ the exhibition describes the development and subsequent decline of windmills in the region, as well as details of how windmills work and the role of the miller. It’s also illustrated with numerous interesting ‘now and then’ photographs of some of the remaining mills….
MP says rural payment staff bonuses are a ‘kick in the teeth’ for farmers Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, today described news staff at the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) had received almost £2 million in bonuses as a woeful use of public money. Since being set up in 2005 the RPA, charged with organising the payment of European subsidies to farmers, has consistently been in the headlines for…
These pictures are from Boxing Day and were taken by Roger Spink of Spinks the Chemists. They show the traditional Beverley Boxing Day Hunt on the Beverley Westwood. Due to the conditions on the day the hunt its self was cancelled though crowds were treated to demonstration of how the hounds are controlled. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net…
A new exhibition entitled “When I Was Six” is now on display in the Treasure House in Beverley. The exhibition, which presents a history of primary education in the East Riding, was compiled by volunteers of the East Riding Rural Life Project at Skidby Windmill. Fiona Jenkinson, the project co-ordinator, said: “This is the third in a series of Treasure House exhibitions compiled by the team of volunteers, who also…