Beverley’s Saturday Market Traders attracted some scarily good entries for a Halloween pumpkin competition they held last week.
Entries to the pumpkin competition included a giant head, a skeleton and also an owl. Market traders added to the occasion with a specially-themed stall that was decorated with a Halloween theme.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Museums Service will have a stall in Saturday Market at the annual Beverley Food Festival this year, organised by Beverley Town Council.
The Beverley Food Festival is a showcase for locally produced food and drink and will feature 130 stalls and Food Theatre marquee.
Beverley Building Society have made their latest donation to the winners of their Charity of the Month competition which was won by HEY Smile Foundation.
Voted for by members of the Society, HEY Smile Foundation won the prize of £250, money they say will be used to support the work they do in the regions communities.
Ladies Day at Beverley Racecourse brought 12,000 to Beverley boosting the local economy with race goers spending thousands in the town centre.
A signature event, Ladies Day has been a fixture of the East Yorkshire ‘social calendar’ for 27 years bringing people to Beverley and into the town for a night of food and drink.
Temporary pavement signs are to be installed at opposite ends of the centre of Beverley as a trial to encourage visitors to make the most of their time in the historic market town.
Known as roundels, the circular markers will display directions and distance information and will be located between North Bar Within and Saturday Market, and between Wednesday Market and the Flemingate centre, via Beverley Train Station.
Photos from around Beverley on a day that saw the town host the annual Armed Forces Day.
While there was entertainment in Saturday Market, including a display by the local model club, The Sun Inn hosted their patriotic event while in the Grapes they held their monthly Grape Vine Night.
A number of local organisations and community groups will re-sign the East Riding’s Armed Forces Community Covenant on Sunday, 1 July as part of Beverley Armed Forces Day.
The Armed Forces Community Covenant is a voluntary statement of mutual support between East Riding of Yorkshire Council, local representatives of the public, charitable and voluntary sectors, the civilian community and the armed forces community in the form of a written pledge.
Many market towns can be found across the length and breadth of the country and none more so than in East Yorkshire, where the market has been central to the growth of its towns.
The histories of East Riding towns, such as Beverley, Driffield, Pocklington, Howden and Market Weighton, to name but a few, are entwined with the enduring presence of vibrant markets.
East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Classic Car Club say that they were delighted with how their event went in Beverley which set a new record for the number of cars on display.
Not only were there a record number of cars, the club also say that more businesses chose to stay open adding to the ambience of the night.
Beverley Street Angels were given a cash boost after they benefited from an incentive run by the Kings Head Hotel in Beverley.
During a three month period the Kings Head Hotel donated 50p for each and every burger sold at the Saturday Market venue to the Beverley Street Angels charity.
Beverley will play host this week to the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club as they hold their ever popular Midsummer Gathering in the town.
Taking place this coming Wednesday, 20 June from 6PM to 9PM Saturday Market and the Town Centre of Beverley will be taken over by some of the most iconic cars and motor vehicles from years gone by.
Beverley’s Saturday Market and will be taken over as part of the annual celebration of cycling in the East Riding, the Cycle4Life Challenge Week, on Sunday 17 June.
The whole of the market place will become a huge cycling playground with fun, safe activities for all the family.
Humberside Police are appealing to members of the public for help in identifying someone they would like to speak with in connection with an ongoing burglary investigation.
Police have released a CCTV image of what is believed to be a man who is linked to the robbery of the jewellers, Hugh Rice in Beverley.
A fund-raising day held by Beverley Market traders raised more than £2,000 for the Daisy Appeal at Castle Hill Hospital.
Families took part in a children’s treasure hunt and there were great prizes on offer donated by businesses from Beverley and the surrounding area in a grand raffle and a tombola at the event in Saturday Market on Saturday 5 May.
A Russian born architect is using her a fine art skills and attention to detail to create drawings honouring some of the region’s most picturesque landmarks in her latest exhibition which has opened at Pocklington Arts Centre (PAC).
Tatiana Gilks (nee Chudinova) first visited the UK over a decade ago for a two-week coach trip and says she fell in love with the country, so much so that she moved to Pocklington permanently four years ago.
Beverley will again be thrown into the global spotlight this week as the town host the start of the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire on 3 May.
Key figures from the world of cycling say they are looking forward to returning to Yorkshire for this year’s installment, adding the caliber of the course is big attraction to some of the top riders in the sport.