Civic Society Book Lifts Lid On Regions Foods, Feasts and Festivals

Civic Society Book Lifts Lid On Regions Foods, Feasts and Festivals
July 14, 2021

Foods, Feasts and Festivals: Beverley and the East Riding, is the latest book from Beverley Civic Society available to buy.

 The three sections of its title describe how the great family of the Percy earls of Northumberland, and their household of 160 men, ate in the early years of the Tudor kings, and where the food and drink came from, and even how much it cost.

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Time Travelling App Returns With New Features And More Portals

Time Travelling App Returns With New Features And More Portals
July 13, 2021

East Riding Archives launched a virtual ‘time machine’ in 2019.  It was called the ‘What Was Here’ app, free to download on smartphones, and since then it has cemented its place as a heritage tourism experience for the region with two Finalist nominations in the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards ‘REYTA’s.   

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Local Theatre Supports Stage Dreams Of Hull’s Youngsters

Local Theatre Supports Stage Dreams Of Hull’s Youngsters
July 13, 2021

An annual summer school run by two stars from stage and screen is taking place at a local theatre this year to help our youngsters take a step towards their dreams.

Britain’s theatres have been hit hard by restrictions surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, but keen to support the city’s budding performers as the sector recovers, the STAGE-ed summer school in Hull which also has also run in London, on the Isle of Man, and in the Wirral, will this year be at the stunning £9.5m arts venue Middleton Hall, part of the University of Hull.

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Pop-Up Space To Help New Businesses Branch Out At Flemingate

Pop-Up Space To Help New Businesses Branch Out At Flemingate
July 12, 2021

Small businesses, start-up retailers, and local artists are being given the opportunity to open their doors to customers at Beverley’s bustling Flemingate Retail Park.

Wykeland Group, the owner of the popular retail and leisure destination, has earmarked an 850 sq ft unit as a dedicated pop-up space to help small companies and independent traders take their first step into physical retail.

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Preserving Vital Village Halls In East Yorkshire

Preserving Vital Village Halls In East Yorkshire
July 9, 2021

An East Yorkshire-based firm of Chartered Building Surveyors is helping to preserve village halls, for communities across the East Riding, to ensure these vital community hubs remain standing.

The team at Delaney Marling Partnership Limited (DMP) is working with members of the HWRA, formally known as Humber & Wolds Rural Community Council, which is an independent charity working to improve sustainability and vibrancy of rural communities in the Humber region.

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Peter Ward Homes Site Manager Celebrates Hat Trick Of Awards

Peter Ward Homes Site Manager Celebrates Hat Trick Of Awards
July 8, 2021

Site Manager Paul Lambert celebrates a hat trick of wins, after being announced as a recipient of this year’s NHBC Pride in the Job Awards; for the third consecutive year.

The Peter Ward Homes’ site manager was one of 450 site managers from across the UK to win a Quality Award in this year’s NHBC’s Pride in the Job Awards, having also won it for his work at Old College, Beverley, in 2019 and 2020.

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