Organisers of the annual Tickton Scarecrow Hunt have revealed their plans for this year’s event that will take place on 6 and 7 May 2017.
This year’s event will follow theme called ‘Village of Culture’ and will run on both days between 10 AM and 4PM.
She Productions, Theatre Company in Residence at the East Riding Theatre, is back by popular demand with a new comedic review show, after the sell-out success of Beverley Does Broadway in 2015.
As an actor, no matter how hard you try, there is always one role that you know you will never get! Surrounded by an industry based on physical appearance, race, and gender, She Productions are here to break boundaries and turn typecasting on its head. MissCast is an evening of familiar songs and sketches performed in revolutionary ways.
Beverley Town Council hosted special meal for the elderly and vulnerable people from the local community. Around 80 guests were treated to a meal and live entertainment at Armstrongs Social Club in Beverley.
An ongoing tradition, the town council pay for the day and invite guests from local care homes, social groups and also from Millers Day Centre.
Beverley Building Society have named Go Kids Go! – a local charity that provides services for young wheelchair users their Charity of the Month for March 2017.
Go Kids Go free courses to young wheelchair users, teaching them skills to become independently mobile so that they can enjoy the same activities as their able-bodied peers.
Go Kids Go free courses to young wheelchair users, teaching them skills to become independently mobile so that they can enjoy the same activities as their able-bodied peers.
Beverley Young Farmers in the area held a Tractor Run that saw over 70 machines take part in an event that was used to raise money for two charities.
Jonathan Dearing, Vice-Chairman of the Beverley Young Farmers came up with the idea saying following its success they will most certainly be doing it again.
One of the stand-up tale tellers appearing at The East Yorkshire Theatre on Good Friday 14 April 2017 is having to tell his tale while seated in a mobility scooter.
This “new” performer at the theatre is Patrick Nolan, a local Romany character who lives in a supermarket car park and drives about the town in a electronic vehicle believed to have been a bumper-car in a traveling fair.
Beverley RUFC travelled to Leeds on Saturday and were able to record their 11 th victory in their last 13 matches, this despite the disruption of arriving half an hour late due to the team coach breaking down on the journey.
This meant that the pre match warm up needed to be curtailed but nevertheless they started brightly and after 8 minutes Jack Garvin raced in for an excellent try on the right wing which Phil Duboulay converted to give them a 7 point lead.
The blue and golds were without a first-team game last Saturday but managed to arrange an ‘A’ team friendly against a side who will ply their trade much lower down the divisions of the Yorkshire Mens League.
Director of Rugby Pat Howdle took the opportunity to give some game time to some players who were returning from injury but there were some notable returns to the club in the shape of Joe Wileman Jamie Cadwellander and Harry Gibbins.
Photos featuring local rugby league side the Beverley Braves U12s who took on West Hull at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
This was always going to be a tough game for the Braves against a team who rarely lose a game. Despite this the Braves gave it their all though it was the visitors who won the game.
Lois Campey & Holly Bursell celebrated their 13th Birthday with a joint party at Beverley Rugby Club.
The girls were joined by their friends who danced the night away with the music being provided by Ultimate Party Sounds.
Well-known East Yorkshire hotelier Paul Whymant says he feels privileged to be alive after a three-year battle against cancer.
Now cancer free, he is determined to give something back to those who helped him through what he describes as “a journey through a tunnel”.
Inspectors led by Senior HMI have found that ‘The educational experience pupils receive is remarkable… Pupil, parents and staff are rightly proud of this inclusive and harmonious school’.
The report says: ‘The school environment oozes vibrancy and stimulation. In every classroom corridor and corner of the school, there are jaw-dropping examples of pupils’ creativity and learning.’
After a summer of hard work, Freedom Five have won a trip to Flamingo Land as runners up in Humberside Police’s Lifestyle Project.
Freedom Five consisted of five Beverley girls whose project aim was to get kids off technology. The girls Millie, Laura, Chloe, Holly and Aimee had fun raising funds throughout their school holidays.
Local estate agents, Dee Atkinson & Harrison came up with an Egg-ceptional way to celebrate Easter with the children at Cherry Burton Primary School.
Pupils at the school were asked to decorate boiled eggs with the prizes being awarded to those that were picked out by the judges.
The Beverley and East Riding Lawn Tennis Club will be hosting their annual open day this coming Sunday giving people the chance to see their facilities.
Located on Seven Corners Lane, Beverley and East Riding Lawn Tennis Club will be offering free tennis taster sessions for both adults and juniors.
Beverley and Bishop Burton College will again take part in Yorkshire’s oldest rugby seven-a-side tournament, the 59th John Smiths Pock 7s, at Pocklington RUFC, next Friday (14 April).
The event has been held in Pocklington every Good Friday since 1959, and it has grown from humble beginnings into one of Yorkshire’s biggest sporting and social days out, with the local rugby fraternity plus many ‘ex-pats’ making their way to Percy Road for an annual Easter reunion.
Ticket is a boutique situated in the heart of Beverley in St Mary’s Arcade. Ticket stocks an exclusive selection of women’s contemporary fashion brands including Gestuz, Coster Copenhagen, Soaked in Luxury and Fransa.
Formerly part of a large chain, the boutique has now been taken over by an independent investor making the shop a truly independent retailer.
Mrs Dawn Joy Head teacher at Cherry Burton C of E Primary School was commissioned as the new Head during a special service led by Rev Richard Parkinson at St Micael’s church.
The aim of the Commissioning service is to present a new head teacher to the wider community. The service was attended by all 160 pupils, teachers, parents and representatives from the York Diocese, school governors, ER Education Services & the Parish Council.