Beverley Skate Park was cleaned up by the people who use it with the help of the East Riding of Yorkshire Detached Team. Laura Townsend, Dean Walters and Vicky Bolton were joined by the Mayor of Beverley David Elvidge engaged with the with skaters who showed great maturity and pulling on the not so flattering Youth Tidy Up vests and got stuck in. Broken glass, plastic bottles, bricks and even…
John Lock Memorial Day
John Lock Memorial Day A special Memorial will be held for John Lock in Beverley on November 21st 2009. John Lock who aged just 34 was tragically killed in car accident in on the 17th August 2009 leaving behind a his wife and three young children. Nicknamed ‘Locky’ by his friends and an outstanding sportsman and was well know for his football and pool playing abilities. It is some what…
Beverley Skate Park Big Clean Up
Beverley Skate Park Youth Tidy Up Event East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth service is hosting a series of Youth Tidy Up events across the East Riding. The events join onto a national initiative, The Big Tidy Up. The next Youth Tidy Up event, led by the Detached Youth Work Team is take place on Saturday 10 October at Beverley Skate Park from approximately 12 to 2pm. The East Riding…
Weekend of Sport in HU17 Preview
With the weekend fast approaching here is some of the sport that has been featured on HU17.net HU17.net Beverley Sport Links Football Rubgy Union Rugby League Cricket Horse Racing Sponsored by Game Invader This weekend Hodgsons FC have week off and the Humber Colts are playing away in the cup. There is however plenty sporting action going on this weekend in Beverley with rugby and football teams in action across…
Boxercise Classes
Boxercise is a form of cross training; it combines use of both aerobic and anaerobic energy systems. Beverley Leisure Complex provides three weekly boxercise classes which are all lead by fully qualified instructors. Boxercise will not only help your overall fitness but the techniques used will help you with balance, hand eye co ordination and timing. Classes at the Beverley Leisure Complex last for 45 minutes which includes a warm…
Beverley RUFC Face Tough Test
Beverley RUFC entertain Sheffield Tigers this Saturday in a National League 3 North match at Beaver Park (kick off 3 p.m.). Over the past few years Tigers have risen up the leagues, overtaking their neighbours Sheffield to become the undisputed “top dogs” of South Yorkshire. They narrowly missed out to Hull RUFC on reaching the playoffs last season and are sure to provide formidable opposition to the Beavers on Saturday….
Beverley Brass Band 40th Anniversary Concert
Beverley Brass Band will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a performance at Toll Gavel Methodist Church later this month. The concert that takes place on the 23rd of October at 7.30pm with proceeds from ticket sales going to Combat Stress a leading organisation that provides mental health care to veterans of the armed services. Tickets for the Beverley Brass Band 40th Anniversary Concert can be purchased in advance from the…
Hengate Road Closure
Road reconstruction works are scheduled to be carried out on Sundays starting later this month. The work will start on Sunday , 11th October and will be undertaken on seven consecutive Sundays except 8th November 2009 which is Remembrance Sunday. As well as taking out about eight inches of the original carriageway and replacing damaged ironwork, the council will also be resurfacing approximately half of the junction on New Walkergate/Manor…
Beverley Memorial Hall
The Beverley Memorial Hall celebrated its 50th anniversary this year; officially opened on the 10th September 1959 the Beverley Memorial Hall is there in memory of those who fell in World War II and as gratitude to those who returned. Beverley Memorial Hall – 73-75 Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8HN – 01482 880244 Beverley Memorial Hall – 73-75 Lairgate, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 8HN – 01482 880244 [nggallery id=208]…
Rain Storm in Beverley
Yesterday evening Beverley was hit by a rain storm, these pictures were taken on Manor Road near the junction of St Mary’s Walk where the road was completely flooded, cars seemed to cope though the pedestrians had a much tougher journey home. The homes on Manor Road were some of those that were flooded badly in Beverley Floods of June 2007 and many were watching out of their windows as…
Beverley Literature Festival
Storming Performances at Beverley Literature Festival The wild weather in Beverley on Saturday was matched by some equally energetic performances over the first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival as writer after writer took their audiences by storm in what has been some of the most exciting days in the festival’s eight year history. Iain Banks riffed on his new novel with the energy of a man possessed by genius. …
Whites Makes Top 1200
The very first edition of The Good Food Guide was done by Raymond Postage back in 1951 with the goal of informing readers which restaurants come up to the proper standards. The Good Food Guide is made up from scratch each year and this year Beverley’s Whites Restaurant broke into the top 1200 restaurants that will be featured in the 2010 edition. John Robinson said “Whites was this year’s only…
War Graves Photographic Project
The War Graves Photographic Project has been set up in an attempt to photograph each and every MoD grave, Individual Memorial and family memorial from WWI to the current day. The project aims to photograph and log over 1.7 million Common Wealth War Graves from around the world and depends on volunteers from every walk of life. HU17.net has volunteered to produce images for the graves located in Beverley or…
Robin Storey
Robin Storey who lives and works as an artist in Beverley was originally from County Durham. Robin Storey’s landscape paintings were first exhibited in The Beverley Art Gallery and have since appeared in galleries throughout the country. As a youngster he was a keen sportsman and played tennis for Yorkshire and twice made the Wimbledon Qualifying completion. His art has earned him the title of “Professional Artist of the Year…
Darlington Mowden Park Vs Beverley RUFC
Darlington Mowden Park 36 Beverley 21 – After a disastrous first twenty minutes which left them trailing 21-5 Beverley steadily clawed their way back to 21-all only to succumb to two late tries and go down to a convincing defeat. It was a strange game. There was plenty of good rugby on view but for Beverley also plenty of frustration. Time and again when they should have kept the ball…
Bonfire Night Diversions & Parking
The Annual Beverley Lions Bonfire is a very successful and well-attended event, however with this comes a number of Traffic and Public Safety issues, which have been monitored and discussed with The Beverley Police, The Beverley Lions and the Highways Authority. In 2008 a trial was carried whereby the east bound carriageway of Westwood Road and Walkington Road was temporary closed to traffic. This closure proved successful, but safety issues…
Beverley Food Festival Video & Pics
The Beverley Food Festival was a great hit, crowds flocked to the Market Place which was transformed into food haven. In the specially erected marquee was a food theatre all carefully managed by top local chef David Nowell of the Tickon Grange Hotel. Beverley Brass Band were on hand to entertain the crown with live music as they browsed the stalls which included one with a mountain of Brussels Sprouts….
Molescroft FC Vs Westella & Willerby B
Molescroft FC pulled off a great result in the cup coming back from 2-0 down at half time, to win 4-3 in extra time. With thanks to a string of fine saves from man of match Dodd and goals coming from Cazza (2) Hary and Tom the team progressed to the next round. “Well done for a fantastic effort bay all the team.” Coach Glyn Click on the thumbnail to…