Tickets are selling well for the first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival 1-10 October. And no wonder! Louis de Bernières kicks off the festival at 7pm on Friday night, followed by an astounding performance of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein. On Saturday, there is a chance to rethink all our assumptions about the Battle of the Somme with William Philpott, the supremely skilful author of a new book…
Beverley Food Festival Awards 2010
The best in local food has again been celebrated in an Awards Night organised by Beverley Town Council, and sponsored by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, to promote high-quality food produced in the local area, ahead of the Food Festival itself on October 3rd. The awards were presented to the winners of the following categories: Sausage – Pickle/Chutney – Preserves – Pie – Dairy Product – Dessert Drink –…
Beverley Racecourse: Season Finale
Beverley Racecourse held their final meeting of the season at the Westwood course. Some of the big names in racing were there, including Paul Hanagan, Ted Durcan, Haley Turner, Kieren Fallon and Joe Fanning. Also at the track was the man responsible for guiding Hull City to the Premiership, former manager Phil Brown. The 3.30 final feature race of the season, ‘The Violet and Eddie Smith Memorial Conditions Stakes’, was…
Beverley Motor Works
Beverley Motor Works are a newly established BMW and MINI service center based in Beverley, East Yorkshire. Founded by Alan Lewis and Richard Hayes, the service centre is a welcoming and professional environment designed to ensure you are treated as well as the build quality and heritage behind the cars we maintain on your behalf. Beverley Motor Works Ltd – Unit D1, Annie Reed Road, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17 0LF…
Beverley Pallet Manufacturer Receives Quality Standard Certification
Beverley based pallet manufacturer, Capital Pallet Solutions is delighted to announce their achievement of certification by BSI to the standard of ISO 9001:2008, following an in-depth assessment of their systems. Dave Atkinson, Managing Director Capital Pallet Solutions says: “We are really pleased to have been certified by the BSI. This standard is a benefit to our business as it is becoming a pre-requisite for the calibre of companies that we…
O’Connell & Vodden on Target For Beverley Town Beavers
Beverley Town Beavers beat Ricketts 2- 1 this weekend. On target for Beverley were Michael O’connell and Jonny Vodden. Michael O’connell opened the scoring after a mix up in defence allowed him to sneak in behind the keeper and score into an open goal. Jonny Vodden doubled the lead with strike shortly after wards before Ricketts scored a consolation late in the match. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail…
Williamson’s Great North Run Delight
Ten Beverley Athletic Club athletes joined over 30,000 other runners in the 30th Great North Run on Sunday. With so many competitors crowding the route it is very difficult to achieve a personal best time so all had different reasons for taking part. Mother and daughter Catriona Williamson and Lorna Mangan were running to raise money for Cancer Research in memory of Catriona’s brother-in-law. He was a keen triathlete and…
Bandits Beat Hornsea at Beaver Park
The Beverley Bandits faced Hornsea at Beaver Park in a game that turned into very one sided contest. The Bandits came out as winners scoring a string of tries in game at times that got quite heated. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=929] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full…
Fly Fishing Flydressers Guild
The East Yorkshire Flydressers’ Guild is a 40-strong group of fly-fishing enthusiasts that meet up every month to exchange ideas and advice in the comfort of the Rose and Crown pub in Beverley. They also benefit from the wealth of knowledge on offer from the guest speakers, and this month the meeting involved a class in making the flys. Secretary Paul Hotson said; “We have a very good membership base…
Live Music: The Processed Pea
Combining the talents of Stu Hanna and Debbie Hanna-Palmer the duo Megson is fast becoming ‘hot property’ on the British folk and roots scene. Their three albums have chronicled that blossoming creative talent and such is their popularity it has taken over a year for the Processed Pea to secure a booking. Originally from Teesside, the husband and wife duo met singing in the local Cleveland Youth Choir. At that…
Discover History at The Treasure House
A free open day at the Treasure House will give members of the public the chance to see hundreds of local historic documents and films. Members of the public are invited to come and see the fascinating historic records and archive treasures available at the Treasure House during the open day, which will take place on Saturday, 25 September, between 9am and 4pm. All the documents on display will relate…
Beverley Fitness Group In The All-together
A Beverley-based fitness group with a great track record for raising money for charity have taken a hugely brave step to boost their fundraising this year by publishing a calendar featuring over 40 of their participants who have donated their time – and bared their flesh – to support Breast Cancer Awareness. The youngest is 18, and the ‘most mature’ is 81. Organiser Cheryl Murphy told HU17.net “Our perceived bravery…
Autumn Lectures at the Treasure House
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’…
Beverley Whitestar Ladies Thrash Grassroots
On a rain soaked afternoon Whitestar took to the field determined to make amends for last weeks defeat. Within 3 minutes the girls got back on track when the impressive Becks Thompson opened the scoring from a well hit free kick from a full 30 yards. As the goal went in Beverley’s confidence returned and the visitor’s struggled to deal with the pace, passing and movement that Whitestar were displaying…
Molescroft Lose to Sharks in Season Opener
Molescroft FC were beaten in their first home game of the season by Costello Sharks at the Molescroft Pavilion. Molescroft found themselves behind early on and failed to get back into the game, with the final score being 6 – 3. On the score sheet for Molescroft were Ellis Horsefield, Rees Anthony and Tom Reffell. Next up is a trip to Shiptonthorpe. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture…
Books Come Alive at Beverley Literature Festival
Fiction, politics, geology, poetry, biography and lots of workshops to get involved with – Beverley Literature Festival (1 to 10 October), organised by East Riding Libraries, once again brings you the best in writing, whatever the subject. This year the festival has expanded its programme for children to give young readers in the East Riding a fun-packed weekend of performances, readings, making sessions and story-telling of all kinds – all…
New Memorial Unveiled in Hengate Gardens
Canon David Hoskin conducted the outdoor service while the memorial was unveiled by Deputy Lord Lieutenant Tom Boyd.
Beverley Fight Back Though Lose Out to Stockport
Plenty of cracking rugby but overall a rather strange game. With just over half the match gone Stockport led 24-3 and were running away with it. At the end they were hanging on and relieved to hear the final whistle. Stockport with three straight wins are without doubt the strongest side Beverley RUFC have met so far this season. They played with a power and composure that Beverley RUFC could…