Alison Booth, a Guide Dog Mobility Instructor with Guide Dogs, based in Reed House, Annie Reed Road, Beverley, blogs on HU17.net about the important role she and her team play in placing the right, trained blind dog with the right new owner. My dogs are now at the point where they are ready to be matched to a suitable visually impaired person. Matching the correct dog with the correct owner…
Graham Stuart MP has teamed up with TV presenter Angela Rippon to support this year’s Carers Week (13-19 June) and recognise the contribution made by those people in the Beverley and Holderness constituency and throughout the UK who provide unpaid care for someone who is ill, frail or disabled. The theme for Carers Week 2011 is ‘The True Face of Carers’. It calls for greater recognition for the diverse range…
At the Annual Meeting of Council, Councillor Kay West was elected to be the new Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council and will serve until May 2012. Councillor West, who lives in Pocklington, is councillor for Pocklington Provincial ward. She was first elected in 2007. Last year, Councillor West served as vice-chairman and has been mayor of Pocklington on three occasions, with the last time being back in 2003….
For the first time ever, Beverley Folk Acoustic and Roots Festival will include film as part of the weekend of entertainment. Launched in partnership with the Beverley Film Society, the Film Club will screen four folk-themed films over the weekend of the Beverley Festival from Friday 17 June to Sunday 19 June. The first film on Saturday morning (18 June) is Travelling for a Living, a 1965 BBC documentary featuring…
Ermine moths have made a spectacular impression on bushes in Lockwood Road, Beverley. As pictured, thousands of the ermine moth caterpillar have weaved their magic on the bushes and trees opposite the doctor’s surgery, festooning them with drooping nets of silk. It’s a strangley primordial sight, especially in twilight, but it’s a sight anyone interested will have to see quickly as the caterpillars will soon pupate and turn into moths….
The new Mayor of Beverley Peter Astell admits he can’t wait “to get stuck in” to his mayoral duties. Peter was made Mayor at a ceremony at the Guildhall on Monday, where he replaced the popular Bessie Foot. He told HU17.net it will be an honour to represent Beverley and help raise much-needed funds for his three Mayoral charities – 399 (Beverley) Squadron Air Cadets, Beverley Braves and The Beverley…
Attention all Beverley employers and employees. This workshop can change your working life for the better… Professional Psychologist, Rachael Alexander, is delivering a FREE 2-hour workshop as part of Hull Business Week on Thursday, 9th June at The Sewell Studio. It show cases training based on the self-help book which has sold 12 million copies worldwide – “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway®” by acclaimed author Susan Jeffers, Ph.D….
Beverley and District Talking Newspaper was honoured for its work in the community at the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Chairman’s Awards. They were named joint winners in the Chairman’s Community Award, along with Hull and East Riding Arthritis Care, at last night’s award ceremony at Bridlington Spa. David Allan, of the Beverley and District Talking Newspaper, said the award meant a great deal, and he hoped it would lead…
One of Beverley’s most traditional and loved shops is offering a prize of a Yorkshire Hamper to customers who subscribe to its new newsletter and follow its burgeoning website. G and A Jack and their Wednesday Market deli are as much a part of the fabric of Beverley as the Minster and Beverley Beck. The family business dates back more than 125 years, while last summer they celebrated the 50th…
Some of the world’s finest early music specialists will soon be playing in Beverley’s most spectacular settings. The 2011 Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival – which runs from 26-29 May – will see a wide range of top-quality musicians entertain audiences with a brief exploration of the history of music, from Renaissance to the present day The festival opens with a performance from internationally acclaimed vocal group The…
A new ‘Quiet Garden’ – where people can take time out to reflect on life – is being opened this summer close to Beverley Town centre. Volunteers from the Quaker Meeting, Quaker Walk, Beverley, are creating the garden at their Beverley base as a “small haven of tranquility” in the town. Quaker Phil Entwistle told HU17.net that with modern life being so busy and fraught, an area dedicated to peace…
Beverley’s branch of Focus DIY looks likely to be saved after administrators today revealed the branch could have new buyers. Ernst and Young, the administrators of the Focus DIY chain, have agreed the sale of 13 stores to Wickes Building Supplies, saving 345 jobs in the process. The future of the Swinemoor Lane store was in doubt after Focus went into administration earlier this month as they fell foul of…
Outgoing Beverley Mayor Bessie Foot performed her final duties at the Guildhall on Monday. Bessie has been a thoroughly popular choice of Mayor, and her hard work paid dividends for her chosen charities. As part of her final duties as the Mayor of Beverley, Bessie handed out some final community awards before calling forward representatives of her chosen charities, the Marie Curie Cancer Trust and The Beverley Church Lads and…
HU17.net Magazine issue 43, featuring pictures from the following events around Beverley: * Street Beatz * An Evening of Dance * Murray Hill Come to Beverley * Fashion Show @ The Beverley Conservative Club * Family Day at the Rugby Club * Debbie Watson’s 50th @ Hodgsons * Royal British Legion Parade The magazine is available from Molescroft News on Woodhall Way [nggallery id=1478]
Members of the Royal British Legion celebrated their 90th anniversary by parading through Beverley today. They were joined by local dignatories, councillors and members of the public on a parade from North Bar Within, through into Saturday Market where the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Hon. Mrs Susan Cunliffe–Lister and Col. Paul Ash, Commandant of DST Leconfield, took the salute at Market Cross. From there they proceeded…
Beverley-based opticians Eyesite is playing a major role in ensuring the next generation of Hull City stars are more prepared than ever for the rigours of top-level sport. Eyesite, who have branches in Cottingham and Hedon as well as at 13a Saturday Market, have teamed up with the Tigers to provide the latest in eye-testing techniques to their players. Senior players have already undergone rigorous tests to ensure their vision…
QualitySolicitors (a group of independent solicitors firms) has signed a deal with high-street retailer W H Smith to provide access to legal services in branches of their high street books, stationery and travel stores. The deal means that QualitySolicitors will be present in 150 branches this summer, set to increase to 500 nationwide, fast becoming a house-hold name. In store, a QualitySolicitors client representative will book appointments online, provide quotes…
Visitors from Beverley’s twin town of Lemgo were presented with a framed photograph of the Syntan Barge before they ended their visit to the town recently. Officials and other members of the twinning group enjoyed an entertaining trip to East Yorkshire, including a trip down Beverley Beck on The Beverley Barge Preservation Society’s restored barge The Syntan. Among the visitors was Lemgo’s Mayor, Burgermeister Dr Reiner Austermann, as well as…