With bragging rights up for grabs Saturdays East Riding Senior Cup match between Hodgsons FC and Beverley Town promises to be a match played with intent by both sides from the start. Lee Hastings, Chairman of Hodgsons FC talked ahead of the game on how he feels the match will pan out and the players to watch out for. “I think it will be a fairly evenly balanced match. I…
Family and friends would like to wish Kelsey Gates a happy 13th birthday! Kelsey Gates born 7th October 1997 and will be celebrating her 13th birthday later this week with friends and family at the Beverley Arms Hotel.
Out and about in Beverley, pictures from the Queens Head and Bar Fusion of people enjoying a Friday night out in Beverley. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=967] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size
Musical duo Sax Mad played at the Molescroft Inn on Friday 1st October. Two members of the popular band Soul Patrol form a duo playing soul classics, ska favourites and a few from all genres. The night was enjoyed by all, with Kippa entertaining with his vocals and occasional jokes, and Rick on sax was as usual in fine form. Keep a look out for more music coming soon at…
The Beverley in Bloom Awards were presented this week by Mayor of Beverley, Bessie Foot. Individuals, schools and businesses were all recognised for their floral display achievements. St John of Beverley RC Primary School won the Educational Endeavour. Businesses that received awards included some of the most colourful establishments in the town this summer. Beverley Racecourse, The Tea Cosy in Highgate, The Green Dragon in Saturday Market and The Royal…
Daisy Critchley and her parents Cathie and Geoff, visited their local, The Royal Standard, on the eve of their relocation to Chipping Ongar in Essex. Daisy who attended Beverley High School and worked at the Standard is taking a year out and intends to visit South Africa. The Royal Standard has a busy weekend of sport ahead, starting on Friday 1st October at 12 noon for the first day of…
The Beverley St Nicholas Women’s Institute held a Fashion Show in the Molescroft Pavilion on Monday evening, proving that you are never too old to strutt your stuff. The ‘most mature’ of the seven models was 84-year-old Molly O’Connor. She told HU17.net “I thoroughly enjoyed getting dressed up in my outfit. It wasn’t until the last minute that I realised I had to do it five times over!” The models…
Clinical Hypnotherapist, Sheila Granger who recently conducted a trial with NHS patients in Beverley to demonstrate that hypnotherapy is a viable treatment for obesity is now taking her weight-loss system to New York. Granger’s breakthrough advancement in treating obesity with a weight loss programme which incorporates the ‘Virtual Gastric Band’, gained a 95% success rate in a group trial last year and has now gone on to help literally hundreds…
People enjoy a night out around the bars and night spots in Beverley, pictures from the Beaver and the Royal Standard that featured in the HU17.net magazine. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=938] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size
Sammy-Jo Proctor was joined by friends for her hen do. Sammy-Jo who is getting married to Gareth Thomas later this year was whisked away to Bridlington with friends Charlotte, Danielle, Nicky, Caroline, Kristy and Jena in limousine. The hens all from Beverley got dressed up as sailors for a night on the coast! HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery…
People enjoy a night out around the bars and night spots in Beverley, pictures from the Kings Head, the Push, the Beaver and the Royal Standard that featured in the HU17.net magazine. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=919] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size
Officials, players and sponsors of Beverley RUFC gathered at the KC Stadium for the Sportmans’ Dinner on Thursday. The night was compared by the witty Malcolm Lord. John Bentley, who has represented his country at the highest levels in both Rugby League and Rugby Union, was the Guest Speaker, and funny man Josh Daniels kept everyone entertained. It was also a chance to bid farewell to 2009/2010 Players Player Richard…
Phyllis and Harry Horsley are this week celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, and are only too delighted to share the secrets of their long and successful marriage. Hu17.net went to meet the happy couple, who both have a fabulous sense of humour and the loveliest of laughs. Back in 1948, Harry asked Phyllis to join a day-trip to Scarborough, even though Harry had a girlfriend at the time. “I was…
Vicar of Beverley Minster Reverend Jeremy Fletcher held a talk this week at the Rose and Crown Pub in Beverley entitled Minster to Minster, full of interesting facts and anecdotes gathered during his time at Southwell Minster, York Minster and now Beverley Minster. The event was attended by over 50 people. Organiser Martin Dooloan, who voluntarily manages the hospitality and conference facilities at Beverley Minster, said they could have sold…
Having been a professional chimney sweep for over 30 years, there’s not much that Jethro Vivian doesn’t know about modern chimneys and their problems. But it’s not chimney-sweeping in today’s world that really interests Jethro. He has spent many years researching the chimney-sweeping trade as it was during the reign of Queen Victoria, and now, dressed as a 19th century Master Sweep, Jethro is sharing this knowledge with schoolchildren throughout…
As beautiful as historic buildings are, they take some looking after, as Steve Rial is only too well aware. Having worked at Beverley Minster for almost 21 years, Steve has been instrumental in the preservation and repair of this stunning piece of history that took 200 years to build, and is therefore between 800 and 600 years old depending on which part you are looking at. One of Steve’s current…
The Lincoln Arms helps promote new Suicide Support Group for Beverley Carole Shaw from Beverley suffered a devastating loss earlier this year when her son Richard took his own life, aged just 23. In the months that have followed, she has turned for support to the National charity SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide), and this weekend Carole organised a fund-raising evening to raise money for SOBS, and also for…
Beverley Leisure Centre was the location for a very exciting It’s A Knock-Out competition on Saturday afternoon. In order to raise money for MNDA (the Motor Neurone Disease Association), teams of Lifeguards, Youth Workers and ‘Sexy Rock Chicks’ from Beverley Leisure Centre pitched battle with each other, while the children that attended ensured everyone enjoyed a thorough soaking with water bombs and buckets. The afternoon concluded with a water fight between the Youth Workers and the children – with the children winning…