A ‘Curry and a Pint’ night was held at The Barrel Inn in Walkington last night in aid of Breast Cancer Care. The event, which was organised by Julie and Mark Nutbrowns was sponsored by Beverley based Brasserie Dine on the Rowe who cooked up the curry using locally sourced fresh produce. Organisers of the curry night Julie and Mark Nubrowns with their daughter at The Barrel Inn HU17.net Picture…
Beverley Postie and captain of Beverley Town and Beverley United Jonny Ricardo celebrates his birthday with pals in Beverley. Jonny was joined by friends for a few drinks before then heading off to the bars in Beverley. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=529] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full…
Local singer-songwriters, the Ragamuffins, will be holding an evening of music and memories at the Queens Head (Wednesday Market Place, Beverley) on Thursday 25th March at 8:00pm (arrive for 7:30pm to get a seat). Last year the songsters produced two albums of home-spun ditties, which described events, places and people from Beverley’s past. Now the Ragamuffins plan to write a book that puts these tales down and paper and want…
Over £1000 was raised last Saturday for the Teenage Cancer Trust at a fundraising event at Beverley Leisure Centre. Molescroft Mum Sylvia Hood organised the evening of sport and music to raise funds in memory of her son David who sadly died of bone cancer at the age of 18 in June 2007. Sylvia was delighted with the amount raised and said afterwards “The evening was a great success and…
Local girl Vicky Smith turned 18 and held a fancy dress party in the Tiger Inn, Viki who is due to leave Beverley for Italy enjoyed a party with friends, family and her employer Edwina Jackson of Beverley’s Fantasia store. Outfits included a cheerleader, Jedi knight, sexy policewoman, chamber maid, the devil, the pimp, hannibal lecter and an ‘old flashing lady’. Edwina said: “Viki has been working at Fatasia on…
Friends and family gathered at the Royal Oak, Cartwright Lane, Beverley to celebrate Phil Crockett’s 40th birthday. The surprise party was organised by Phil’s wife Katie with the help of Lillian & Cyril Middleton, Simon & Sarah Fearnley, Simon & Vanessa Burns and Andy Holey. Phil arrived at the party at 8pm expecting to meet a small group of friends for pre-dinner drinks but was instead greeted by the cheers…
Pictures from the Tickton Grange Hotel as Beverley Athletic Club held their presentation night handing out the awards to club members for the 2009 season. These pictures are from before the awards were handed out, full results, report and award presentations to follow. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=485] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below…
Inspiration at the Old Granary was packed full of women who were there to enjoy a performance of the ‘Vaginal Monologues’ and help raise money for Hull Women’s Aid. Sue Kirkman mother of Annie the lady behind the fund raisers said; “We have had such a good response it’s been unbelievable, we had no idea some many people would want to come and see it and we are really looking…
The caterers of Beverley Minster held a shoppers lunch, on the menu was beef stew and dumplings and the crowds certainly turned up to enjoy a hot meal in the Minster Parish Hall. The idea behind the lunches which run every three weeks or so is to attract more people from the centre of Beverley to the Minster and have proved to be very popular with visitors and locals. HU17.net…
Snow returned to Beverley again this morning, while some of the people in the town will welcome the snow back others are left frustrated with all sporting fixtures being cancelled throughout the town. These pictures were taken this morning around Beverley Minster and by the Beverley Beck where some lucky ducks got a snack from a chap prepared to brave the cold. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture…
Few snaps of some people who are enjoying a few beers around a couple of the bars in Beverley on Saturday evening, pictures were taken in Nellies, The White Horse, and Dan Hooks. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=467] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size
Beverley Rugby Club held a fund raiser in their club house at Beaver Park where one man Craig Hancock stole the show. The supersized forward slipped into some sexy lingerie a wig complete with make up before wowing the audience with his appearance NOT his singing. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=465] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the…
As I write this letter I do so with an immense sense of pride in my home town and the people that live there. My request for donations to fund a fitting memorial to those men and women from Beverley that have lost their lives in the service of their country since WW2 has been answered in a very decisive and for me a humbling manner. The Town Council Office…
Beverley has changed remarkably since World War Two. In 1945 the town had a population of around 16,000 people, was dominated by its weekly stock market and old factories which employed most of its residents in manual work. Older residents remember a town in which they knew the faces in the crowd, sons followed fathers into local factories, most wives stayed at home and looked after children, neighbourhoods organised their…
It is a common sight to see model planes and helicopters being flown on the Beverley Westwood. Andy Wilson from Manchester is one of those guys you see up by Beverley Racecourse flying his plane
Rachel Frank celebrates her 21st on Sunday night in the Kings Head and the Beaver Pub. Rachel and her friends had a sporting theme to the evening with the girls going out wearing football shirts HU17.net’s first ‘Soccerettes’! HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=432] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to…
Anyone struggling to profess their love this Valentines Day might find inspiration in a visit to the East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service. One of the many documents held in the archives is the notebook of Margaret Elizabeth Whiteing of Beverley, dating back to 1909. Inside is poetry which, among other subjects, refers to love, and also compassion for others. Margaret Whiteing was born on August 7, 1887, and…
A new exhibition opens this week at the Beverley Guildhall, entitled ‘1960s Beverley.’ As the title suggests, this exhibition looks at how the town was influenced by the 1960s in terms of aspects such as planning changes, fashion, music and new innovations. Fiona Jenkinson, Curator of the Beverley Guildhall, said: “We decided to take a different approach to Beverley’s history this time, but this has been a difficult exhibition to…