Days Out: The Hull Stingrays

October 29, 2011

The following is a family’s review of an Ice Hockey game at Hull Ice Arena. The family include Dad (Leigh), Mum (Jess), and children Ruby (age 8) and Casper (age 5). This is the first time any of us have attended an Ice Hockey game. Upon entering the arena you immediately feel the buzz in the air, children and adults mill around in their blue and yellow Stingray regalia and…

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Val Wood Makes Triumphant Return To Beverley Literature Festival

October 18, 2011

Best-Selling Beverley Author Val Wood made a triumphant return to the Beverley Literature Festival this weekend with an exclusive reading from her new novel The Harbour Girl. The Harbour Girl is the award-winning author’s seventeenth novel. The romantic saga tells the story of sixteen year old Jeannie, a net mender and herring girl at Scarborough Harbour, just like her Scottish mother. Jeannie meets and falls in love with Harry, a…

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HU17.net Magazine: 50 Not Out

July 4, 2011

This week’s issue of  HU17.net magazine makes it 50 publications produced, a milestone that some 12 months ago I could not have imagined. The first six issues were drawn in Photoshop, which seems crazy now as I look back and remember how painful and time consuming it was. Although still a lengthy process things have become slightly easier with the design being completed using Publishing Software taking between 8 and…

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Sweet Moment For Ice Man Ian

June 15, 2011

Cricketer Ian Goforth came face-to-face with his sugary double this week. A HU17.net reader was recently in need of inspiration when making a cricket-themed cake for a client. And after flicking through a copy of HU17.net, inspiration came in the shape of Beverley Town CC 3rd XI keeper Ian celebrating a caught behind in a recent game at the Norwood Recreation Ground. A game Ian kindly agreed to pose with…

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Are you ready to Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway?

May 19, 2011

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….

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Ben Shires: Beverley’s Brightest Star

February 11, 2011

Ben Shires spent his youth reading books, cataloguing stamps and treading the boards in various school productions. The development of the Longcroft Performing Arts centre presented lanky-beanpole Ben with many exciting opportunities and after starring roles in Wind in The Willows, Sweeney Todd and My Fair Lady he developed a taste for the spotlight. After leaving school, Ben joined bands, recorded an E.P and made some hilariously clever YouTube videos…

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Kate Hare – Star 9 Therapy

February 9, 2011

Holistic healer, Kate Hare, was diagnosed with a chronic spinal problem and was told by doctors that she would be confined to a wheelchair by the age of 40.  Kate decided to literally take matters into her own hands and began to learn Reiki as a means of healing herself. It wasn’t long before Kate started to benefit from this healing technique, it gave her a new lease of life…

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Tabatha’s Well Lane: A Welcome Addition to Beverley

February 8, 2011

If you are short on inspiration for gift ideas or are looking for luxury items at incredibly reasonable prices then take a trip down Well Lane and discover Tabatha’s, you won’t be disappointed. Owner Samantha Waud has achieved a personal ambition by bringing high quality products to the people of Beverley without breaking the bank. Samantha says: – “Opening a shop selling the type of goods we stock in Tabatha’s…

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Jolene Setterfield: A Divine Inspiration

January 21, 2011

Jolene Setterfield, 28 of Lincoln Way, describes herself as an internationally successful medium, visionary, Intuitive Divine Channel and entrepreneur. Over the last four years Jolene has developed a strong network of likeminded associates all over the world and is soon jetting off to Los Angeles where she is developing a new show for broadcast. On top of this Jolene’s first book ‘A Reminder’ is being published later in the year…

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Mandy Brignall: Under the Skin

December 8, 2010

Once seen, never forgotten. Mandy Brignall is the lady with the jet black 50’s bouffant and an obvious passion for tattoos. Originally from Cottingham, Mandy has lived in Beverley for seven years and moved here because she absolutely loves everything about the town – including her close circle of friends and the community of accepting people that she surrounds herself with. On average she spends half an hour perfecting her…

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The Blooming Success Story of Fleurs de Lisa

November 26, 2010

Award winning florist, Fleurs de Lisa first hit the town five years ago and has been a blooming success since the day the doors opened.  Owner, Lisa Barrow studied floristry at Bishop Burton College and after working at a local florist for a few years decided to open her own shop.  “I won several awards over the years and starting my own business seemed like the natural way to progress….

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