Skidby Windmill
Under Starters Orders At Skidby Windmill
The latest exhibition by the Skidby Windmill Volunteer Team has opened this week. “Horses for Courses” looks at the sporting use of horses in the region
Three Lucky Young People Win Treasure House Children’s Trail
Three lucky young people and their families have won this year’s Beverley Treasure House Children’s Trail prizes.
Good News As Beverley Home Delivery Service Extends Its Boundaries
MaruMarket Home Delivery, the service set up to link local independent traders with their customers online, was launched by John Cant in February this year.
Runners Brave Weather To Take Part In Ferriby 10
Athletes from local running clubs braved cold, blustery weather last Sunday as they tackled the challenging Ferriby 10 road race.
Precious Cargo Exhibition At Beverley Treasure House
An exhibition to highlight some of the East Riding’s most precious objects, revealing many international influences on the cultural heritage of the area, will be on display at the Treasure House from Saturday, 2 June until Saturday, 28 July.
New Exhibition @ Skidby Windmill
A new exhibition is now showing in the village life gallery at Skidby Windmill. Produced by volunteers from the East Riding Rural Life Project, the exhibition is entitleed “Ox-head and Gruel – a story of Almshouses
James Pearson Continues Excellent Form Finishing Third In Ferriby 10
Twenty-nine members of Beverley Athletic Club turned out for last Sunday’s Ferriby 10, the first club handicap race of the year. They joined more than 500 other athletes to run the tough ten mile route from Skidby to Riplingham via little Weighton and back via Raywell. The first half of the course is hilly but after Riplingham crossroads the road is fairly flat until the final climb up to the…
Public Services Opening Times Easter 2011
East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to advise residents of opening hours for venues, including leisure centres, libraries, museums, archive services and customer service centres during the Easter holidays and for the Royal wedding. From Friday, 22 April to Monday, 2 May, general opening times will be as follows for the council’s 11 leisure centres. Beverley Leisure Complex For specific pool opening times please check with the facility. Friday…
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’…
Heritage Open Days: Free Entry to Skiby Windmill
Once again, Skidby Windmill will be taking part in the popular annual Heritage Open Days event. The mill will be offering free admission to everybody (not just the under fives) on Saturday, 11th and Sunday, 12th September only – the HODS event nationally runs from 9 – 12 September, but not all venues take part for the full four days. Heritage Open Days – the annual celebration of Britain’s architecture,…
Romans at Skidby Windmill
Children can enjoy a fun morning at Skidby Windmill on Friday, 4 June, where they can learn about the Romans and try out activities such as making Roman jewellery and pottery, write like a Roman (and learn a bit of Latin to impress friends), and make a cut-and -paste Roman granary. There will also be a chance to try on a toga. The workshop (10.30am – 12.30pm) is suitable for…
Going On ‘Logcation’ at Skidby Windmill
East Riding’s last remaining windmill has acquired an exciting new attraction for children in time for this Easter. Situated on the acreage adjoining Skidby Windmill, visitors will now discover a log train and a hide “n” seek adventure trail. These installations have been purchased from Sovereign, a nationally accredited supplier of safe, stimulating and imaginative play equipment. Additionally, the wood for the equipment comes from environmentally sustainable sources. Jane Bielby,…
A New View of Historic Museum Objects
The council’s museums service has now launched an updated version of its online collections database. Working in partnership with staff from arvato, the museums team has been transferring data and images into a software program called Mobius, developed by an American company, Willoughby Associates. The database is available via the council’s website, Go to the About Museum Collections section and click on the link “East Riding Treasures Online.” Dr. David…
New Exhibition at Skidby Windmill
A new exhibition is now showing at Skidby Windmill, in the village life gallery, and is likely to last for about four months. Entitled ‘East Yorkshire Windmills,’ the exhibition describes the development and subsequent decline of windmills in the region, as well as details of how windmills work and the role of the miller. It’s also illustrated with numerous interesting ‘now and then’ photographs of some of the remaining mills….
Skidby Windmill
Built in 1821 Skidby Windmill has been grinding grain almost continually for nearly two centuries. The Miller, Neil Jonson was kind enough to take us right up into the roof of Skidby Windmill taking some pictures of views from the top. Skidby Windmill is open daily from 10am – 5pm there is a café which is open everyday except on Mondays and its run by Aletia Jo Kent who also…
A History of Primary Education
A new exhibition entitled “When I Was Six” is now on display in the Treasure House in Beverley. The exhibition, which presents a history of primary education in the East Riding, was compiled by volunteers of the East Riding Rural Life Project at Skidby Windmill. Fiona Jenkinson, the project co-ordinator, said: “This is the third in a series of Treasure House exhibitions compiled by the team of volunteers, who also…
Heritage Days in Beverley
Beverley Friary & Skidby Windmill will both open their doors and welcome people for FREE as part of the annual Heritage Open Days. Beverley Friary Skidby Windmill will be taking part in the annual Heritage Open Days event again this year. Beverley Friary Is a former Dominican friary rescued by local people of Beverley and has wall paintings from 15th and 16th century and will open its doors on Sunday…