The Tour De Yorkshire is almost here with only 9 days to go until the start of Stage One – Beverley to Doncaster. Motorists and the travelling public should expect long delays in and around the village on Thursday, 3rd May, as the Ladies Race (morning) and Mens Race (afternoon) comes through the Village. Everyone …
The annual Dr M Scrowston memorial quiz took place last Friday evening (20th) in the Village Hall between the University of Hull Chemistry Department and The Brains of Walkington. There were warm tributes to the late Mike Scowston from his colleagues in the Chemistry Department. The fact that this competition is still going strong, after …
WALKINGTON PARISH COUNCIL Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 3 April 2018 in the Methodist Church Meeting Room Note – these minutes will require confirmation at the next Annual Parish Meeting Present: Councillors G Southern (Chairman), Mrs C Boyle, T Collinson (from minute 18.04.02(6), D Drew, J Drew, C Dixon, K N Hearne, …
Last Saturday (14th) I popped into the All Hallows Brunch at the Village Hall and spent a very pleasant half hour chatting to people about various village topics. The event held between 10:00 -12:00 was billed as a brunch and an opportunity to meet the new vicar, the Rev David Harry Messer; when I turned up …
There’s a sight you don’t see very often on a Saturday lunchtime, a big yellow tractor, pulling a trailer full of muck in Teal Close. And judging by the number of bags of muck being dispensed the gardens in the Close will be bursting with colour this summer. The tractor, accompanied by an industrious group …
A few weeks ago my nephews came to tea as usual and to celebrate my husband’s birthday we had a glass of Bucks Fizz. The younger nephew told me they had been learning about alcohol at school and he had told his teacher that I went to the pub every Friday night and that I …
This year’s concert in support of Parkinson’s UK will be held in the Village Hall on 13th October and features Edwina Hayes. If last year’s concert, featuring Henry Priestman, is anything to go by you’ll need to book your seats early. ‘Edwina Hayes numbers Michael Parkinson and Nanci Griffith among her fans. Her beautifully written …
The next meeting of the WALKINGTON PARISH COUNCIL will be held in the Methodist Church School Room on Tuesday 3 April 2018 at 7.30 pm. This follows the Parish Annual General Meeting. AGENDA 1. APOLOGIES 2. CODE OF CONDUCT & EXPRESSIONS OF INTERESTS – AMENDMENTS – report from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council (enclosed) …
In January 2017, I set off on a journey around the world, starting at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. My objective was to photograph the people, landscapes and wildlife as I circumnavigated the globe – returning four months later, once again to the prime meridian. Over the course of 118 days, I travelled through …
Friday night (16th March) saw the Grand Final of the Walkington Quiz season in the village hall. It really is pure theatre to watch the empty hall transform itself into a quiz night. When the doors open the audience surges in and everyone sets too and changes the hall into a quiz venue. Heating on, …
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