This years’s spring production by the Walkington Pantomime Players was the play by John Godber called ‘Lucky Sods.’ I attended the Wednesday performance in the Village Hall and the hall was full with an expectant audience well stocked with nibbles, sandwiches and drink. The cast and backstage crew presented an excellent performance which showed that …
The Eastern Area Planning Sub-Committee met on Monday afternoon (20th) to discuss a number of planning applications including the application by Duchy Homes to build 31 homes at 40 Little Weighton Road in Walkington. The official recommendation to the Sub-Committee was that the application be deferred for further consideration of two issues: 1) to secure …
If like me, on Sunday 14th April, you missed the tractor rally as it processed around the village here is a little taster of what we missed. The Tractor Run was organised by the Beverley Young Farmers to raise funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. I like the fact that they all seem to have their …
We stood on the main street, opposite the bus shelter, one weather eye on the ever darkening skies and the other looking for the first sightings of the riders in Le Tour de Yorkshire. The crowds, gathered along the road, enthusiastically cheering what seemed like an endless parade of police motorcyclists, as they roared passed, …
An open meeting is being held at Bishop Burton village hall to discuss the planning application to build a petrol station, a shop, and a cafe on agricultural land, northeast of the Killingwoldgraves Roundabout. The vehicular entrance and exit to the petrol filling station is proposed from the A1174 located at the south eastern corner …
The star riders are coming thick and fast with Mark Cavendish the latest cycling legend to confirm he will be riding the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire. Cavendish is a true icon of the sport who has won no-less than 30 Tour de France stages in a glittering career that also includes the 2011 UCI Road …
The yellow roadsigns have gone up in the village and along the main road to Beverley, warning about the traffic delays on 2nd May 2019 due to the Tour de Yorkshire passing through the village. The Men’s Race starts in Doncaster at 13:05 pm and finishes in Selby, approximately 4hrs 30 mins later, a distance of …
You may remember a recent blog post (28th February) regarding the proposal to demolish Walkington House on Townend Road. It came about after a local resident, and blog reader, said that a notice had been put up to say that the house would be demolished on 28th February 2019. This in fact did not happen …
The annual Dr M Scrowston memorial quiz took place last Friday evening (12th) in the Village Hall between the reigning champions the University of Hull Chemistry Department and The Brains of Walkington. The competition is held to honour the memory of Dr Mike Scrowston; the first local boy to go to University, a local resident of …
This year’s summer production by the Walkington Pantomime Players is a play by John Godber called ‘Lucky Sods.’ The play is a hilarious and compassionate comedy about guilt, luck, and superstition, and lives changed forever. Jean and Morris are the lucky sods of the title – they’ve just won the lottery. Morris bought the ticket and …
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