Category: Review
Preston Scarecrows – and the winners are….
| June 3, 2013 | Filled under Preston, Review |
THE WINNERS in the first Preston Scarecrow Competition are…. the people of Preston! This was a fantastic event staged by residents in the village with about 40 scarecrow displays on offer last week. It has been a great source of fun and amusement for both villagers and visitors who have found reason to explore the… read more
Fun and fire facts at Preston Fire Station Open Day
| June 2, 2013 | Filled under Charity, Community, Humberside Fire & Rescue, Preston, Review |
HUNDREDS of people turned out to join in the fun and activities at Preston Fire Station open day on Saturday 1st June 2013. Children got to sit in the driving seat of a fire engine, with the engine running and sirens sounding! They got the chance to soak a fireman and beat the Fire goalie,… read more
Hard-hitting drama concerning homelessness comes to Hull Truck
| May 22, 2013 | Filled under Campaigns, Events, Hull, Review, Theatre |
A HARD-HITTING view of homelessness is presented in a play at Hull Truck Theatre on Saturday 8th June 2013. An Unquiet Mind, is described by its Hull author David Pattison as “bloody heartbreaking” and according to reviewer Jerome Whittingham it will “startle and challenge audiences”. The main character of the play, Topshop, is ex-armed forces and a… read more
Have a Go at saving a life – HEART Conference Success
| May 17, 2013 | Filled under HealthWatch, Review, Withernsea |
AS PART of a campaign to improve emergency ambulance response times across the constituency, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart held a HEART Conference in Withernsea last Saturday. This has led to calls for the event to be repeated in other areas. Named ‘Influence, Educate and Have a Go’ the aim of… read more
Preston exhibition – The Quilt Code that helped runaway slaves
| May 7, 2013 | Filled under Community, Crafts, Preston, Review |
SECRET MESSAGES conveyed in quilt patterns may have been used to help slaves escape their masters in the American Civil War – and these quilt patchwork codes have been reproduced by Preston quilting enthusiast Sue Thorp. Some historians believe that Quilt Codes were used to relay important messages to runaway slaves from the Southern states… read more
A ‘Blast from the Past’ reunites scholars 70 years on!
| April 9, 2013 | Filled under Community, History, Paull, Review |
THE MEMORY from each of the twelve Paull School ex-scholars involved is almost the same; “an explosion, flash… and then everything went black” – but the additional memories, anecdotes and stories from those involved when a wartime barrage balloon crashed and exploded next to Paull School in 1943 are unique treasures! A 70th reunion of… read more
Funny for Money at Preston Barber Shop!
| March 19, 2013 | Filled under Business, Charity, Community, Preston, Review |
STAFF at Paul’s Barber Shop in Preston promised “to dress up silly” for Comic Relief - as long as people were willing to put pennies in the pot to support the good cause! They did not disappoint! It was a decidedly 1980s theme that greeted customers on Friday 15th March 2013 as Tamsin Parker, Amanda Galloway… read more
All’s Fair at Preston WI
| March 18, 2013 | Filled under Community, Crafts, Preston, Review |
THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE is probably traditionally and typically associated with food, cooking, crafts and plants – and the Preston WI’s Spring Fair was no exception! There were about 14 stalls at the event in the Preston Community Hall on Saturday 16th March 2013 which was Preston WI’s first such spring event. The aim was to… read more
Journalism Day: Gaps in local news coverage – opportunities for hyperlocal
| March 13, 2013 | Filled under Debate, Hull, Review |
A DISTINGUISHED PANEL of speakers from the media industry – which included former BBC broadcaster, journalist and MP, Martin Bell – met to answer questions from journalism students at an event at Hull Truck theatre yesterday (12th March 2013). Earlier at the Journalism Day organised by the Hull School of Art & Design, the crisis… read more
Preston WI meeting – Hearing Dogs for the Deaf
| January 30, 2013 | Filled under Community, Events, Preston, Review |
PRESTON WI (Women’s Institute) held its first meeting of 2013 in the Preston Community Hall on the 29th January. It was a full house as the women of Preston WI gathered to hear Dave Thompson give a talk about Guide Dogs for the Deaf. He was there to explain about the work of organisations like Hearing Dogs… read more
HU12 Online – A Year in Blogging – WordPress Annual Report
| December 31, 2012 | Filled under HU12, Review, Technology, Website Reviews |
HU12 ONLINE is powered by WordPress who have compiled the following Annual Report for this website. The Report has been automatically generated by WordPress and therefore needs to be treated as a bit of fun, rather than any serious analysis of actual statistics. It shows that the most popular subjects and posts during 2012 were… read more
Busy Paull Christmas Fair – proof of crafts ‘boom-time’
| December 3, 2012 | Filled under Business, Crafts, Events, Paull, Review |
ALISON GRANT reckons that Craft Fairs are becoming more popular as household budgets get tighter. Rather than not spending at all, people are becoming more particular and careful about what they buy. The search for high quality and unusual hand-made goods, has led to something of a boom-time for local craft fairs. Alison and Tony Grant… read more
£401 raised at Paull Race Night for Village Hall funds
| November 5, 2012 | Filled under Paull, Review |
THE CROWN INN hosted a fundraising Race Night recently in support of the Paull Village Hall. The event was hailed a great success and enjoyed by all those taking part. The event used six wooden horses which were moved around a giant track by local children. The horses ‘raced’ along dependent on the numbers chosen… read more
Easington Sport Relief runners put their best foot forward
| March 28, 2012 | Filled under Community, Easington, Review, Sport |
ALTHOUGH DISAPPOINTED by the small turnout, the organisers of the Easington Sport Relief Mile, held last Sunday (25th March) agreed that staging the first such event to be held in the village was worthwhile. Despite plenty of local publicity via the Press, radio, leafletting of schools and display of posters, the event failed to pull… read more
The Bloggers visit to Kingstown Hotel, Hedon
| March 13, 2012 | Filled under Food and Drink, Hedon, Review |
FOLLOWING its recent refurbishment the Hedon Bloggers visited the Kingstown Hotel to sample the menu. We were entertained by pub manager Stuart Plumb and his partner hotel-manageress Chris. Stuart and Chris gave us some behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of the busy pub, and the changes made since the refurbishment and since Kingstown became a Fayre &… read more
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