Hedon Viewfinders Photography Club
The Hull Mail reports today that the vigilant efforts of residents have helped to cut crime in Hedon, Withernsea and the surrounding villages over the last 12 months. The number of burglaries is down with only 68 reported incidents over the last 12 months. Residents and good neighbourliness […]
View Larger Map OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.” OpenStreetMap.org offers FREE maps and data to use in almost […]
This weekend’s JigZone puzzle does NOT have a Hedon link – in fact a secondary puzzle for readers to ponder might be: “In which major English city was this piece of public art erected?” As ever – click the image to play and you need Java enabled in […]
The Hedon Blog is an example of new digital ‘citizen’ media which enables the ordinary Joes and Josephines of the world to publish to the web without having to recruit a skilled – often expensive – ‘geek’ to do the job for us. But this is just one […]
A meeting is to be held at South Holderness School on Thursday 14th May 4:30pm – 7:30pm to allow for consultation to take place on the East Riding Council’s proposed car parking charges reports the Hull Daily Mail today. The local meeting in Preston is part of a […]
The Local Strategic Partnership is an umbrella organisation bringing together the public, private and voluntary and community sectors to improve the quality of life in the East Riding. The objectives of the partnership are set out in Our East Riding which is the sustainable community plan for the […]
The Environment Agency has commissioned some work on Burstwick Drain in Hedon to raise the bank at low points, and build flood walls where necessary, as part of a wider £2m project to strengthen flood defences aimed principally at protecting Burstwick which was hit hard by the floods […]
The town was hit by a power cut yesterday for approximately over an hour (8:00pm – 9:10pm’ish). Torches, candles…. and living without electricity was quite an adventure for the first 10 minutes. But then thoughts turn to those young and older people who find such events distressing. The […]
This is an idea that has been taken up in Hull and perhaps might work in Hedon? The purpose of ‘No Cold Calling Zones’ is for residents in a particular area to actively discourage unwelcome visits to their homes by traders who ‘cold call’ looking for business – […]
Perhaps a bit obscure this to the uninitiated – but just goes to prove that you can do almost any activity in Hedon! The Holderness Country Club (the community building in the over-55s retirement complex in Drapers Lane) is hosting a course on “Facial Reconstruction”. The Holderness Gazette […]
Residents in Hedon are adequately served by six local pubs and a club. We have sampled the delights of the Queens Quiz Night on a Tuesday evening and the smaller, intimate settings of The Station for its Friday evening quiz. However, Saturday 14th March 2009 saw us venture […]
Our jigsaw this week is taken from a striking photograph of St Augustine’s Church in Hedon. The photo was taken by Andy Beecroft as a contribution towards the Geograph project. Click the image to play the puzzle. This is a hard one! (You need to have Java enabled […]
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