Posted on November 2, 2009 by rayduff
Hedon Museum plays host to a unique exhibition of hand printed silks created by local craft company Stone Creek Silk.
Stone Creek Silk are based in Sunk Island in the East Riding and their website contains everything you want to know about the craft of printing on silk. There is a very interesting series of website [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2009 by rayduff
Hedon Museum is hosting a free exhibition of South Holderness photography from the RAW Talent group between now and 21st October 2009.
The Museum is open every Wednesday and Saturday from 10am – 4pm.
If you have already been to see the exhibition please leave a comment giving your views about it.
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Posted on August 8, 2009 by rayduff
Visit Hedon Museum!
Whenever I am showing off the delights of our small town to visitors, then I always try to schedule in a trip to the Museum.
I am proud of our small museum which celebrates and documents all things about Hedon and the surrounding area. As well as the collections and exhibits, it is the [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2009 by rayduff
The latest issue of the Hedon Newsletter is now available from public buildings and shops in the town.
The current edition features a front-page report on the recent HOTI (Hull & Holderness Opposes The Incinerator) meeting at Alexandra Hall (see Hedon Blog post).
There are several historical articles included in this edition including an interesting one about [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2009 by rayduff
The Holderness Gazette reports that Alison Hall, Hedon’s former WI (Women’s Institute) building – currently being refurbished – is possibly going to be leased out as a restaurant/lounge bar.
My visits to Hedon Museum have informed me that the current hall was opened on 10th December 1931 and was named in honour of Mrs Alison Todd [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2009 by rayduff
‘TIME ON MY HANDS’ is a set of three DVDs that captures on film the lifetime experiences of over 50 folk living in the Holderness towns of Hedon, Withernsea and Hornsea.
The ’stars’ of the DVDs are local residents who have been encouraged to tell their stories about their lives and the events that shaped them. [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2009 by rayduff
Our relocation to Hedon took place on Saturday 24th January 2009 following redundancy on the west coast (Blackpool).
So here we are in the idyllic town of Hedon in East Yorkshire. Having been born in Hull and lived in the area all our lives prior to 2000, we are not actually ‘new’ to the area – [...]
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