Author: holdernessgazette
Lighthouse attracts the good weather
by Terry Bearpark Despite a rain shower in the morning on Sunday, the Withernsea Lighthouse annual garden party maintained its record of having fine weather, ...
Novelist publishes fourth in series of farming family saga
by Rebecca Hannant A writer from Hornsea has released her fourth novel. Joy Gelsthorpe, aka Joy Stonehouse, was a teacher at Hornsea Primary School for ...
Walk this way! Festival offers ‘unrivalled’ programme of activities
The 13th Walking East Yorkshire Festival is set to take place this September, with towns across our region hosting events. In Hornsea, a history walk ...
‘I want to give something back to my home town’
Withernsea’s Blue Light Weekend is set to attract dozens of emergency services representatives to the resort this August – but for John O’Brien, it will ...
Lifeboat trio rewarded for bravery
Three members of Hornsea Inshore Rescue have been awarded the Royal Humane Society’s bronze medals for bravery shown when carrying out a very difficult rescue ...
Withstock gets resort rocking
by Terry Bearpark A few showers did nothing to dampen the spirits of hundreds of visitors to Withernsea’s Valley Gardens at the weekend for Withstock, ...
New lifeboat station manager ‘excited’ for the future
by Sam Hawcroft Darren Hickey has been officially appointed lifeboat operations manager at RNLI Withernsea. Darren, who had been acting LOM since the death of ...
Book uncovers region’s rich literary history
By Rebecca Hannant Historian Phil Mathison has launched a new book about some of the greatest writers to come out of our region. The Literary ...
Medals found in garden returned to family
By Rebecca Hannant First World War medals found in a Withernsea garden have been given a new home. Several months ago, Darren England, president of ...