Photography club wins grant for project to explore village’s maritime stories
by Ray Duffill Hedon Viewfinders has been awarded a Hull Maritime Community Grant. The photography club is to conduct a project to explore the maritime stories of Paull, gathering community anecdotes and photographs about the shrimp fishing industry, boat building,...
Pub packed as thousands raised for Louie appeal
by Ray Duffill and Rebecca Hannant A fundraiser at a pub in Thorngumbald has raised more than £4,000 for a campaign to get a two-year-old Bilton boy to America for lifesaving cancer treatment. As previously reported in the Gazette, Louie Turner has a rare form of...
Church hosts historical talk and tour
On Saturday, March 23, St Nicholas Church in Withernsea held its first event of 2024 by hosting a talk from Withernsea poet and writer Godfrey Holmes, followed by a Commonwealth War Graves tour by Darren England. Godfrey presented a talk on the Slapton Sands Disaster...
Third cardiac screening session for town’s young people
by Tim Nuttall Another potentially life-saving cardiac screening session has been confirmed to take place in Withernsea later this year thanks to the generosity of the community, and the efforts of those behind a fund set up in memory of a Roos man who died from an...
