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HOWDEN - LIVE

presents a


MONTH OF SUNDAYS

A series of FREE concerts to be held on the Bishop's Manor lawn on Sunday afternoons

Sun 6 June    York Railway Institute Band
Sun 13 June    East Riding Police Concert Band
Sun 20 June    Lofthouse 2000 Band
Sun 27 June     East Riding Senior Wind Band

Concerts start at 2pm and in the event of inclement weather will be held in the Shire Hall

A month of Sundays is sponsored by Howden Town Council and the use of the Bishop's Manor lawn is by kind permission of the Press Association
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FULL PROGRAM, TICKETS AND BOOKING VISIT THE HOWDEN-LIVE SITE...........

Joint presentation by
HOWDEN CIVIC SOCIETY,
THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART and
VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY (East Riding)

WED 7 JULY 7.30pm
Church of the Sacred Heart, Knedlington Road, Howden

CHANGES IN RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND PRACTICE IN HOWDENSHIRE - Dr Sue Parkinson
Religion in Howdenshire has undergone huge changes - from medieval Catholicism through the changes of the Reformation to the arrival in the following centuries of various religious groups.

&

THE YORKSHIRE CONNECTIONS OF THE ARCHITECT JOSEPH HANSON - Penelope Harris 
Joseph Hansom was born in York and became an important Victorian architect and designer. He is best known for the design of the Hansom Cab although perhaps less well-known as the architect of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Howden.

 

This meeting is open to all - light refreshments available - entrance £2

HOWDEN MINSTER

ROTHWELL TEMPERANCE BRASS BAND CONCERT
Sat 18 September 2010 at 7.30pm

The renowned Rothwell Temperance Band will be giving a concert at Howden Minster on Sep 18 in aid of the Minster 'Spend a Penny' appeal.
The Minster is in desperate need of kitchen facilities and toilets and all profits from this concert will be going to the appeal fund.
Tickets will be on sale shortly priced £12 and £10 concessions.
Contact:
The Shire Hall

11 Market Place


Howden

DN14 7BJ


01430 432510


TICKETS ON SALE SHORTLY
CONCERT PROGRAMME TO BE ANNOUNCED IN JULY
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS


Rothwell Temperance Band is a championship section brass band based in Rothwell, near Leeds. The band has gone from success to success in competitions and is renowned as one of the leading brass bands both nationally and internationally. It has also recorded for BBC Radio 2's Listen to the Band programme.
The concert in Howden will fall between the band's performances at the British Open at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham and the National Finals at the Albert Hall in London.
The Minster is a superb venue for brass bands and we can be certain that the Rothwell Temperance Band will provide us with a wonderful evening's entertainment.
RTB Website www.rtb.org.uk

Howden & District U3A   
The University of the Third Age (U3A) is a national organisation which has developed a network of local associations providing social, cultural and learning opportunities for retired and semi-retired people at minimal cost.
Activities are run by and for members, who share their interests and skills in a friendly and informal environment, often in members' own homes.
There are no obstacles to joining the U3A. All you need is spare time to learn and share social and cultural opportunties with like-minded people.
For more information on the national organisation please click here to visit the website.




Tickets are available by calling 01430 432510, by calling into the office or buying on the day.


The Howden Town Forum 'Working towards the regeneration of Howden' holds regular meetings.

Everyone is welcome at the Forum meetings which are held upstairs at the Wellington Hotel. To find out more check out the forum pages.........

A new book written and published by Kenneth Deacon, on the men and women who built the R.100 airship in Howden.

 
The book tells the story of the building of the R.100 airship designed by Barnes Wallis (of "The Bouncing bomb fame") and built at the WW1 airship station at North Howden in 1925-29.
In the summer of 1930 the airship R.100 successfully flew to Canada and back.
The book tells the story of some of the people involved, and the background of the Officers and crew, and what happened to the best airship ever built in Britain.
It also covers the final stages of the building and testing of the R.101 airship, the final trial flight and the final flight when it crashed and burst into flames in Northern France in October 1930, while on its way to India.
It also tells the survivors stories of how they escaped from the burning wreckage.
 
Copies can be purchased from Chappelow's Newspaper shop in Howden, The Book Shop in Goole and California Garden Center. Price £7.50.
It is also available direct from Langrick Publications 8, Langrick Ave. Howden DN14 & 7SN. Price £7.50 +p/p
 
Make cheques/Postal Orders payable to Langrick Publications.

Can also accept Pay Pal.

 

More Tales from the East Riding
A new local history book is called ' More Tales From the East Riding and is the sequel  to 'Tales From the East Riding' published  by Tempus in November 2006.


This fascinating new collection of tales of the East Riding contains momentous events, true crimes, surprising incidents and biographies  of the area's famous sons and daughters. The stories cover an area  from York down to Hull and include such tales as: Across the Humber,  The Civil War in East Yorkshire, When Cholera Came Calling, Mary Wollstonecraft in Georgian Beverley, William Wilberforce, Airships  Over East Yorkshire, Rogues' Gallery and many more. This book will  appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the region, and  also awaken memories of a bygone time for those who worked or lived  here.
Books will be available online from companies like www.play.com or www.tesco.com

Have you got an event going on in 2010 in the Howden area? Get in touch, and it could appear here!!

Still need more information why not check out the Howden Live and the Shire Hall websites to find out what's on and when.