Week beginning July 14th 2003

Watch the birdie! Why did our grandparents always look miserable for the photographer? Come along and find out! All camera buffs will be keen to see the new exhibition at Hedon Museum, where cameras spanning almost the last 100 years have been loaned for display in the Upstairs Gallery. Colin Brammer, Greenprint, Hedon and John Feetham have loaned still cameras, many with their original cases and instruction booklets, from their collections. Also on show and of great interest in these video days are early movie cameras, one looking like a small sewing machine! Some of these are from the Museum’s own collection whereas others have been lent by Museum members. To accompany the exhibition, early photographs from the Museum archive have been put on show. Visitors will be able to compare and contrast! The Museum, staffed by volunteers, is open every Wednesday and Saturday from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., and refreshments are available. If you are interested in helping at the Museum or have ideas for what you would like to see, why not drop in and talk to any member of staff - you will be made very welcome.

Preston Songbirds spread their wings : The “Preston Songbirds” is an existing childcare provider (registered childminder and out of school club) which, due to public demand, is soon to be opening a new nursery down Staithes Road in Preston, near BP. They have had already had an official Ofsted inspection and hope to open for business on Monday July 14th. The nursery offers day care from three months to five years, and an after-school “Kids Club” for four to eleven year olds. The new nursery is also registered with Hull College as a venue to run courses for all adult learners in the local community. These courses are either free or cost just £1 and can cover anything which is needed : e.g. first aid, food hygiene, aromatherapy, assertiveness etc. They will put any course a local community wants, as long as there are a minimum of six adult learners on each course. (Enquiries to Nikki Whitby at Hull College, telephone 01482 329943.) There will also be a series of holiday workshops again this summer for school children aged from four to eleven, on Wednesday and Friday mornings, on a variety of themes, such as “witches and wizards,” Harry Potter etc., and on every other morning, various arts and crafts. These summer workshops will run from 9.30 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. and will cost £3.50 each. For further details contact the Songbirds at their new address : Songbirds, 9 Acres, Staithes Road, Preston, Hull, HU12 8DX, telephone number 01482 890441.

Alexandra Hall Open Meeting : At a recent “open meeting” residents in Hedon were given the opportunity to see and hear about the operation of the Alexandra Hall, Hedon’s Community Centre. Those who attended were told that the Community Centre has been established for nearly 20 years, providing a venue for a variety of activities such as drama, concerts, dances, lectures, yoga, keep-fit, karate, tai chi, blood donor sessions, religious services and town events. It is also used for private functions – wedding receptions, anniversaries and birthday parties. The next committee meeting is to be held at the Hall on Friday, July 18th, commencing at 7.30 p.m. Further volunteers to strengthen the existing Management Committee would be most welcome to attend the meeting, or could write to the Secretary, Alexandra Hall, St. Augustine’s Gate, Hedon HU12 8EX.

Paull Summer Fair : this will start at 11 a.m. on Sunday July 20th on the river front sports field at Paull. There will be no entry charge, and all proceeds from the various stalls, games etc. will be divided between Paull Primary School, Paull Village Hall and Paull Sports Field. Events will include entertainment by the Beverley Brass Band, various side stalls and games, a pet show, a children’s fancy dress competition, fire engines and stocks, and there will be a Bar and a Barbecue. The organisers are also hoping to hold a car boot sale – there will be space for approximately 20 pitches at five pounds a pitch and pitches are still available - contact either Mike Wasling on 01482 891437 or Dave and Di Edmondson on 01482 897678. Any prizes or unwanted gifts for the Tombola will also be very much welcomed - please contact the aforementioned if you have anything to offer.

Preston Village Show takes place at the Sandhill Country Park, Lelley Road, Preston (opposite Sandhill Garden Centre) on Saturday July 19th. The fun starts at 1.30 pm, when the show will be opened by the Show President Mr. Geoff Bell, and there will be something for all the family. A wide variety of exhibits will be there, competing in classes for fruit, vegetables and flowers, cookery and wine-making, crafts, flower-arranging and several children’s classes. There is still time to enter any of these competitions, and schedules with full details are widely available at shops and post-offices in the surrounding villages. Most of the classes have small cash prizes for the winners, and rosettes and certificates in children’s classes, and there are twenty-one trophies to be won too. Various other events will take place throughout the afternoon, and admission to the whole show is only 50p for adults and 25p for children.

Record-breaking garden party : St. Augustine's church garden party committee have asked me to pass on their thanks to everyone who helped make the recent garden party such a success. They tell me they had a wonderful day, with a great crowd of people attending, and raised the magnificent sum of £2,051.00 - the most raised by this annual event so far. In the words of the committee, “We would like to say a big thank you to all the wonderful people who made this possible.”

Church Services for Sunday July 20th 2003 :
Hedon : St. Augustine’s Parish Church : Sung Eucharist at 6.30 p.m.
Hedon Methodist Church, Church Lane : Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m., morning service at 10.30 a.m., evening service at 6.30 p.m.
St. Joseph and St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Baxtergate, Hedon : Daily Mass times : Sunday 10.30 a.m., Monday 9.15 a.m., Tuesday 9.15 a.m., Wednesday 7.30 p.m., Thursday 9.15 a.m., Friday 7.30 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m.
Hedon Pentecostal Church meets every Sunday at 10.30 a.m. in the Jubilee Room of the Alexandra Hall, St. Augustine’s Gate; a Sunday School is also held at 10.30 a.m. every Sunday.
Paull : St Andrew’s Parish Church : Holy Communion service at 11.00 a.m.
Paull Methodist Church, Main Street : no service at Paull this week : visit to Burton Pidsea – contact any member of the congregation for details.
Preston: All Saint’s Parish Church : Holy Communion service at 9.30 a.m.
Preston Methodist Church : morning service at 10.30 a.m.