Bridlington Free Press (Bridlington, England) back issues from December 2006:
Group calls for a meeting.
Dec 01, 2006 ... PRESSURE is growing on health trust bosses to call a public meeting to discuss Bridlington Hospital's future. In a letter to trust interim chief executive Iain McInnes, the Save Bridlington Hospital campaign group has said the need for a meeting is urgent. Chairman ...
Children's Honey plot.
Dec 01, 2006 ... PUPILS at New Pasture Lane School in Bridlington helped members of the community by having a traditional harvest festival. The children brought in lots of food which was then distributed to the elderly living on the estate. As part of the festival some of the children ...
Massive training exercise.
Dec 01, 2006 ... ONE of the biggest disaster training exercises ever carried out in Britain was co-ordinated in Bridlington last weekend. Representatives from the police, lifeboat crews, fire service, coastguards and the RAF were all involved in Exercise Mallard's Saviour which was run from the ...
Parking 'disaster' fees are approved.
Dec 01, 2006 ... WINTER car parking charges in Bridlington could be in force in a matter of weeks. For the first time locals and visitors will have to pay between 60p and 40p an hour to park up at some of the area's most popular spots - including seafront favourites North and South Marine Drives ...
Church's cheer.
Dec 01, 2006 ... AROUND [pounds sterling]400 in donations has been given to a village church desperate for repair. Last month the Free Press highlighted the problem faced by St Edmund's in Fraisthorpe village which was [pounds sterling]2,500 short of the [pounds sterling]36,000 it needs for ...
Businessman's Farepak pledge.
Dec 01, 2006 ... HAS anyone in Bridlington lost out following the collapse of Christmas hamper firm Farepak? That is the question being asked by the owner and managing director of a local company, who says he wants to step in and help local people who may find themselves out of pocket. ...
Non stop.
Dec 01, 2006 ... WITNESSES are needed following a non stop road accident in Flamborough. At 7.30pm last Monday a red shadow 125cc motorbike and white Citroen van collided at the junction of Tower Street and Dog and Duck Square. The rider of the motorbike, a 17-year-old Flamborough ...
Priory continue to dominate.
Dec 01, 2006 ... PRIORY A are looking ominous after two high scoring victories in division two of the Bridlington Badminton League. Alysoun Sowersby, Sue Height, Steve Lawrence, Rob Kemp and Mark Pratley all returned maximum points as Priory A beat BBC A 15-5 and Northcliffe A 15-8. ...
Shore angling results.
Dec 01, 2006 ... North Bay Angling Tuesday night match Tuesday night's match was fished in a cool south-westerly with plenty of whiting showing. The honours for the heaviest fish went to E Longdon, second prize to G Horner, J Huntly & E London with a fish of the same weight. The flat fish went ...
Runner Deighton makes GB squad.
Dec 01, 2006 ... BRIDLINGTON Road Runners' Kevin Deighton realised a dream last Saturday as he took his first step on what could be a successful international career. Competing at Sefton Park, Liverpool, in the trials for the European Championships, to be held in Italy on December 10, he ...
Cyril's shorts.
Dec 01, 2006 ... Seabirds Angling Society TUESDAY November 21-fish were few and far between with a bitterly cold night. Paul Frankish took heaviest fish and heaviest catch from Thornwick, Pete Adams took second heaviest catch with a codling from south landing. Saturday November 25-In strong ...
Swimmers are east coast champions.
Dec 01, 2006 ... On Saturday, November 18 members of Bridlington Swimming Club travelled to the new pool at Beverley to compete in the Ridings League Championships. Anyone who has represented their club in this league is eligible to swim, seven boys and seven girls took part. The ...
Ridley try sparks a Chemicals reaction.
Dec 01, 2006 ... Bridlington Marauders 5 BP Chemicals 17 BRIDLINGTON'S third team entertained BP Chemicals on Saturday in what turned out to be an evenly fought match. Marauders took control of the match in the first period and spent much of the half pressing BP's line and ...
Town fight back for a point.
Dec 02, 2006 ... BRIDLINGTON Town fought back from two goals down to earn a share of the spoils against Clitheroe at Queensgate today. Two goals in the last 10 minutes from Kevin Smith, one a penalty, sent the crowd of just 119 home happier than they were at half time when they trailed 2-0. But ...
Concerns about doctors' training.
Dec 02, 2006 ... THE bodies responsible for overseeing the training of junior doctors have confirmed they have had long-standing concerns about Bridlington Hospital. In a discussion document about the hospital's future, it was claimed the medical Deanery was seeking to withdraw its ...
Couple's car trashed by vandals.
Dec 02, 2006 ... VANDALS damaged a car so badly its owner has had to give it back to the finance company. They attacked the three-year-old red Peugeot 206 four times this month, causing thousands of pounds-worth of damage by jumping on and wrecking the roof, kicking in the front of the bonnet ...
Contact centre up and running.
Dec 02, 2006 ... A PIONEERING contact centre for people needing help has been officially opened in Bridlington. Coun Hilary Saynor, chair of East Riding of Yorkshire Council officially opened the new [pounds sterling]100,000 contact centre and training room at the head office of East Yorkshire ...
Police looking to reunite items with their owners.
Dec 03, 2006 ... DO ANY of these items belong to you? Police believe they may have been stolen in recent burglaries at a number of Bridlington addresses, or removed from cars, and are wanting to trace their owners. The haul includes computer equipment, gaming consoles, a laptop, DVD ...
Fashion cash.
Dec 03, 2006 ... A FASHION show, organised by a Bridlington clothes shop, has raised [pounds sterling]1,212 for charity. The event was arranged by Jackie Stephenson of Ideas Unique, in Promenade, and was held at the Links Golf Club last month. The proceeds will be given to Marie Curie ...
Infringements cost Mariners.
Dec 03, 2006 ... Bridlington Mariners 0 Driffield 12 Following their early season away win against local rivals Driffield, the Mariners were hoping for their first double of the season at Dukes Park on Saturday, and for much of the first half of the match it looked as though that was ...
Around the golf clubs.
Dec 04, 2006 ... Flamborough Head Golf Club The third round of the Winter Alliance was played the morning after the annual dinner and dance which no doubt resulted in some of the players suffering with a hangover, however this did not deter some excellent scores being recorded. The ...
Drink spiking campaign launched.
Dec 04, 2006 ... A NEW anti-drink spiking campaign has been launched in Bridlington. Officers from the Safe Communities agency, drugs group Compass and Bridlington community wardens have been out and about in Bridlington handing out Spikey Stoppers and visiting bars to talk to people about the ...
Super slimmer.
Dec 04, 2006 ... SUPER slimmer Jayne Chatterton was left shaken and stirred after being named Bridlington's Miss Slinky. Her fellow Slimming World class-mates voted for her to be given the title at a James Bond-themed event last week after she said she wanted to be 'fit and fabulous at 50, not ...
Bikini clean in Gemma's memory.
Dec 04, 2006 ... A BIKINI car wash held in memory of road crash victim Gemma Lane raised around [pounds sterling]800 for Children in Need. The nursery school nurse, of Front Street, Langtoft, who died in a car accident in October this year, had always fund-raised for the BBC event and had ...
Window smashed by car vandals.
Dec 04, 2006 ... A CAR driving in Flamborough Road had its back windscreen smashed when an unknown item was dropped or thrown at it. The Rover Metro car was being driven underneath the Flamborough Road railway bridge at 7.20 on Saturday (December 2), when the incident occurred. ...
Teenager stabbed.
Dec 04, 2006 ... A TEENAGER was stabbed while walking in Bridlington in the early hours of the morning. The 16 year-old Bridlington boy was walking in the Bempton Lane area between 5am and 5.30am on Saturday (December 2), when he was approached by two unknown men in their early 20s. ...
Steps to success.
Dec 06, 2006 ... YOUNG dancers from Bridlington have enjoyed success at national championships in Blackpool. Daniel Myers, Cana Machen, Alice Sampson and Emily Nind scooped a series of placings at the UKA Theatre Scholarship event. They are all members of the Collette Tyler School of ...
Trek for charity.
Dec 06, 2006 ... ACHES and blisters were a small price to pay for a man who walked 18 miles to raise money for charity. Aaron Ibbetson, a carer, walked from his home in St Aidan Road, Bridlington, to Scarborough Sea Life Centre in seven-and-a-half hours, and in doing so raised [pounds ...
Quick on the draw.
Dec 06, 2006 ... YOUNGSTERS at Gembling School drew on their artistic talents to take part in national drawing day. Parents were invited to the school to join all 40 pupils in the exercise designed to develop drawing skills and a love of art. Even Rory the Tiger, Hull City's mascot ...
Riding for disabled gets boost.
Dec 06, 2006 ... THE good news came straight from the horse's mouth for a Speeton charity. Priory View Riding For The Disabled Association was one of two groups in the area, with Burton Agnes Community Committee, to benefit from donations of [pounds sterling]50 from Yorkshire Building Society. ...
Search for missing man.
Dec 06, 2006 ... POLICE are searching for a missing man who is thought to have travelled to the continent and back since he was last seen in Bridlington. Stephen Howard Wise, 50, of High Street, has not been seen since October 13, and was reported missing by his sister. Friends and ...
Save our Christmas.
Dec 06, 2006 ... BRIDLINGTON has been urged to rally round and bring Christmas cheer to dozens of local people who have lost thousands of pounds after the collapse of hamper firm Farepak. Now it is hoped a fund can be set up in the town to help the victims - who have lost almost [pounds ...
Windscreen smashed.
Dec 07, 2006 ... A CAR driving in Flamborough Road, Bridlington, had its back windscreen smashed when an unknown item was dropped or thrown at it. The Rover Metro car was being driven underneath the Flamborough Road railway bridge at 7.20pm last Saturday. Nobody was hurt in the attack ...
Santa's schedule.
Dec 07, 2006 ... ONE of Bridlington's favourite festive events gets underway this weekend. Santa's annual Round Table sleigh ride through areas in and around town starts on Saturday when Santa will be at the Dickensian Christmas event in Old Town. As before Tablers and Santa will be ...
Winter parking fees to start.
Dec 07, 2006 ... CONTROVERSIAL winter parking charges will come into effect in Bridlington next Thursday. Last week, East Riding of Yorkshire Council's cabinet decided to bring in the fees for a number of car parks and on-street ...
Revamped street reopens.
Dec 07, 2006 ... TRAFFIC started flowing down the new-look Chapel Street in Bridlington town centre on Tuesday afternoon. The second and final phase of its [pounds sterling]250,000 redesign, part of the town's regeneration package, began in September. The busy shopping area has had ...
Hannah's designs on success.
Dec 07, 2006 ... FORGET Paris and Milan, one young designer is putting Bridlington on the fashion map. Hannah Ripley has started her own fashion label Miss Magpie and is selling her winter collection via mail order and the internet. The 24-year-old, of St Chad Road, did a GNVQ in ...
Burglars raid Bridlington home.
Dec 07, 2006 ... A PLAYSTATION 2, a PlayStation Portable (PSP), and around 50 games, were among the items taken when burglars broke into a Bridlington home. The intruders entered the house in Sewerby Road at around 5.30am on Wednesday (December 6) through an insecure door. As well as ...
Busy weekend for cricket club.
Dec 07, 2006 ... Members and players of Bridlington Cricket Club have a busy weekend as the annual presentation evening for seniors and juniors takes place at the clubhouse, Dukes Park tomorrow (Friday) starting at 8pm. This is ...
Town withdraw their Humber League side.
Dec 07, 2006 ... BRIDLINGTON Town have withdrawn their Reserve side from the Humber Premier League with immediate effect. Town owner Peter Smurthwaite contacted the Sports Desk on Tuesday to confirm that he had sent an official resignation to the Humber Premier League explaining in detail the ...
Still light at the end of the tunnel for Town.
Dec 07, 2006 ... UniBond Division One Bridlington Town 1 Wakefield 1 There is still light at the end of the tunnel for Paul Marshall's Seasiders, who looked good value for all three points on the back of a fine first half performance. With young left-back ...
Bridlington Town latest news.
Dec 08, 2006 ... A SECOND half fighting comeback against Clitheroe ensured a share of the spoils in a game that showed Town's team spirit and ability. Manager Paul Marshall will be looking to build on these qualities as his side prepares to make the long trip to Alsager, a stones throw from ...
Cyril's shorts.
Dec 08, 2006 ... Fencing club news BRIDLINGTON Blades fencing club, which is based at the Club For Young People on Thorpe Street, will be closed from December 8 until January 5 which will be a 'fun' night, with parents invited to join the youngsters for a fencing experience. Sessions in 2007 ...
East Coast rivals had more hunger.
Dec 08, 2006 ... Yorkshire One Bridlington 8 Scarborough 22 BRIDLINGTON entertained Scarborough in the league for the first time in many years. Bridlington had won seven of their last eight matches and Scarborough their last five so an exciting game was on the cards. ...
Bus station rat-run.
Dec 08, 2006 ... FROM today the police will be cracking down on motorists using the bus station as a cut through. They will be issuing [pounds sterling]30 tickets to anyone seen using the road which links Marshall Avenue ...
Author aims to help.
Dec 08, 2006 ... HARROWING experiences have been put into print by a domestic violence victim who is determined to see her book help other people. Angharad Jones moved abroad and found love but the relationship turned violent and eventually she found the courage to escape to the UK for safety. ...
Man jailed for growing drug.
Dec 08, 2006 ... A MAN caught growing cannabis plants at his Bridlington home has been jailed for 28 days by magistrates. Paul Thomas, 32, of Marshall Avenue, appeared before magistrates in Bridlington last Wednesday, to plead guilty to a charge of possessing cannabis plants. Jane ...
Santa at Sewerby.
Dec 08, 2006 ... FATHER Christmas arrived in style at Sewerby Hall to mark the start of a Victorian style series of festive celebrations. The hall's East Wing Gallery hosts an exhibition about the origins of things associated with Christmas, trees, cards, crackers, Santa's red robes. ...
Mother jailed for death of cyclist.
Dec 08, 2006 ... A MOTHER who knocked down and killed a cyclist before driving to a pub to carry on drinking with her friends has been jailed. Leisure centre manager Susan Hurst had traces of drugs in her system when her car hit Stephen Ralph, 39, a joiner and keen cyclist, as he rode home on a ...
Joker Joe's help for charities.
Dec 09, 2006 ... AN 82-YEAR-OLD Bridlington magician has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to raising money for charity. Over the years Joe Caruso of Marine Valley in Flamborough has helped raise [pounds sterling]16,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research and [pounds sterling]600 for Marie ...
Benefit cheat to pay back [pounds sterling]8,000.
Dec 09, 2006 ... A 53-YEAR-OLD Skipsea woman has been ordered to pay back more than [pounds sterling]8,000 of benefit she was not entitled to. Angela Chalkley, of Skirlington caravan park, was also given a two-year conditional discharge and fined [pounds sterling]260 with [pounds sterling]80 ...
Royal invitation.
Dec 09, 2006 ... A CARNABY business held a right royal reception to celebrate winning a Queen's Award, after 25 years of business. His Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent, arrived at Corniche Fine Arts, on the Carnaby Industrial Estate, to unveil a plaque in recognition of the graphics company's ...
Deighton set for European Championship.
Dec 09, 2006 ... BEST wishes to Bridlington Road Runner Kevin Deighton who travels to Italy this weekend to make his International debut in a major European championship event. The Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland Junior Men's Team will be following a proud tradition but will be ...
Town lose on their travels.
Dec 09, 2006 ... Alsager 3 Bridlington Town 0 BRIDLINGTON Town lost again, this time at Alsager, though they did have a couple of good chances in the first half. League rivals Goole drew 0-0 at home to Eastwood while Premier Division side North Ferriby United suffered a ...
Brid progress in Vase.
Dec 10, 2006 ... Bridlington 29 Alnwick 12 BRIDLINGTON Rugby Club had an excellent win in the Senior Vase to progress to the ...
Making better use of hospital.
Dec 10, 2006 ... WAYS to ensure Bridlington Hospital is used to its full capacity are being looked at, the health trust's chief executive has promised. Iain McInnes painted a positive picture as he told town councillors about how bosses were planning to make sure the hospital was being used to ...
Victorian market.
Dec 10, 2006 ... THE weather made it touch and go for this year's Bempton Christmas Victorian Market as organisers struggled in high winds and torrential rain on Sunday morning. Richard Burton, chairman of the organising committee, said: "There was a point where we almost called it off but ...
Boxing clever.
Dec 11, 2006 ... AROUND 450 shoeboxes are on their way from Bridlington to help needy families in Romania. Residents filled the boxes with gifts as part of an appeal run by Christ Church in Quay Road, and now form part of a convoy of 40,000 boxes which are heading to eastern Europe. ...
Teen speaks of stabbing ordeal.
Dec 11, 2006 ... A TEENAGER who was stabbed while walking in Bridlington in the early hours of the morning has spoken of his ordeal. Joe Beadle, 17, of Mount Drive, said the knife ripped through six layers of his clothing to cut him, narrowly missing his bowel, and he believes he could have been ...
Overturned.
Dec 11, 2006 ... ICY road conditions were blamed for a car leaving the Scarborough Road near Langtoft. The 38-year-old driver of the Suzuki Grand Vitara escaped with minor injuries after having to be released from his upturned car ...
Broken rudder.
Dec 11, 2006 ... A FISHING coble had to be towed to safety after its rudder broke. Flamborough RNLI had to rescue the Jason Logg which lost steering control about ...
Sports Club lose both teams in Challenge Cup.
Dec 11, 2006 ... Challenge Cup Round One Brid Sports Club 2nd 2 North Frodingham 2nd 3 AFTER an enforced two week break, due to the weather, BSCC were looking to extend their unbeaten run. And, going one up after 15 minutes through clinical finishing from ...
Around the golf clubs.
Dec 12, 2006 ... Bridlington Golf Club The ladies section at Bridlington Golf Club held a 12 hole 4BBB competition last Wednesday followed by their annual general meeting and prize presentation. Proceedings were started by club professional Anthony Howarth who thanked the ladies ...
Santa's on his way.
Dec 12, 2006 ... IT IS time for Santa to visit the area again. Next week is the beginning of the North Wolds Lions Santa's Sleigh 2006. The Lions will be bringing Father Christmas to 24 local villages to help raise money for charity. This year Santa's Sleigh will be playing music and ...
'I'll pull my house down brick by brick'.
Dec 12, 2006 ... FEW people expect to have to take their house down brick-by-brick to use as a sea defence, but one Ulrome couple are planning on doing just that. The home of Josephine and Colin Arnold is now just eight feet from the cliff edge after years of battering from the North Sea. ...