Listen Again - Interviews

Great Driffield Radio goes on a road trip to Sewerby Hall to chat to Stewart Ward about their plans for a Halloween, full of skeletons and cobwebs! Highlights include ghost hunting around the park with live actors, bubbling potion making outside in one of the marquees and lantern making. There's loads to keep your little ones entertained this haunted Halloween. Have a listen to find out more.

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Great Driffield Radio has a catch up with Sara Morton from Pocklington Arts Centre, now fully open and ready to welcome back audiences with Covid safe measures in place. Highlights coming up include Harry Panto by Tailgate Theatre for the October half term, Women in Rock (pictured), plus the 007 film No Time To Die starting on 5th November. To book tickets, go to www.pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk.

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Great Driffield Radio has some good news for those wishing to travel to America...the 8th November is looking promising at the moment for travel to the States! We also get an update from Steve Riley on the situation for half term holidays in Europe, and staycations being extended further into the year.

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Great Driffield Radio catches up with Ian Dewar, who is handing over the running of the hugely popular Driffield Armed Forces Veterans' Breakfast Club into new hands. We chat about the huge success of the meetings, the challenge presented by the pandemic, and what the future holds.

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Great Driffield Radio gets an update on Do It For East Riding, which has already helped over 70 organisations, and we find out how local groups can continue to benefit from the grant funding that's available.

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Great Driffield Radio catches up with author Matson Taylor ahead of his appearance in Beverley at this year's East Riding Festival of Words, discussing his book The Miseducation of Evie Epworth, which has just been released in paperback and is the festival's Big Read.

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This Sunday, the 36th Amateur Hornsea Radio Rally is taking place at the Driffield Showground. If you have an interest in radio, electronics or computing, this is the event for you! We speak to Jim Woodcock to find out more about what happens at the event this weekend.

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East Riding Libraries is encouraging us to get reading, get listening and get watching...from Monday 18th October, it's Get Online Week. Gary Smith from East Riding Libraries joins Great Driffeld Radio to tell us more about the week, with events in Beverley, Bridlington and Gilberdyke. Have a listen to find out more about the vast array of digital resources on offer from your local library service.

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Stewart Ward tells Great Driffield Radio why it's a great time to visit Sewerby Hall & Gardens right now. The House is open weekends only, and the gardens are currently free to stroll around until 22nd October. Stretch your legs and enjoy the Autumn colours! There's also a spooky week of activities coming up for Spooky Sewerby in the run-up to Hallowe'en during the half term (entry charges apply). Have a listen to find out more.

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Great Driffield Radio catches up with the Leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Jonathan Owen. We cover the vaccination take-up rate in East Yorkshire, the rollout of the flu jab during the coming months, the consultation on how the Council engages with its customers, a review on Beverley's Saturday Market and its pedestrianisation, the new East Riding Leisure facility at Haltemprice and the recent free compost giveaway.

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