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3rd January 2018 by hu15admin Leave a Comment

Food Festival is declared a success

The first Food & Drink Festival organised by the Petuaria Community Forum was declared a success by members and stall holders following a busy day at Elloughton Village Hall. Doors opened at 10am and by midday a steady stream of visitors was perusing the diverse selection of locally-produced food and drink that was available to sample and purchase.

There were a dozen stalls at the event, ranging from freshly-made pizzas through to homemade cakes and jams, locally brewed beer, wine from grapes grown in nearby South Cave, festive hampers and savoury muffins.

Tony Galbraith, Chair of the Petuaria Community Forum was delighted with the turn out. “Our motto is ‘bringing people and Gourmet business together’ and that is just what happened,” he declared. “Four of the twelve exhibitor were from Elloughton- cum-Brough and most were based within five miles of the Village Hall.”

Stallholder Kevin Young of Marvellous Muffins said, “This was our most successful event so far!”

Marvellous Muffins at Petuaria Community Forum Food Festival
Andrea from Marvellous Muffins at the Elloughton-cum-Brough Food Festival.
Wines for Little Wold Vineyard, South Cave
Wine from locally-grown grapes from Little Wold Vineyard, South Cave.

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24th March 2016 by hu15admin Leave a Comment

Chairman reports on Forum’s first year success

The Petuaria Community Forum (PCF) held its first Annual General Meeting on 21st March 2015. The group has been formed for just over a year and Chairman Tony Galbraith submitted his Chairman’s Report which outlined the PCF’s progress and achievements of the last twelve months.

The group was formed with assistance from the Elloughton-cum-Brough Town Council, adopting a slogan that summarises its aim – “Bringing People and Business Together”. Peter Melling put forward a suggestion for the group}s logo which was also adopted by the membership.

In the summer the PCF received significant funding from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) High Street Fund to the tune of around £6000. Members agreed to allocate the money to a number of projects that would support the goals of the Petuaria Community Forum and meet the stipulated by the ERYC’s funding requirements. The group also received funding support from Elloughton-cum-Brough Town Council and the East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership.

The year’s projects included the Elloughton-cum-Brough Hallowe’en Scarecrow Festival which, after a lot of hard work and preparation, was agreed to be a success. However lessons were learned along the way and the PCF plans to repeat the event in 2016, this time without the benefit of a funding subsidy.

Grant funding has also been used to support the development and first year’s maintenance of this website. HU15 Online will provide a focal point for local businesses, community groups and voluntary organisations to promote themselves and local events. The Petuaria Community Forum is to hold an official launch event on Thurday 19th May. The event at Brantingham Park, Elloughton, is open to all and the PCF hopes to raise awareness of the website and encourage more groups to register.

The PCF also has a commitment to improving the local environment. Over the past year it has worked with partner organisations to support their projects that have a positive impact on our villages. As part of its centenary celebrations the WI decorated local bus stops where the PCF provided funding towards improvements to seating and noticeboards. The PCF also funded a number planters which have been installed along the railings on Welton Road. These have been planted and maintained by Elloughton-cum-Brough In Bloom with plants kindly provided by Morrisons.

Petuaria Community Form Bus Shelter Improvements
Members of the Petuaria Community Forum and East Rising Council demonstrate the improved seating at the Welton Road bus shelter recently decorated by the WI. Pictured are (L-R) Coleen Gil of In Bloom, Lesely Dorsett of MRD Garages, PCF Chairman Councillor Tony Galbraith, Councillor Richard Meredith, Councillor Pat Smith and Peter Melling of Black Cat Services.
Petuaria Community Forum Welton Road Planters
One of the newly installed planters on Welton Road in Brough. Pictured are (L-R) PCF Chairman Councillor Tony Galbraith, Councillor Pat Smith, Lesley Dorsett of MRD Garages, Councillor Richard Meredith, Store Manager Frazer Couttes of Morrisons, Coleen Gill of In Bloom, Peter Melling of Black Cat Services and Morrisons Community Champion Ellen Crawford.

PCF members attending the AGM re-elected the group’s officers for the next year. Councillor Tony Galbraith of Elloughton-cum-Brough Town Council and ERYC was voted Chairman, Peter Melling of Black Cat Services remains is Secretary, Lesley Dorsett of MRD Garages stays on as Treasurer and Duncan McMillan of Art & Soul and the Petuaria Press is Press Officer.

The Petuaria Community Forum would also like to thank its members and the many local businesses and organisations who have provided support and assistance throughout its first year.

A PDF copy of the the Chairman’s Report is available to download.

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15th February 2015 by hu15admin Leave a Comment

Brough’s flying past

The present day town of Brough owes much of its prosperity and status to its 100 years of aviation heritage. For much of the Twentieth Century Brough was one of the country’s major manufacturing sites for military aircraft. The Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company first built a factory here in 1916 and by 1933 the company had moved its entire production operation to the site. The proximity of the River Humber meant the factory was ideally situated for the launching of seaplanes. The company was incorporated as Blackburn Aircraft Ltd in 1939 and prospered throughout the war years.

During the years of auseterity that followed the end of WWII the company’s order book diminished. In order to make ends meet the company took on all kinds of non-aviation work and even made bread tins for the local Jackson’s Bakeries in nearby Hull. The company was amalgamated with General Aircraft Ltd in 1949 and in 1955 won a contract to supply the Fleet Air Arm with the NA39 – a new low level fighter bomber aircraft. The Bucanneer as it was to be known, was the first aircraft of its kind in the world. It entered service with the Royal Navy in 1959. It was a huge success for the company and dominated production for the next 19 years and continued in active service for over thirty years. The Buccaneer flew its last operational missions during the Gulf War prior to its postponed decommissioning in 1991/2.

In 1960 the company became the Hawker Blackburn Division of of the giant Hawker Siddeley Aviation Combine which in 1965 became simply Hawker Siddeley, Brough, and later part of the British Aerospace Kingston-Brough Division. One of the company’s best known aircraft is the Hawk or T45, seen the world over as part of the RAF aerobatic display team The Red Arrows (pictured above).

Brough Business Centre
The newly opened Brough Business Centre in 2008

In 1999 the Company became BAE Systems. Part of the site was annexed in 2007 and leased to East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The old air traffic control tower and flying club was redeveloped as offices and workshops for small businesses and opened as Brough Business Centre in 2008. The site of the factory is now the Humberside Enterprise Park.

BAE Systems continues to operate on the site, employing hundreds of people. Almost half the manufacturing work which goes in to Hawk is done at Brough. Alongside the manufacturing capability, the company has a whole aircraft design, development and support capability for various air vehicle platforms. The site celebrated its centenary in 2016, marking 100 years of aviation history.

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1st February 2015 by hu15admin Leave a Comment

Petuaria – what’s in a name?

Petuaria was the name used by the Romans for the small settlement on the north bank of the Humber at the site that is the modern day Brough. Petuaria was occupied by the Roman army from around 70AD and a fortress was built which covered about 4.5 acres. The area had been previously inhabited by the Parisi tribe, who were Celts, and Brough had been their capital since around 150BC. The name Brough is thought to have come from the Gaelic ‘burh’ meaning ‘fortified place’. Evidence has been found of Bronze Age settlement, but finds of worked flints,including a Neolithic flint knife, suggest earlier habitation.

The Haven at Brough – or Petuaria as it was – provided a strategically important harbour for the Romans and was used as a naval base. At the time it was also possible to ford the Humber on foot, something that is no longer possible even at low tide since the excavation of the deep water shipping channel. A road was constructed from the Haven, out along what is now Cave Road, to York (Eboracum) which was the Roman’s provincial capital. The ferry from Brough across the Humber was an integral part of the Romans’ Ermine Street for 400 years.

Sunset over Brough Haven
Sunset over Brough Haven, at one time a Roman naval base and now home to the Humber Yawl Club

In 125 AD the Roman army left and by 270 AD the prospering town of Petuaria covered about 12 acres and was surrounded by a 9 foot thick stone wall. The present day Burrs playing field covers about a third of the old Roman site, and was excavated to a depth of 5 feet in the 1930s. The dig on Bozzes Field (as it was known at the time) revealed a number of artifacts including a stone inscription indicating the presence of a theatre. Today the stone is on display in the Hull & East Riding Museum.

By the 4th Century the town had begun to decline with the increasing importance of York, and the tidal Humber waters had destroyed much of the southern fortress wall. Until this time the Haven came further inland, to the present day site of the Ferry Inn, but the changing shoreline and constant flooding left the Haven silted up with mud. Eventually much of the fortifications were demolished, with the stone being used to build the growing mediaeval city of Kingston-upon-Hull.

In 1239 the local lord attempted to establish a weekly market, and a two day annual fair, at ‘Burgus-upon-Humbre’ as it was then known. He was unsuccessful and the adjacent village of Elloughton retained its importance. The township of ‘Elloughton cum Brough’ is shown in records from 1796 to have had a population of 355, which had grown to 1009 by 1905, largely following development of the railways and the opening of Brough station in 1840.

The Blackburn Aircraft Company opened its Brough factory in 1916 and as the company expanded, becoming a major employer, many more people were attracted to the village. Considerable housing developments from the 1950s onwards, the increase in vehicle ownership and improving road links with Hull have all resulted in Brough becoming the thriving urban centre it is today.

A sculpture celebrating Brough’s link with historic Roman Britain was installed at Brough crossroads in 2013. The Centurion was created by local artist Rodney Wilson and was installed after a licence was granted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council following an application by Elloughton-cum-Brough In Bloom.

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