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18 LOOK FOR THE SMALL THINGS
Look for the small things with The Boulevard Academy Year 8 and 9 photography students
20 WHAT DO WE LOVE?
Boulevard Newshounds share their research and favourite things and yes mostly its food!
We have some lovely FREE You Cans on offer in this issue. A huge thank you to the generosity of the HU3 people and businesses who have contributed. Here’s just a few. Why not join in?
FREE! Book by emailing hello@threewayseast. co.uk or message Kate on 07713 647 715
6 BASIC HOME ESSENTIALS
Led by Caroline at Giroscope, this workshop will help us get confident in how to bleed radiators, top up pressure on your boiler, change a plug fuse and learn about good health and safety in our homes.
»When: Wednesday Oct 4th at 4pm
»Where: Giroscope. Coltman Street
14 FLOWER CLUB
A FREE flower arranging club led by Tommy from Grahams the Florists and held at Rayners. It's been running all year so why not come and learn some skills using beautiful flowers.
»When: Friday Oct 6th at 4.30
»Where: Rayners Pub on Hessle Road
29 WALKING TOUR LED BY ARTIST TOM ROBINSON
The Aimless Archive, a project by Thomas Robinson, explored HU3 and their prompts offer a new way of looking
»When: Saturday Oct 7th at 2.30pm
»Where: Meet at the phone box on the corner of Coltman Street and Hessle Road
30 NEED TO DESTRESS?
22 DAILY NEWS
Chiltern Primary students tell us more about what they love
23 FUN BIT
Jokes and wordsearch
24 COLOURING IN Lucky the therapy dog poses for some colouring In
Join Mel from eMBe and EofUs for Auricular Therapy. This involves placing five small needles in the ear (doesn’t hurt) to help calm the body and mind, making us feel relaxed.
»When: Thursday 5th Oct 10 am for 1 hour. 7 places available
»Where: eMBe clinic. Louis Pearlman Centre
31 Nature Fix
FREE memberships for anyone to join Nature Fixbringing nature indoors if you can’t get out. Lots of resources and invitations to connect with nature.
31 Time Spent On Yourself Is Never Wasted
Join Ana and Lauren at Mixed Origins.
»When: Friday 15th September or 29th September 6pm
– 7:30pm
»Where: Lonsdale Community Centre
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LUKE BEECH AND EOFUS FOR A TOUR OF THE FERAL ART SCHOOL
Have a go at some making while there.
»When: Saturday Oct 7th 11am
»Where: Meet at Feral Art School Buildings, 22 Alfred Gelder St, Hull HU1 2BS
Anson Electronics is an independent, family-owned business, established in 1975 by Laurie and Barbara Anson, and now run by Sue and Debbie. EofUs met them to talk lighting, components and why shop cats are good for business.
"We believe our attention to customer service has always been the cornerstone of our success. Customers regularly tell us we’re an Aladdin’s Cave. We have products ranging from a tv bracket to amps, to megaphones and headphones." Does it feel significant to be two women running this business?
Debbie: I don’t really think about the fact we are two women running an electronics business. We were brought up in a family that strove to be the best. Both our parents worked hard to establish the business, it didn’t matter who was doing what, just that they were hard-working and got things right for the customers.
Sue: Yes it was male dominated, with customers often asking for the Boss and assuming us women were here for more menial tasks…but now attitudes have mostly changed. Younger men accept women can be in charge - they don’t even consider us odd. We even have female apprentice electricians coming in.
Debbie: What’s interesting is that we experience how men are more open to ask us things about stuff they don’t know. They know we will help rather than judge. So how did it all start?
Debbie: I always loved playing shops. Then as I got older I helped in the shop. Sue: I went to art school and then started working. I did the displays. I guess they needed our help.
Debbie: I guess they’ve given us a gift. A strange gift that sometimes feels like duty, but either way we now have a life doing this. There have been sad times and challenges. Business changes as
