CONTINUING our Review of 2011:
September 2011: The campaign against Yorkshire Water Smells continued in September with a Day of Action in Hedon and Paull.
Members and ex-members of Community First Responders expressed their disillusionment with the service. We visited Paull Holme Tower as part of Heritage Open Days in September which revealed that a part of our local heritage was disappearing in front of our very eyes!
Mr Grumpy warned residents – and Yorkshire Water – about the smelly 
prospects resulting from the expected super harvest of peas in 2012. Another company, INEOS, was quick to respond to fears following a vapour release at Saltend Chemicals Park.
The East Riding Council previewed its new website in September and we previewed the new HU12 Online to replace the earlier version of that website.
October 2011: Proposals to include South West Holderness ward in the East Hull parliamentary constituency had been put forward in September. Debate raged locally (even leading to a town councillor’s resignation), but there was very little interest at the Public Hearings on the Boundary Changes in Hull.
Hedon Museum’s October exhibition took a look at The Way We Were in the 1970s. The big local news story of that month was the suspension of two teachers from South Holderness Technology College following comments supposedly made on Facebook. They were later re-instated.
Other stories: We looked at the price of local eggs for our contribution to Blog Action Day on 16th October. St Augustine’s Church held a public auction at which the star lots were the old church masonry. We asked people to submit their experiences of wild deer in the area and we were genuinely surprised not to receive a single comment!
November 2011: The success of the petition against Yorkshire Water Smells was confirmed as the East Riding Council agreed to pro-actively address the issue of offensive odours. The Hedon Blog thanked all those 2,405 residents who signed the petition.
The biggest story in November was the proposal to earmark Hedon Haven as Employment Land in anticipation of the development of the area in support of new renewable energy industries.
We pictured and filmed the wonderful Haven Arms fireworks display. We reported on the new Police non-emergency number 101 and on the second bus fares increase in the year! November was the month when the St Augustine’s Clock stopped.
We revealed that TV Poet Ian McMillan had never been to Hedon! This shocking state of affairs was remedied in December when Ian helped officially open the new re-built Inmans School. Another TV celebrity Paul Merton had been spotted in Hedon.
The biggest controversy on the Blog in November was over the inclusion of Big Fairground Ride at the Christmas Lights Switch-on!
December 2011:
We featured lots of Christmas activities in December, but perhaps the most memorable was the appearance of the Vivergo Reindeer.
We gave a cautious welcome to the news that Siemens was to build its wind turbine manufacturing plant at Alexandra Dock. There was local debate over the new road narrowing scheme in Souttergate.
Good news of the month was aplenty: Local school dinner-lady Barbara Jordan was given a long service award from South Holderness School. Two local historians were made Honorary Freemen of Hedon. We offered Hedon Blog readers an exclusive 10% Discount at Moorfields in Hull. But perhaps the best news of all was the confirmation from Yorkshire Water that their new Odour Control Unit was operational!
So with that in mind the Hedon Blog wishes you all an odour free (fingers crossed) and HAPPY NEW YEAR in 2012.