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Thank you to all the people who gave me such positive feed-back on the new look Rudston Newsletter. It was very encouraging.

Welcome to any newcomers to the village, I think that you’ll find Rudston a friendly place to live.

If you want to see some pictures of the Millennium Tree Planting and of the New Year's Bash at the Bosville Arms. These are at separate pages on the site.. I do not put pictures in the archive part of the site in order to keep download time fast.

Thanks must be given once again to all last years' sponsors of the newsletter. This year the list of sponsors seems to be growing!

John Langcaster. February.

Women’s Institute. March

Eric & Doreen Turner. April.

Bosville Arms. May.

Parish Council. June.

Bowls Club. July/August.

Thorpe Hall Caravan & Camping Park. September and October.

November

December / January 2001

Old Yorkshire Magazine have the forthcoming articles that people in Rudston may find of interest: May issue— The Gypsey Race.July or September issue— Winifred Holtby. To subscribe, £12 for 5 issues, £2.50 for one.

Web site: www.oldyorkshire.co.uk

Childrens Society Boxes
Correction - the total from the Autumn opening of the Childrens Society boxes
was a magnificent £176. Many thanks to the boxholders.
Chris Gatenby

The next meeting will be on February 6th at 7.15pm at the home of Mrs Barbara Burgess. We shall be taking part in the Federation Quiz. Teas; Mrs A. Cope and Mrs J. Jackson. Vote of Thanks; Mrs M. Reed.

Good news - the long and complex procedure by which official approval is granted for the window has now met with success and the permission, known as a faculty, has been granted! This good news came just in time for Christmas.
The artist can now start her detailed plans and we should soon have a definite date for work at the church to begin.
Meanwhile the total collected has reached £5,400. Many thanks to everyone who has helped to achieve this wonderful amount. The target is £6,750, so we feel it is within sight.
Donations are to be acknowledged in a book which we hope will be of interest in times to come. Entries are being made on behalf of individuals, families, clubs, businesses and "in memory".
If you would like to make a contribution to the Millennium Window a leaflet is available at the back of the church, or have a word with Chris Gatenby, Margaret Reed or June Sellers.

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Weather conditions over the last couple of months have brought to the area a few birds not normally seen here. Flooded fields resulted in the arrival of a number of redshank which would normally be seen on the coast and with them were a few dunlin,an oystercatcher and a green sandpiperwhich sometimes overwinters here anyway. Most surprisingly there has been a report of a little egret , a bird whch looks like a small white heron. The bird was well to the north of it's range, particularly at this time of year. Water rails, which visit us most winters, skulk about in the waterside vegetation but have been forced into areas with less cover and become more visible.Woodcock have arrived in some numbers, probably due to severe weather conditions on the continent and rather scarcer visitors, three waxwings, spent a few hours in a local garden feeding on apples which were still attached to the tree.

Two barn owls are again hunting along the Burton Fleming road and the kingfisher has been seen on a few occasions. The most obvious bird at the moment is a heron which must have visited every pond containing fish in the village. A few people have thought that they have seen iy carrying something but in fact it has a damaged leg and this is hanging down.

Weather conditions have played a part in a report of a barn owl hunting during the daytime. This is not normal behaviour except in the breeding season when there are extra mouths to feed. The owl succeeded in capturing prey and was immediately harried by a sparrowhawk. Sparrowhawks will not normally attack barn owls but harsh conditions force unusual behaviour.

Bird feeders have been extremely busy with all the usual species visiting but greater spotted woodpeckers, coal tits and siskins have also made an appearance.

Please keep a sharp look out because almost anything could turn up when weather conditions are severe or unusual.

OBITUARY It is with sadness that I have to report the death of Bill Brand just before Christmas. Bill was a member of our club since 1995 and said how he always felt so welcome at Rudston. He played on Wednesday afternoons and Pam, his wife, has told me several times how happy he was when he returned home and much good it did them both. He died aged 90 and played until we closed in September. We sent our sympathy to Pam and several members attended his funeral.

COMPETITIONS Entries are open until 14^th February for the Driffield and District Individual Competitions and the East Riding Comps.

GREEN MAINTENANCE The boards around the green have been replaced and our thanks to Arthur Moore, Alwyn Ward, Duncan Corner and George Allan who replaced them, and to Philip Scruton for organising the new wood at a reasonable price. This week the green was treated for moss, which appeared to be taking over.

NEW MEMBERS Are always welcome. The subscription is only £15 per person each year (no joining fee). Members have their own keys, and can play anytime they wish. We have league games, friendlies, Club Competitions and social bowling on Wednesdays. Flat shoes with smooth soles must be worn at all times. Club bowls available at no extra cost. For further information contact Pauline Warters. Via the newsletter.

Pauline Warters, Secretary

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4 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion

But as far as Christians are concerned, at least we should have a single starting-point. Our approach to moral and ethical questions should always be bound up with what we find in our Bibles. Did Jesus have anything to say on the subject? And if not, how well does it fit in with his instructions to love God, and our neighbour as ourselves? We still won’t always find answers with which we all agree, but at least we will know why we get to our answer, and at least we know that we will not just be thinking about ourselves. Sometimes, in some of these cases, I wonder whether the people at the centre have got quite the same outward-looking view…

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We start this month with a messy problem! Not long after we thought all was reasonably well, it was reported at the December Parish Council meeting that there was a dog mess problem after all. Would people please clean up after their pets when on pavements and footpaths. The Parish Council could obtain one of those stencil kits that I’ve mentioned before, but we don’t want to and I’m not sure who would do the stencilling anyway! I can sympathise with anyone who has fallen foul of this problem – I managed to step in two separate lots in Bridlington one day!

At the meeting the Parish Council agreed an unchanged Precept figure for the year commencing April 1^st. I have since heard that there has been some comment regarding street lighting in the village. Any new lighting would have to come out of the Precept of course, which would mean an increase of the Parish Council figure, and in turn an increase in everyone’s Council Tax. This was one good reason why no more have been added in the last few years, but also it was thought the balance was about right. Probably there is the odd ‘black spot’ but you only notice it at night! The maintenance of the street lights accounts for half the Precept in any case. However, if people felt that an extra light was needed in any particular place, the Parish Council would consider it. The cost varies considerably with the site. The last two on Eastgate and one on Long Street, cost much less than only one half-way up Church Lane would have been, the estimate for which was about £1,000. Of course, any new scheme couldn’t be considered until 2002/3, and we don’t know what our Council Taxes are going to be like by then, without any extras.

The next Parish Council meeting is on 7^th February, when an interesting item for discussion will be the idea of a Village History leaflet. This would be a companion to the Rudston Walks leaflet, which is proving popular with visitors. Good to see the tree planting went well – thank you to those who attended.

We have the government’s proposals for greater power to Parish Councils. Not surprisingly, it comes at a price! In order to ensure that we are giving "Best Value", the Clerk and every member would be expected to go away for ‘training’! If we then passed the ‘test’ that a government official would visit us with, lots of money would be promised for all sorts of things. However, as the chap who launched this White Paper was none other than our esteemed Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Prescott, maybe we won’t take a lot of notice just yet! (And you thought he was too busy putting roads and railways to rights).

The East Riding News reports how well the Medi-Bus is doing, but I understand for Rudston people it’s not quite so good as they charge full "East Yorkshire" fares which is more than the normal Little Bus fare to Bridlington. Anyone who has used it to go elsewhere (e.g. Scarborough) might like to report their experience in the newsletter?

The December East Riding News proved handy when people didn’t realise there was no wheelie-bin collection between Christmas and New Year. They hadn’t put the stickers on the bins in our area, as previously. I don’t know why, unless it was to get people actually to read their paper instead of throwing it straight in the bin!

Phillip Crossland

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It all depends on the weather. Shall I put a few shallots in, or is it better to wait another month? We may be deep in snow, as February can be a testing month for those who work on the land. It is not unusual for gardeners and farmers to start planting as early potatoes this month in the southern counties and I recall helping to plant acres of "Sharpes Express" years ago when working in south Lincolnshire. This crop was lifted in June time and immediately followed by a drilling of carrots. We, in East Yorkshire, especially on heavy clay land do not take two crops of vegetables in a summer, except the quick-growing salad. Onion sets too, can go in soon if all is well – but most of us will wait, as the soil temperatures are too low for active growth. Having said this, I know of growers who sow parsnips early. I prefer to leave these as well until a later date, the same for broad beans. Those sown last November seem to be in good form, they were the long pods, but the next to sow will be the Windsor types, they are of slightly better quality produce.

It ‘s time to check the potato sets that should be sprouting now. Any tubers that are still dormant are best discarded as they may have disease problems and are not worth keeping. Look carefully at the small green sprouts for signs of aphis, these can carry disease and should be given a spray.

The dahlia tubers can be started into growth by packing them into boxes of moist peat or leaf mould, watering and keeping in a warm glasshouse to make the shoots develop. These are made into stem cuttings when a few inches tall, cutting the base cleanly just below a joint, the same way we make geranium cuttings. Once rooted, which is usually after a month, each new plant is potted singly into small pots and kept frost-free until planting time in late May. The best plants are those that are potted on from a small pot into a four or five inch pot, they grow away once in the garden to make first class plants.

Frost can be a problem, especially on the early flowering plum varieties, and any semi-hardy plants so be prepared to cover small specimens. There is nothing we can do to protect our fruit trees unless they are trained on walls when a cover with fleece or netting can reduce frost damage.

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Useful Phone Numbers—Local Services:

On this page I would like to compile and print each month, a list of phone numbers and or E-Mail addresses. These should be emergency numbers for services such as electricians/plumbers/doctors/garages etc etc. Please would you let me know of any that should be included.

Thanks

Colin Campbell Ed.

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