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July & August 2002

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Mrs Molly Gatenby The death has occurred of Mrs Molly Gatenby of Littlethorpe, who died at the Westminster Nursing Home, Bridlington on June 14th. The family would like to say how grateful they are for the many lovely cards, kind messages of sympathy, flowers, donations to All Saints Church, practical help and for the support at the Funeral service. Thank you all.

Chris Gatenby

From the editor -

Well, I can put my feet up for a while in Newsletter terms.. The next issue should be out for September. There is the little matter of sorting out where to get the printing done and what format. As, in August I will probably not be able to get into the school to use the photocopier.. Bridlington School is undergoing major re-building and new buildings are being added. There are some ‘Thank You’s’ in this newsletter, to the organisers of the Jubilee Celebration. I really must add some praise for all the team who grafted so hard to make the Golden Jubilee a great success. You did the village proud. If anyone has any articles and/or pictures of the events that you would like to be published in the newsletter or on the Rudston web site, then please let me have them. Digital pictures are easiest but photographs can be scanned etc and will be returned. Have a grand summer!

Colin

CHURCH NEWS

Vicar: Revd Stephen Cope, (01262) 420313 Main Services for JULY 3 – ST THOMAS 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion 7 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion 14 7.00 p.m. Songs of Praise after Open Gardens 21 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion 9.30 a.m. Sunday School at Bethany Lodge 28 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion [BCP] 6.30 p.m. Evensong Main Services for AUGUST 4 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion AT KILHAM (Benefice service) 11 9.30 a.m. Mattins 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 7.30 p.m. Holy Communion 18 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion 9.30 a.m. Sunday School at Bethany Lodge 24 – ST BARTHOLOMEW 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion 25 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion [BCP] 6.30 p.m. Evensong Welcomers Coffee Flower Rota Jul 7 Joan Conner Elizabeth Robinson Mrs J Jackson 14 Joyce Peace Mrs B Burgess 21 Joan Jackson Pat Stephenson Mrs B Burgess 28 Jean Burkitt Lady Mary Aug 4 none needed Lady Mary 11 Margaret Reed Mrs J Sellers 18 Barbara Burgess June Sellers Mrs J Sellers 25 (eve) June Sellers Mrs M Corner

Cleaning Grass-cutting Jul 7 Mrs A Cope & Mrs M Reed Jul 2 a = Andrew Moorfoot 14 Mrs A Cope & Mrs M Reed b = Paul Haddock 21 Mrs J Woods & Mrs D White 16 a = Maurice Cocker 28 Mrs J Woods & Mrs D White b = Bob Harland Aug 4 Mr & Mrs D Peacee 30 a & b = Thorpe Hall 11 Mr & Mrs D Peace Aug 13 a = Duncan Corner 18 Mrs G Wastling b = David Peace 25 Mrs G Wastling 27 a = Maurice Cocker b = Margaret Reed a = Graves Area (mow & strim) b = Ride-on mower Regular mid-week services: Wednesdays: Morning Prayer at 9.00 a.m. (not on Aug 7) Holy Communion at 10.30 a.m. – coffee is served afterwards! Evening Prayer at 6.00 p.m. (5.30 on Jul 17; not on Aug 7) Saturdays: Morning Prayer at 9.00 a.m. (not on Aug 3 & 10) Holy Communion: 11.00 a.m. on Jul 6, 20, Aug 17, 24 & 31 6.30 p.m. on Jul 13 not on Jul 27, Aug 3 or 10 Evening Prayer at 6.00 p.m. (not on Jul 27, Aug 3 or 10) Rudston Open Gardens – July 13 & 14, 1 pm to 6 pm, ending with Songs of Praise at 7 pm on the Sunday. Admission £2, 50p for children over 5, free for under 5s. Teas, tombola, ice-cream, stalls, and all that sort of thing... PCC – Monday July 22, 7.45 pm, at Westcroft. Stephen will be unavailable August 1 to 13 both inclusive.

THE VICAR’S RAMBLINGS

Poor David Seaman – he thought that the goal which put England out of the World Cup was all his fault, and he apologised for letting his team and country down. But it wasn’t just down to him. Football is a team sport, and others, perhaps everyone, in the team have their share of blame to carry. It’s just the same in the world as a whole – to make things happen well (like the Jubilee celebrations!), people have to work together. But the best sort of team is the one which has God on it as well. Not only is it stronger, but he also lets you know that when you say sorry, it will be forgiven and forgotten, through Jesus. For us, not a Jules Rimet trophy, but eternal life!

STEPHEN

Crosslands’ Column

Apologies for my mistake in last month’s newsletter— the “coronation” seat is even older, dating back 1937. It may be that the owner of the new house to be built at the other side of the wall will feel privileged to be so close to an item of village history. If not, an alternative site will need to be found, along with the notice board (s). At the time of writing, the new Audit regulations as mentioned last month, are the main headache. The Audit Commission want a copy of the Receipts and Payments account and answers to a number of questions by the 22nd July. The questions are to myself, the Parish Council and our “internal” auditor. At least we have discovered someone who kindly agreed to the latter. We then send all the answers to them, who then presumably double check everything, call it the main “external” audit, and charge us accordingly. All this was verified with only two days after receiving their letter to notice in the village being displayed. Anyway, the official notice was duly posted on the Long Street board in mid-June, stating that the accounts will be available to view, by appointment, at Mr Ezard’s home from 1st to 19th July. As the only example of the “lighter touch” they promised, we are now no longer required to print this official notice in the newsletter or anywhere. Not wishing to influence anyone with a serious query of the accounts, but “attending before the auditor” probably means travelling to Chorley in Lancashire, where we are to send the stuff! In the midst of all this comes the Parish Council meeting, on 3rd July. At the moment, thankfully, there shouldn’t be a lot of extra topics. One small item has been checked, though, E.R.Y.C are providing regular payments for recycling. We seem to be able to fill the paper bin easily, but a full glass one pays twice as much! So keep those bottles coming! (Despite some people’s first thought, they are not necessarily “booze” bottles). This unexpected “nice little earner” will help towards those unforeseen expenses, for instance - the bus shelter roof to be repaired. If it interests anyone connected with the new Village Hall project, I have a copy of an article on the new Disability Access Act which comes into force in 2004. It makes scary reading! If the new hall isn’t built by then, I expect it will affect the present one. If this newsletter is the summer two-month one, there might well be a further Parish Council meeting, in August, before the next issue. Notices will be placed as usual, of course.

Philip

Rudston Jubilee Quiz

I have been asked to supply answers to the quiz. Thank you to everyone who bought a quiz sheet. I hope that you enjoyed it. Section 1 – Find the missing words. e.g. 3 A in a T = 3 Angles in a Triangle 1. 15 M on a D M C…… Men on a Dead Man’s Chest……………………… 2. 13 L in a B D………………………Loaves in a Bakers Dozen………………………….. 3. 5 E in a P………………………… .Events in a Pentathlon…………….……………… 4. 50 Y Q E has R……………………Years Queen Elizabeth has Reigned………………. 5. 64 S on a C B………………………Squares on a Chess Board…………………………. 6. 1001 A N……………..………...…..Arabian Nights…………………………………….... 7. 1410 M across the H B……………Metres across the Humber Bridge…………………. 8. 100 – B G from the Q………………Birthday Greetings from the Queen…………… 9. 12 – H on B S………………………Hurricane on Beaufort Scale…………………..…. 10. 4 G in the B……………………… …Gospels in the Bible……………………………….. Section 2 – Yorkshire place names 11. Room at top of house……………………………….Atwick……………………………… 12. A religious sister leaning over………………………Nunkeeling………………………… 13. A pain………………………………..………………Aike………………………………... 14. Bee’s home………………………………..…………Hive…………..………………… 15. TV series based on books by Monica Dickens………Follifoot….……………………. 16. Toboggan on lake………………………………..……Sledmere……………………… 17. An engaged couple will do this………………………Pickering (also accepted Settle). 18. Instruction to do murder.……………………..………Kilham…………………………… 19. Pigs………………………………..…………………Swine..…………………………. 20. Winifred’s surname………………………………..…Holtby………………………….

Rudston Jubilee Quiz Section 3 – General Knowledge 21. Name of Henry VIII’s third wife……………………Jane Seymour….……………….. 22. Who designed St Paul’s cathedral in London? ………Wren…………………….…….. 23. Who invented the Geiger counter? ……………………Geiger……………………….. 24. The middle name of President John F Kennedy………Fitzgerald……………………. 25. In which galaxy is the solar system? …………………The Milky Way………………… 26. Olive Brockwell is better known as …Alice...in the poem by …A.A.Milne……………. 27. Which European capital begins and ends with an ‘O’?……Oslo……………………… 28. What was the name of King Arthur’s sword? …………..Excalibur….…………..…… 29. What is the name given to a group of lions? ……………Pride……………….………. 30. Clark Kent is better known as……………..……………Superman!…………………. 31. What nationality was the composer Greig? ……GrIEg was Norwegian, sorry for typo 32. Who introduced the potato to England? ………………Sir Walter Raleigh……………. 33. What do the letters M O T stand for? …………………Ministry of Transport………… 34. How many players in a Rugby League team? …………13…………………………… 35. In which ship did Sir Francis Drake sail around the world? ……The Golden Hind….. 36. Which is the largest wild animal native to Britain? ……Red Deer……………………… 37. How many strings does a violin have? …………………4…………………………... 38. Where did Bill Brewer and his friends want to go? ……Widdicombe Fair……………. 39. What did the USA buy from Russia in 1867? …………Alaska………….…………… 40. Who discovered the use of vaccination against smallpox? ……Jenner….…………….

Section 4 - Brainteasers 41. How much earth is there in a hole 2 feet deep with a circumference of 3 feet, if it was dug with a spade 8 inches wide and one foot long?…None, holes are empty!!……….. 42. You are getting socks out of a drawer in the dark. There are 10 black and 12 blue socks in the drawer. How many is the fewest number of socks you must get out to be sure of getting a pair of the same colour?……………3… 43. Two fathers each took his son to the cinema but they only bought three tickets. Why? 3 generations of a family, thus the middle generation is both a father and a son 44. Two people were born on the same day of the same year to the same parents but they weren’t twins. How were they related? …Two possible answers 1) Siblings born on the same day of the week within the same year……... 2) 2 of triplets , quads, quints etc…………….

Gardening News – By Dick Robinson

Last May the Spring Cabbage followed my Winter Cauliflower just as the last one was cut, and although I was never very enthusiastic about cabbage on the table, especially when I was a lad, I have become more kindly disposed to the nice tender young hearts. This year I’m sowing the variety Pixie once again. It is a very neat cabbage, not needing a lot of space. In the past, I’ve grown the round “Spring Hero”, an F1 sort, but for a change it’s a pointed variety this time. At the same time, the salad onion seed will go in, just to get a bit of a start, more will follow next month. Sow them fairly thickly, they are grand to have next April with the crunchy lettuce, frame grown. I usually sow the well-known onion “White Lisbon”, but this time it’s “Savel” for a change. On job to do this month is the pruning of the blackcurrant bushes, once all the fruit is harvested, broken and any damaged branches are cut away and any touching the ground, the main pruning is the removal of as much of the old fruiting wood as possible, but retaining strong shoots of the current year growth, for it is on this new shoot growth that next summer’s crop develops. By pruning now, the new shoots have the benefit of maximum light and food. There’s no point in allowing branches that need removing being left until the winter as they use essential plant nutrients that could benefit the young growths. Late fruiters such as “Amos Black” can be pruned later. Each year at this time I write about propagating our hardy plants from stem cuttings, always a fascinating operation, one which all young trainee gardeners look forward to doing. Routine maintenance jobs such as weeding, brushing up rubbish, mixing soils are not half as interesting as taking cuttings. As a young gardener I always tried to learn as much as possible about all branches of plant propagation, hard and soft stem cuttings, root and leaf cuttings, layering in its various forms, inarching marcotting, the many forms of grafting and budding, eye propagation, seeds and spores of ferns, indoor grafting of Rhododendrons, Clematis and many ornamental trees. To most home gardeners it’s the semi-ripe stem cuttings of a wide range of plants that can be made and put into a good mix of sharp sand and peat, shaded in a cold frame with a plastic cover direct on the cuttings and the glass on the frame, a kind of double glazing. Put the small shoots into a moist mixture and keep covered and shaded until later in the year. I suggest having a close look in late October and remove the shade cover to let light reach the young plants. Allow any weeds to grow, rather than disturb the rooting shoots and it should not be necessary to water if the mixture was damp when the cuttings went in, but if needed, a spray over in the morning should see the new plants through the winter, until the well rooted ones are potted or transplanted in early summer. Herbs, Lavender, Penistemans, a list of many are all suitable to root. Never miss a chance to try a plant, some are easier than others, but one never knows how lucky one can be. Holly and some conifers are very difficult to root in cold frames, yet it’s often the case that we have a successful result. Always place young cuttings a few inches apart, they seem to root better when in a group, the more they are together the happier they seem to be! To help difficult species to root, use one of the rooting hormone powders, but do read the instructions, that’s vital, however, gardeners and nurserymen have been rooting cuttings for hundreds of years without this aid.

W.I. News

The next meeting is on July 2nd in the Village Hall at 7-15 pm. The speaker will be Mrs Sally Barker talking on Stress in the Farming Community. Vote of Thanks: J. Sellars Competition: 6 finger shortbreads. Hostesses: C. Gatenby and W. Proctor. New members very welcome.

Women’s Fellowship

The next meeting is on July 16th. When we shall visit Beswick water mill, followed by tea at Bell Mills. Members to meet at Kath Algar’s at 1.30 pm.

Lost Property

Has anyone lost a football or a girls top. Please call G. Battams on 01262 420406

The Fun Day

Thanks Bob Briddon

The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations

Open Gardens Weekend

A reminder about this weekend. Saturday and Sunday, 13th and 14th July from 1-6 pm. Tickets will be available from the Car Park at Mr & Mrs S. Dawson’s and from Duncan and Jean Corner’s at Middle Street. Adults £2, Children over 5 years old, 50p. Stalls include:- Cake / Produce / Bric-a-Brac in the Village Hall. Plant stalls, Traidcraft stall at Eric and Doreen Turner’s, White Cottage, Eastgate. Tombola and Ices at Jill Pallister’s, Eastgate. Teddy Bear competition at Duncan and Jean Corner’s. We would be very grateful for cakes for the stall and refreshments and Tombola prizes. I shall be pleased to collect any contributions, or you can give them to any church member. We shall conclude the weekend with a Songs of praise service in Church at 7 pm on Sunday— please come and join us.

Margaret Reed (420 648)

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