Thank you very much for the donations received since the last newsletter they are greatly appreciated, without your generosity we would not survive.

As you will no doubt have read in the June newsletter we will be having a fund raising event. Mrs. Jill Pallister has kindly opened her gardens for the Strawberry Tea and as you will see from the details at the bottom of this page, the price of the tickets has been reduced from £2.50 to £2.00. People have asked me the whereabouts of ‘New Brighthome’, well it is down Eastgate on the opposite side of the road to Chris Jackson’s coalyard. We’re all hoping for a warm sunny day with lots of people coming to support us.

It is nice to see the care the people are taking of the grass outside their homes and their neighbours, like Bill down Southside Lane and Martin Gleddon on Burton Agnes Road. People have commented how tidy the verges look. However - there is one blot on the landscape! the area around the Village Hall. There is so much rubbish about, empty drink cans, sweet papers and lollipop wrappers and as there are two litter bins in the vicinity there is no excuse for the mess. So please use the bins provided.

What a good idea the new sign on Eastgate is, ‘Eastgate 24 - 27, I’ve had numerous people over the years asking me where the said houses were, now we all know.

Sorry Kerry for getting your name wrong in the last newsletter.

All articles for the August Newsletter NO later than July 22nd please to:-

Barbara Lingard

Congratulations and best wishes to Jean and David Hirst and Jane and Charles Richardson on their recent marriages.

Dandelions on your lawn. Instead of expensive weed-killers, shake table salt on the weeds during the growing season. It shrivels and kills them within days.

STRAWBERRY & CREAM TEA - SUNDAY 9TH JULY

at NEW BRIGHTHOME, EASTGATE, RUDSTON

A Strawberry and Cream Tea will be held at the above address on Sunday 9th July between 2.30 pm and 5.00 pm. Funds are needed urgently to keep the Rudston Newsletter in print. Tickets will now cost only £2.00. There will be a Cake Stall and Raffle, all contributions gratefully received! Everyone enjoys the newsletter so please support this effort. Tickets are on sale NOW! at New Brighthome, Eastgate.

THIS MONTH’S NEWSLETTER WAS SPONSORED BY - DRIFFIELD CAR CENTRE

2nd 9.30 am Holy Communion

9th 11.00 am Mattins

16th 9.30 am Holy Communion

Sunday School ( in the Old School )

22nd ST MARY MAGDALEN

9.00 am Holy Communion

23rd 8.00 am Holy Communion ( BCP )

6.30 pm Evensong

30th 8.00 am Holy Communion ( BCP )

6.30 pm Evensong

Welcomers Coffee

2nd Shirley Harland Margaret Reed

9th Margaret Reed

16th Joan Conner Elizabeth Harrison

23rd (p.m.) Frank Algar

30th (p.m.) Christine Turner

Flower Rota Cleaning Rota

2nd Wedding Mr & Mrs J M J Reed

9th Mrs J Jackson Mr & Mrs J M J Reed

16th Mrs Burkett Misses J & H Conner

23rd Wedding Misses J & H Conner

30th Mrs J Overfield Mr & Mrs J Bell

10th Phillip Crossland John Reed

24th Thorpe Hall Thorpe Hall

Wednesdays - Morning Prayer at 9.00 am

Holy Communion at 10.30 am

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm

Saturdays - Most this month Morning Prayer at 8.30 am

Holy Communion at 9.00 am

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm

- Before the 2nd Sunday Morning Prayer at 9.00 am

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm

Holy Communion at 6.30 pm

Please check the notice-board for last-minute alterations.

Stephen will be on holiday from July 24th to August 7th both inclusive and there will be no midweek services during this period.

SONGS OF PRAISE ( July 30th )

Would anyone who has any requests for that please let either Stephen or ( preferably ) Clive Barnby know beforehand.

is having an outing on July 21st - further details from Margaret Reed.

- What? Again? He wrote on that last November!

Well, yes, I did. But I write on it again, because there is a confirmation coming up near here in November of this year, and it would be brilliant if we could have some candidates and instruction should be starting by the end of this month.

Confirmation does two things. First, it allows you to receive Holy Communion, which many of us would argue is the most important thing for any Christian to do. And second, you give your godparents a bit of relief. At your christening, they made certain promises which involved teaching you about morals and about religious things - and they also promised to try to lead you towards confirmation (and I do wish that at least some parents and godparents would take that bit seriously!). At your confirmation, you say that from then on, you will be responsible for your own moral and religious instruction. If you have been christened ( or baptised - it is the same thing ) as a child, then this is the only logical thing to do next. ( And by the way, if you haven’t been christened, this can be done at any time.)

But while it is a serious step, it is not meant to be for ‘religious’ folk only. It does not mean that the job’s done, and that you know everything there is to know about morals and about God - it’s simply taking responsibility for yourself.

So therefore it’s as much for learners as for those who know, for people who might be interested as well as for those who definitely are; and for people of any age ( except that the rule-books round here say you ought to be twelve at your confirmation ). It’s also not a hard course. Give it a thought; give it a try - and there’s nothing wrong with changing your mind if it’s not for you yet. Let me know if you’re interested - and I try to make it fun, and to suit it to your needs. Let your godparents off the hook - it’s the responsible thing to do!

Stephen

At the AGM held on the 5th June, it was decided that the hire charges for the Hall should be revised to cover the gas used. It was agreed by those present that the hire charge should be altered to £6 standard charge for up to two full hours. Thereafter a further £3 will be charged for every full or part hour. All other hire charges such as weddings, children’s parties and caravan club functions will remain the same. These revised prices should make sure that gas bills for the Hall are covered and bring us more into line with other Village Hall hire charges.

Anne Cowton ( Secretary )

At the meeting on June 6th Liz Ballington made us aware of the drugs problem in our area. Mrs B Moorfoot gave her report on the IGM meeting in Blackpool. Mrs J Pallister and Mrs J Jackson have been drawn to go to the federation visit to Buckingham Palace.

Mis J Conner won the competition for the most beautiful brooch.

The next meeting is on July 4th when the speaker will be Helen Clifton of Marie Curie Cancer Care. The competition will be a decorated wooden spoon.

The outing is on July 21st when we shall visit Swine Church. Then we are to be entertained in the afternoon by Mr & Mrs Hartley. All members to meet at the home of Mrs K Algar at 1 pm.

The Tennis Club are having a Special Sunday Lunch Barbecue at Low Caythorpe on SUNDAY JULY 2nd kindly hosted by June & Mike Sellars. Tickets cost £5 adults, £2 children and this includes a sweet. Drinks will be available. This is our main fund raising event and some of the money will go towards the cost of new nets.

Tickets are available from June Sellars, Jane Crossley and Julia White.

For the second year in succession there have been no sightings of turtle doves locally. Spotted flycatchers arrived a little later than usual but there are now several to be seen and they have wasted no time in setting up territories and staring to breed. June of course is the main breeding month of the year and the most noticeably successful bird up to now has been the blackbird. Almost wherever you look there are recently fledged blackbirds to be seen but as usual the mortality rate is high. Blue tits and pied wagtails among others have also produced their first broods but the blue tit in particular is likely to go on to produce further broods later in the summer. Tradition has it that partridges hatch their young on the longest day so a sighting on 5th June of a full brood was very early but with the horribly cold weather which followed they will be lucky to have survived. The cuckoo is also reputed to change his tune in June before he flies away in July but up to now, the 22nd, he is still calling with his regular tune on a daily basis. One unusual bird for the area which has been seen on two or three occasions is the oystercatcher. The bird is normally to be found around the seashore and estuaries but is sometimes seen by inland lakes and streams.

Among the insects, wasps seem to be the main problem and several nests both in the ground and in the trees have been pointed out. As yet they are small nests but unless they are dealt with the nests will become much larger and the wasp population will rise significantly. The other problem particularly for gardeners are the greenfly which have appeared in significant numbers. Hoverflies which are one of the main predators have not yet appeared in enough quantity to do any good and the mass of ladybirds present earlier n the year have disappeared but ladybird larvae are in an advanced state and will soon help. Only one further species of butterfly has been seen recently when a red admiral was seen flying on the 21st June, but some of the more interesting moths including the ghost moth and the elephant hawk have emerged in the last few days.

The most surprising report I have received for a long time concerns a badger seen carrying a cub in it’s mouth across a road. Although other animals are known to transport their offspring in this manner this is the first time I have ever heard of a badger doing it and of the many people I have spoken to nobody else has ever known it to happen either. I can only suppose that this has been in response to some severe disturbance at the sett and the young have had to be moved before they were capable of moving themselves.

Tony Ezard

In aid of Church funds on Sunday 16th July 12 noon to 5 pm. Volunteers are required to act as stewards in the rooms at Thorpe Hall during this event. If you can spare an hour or two and would like to help please contact Margaret Reed. We would also be very grateful for contributions towards the various stalls - garden plants and produce, cakes, bric-a-brac, cakes for refreshments and groceries/bring and buy.

If you require any typing eg.letters - newsletters or documents etc. please do not hesitate to contact Linda on 01262 470473 who can do the work at a reasonable price on a computer word processor.

I would like to thank everyone for the information given to me this last month, it is showing that Neighbourhood Watch is working in Rudston. I have had pointed out to me that some people find it difficult to report things to me in case they are made to look silly. So to put the record straight, if I report anything to the police I do not give the name of who reported the item to me unless the police want to take the reported item further and ask me who reported it so they can get more information. I make a list of all that is reported to me, so as if something happens weeks later there is a record of exactly when and what was seen.

Please if you see anything that is different to the norm let your co-ordinator or me know.

Julia Overfield

In writing this before the publication of the Free Press’ feature on Rudston, it is difficult to comment in advance. May I just say that any quoted comments attributed to myself, if correct, were made completely "off-the-cuff". They only wanted to speak to me in the absence of our Chairman, so if they saw fit to print my ugly mug - sorry, but think whose it might have been!

No further information on the Car Park Rates question has been received, but here is a quick run-down of the story so far. Last year the Borough Council rating department sent us, completely out of the blue, a demand for three years car park rates. This was the first we knew that it was liable to rates at all, and certainly couldn’t pay the sum required just like that. Our funding for the year was based on estimates submitted some four months before-hand to the Finance department of the Borough Council. We therefore pointed out that if the rates demand were to be met, one Borough Council department would have to pay another! Anyway, suffice to say, this was done. Meanwhile our original objection to the rates was eventually scheduled to come before a tribunal in May this year. (These things take time!) At the beginning of this year, in the meantime, we were notified of a massive increase in the Rateable Value for this year. Fearing that this would make the new rate much more than we had budgeted for , another objection was immediately lodged. However, in the event, the sum demanded turned out to be only slightly above estimate, and has been paid. Also, earlier this year, a "strange" sort of questionnaire arrived from the Tribunal people ( sent to the last chairman-but-one! ) It talked about "floor space areas" and things in our car park, so I sent a lengthy reply stating that this wasn’t a multi-storey in Rudston ( ! ) and giving the complete history of the site. About a month later I received a telephone call from a nice gentleman who said he had been to the village to see for himself and agreed with us. He thought a fairer rateable value would be £200 instead of the £400 and £750 which was the last figure. He was going to put this to the tribunal meeting, and the outcome of that is what I was hoping to have heard about by now. As reported elsewhere, the Parish Council is getting "fed up" of the whole thing, doesn’t see why it should have to pay rates at all, and may well think about closing the car park altogether.

Also affecting all this is future funding of Parish Councils because, as you know, this is the Borough Council’s final year. It has not yet been decided what will happen, but it seems likely that a surcharge may be added to Council Tax bills. We don’t like the idea of course but the decision will be made at a higher level than ours.

On that gloomy note I must end for now. There will have been a meeting by the time you read this and the next will probably be mid-August.

P. Crossland ( Clerk )

Bob and Janet Overfield would like to thank everyone who sent gifts and cards to Jean and David on the occasion of their wedding and anyone who helped in any way to make it a day to remember.

Thank you all

Bob and Janet

Any young lads interested in playing football - players are needed.

We hope to field 3 teams - under 11’s, under 12’s and under 13’s. Qualifying age for under 11’s must be at least 9 years old on 1st August and under 11 years old.

Further details will be in the next newsletter and can also be had by ringing Ron Stork on Bridlington 603972.

I would like, through the newsletter, to thank the people who visited and sent cards and messages during my extended stay in hospital. Also the people who were ‘there’ for my wife and visited Kit at Burton Fleming. Although I have a long way to go, the way is now forward - the prayers must have worked.

Thank you

Derrick Ward

Thanks to all who supported us once again. The weather was kind and the following amounts were raised.

Raffle and entry fee £68.50

Cake/Bring & Buy Stall £96.20

Plants £36.80

Guessing Cake Weight £11.00

Donations £ 8.25

Further Donations £ 5.00

Total for Church Funds £225.75

Thank you once again

Constance & Wilfred Stephenson

2. The gleam in your eye is the sun hitting your bifocals.

3. You feel like the night before, and you haven’t been anywhere.

4. Your address book contains only names ending in M.D.

5. You get winded playing chess.

6. Your children begin to look middle aged.

7. A dripping tap causes an uncontrollable bladder urge.

8. You join the Health Club and don’t go.

9. You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

10. You look forward to a dull evening.

11. You turn out the lights for economy, not romantic evenings.

12. You sit in the rocking chair, and can’t get it going.

13. Your knees buckle but your belt won’t.

14. Your back goes out more than you do.

15. The little grey haired gent you helped across the road is your husband.

16. You have too much room in the house, and not enough in the medicine cabinet.

17. You sink your teeth into a steak and they stay there.