Chiropodist/Podiatrist

Articles to Pam Campbell

E-mail: pamc@nasuwt.net or

rudstonnews@supanet.com

"It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of so many friends." (Euripides)

A big thank you to all those who sent me flowers, gifts, cards and best wishes and to those who remembered me in their prayers following my recent spell in hospital. Much love to Richard, Paul and Susan who joined me in "the land of the fairies" at Papworth and to my sisters, Brenda and Syd, who continue to look after us now I am home.

Everyone seems very happy with my progress, but whilst I have cancelled all bungee jumping events for the time being, I hope to be out and about again before long, safe in the knowledge that so many people care.

Many thanks to you once again and God bless you all.

Pauline Warters

Thank you to everyone who contributed and collected for this worthwhile cause. The amount raised in Rudston was £277.42

Margaret Reed

Aged 76

Late of Rose Cottage

Died 26^th June 2000

Condolences to family and friends

Sincere condolences.

A very sad loss.

From friends and neighbours.

The outing to the Lavender Fields at Terrington is on July 18th. Members to meet at Kath Algar’s at 1pm.

The venue for the meeting on the 15th August is Connie Stephenson’s. Speaker – Margaret Stork, Leader – Margaret Reed, Vote of Thanks – Joan Conner, Hostesses – Connie Stephenson and Doreen Cocker.

The next meeting will be on July 4th at 7.15pm in the Village Hall. The talk will be "Village Life in the 30’s!" and the competition is "An Old Book!"

Hostesses; J Pallister and J Hunt. The outing will be on August 1st. Details at the July meeting.

ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, RUDSTON

Car Parking and Tickets at Simon Dawson’s Stackyard

Refreshments in Village Hall

Entry to all participating gardens £2 incl.

Children over 5 – 50p, children under 5 – free

Cakes, Bring & Buy items and Tombola prizes all gratefully received – please give to any church member.

BUG JUICE

To protect against head lice, mix together the following and use as last rinse when washing hair;

3 drops Lavender oil

3 drops Eucalyptus oil

3 drops Tea tree oil

500ml Warm water

Coconut shampoos and conditioners are also thought to deter head lice.

Thanks for the tip – if anyone has any other tips (any subject!), please send them in and share them – Ed.

Thanks to all those who filled in the questionnaires.

171 were distributed and 152 were returned, 89% - a very positive result!

Thanks

Secretary. Mrs Anna Cowton

Are you elderly, active, but find maintaining a home a

liability?

Why not come and join us in our friendly residential home, close to the sea, golf course & bowling green.

Transport available for shopping trips, church services. Entertainment, visits from the hairdresser & chiropodist.

En-suite rooms, T.V. and call system available, along with a nutritious and varied menu and special diets.

We, the proprietors are both registered nurses, who have a wide experience.

We provide, safety & security whilst recognising the need for individual freedom and decision making.

Respite and day care available as well as long stay.

For more information or brochure, please ring:

Anne Sugden on 01262 602066

Brunswick House

The annual Audit is earlier in the year than usual, but the time they want the books for gets longer! I don’t collect them until 8th August – that’s 10 working days in their language. It is a good job we only have to pay for the 3 or 4 hours taken for the actual audit – which is well over £100 now anyway.

At least it has fallen right for this notice, and fitted in with meetings. The meeting will have been held on the 28th June, and the next one probably mid-August.

Because of writing this before the 28th, I don’t have a lot to say. One thing to be discussed, however, will be how to commemorate the Queen Mother’s birthday. You will be aware of one suggestion, after the note to the Chairman got published in the last newsletter! Maybe there will be others.

The unfortunate felling of a commemorative cherry tree on South Side Lane will also be discussed. The Parish Council were informed "as a matter of courtesy" about a plan – agreed by a residentand the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, which involved the felling of "a small tree" and the leaving of a larger one. No-one realised the significance of the "small tree" at the time but a suggestion to replace it, either in the same area or elsewhere, will be discussed at the next Parish Council meeting. Maybe then, the commemorative plaque could be placed directly in front of it, because the present one was somewhat between that and the larger tree.

As usual there have been various posters to pin up for your kind attention (or otherwise!) but one has been placed in the Post Office as it is of a sombre nature, If anyone knows of a farmer in a bad way (no seriously, I mean suicidal) a card is available which can be picked up discretely, with details of a contact for those in such a state.

P Crossland (Clerk)

Rudston Parish Council accounts are to be presented for audit on 24th July, 2000.

The accounts will be available for public inspection by appointment at 22, Southside Lane, Rudston, from 2nd to 22nd July, 2000, inclusive. (Tel 420716)

Persons interested have a right to inspect the accounts and make copies.

The auditor will be Mr A Oliver, District Audit, Room 205, Crosskill House, Mill Lane, Beverley, HU17 9JB.

From 10a.m. on 24th July, 2000 at Town Council Offices, Mill Street, Driffield, until such time as the auditor certifies completion of the audit, he will give any local government elector for the area to which the accounts relate, or his representative, an opportunity to question him about the accounts.

Any such elector or his representative may attend before the auditor and make objections:

i) as to any matter in respect of which the auditor could take action under sections 17 or 18 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (namely, an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account, or a loss or deficiency caused by willful misconduct);

ii) as to any other matter in respect of which the auditor could make a report in the public

interest under section 8 of the Act.

No such objection may be made unless the auditor has previously received written notice of the

objection and the grounds on which it is to be made; and a copy of such notice is to be sent to the body whose accounts are the subject of the audit.

At the

Charity Barbecue &

Motor bike ride

Wed. 26^th July

(Route set; marshall’s to assist so no one gets lost)

Summer Opening

From 1^st July the bars will open daily from 11.am to 3 p.m. & then again from 5 p.m. till closing time. On Friday, Saturday & Sunday they will stay open ALL DAY.The restaurant will be open every day for lunches and evening meals.

IN AID OF THE NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME

SUNDAY JULY 23RD, 11-5 p.m.

Each July I remind our readers that it’s now the "second half," half time has gone and it’s full steam ahead with propagation from now until November, when the last of the stem cutting are take. This month the pinks and border carnations are increased by stem cuttings and, in the case of carnations, by layering the shoots onto a good gritty compost. The modern border car is a fine flower, a visit to the Carnation Shows give a good picture of the range of colour these outdoor dianthus have; much improved over the old varieties. Pink cuttings root in a sandy soil, best in boxes or pots in a cool but shaded garden frame. Again, the modern varieties are outstanding and so good for our Wold gardens, they love the chalk free drainage, no problem with excessive water these days!! Still in the flower garden, check the supports on the herbaceous plants as July winds can be strong and the delphiniums are easily damaged; the same for those scarlet runners. It’s a little early to start budding rose stocks but by the end of the month, gardeners who like a go at bedding will start, a fascinating operation, so easy, the more one does it the better it becomes. The rose nurserymen bud thousands each year because regrettably roses do not root readily from stem cuttings. The Spring and early summer flowering shrubs can be pruned now, leaving new shoots to flower next year, and the evergreen hedges of conifers can be trimmed from now onwards. We have miles of Leylandii now in the UK, these hedges soon become too tall and hard to trim if allowed to get out of hand. In the vegetable garden there is lots to do, weeding is always with us, the good old shim is still the main tool, if kept sharp it soon cuts up the weeds.

Each August I used to look forward to tasting the first of the season’s apples, especially that old eater called "Beauty of Bath" probably one of the earliest of all dessert apples to ripen in our County this month. Unfortunately, since moving from my old nursery at Routh where an old tree cropped every year, I have never been able to get fruits of the variety locally. It’s still listed by some nurseries although newer kinds now seem to have taken its place. "Beauty of Bath" - a pretty fruit – had a pink tinge to its white flesh and a distinct flavour. "Discovery" is the main apple for most growers. It has a crimson skin but the blackbirds will not leave it alone, and nearly every fruit seems to be damaged just when the crop is ready to harvest. I remember another early eater called "Millers Seedling" a yellow small fruit that was ripe by the end of August, an old tree used to grow in the garden at the Blacksmiths Shop at Langtoft. I wonder if it’s still there? For those early apple pies, the early codlin varieties are unbeatable. We like our Keswicks and Farly Victorias, both fruit par-boil and froth up in the pan; home-made apple pies and pasties are absolutely the tops, what can we have better on our tea tables? Where the blackcurrants have been picked, it a good thing to get the pruning done now, cut out as much of the old fruiting shoots as possible yet leave new ones for next year, and where redcurrants are ripening, cover the bushes if possible, for like the apples, blackbirds will not leave them alone. "Red Lake" is the best variety, it’s an American fruit and the only one I would grow for size of berries and length of the bunches: just right for showing at our local shows. With all fruits, Potash is an essential food, so next November save the ash from the bonfires to spread around the trees and bushes next February, and improve the yields!

Thank You! And sorry this newsletter is late! (By Colin)

I’ve hijacked the newsletter!

Thank you to all friends and neighbours who sent get well cards, after my recent "problem with gravity, a road, grass verge and a ditch." The leg is broken & so is the Harley.

This newsletter is late as a result of the editor having to carry out visits, deal with a zillion phone calls and generally get exhausted. (I think that Pam had a worse time of it than I did lying about in hospital!)

Thanks once again for all your kindness

Colin Campbell

Who has worked her socks off for four long years, the reward here at last :-

University of Lincolnshire

& Humberside

With love from Colin

and Mum, Dad and Katey

by David A. Butler MSSCh MBChA Chiropodist/Podiatrist

Toenails serve very little purpose, you can do very well without them. This was not so for primitive man whose toenails were of great assistance in helping him to climb trees. For the modern shoe wearer, nails are just another foot part to take care of, to be cut properly and perhaps to be covered with polish.

Your toenails are made of keratin, a modified skin protein very much related to your hair, not bone as most people think. So no matter how much milk you drink you will not strengthen your nails. Most of the visible nail is actually dead, the only live part being the nail root, which lies under the cuticle.

Contrary to popular belief, nails do not grow after you are dead. This misconception is based on the fact that the skin and cuticles around the nail shrink rapidly after death, creating the illusion that the nails are still growing. Nails are extremely slow growing, taking between six to twelve months to fully replace themselves, according to your general health.

There is very little you can do to alter the rate of growth, the shape of the nail or the strength of the nail, regardless what miracle products are advertised for the nails. The general condition of your nails can often reflect your systemic health. Circulatory diseases and chronic respiratory diseases exhibit noticeable changes in the nails, that is why your doctor will often examine your fingers and nails.

Beau’s lines are transverse ridges in the nails. They document systemic disease, in the same way that the rings in a tree stump tell of the life of the tree. These lines result from an interruption of the growth plate of the nail, known as the matrix. Severe systemic diseases ranging from diabetes to psoriasis can cause these lines to appear. Generalised thickening or clubbing of all the nails sometimes results from chronic respiratory diseases, if it’s only one or two nails that are thickened, this is usually as a result of trauma to the nails.

Your Chiropodist or Podiatrist will spend much of his time examining and treating your nails, this is because your nails can mirror your general health!!!!

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