printing was transferred to the Council for Voluntary Services in Bridlington, which produced a better result, and the newsletter took on a new lease of life. In April 1995, an appeal was put forward for the sponsorship of a complete edition, which initially brought a fundraising event, a strawberry tea at Jill Pallisters, but was soon followed by both organisations and individuals taking on the funding of a one-month production.

Eventually, in August 1997, the typing became too much for Robbie, and Colin Campbell took over. Shortly afterwards, in February 1998, he also became the editor. For the first time, computers really started to take over, and Colin suggested that articles could be sent to him on a floppy disk, which would save him a lot of work. February 2000 saw Colin's wife, Pam, take over as editor, but due to her commitments, he did much of the work, and eventually resumed as editor.

In March 2000, the newsletter was put on the Internet, and by September, archived copies going back to August 1994, could be accessed there. Since the introduction of the Rudston web site we have had over 9,600 visitors to its pages. We have also had contact with people through e-mail, offering articles for the Newsletter, and also seeking information for family trees etc.

A technological leap was introduced in December 2000, when an A5 booklet was produced instead of stapled A4 pages, thanks to the printing capabilities of Bridlington School. Their process required much less time but was a little more expensive, and in the following February it was decided to charge for advertising to help offset costs.

Colin and Pam found their time for the newsletter limited, and Martin Frankish took over as editor after summer 2003. One year later Bridlington School pulled the plug on the printing. Many avenues, all expensive, were pursued, and eventually, a very generous benefactor was found, who bought a new printer for the enterprise. David Peace volunteered to take on the roll of printing the newsletter. The end product, though time consuming, is equally as good as was being produced before.

Twenty one years later, there have been a few changes of editor, Frank Algar has unfortunately passed on, Tony Ezard has recently handed over to Shirley Harland as treasurer, Barbara Burgess still has an active interest, and Shirley Clark still organises the distribution. The Rudston Newsletter goes from strength to strength and is on a firm financial footing.

Tony Ezard