May 2000

This month’s Newsletter is kindly sponsored by an anonymous donation.

From the Editor: (Assistant editor)

We have had some new contributors on the sponsorship front. As the year rolls on you should notice new sponsor names and their adverts + articles. Thank you to all past and future sponsors.

Look out for a large article about Rudston, which I am told, will be in "Old Yorkshire" magazine in the May edition. Colin Campbell

I would like to thank everyone for the cards, presents and Best Wishes sent to me on my recent stay in hospital. Not forgetting those that came to visit me, also, all the kindness and help I’ve had since I came home, It is all very much appreciated. It is so comforting to know that people care. I’m now making steady progress and hope to be about again soon.

Thank you so much,

Lorna Moore

The family and I would like to thank everyone, who sent messages of condolence and sympathy and all those that attended the funeral.

You made a sad day a little more bearable.

Thank you very much. Peter Newhouse

Many thanks to the volunteers who assisted with the distribution and collection of the Appraisal Questionnaires and the inhabitants of the Parish who took the time to complete them. At the time of writing, the initial response is very encouraging.

A report to be compiled from an analysis of the information from the questionnaires will from part of the basis of an application for a Lottery Fund Grant. Any comments or suggestions to the Committee Secretary on 420709, please.

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

Welcomes New Members

Subscription £15 p.p. Yearly

Club Bowls

Competitions, Social & Friendly Matches with Afternoon Teas

First two Games Free

Friendly Reputation

Sec: Pauline Warters

We are again open and the green is looking good thanks to Alwyn, Arthur and others who helped from time to time.

Our thanks to the members who arrived to clean the Pavilion before we opened. A good job all round.

Indoor Bowls

The Stevenson Cup (League Tues. & Thurs) was won by Doreen Adlington and Peter Newhouse. The runners up Olive Moorfoot and Jean Kitching. The Sundays Knockout Norma Collis Cup was won by Wes Laws. And the Dawson Shield (runner up) by Eric Turner. The Crossland Trophy (Sunday Pairs) was won by Jean & Duncan Corner.

Congratulations to you all.

REMINDER THAT subscriptions for 2000 are now due.

New members are welcome at any time. Domino 30th April – you could be too late, but try anyway.

Secretary: Pauline I. Warters

Simon and Angela Dawson will be opening their garden at Rudston House for the fifth year running, for the National Gardens Scheme. This scheme began in 1927 when Miss Elsie Wagg of the Queen’s nursing Institute had the bright idea of raising funds for that charity by persuading people to open their private gardens to the public, for the sum of ‘a shilling a head’. From these modest beginnings – with only a few mostly large-scale gardens opening for the benefit of a single charity, it has grown to become nothing less than a national institution, with almost 3,500 gardens of every possible size & style, giving over a million pounds per year to nearly a dozen charities. These include Macmillan Cancer Relief, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Help The Hospices, The Gardens Fund of the National Trust and others.

Last year over 400 people visited Rudston House Garden and all the proceeds from the gate and the plant sales went to The National Gardens Scheme and all the proceeds from the cream teas, ably run by June Sellers and her team, went to All Saints Church, Rudston, as they will this year.

Do come and see this 3 acre garden; it has many interesting features, including an extended woodland walk and natural pond, a potager surrounded by clipped box hedges with many named vegetable varieties, roses, a hosta bed, fine old trees and lawns. Children love it and dogs are welcome – on leads! Plenty of seats and good car parking. Admission £2, Children FREE.

The garden is also open the following Saturday, 29th and Sunday 30th July with the other gardens in the village, when all the proceeds will go to All Saints Church, Rudston. More details about this will be announced later. It is hoped all these open days will be well supported and we pray for good weather!

Angela Dawson

This will consist of :- Fashion Show & Virgin-Vie make up demonstration.

To be held in the Village Hall

Tuesday 23rd May at 7.30pm.

Tickets: Adults £3 each, children/teenagers £1.50

Includes a glass of wine + light supper.

For tickets, more information and anyone interested in modelling please contact:-

Wendy Procter or Fiona Turner.

Is anyone interested in helping to organise a Rudston Village Fete for 2000?

There will be a meeting in the Village Hall on Monday 8th May at 7.30pm.

The Annual General Meeting of the Rudston playing Field will be held in the pavilion on Monday 15th May at 7pm.

All inhabitants of the Parish of the age of 18 years or upwards are invited to attend for the purpose of receiving the Report and Accounts of the Committee and for accepting the resignations of members of the Committee and also for the purpose of electing three "village members" of the Committee.

R.Warters

Hon. Secretary Village Hall Committee.

The next meeting is on May 2nd, 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

There will be no speaker but we will be discussing the resolutions for the TGM in London, so please come. We shall be exchanging recipes.

Competition: How many words can you make out of the word "Resolutions".

The next meeting is on the 16th May at 7.30pm. Venue: Kath Algrar’s, Speaker – Derek Wilks, Leader – Alison Cope, Vote of Thanks – Shirley Harland, Hostesses – Kath Algar and Joan Jackson.

People in Rudston can now gain access to a wealth of information about the East Riding of Yorkshire at the click of a button.

The East Riding of Yorkshire launched a new website during March. It is packed with data about the area.

(database/spreadsheet/word processing)

Is going to college a problem due to family commitments or lack of transport?

East Yorkshire College will soon be launching it’s hi-tec computer bus, offering computer training to people in Bridlington, Driffield, Scarborough & the surrounding villages.

Courses are FREE to single parents, unemployed people and those in receipt of means tested benefits. If you don’t qualify for a free place, you can still join for a reduced fee of only £25.

For more information contact:- East Yorkshire College, Tel: 01262 852000

It all happens on the 4th May! Yes, the next meeting will be on a Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday. This, the "annual" one, will be preceded by the new one called the Parish Meeting, as mentioned previously. That will commence at 7pm. (If anyone apart from the Chairman and Clerk are present). Anyway, just a reminder that it is open to any villager to raises matters of parish interest. Questions are decided on majority vote and the chairman has final vote and final decision, unless a poll should be demanded. Any resolutions, however, are not binding to the Parish Council.

This Parish Meeting looks like being our present Chairman’s last in that capacity, as he intends to stand down at the Parish Council Meeting immediately following. (The Chairman & Vice-Chairman positions come up for election every year).

Apologies to anyone reading this after the date, by the way, but I hope to have advertised both meetings in advance in the usual way. That is – on village notice boards.

The legality of the parish council’s decision to make a donation to the Millennium Window fund had been questioned. This was looked into and the parish council would like to make it clear that it was found to be perfectly in order, as long as it was Minuted and shown in the accounts in a certain way.

Talking about accounts, the year-end to 31st March ones should be ready for the next meeting. A copy will then be published in the next newsletter.

Your parish council has taken advantage of an East Riding of Yorkshire Council "free millennium tree" offer and it is hoped to have an oak tree planted later in the year. The site chosen is the triangular piece of land opposite the Bosville Arms at the junction of Long Street and High Street.

At the last meeting, a member raised the question as to whether any thought had been given to commemorating the Queen Mother’s 100th birthday, later this year. No-one had any suggestions as to how this might be done, if at all, so I am to ask for any ideas please? We can think about it for a week or two anyway and if anyone has any suggestions, if they would like to contact any member of the parish council before the June meeting in the middle to end of that month.

I’m afraid this government seems intent on making things difficult for parish councils. (And just about everyone else in the UK????…...Ed) I have received an extremely lengthy missive from the National association of Local Councils, passing on their ideas on "The Spirit of Best Value". They seem to think we are sat in offices surrounded by computers and receiving dozens of tenders for the next task to be undertaken. Please be assured that your parish council tries, at least, to give "good value". Meanwhile, I shall have pleasure in passing on this little lot to the new chairman, for his or her consideration!

P.Crossland (Clerk)

There are various events of special interest to gardeners that are planned this summer, one of which is of very special importance is the annual "Gardeners Fair" at Burton Agnes Hall, on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June. This is one of the best yearly events to be held in the North and of course, the venue is ideal. Magnificent grounds and gardens and a wonderful Elizabethan mansion: I rate this weekend as number one in the horticultural calendar.

The Hornsea branch of the Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association is this year hosting their first "Gardeners Fair" on Sunday 14th May, at the Floral Hall, so we now have two occasions in the Eat Riding where gardeners can meet and see stands of plants & sundries and obtain expert advice at the same time. These two fairs are East Yorkshires’ own limited ‘Chelsea & Hampton Court’ Shows so come along and join fellow gardeners. The nationally famous Driffield Show comes around in July, again, this is a fantastic show, not just for the farming industry, but for the whole community to enjoy: The horticultural tents with the trade & open entries are second to none and should not be missed by gardeners.

Our village shows too are an important part of rural life and like their big brothers, they need lots of support, so this summer make a special effort to go and enjoy these wonderful occasions. I expect to attend quite a few, part of the thrill is meeting and talking to fellow gardeners.

A word now about apples & plums, keep a watch out for the ever present greenfly, especially on the plums when an attack causes the leaves to curl & become sticky with honeydew & black with sooty mould. A spray with a systemic insecticide will clean a tree in a matter of minutes & give those fruits a chance to develop.

Swedes, my favourite winter vegetable, which I’ve never grown well in a garden, now this year it’s going to change as a friend from Burton Agnes area has given me the answer. Tread the ground to make it really firm before sowing in June, this he says allows only the roots to grow down, leaving the swede to grow & swell above the ground, so there we have it, results later in November!