MAY 1998

Editor - Colin Campbell. Rudston,

WHO SPOKE TOO SOON!

I did! It is a clear case of Murphy’s Law that if you say anything like "What a soft winter" you’ll get a good drenching from the heavens as pay back.... We must, on the other hand, count our blessings, we have not had the floods like the Midlands etc. received. (Oh no, what have I just said)!

Welcome to any new arrivals to Rudston, I hope you’ll be very happy here. Colin.

All articles for the May Newsletter, no later than 22nd May please, if you are using a PC, it would save a lot of typing if you passed a floppy disc to me, I promise to return it!

Colin

Congratulations to Dick & Elizabeth Robinson, I am sure that the whole village wish you both a very happy life together.

There will be a collection in the Village for Christian Aid during the week 10th - 16th May. We are very grateful for your generosity in the past and hope that you will be able to support us again this year.

The next meeting is on the 19th May 1998 at 7.30pm. Venue - Pat Stephenson’s, Speaker - Rev. Chris Hayes, Leader - Joan Jackson, Vote of Thanks - Shirley Harland, Hostesses - Doreen Cocker and Pat Stephenson.

The next meeting is on 5th May 1998 in the Village Hall at 7.30pm, when Sally Cummins will show slides on rebuilding her Rock Garden. The competition is a Garden in a Saucer. Visitors Fee £1, Everyone Welcome.

Many thanks to Tony and Wendy Proctor for hosting the Coffee Morning in their home for the Meningitis Trust. The magnificent sum of £348.50p was raised.

I spotted this in a motorcycle paper recently;

In Texas USA; A man convicted of robbery worked out a deal to pay $9600 in damages rather than serve a prison sentence. For payment he provided the court with a cheque - a forged cheque. He got 10 years...

My heart is as happy as the Lark’s

That sails the bright blue sky

No angry winds to lash and chill

To moan and almost cry.

No barren trees to shake and bend

And flail their arms around.

No flowers are in captivity

Within the frozen ground.

Instead the touch of breezes, soft,

A viewing of leafing trees

And flowers that open to the sun

Why shouldn’t I like best the spring

When miracles are happening?

Rachel Hartnett

The Annual General Meeting of the Playing Field will be held in the Sports Pavilion on MONDAY 18TH MAY 1998 at 7.30pm. to be followed by a Committee Meeting.

All inhabitants of Rudston of 18 years and upwards are welcome to attend the Annual Meeting for the purpose of receiving the Report and Accounts of the Committee. And for the purpose of electing three members to the Committee for the ensuing year.

It will be appreciated if any changes to the representatives of the participating Clubs and the Parish Council can be notified to the Secretary.

The Village Bingo will be available to village organisations from the beginning of June this year, for a period of twelve months.

Will any organisations wishing to take on this lottery please contact the below named, by not later than 15th May 1998. R. Warters.

This is a hardening off month for the tender plants, the marrow’s, pumpkins, ridge cucumbers, runner and french beans raised in pots, May can be a risky month, those ground frosts not only kill these plants but as all fruit growers know, it can spell ruin, last spring wiped out most fruit crops in the South, especially in Kent. Leeks are usually set out now and watered in, there are new varieties to pick from and for the show gardener the pot leeks are more popular now, we may soon be able to compete with the Durham and Northumberland growers!! Yes and pop a row of swedes in, I can never get a good root in the garden, I’ve tried for years!! So perraw the strawberry rows to keep the fruits clean. Barley straw is the best, and to keep frost off get those nets on early!! For apple and pear scab disease it is a matter of spraying unfortunately, Carbendogim is a suitable fungicide, but not when the trees are in blossom, wait until the petals have fallen. The spring flowers came early this year, remember those narcissus out in late February? It’s always difficult knowing when to take the Wallflowers and Primulas out ready for the summer bedding, but out they must come and the land prepared for replanting. Last year I saw a wonderful bed of white flowering Geraniums interplanted with Heliotropes, this latter plant, common in Victorian times is also known as Cherry Pie and it can give a slight sting!! But it’s a wonderful bedder and worth having if available, cuttings taken in September, like the Geranium, can be left over winter under glass.

Finally we must plan for next year now, by sowing the Wallflowers, Canterbury Bells, Polyanthus and most biennials, the work never ceases......!!

A walk round Thorpe estate to look at birds and flowers has been arranged for Sunday 24th May at 6 O’clock in the evening. It will be led by a member of the East Yorkshire RSPB group and will last approximately one and a half hours. All those interested should meet at the caravan park with suitable clothing and footwear. Please do not bring dogs with you.

In England the legislators are still considering the matter. An Appeal Court ruling in 1995 said that the clampers should prominently display signs which warn that clamping of vehicles takes place and states the release fee. The clampers have a duty to release the vehicle without delay.

With this kind of operation there is always a chance of criminals "muscling" in on the trade. The Police would be interested to hear from anyone who has been clamped, the circumstances surrounding the clamping and the fee charged.

The only advice the Police can offer is to avoid parking on this car park.

If anyone wants one of these stickers, just call in as you pass.

If you want to pay over £1000 for a vacuum cleaner that is entirely your business, but I think you had better be warned, because once these people get a foot in the door they can be difficult to get rid of. My advice is, if you do not want an expensive vacuum cleaner, do not give the caller your name and ask him/her to leave.

After a very warm start to the year which fooled hedgehogs, bats and butterflies which all made an appearance at least two months early, a cold spell up to and over Easter put everyone back on their guard.

Birds which had just built nests or were merely prospecting have delayed their start to the breeding season but a few had already laid clutches of eggs and have had to sit out the early stages of incubation in less than ideal weather. One or two of our summer migrants have started to arrive, beginning with chiff chaffs, followed by sand martins, a wheatear, a ring ousel and on the 14th the first of the swallows. Birds leaving us for continental Europe have included small flocks of bramblings in full breeding plumage and fieldfares. A wandering hen harrier has recently made an appearance and barn owls have been noted hunting locally.

Jew's ear fungus, edible would you believe, is rampant on old and dead elderberry bushes and several other early fungi have found conditions to their liking. From time to time when there has been an acceptable day ladybirds have been out in force along with bees and hoverflies but fortunately up to now there seem to have been far fewer queen wasps. One exceptional record has been of a comma butterfly. This species has , over the past twenty years, been very sparsely recorded and always in late summer. This record relates to an individual which has managed to overwinter locally and there is now a good chance of offspring later in the year.

Boynton Village Hall

10 8.00 am Holy Communion [BCP]

11.00 am Mattins

17 9.30 am Holy Communion

9.30 am Sunday School in the Old School

7.30 pm Holy Communion

24 6.30 pm Evensong

31 - WHITSUN

9.30 am Holy Communion