Editor - Barbara Lingard,

Hello! And a warm welcome to everyone. There are several people who have moved into the village recently, I’d like to welcome you all and I hope you’re very happy living in your new homes in this community. I hope you find the newsletter informative . The newsletter is entirely voluntary, is distributed to every house in the village and is there to be used by everyone, should they wish to do so.

I have one more newsletter after this one, which is the combined Dec/Jan issue, as yet no-one has come forward to take over from me. Please don’t let it fold as so many activities in the village have done so recently because of a lack of response. We’re enjoying a pleasant spell of weather as I write this, very welcome sunshine after the early morning frosts have cleared. It’s the half-term holiday this week, so the children will be enjoying the dry weather. As the next newsletter is the Christmas issue, could you please think of anything seasonal that we could include. We try to put out a double issue at this time, but will need articles. Thanks to those who have responded to my pleas for articles, we’ve had some response to Colin’s article which will be featured in this edition. Sue Gilbank and Mrs Harper have asked me to thank everyone who has collected used postage stamps and passed them on to the them, as Christmas approaches, could you please collect all your stamps. They are passed onto the R.N.L.I. in Bridlington.

Annual Audit - Yes it’s taken place, yes - the accounts were correct, and yes - they still found some niggling faults in the way they were done! (Well, when the sums are right they have to look for something else).

A copy of the audited Receipts and Payments Account was duly displayed on the notice board afterwards. I don’t think it lasted long, but it was the same as the one printed in the newsletter earlier this year, of course.

When I met the auditor, I thought of the saying about policemen getting younger - auditors as well! I realise it’s me getting older, I’m "Saga-age" now, you know - they have just sent me their 1998 Cruise brochure, but I don’t think I’m going.

Anyway, back to more serious matters. This has been mentioned before with little response, although there is still plenty of time - Millennium. Work has already started in London, but we aren’t thinking of anything on that scale, fortunately. Nafferton are holding a village meeting about theirs next week, maybe Rudston will have to do the same .

Next meeting - Should be in December. P.Crossland (Clerk)

Many thanks to everyone who supported the coffee morning at The Old School in aid of the new Church Kneelers. Thank you for your generosity, help and donations.

Coffee Morning raised £189.03

Donations totalled £177.00

1 - ALL SAINTS' DAY

11.00 am Holy Communion for the Patronal Festival, followed by a light buffet in the Vicarage

2 - ALL SOULS' DAY

9.30 am Holy Communion of Requiem

9 - REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

at approx. 12.00 noon Wreath-laying at the War Memorial

6.30 pm Evensong and Act of Remembrance

(the main Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance for

the area takes place at Kilham at 10.45 am)

16 9.30 am Holy Communion

9.30 am Sunday School in the Old School

23 - CHRIST THE KING

6.30 pm Evensong

30 - ADVENT SUNDAY 6.30 pm Advent Carol Service

Welcomers Coffee

2 Shirley Harland June Sellers

9 Christine Turner

16 Joan Conner Lady Mary

23 Joan Jackson

30 Carrie Stephenson

2 Mrs P Stephenson Mrs A & Mrs B Burgess

9 Mr K Tattershall Mrs A & Mrs B Burgess

16 Mrs Birkett Mrs K Algar & Mrs A Cope

23 Mrs Birkett Mrs K Algar & Mrs A Cope

30 no flowers in Advent Mrs E Harrison & Mrs S Harland

Wednesdays - Morning Prayer at 9.00 am (not Nov 19 or 26)

Holy Communion at 10.30 am

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm (not Nov 19 or 26)

Saturdays - Morning Prayer at 9.00 am (not Nov 1 or 15)

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm (not Nov 15)

Holy Communion: November 1 at 11 am

November 8, 22 and 29 at 6.30 pm

not on November 15

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

Meets on November 18 at Mrs Algar's, when Eric Turner will speak.

Meet on Wednesday November 12, 8 p.m., at the Vicarage.

Please join us for All Saints' Day, in church at 11 a.m. and then afterwards for a light finger buffet lunch in the Vicarage - let's celebrate the saints to whom our church is dedicated!

A short note of thanks this month for the support and prayers we have received at the Vicarage following the sudden death of my father. It is much appreciated.

As it happens, November is very much a month of remembering those who have gone before. Most of us know about Remembrance Sunday (November 9th this year) - but November 2nd is traditionally the date when we remember all those who have died, and especially our own loved ones gone before. All Souls' Day (as it is called) tends to get forgotten, as it is on a different day each year; but since it is on a Sunday this year, our Sunday morning service will be tailored especially to those who have been recently bereaved, or who still feel the loss of loved ones keenly. Everyone else is, of course, also most welcome.

What matters, as I keep reminding myself, is that Jesus rose again from the dead, and that death is not the end. If we can hold fast to that hope, then we should be able to find some comfort.

Stephen

Rudston Church Social Committee is considering holding Open Gardens again next year, as it has proved so successful in the past. We need a certain number of people willing to open their gardens to make this a worthwhile event, and are wondering if there are enough people who would be willing to do this. Your garden has to be big, weed free or have special features. People who enjoy gardening just love looking around other peoples’ for ideas, inspiration and sheer pleasure. The suggested date for this event is the weekend of July 26th and 27th, but this is not yet definite. For further information as to what is involved please contact me - Margaret Reed

The A.G.M. was held in the Village Hall on 13th October when the following officers were re-elected :-

Chairman R.Warters.

V / Chairman W.Laws.

Secretary / Treasurer P.Warters.

Committee members ; D.E. Corner, L.Moore, J. Ward, A.Ward, K.Tattershall and Team Captains.

Amongst other things, it was agreed that the subscription for each member be £15.00 for each member for 1998 and £10.00 for each member over 75 years. ( Those members currently over the age of 75 years are not affected).

The Annual Luncheon will be held on Sunday, 23rd November at the Manor Court restaurant, Carnaby at 1p.m. Please let me have your acceptances or otherwise before the 12th November.

Raffle and prizes will be very much appreciated. Guests welcome.

tip; If you pop soap filled pads, such as brillo’s into a plastic bag and put them into a freezer compartment of the fridge. They will last for ages and they don’t go rusty.

I would like to thank both Barbara Lingard and Julia Overfield for the sterling work they have done in producing the Newsletter and running the Neighbourhood watch Scheme.

Both have put so much time and effort into running these two important village activities and done it so efficiently. I am sure that I speak for the village when I say "Well Done", we really appreciate all you have contributed. I hope others can be persuaded to continue these good works. Margaret Reed.

"Maybe because we live alongside the Gypsey Race, the topic of conversation has been:- What can be done in order to get back to a clean, weed free flowing stream? We would love to see it as it was, various people have described how nice it used to be. We were told that the residents, over the years have got together to clear the weeds and tidy it up. My family will give every assistance with any undertaking to improve the Race. I realise that probably every possible idea has been put forward to improving it. One suggestion I heard was to make a dam further down stream which would have the effect of raising the water level, which would have a very good start. This would need to be done very soon in order to make the most of the winter rainfall. Members of my family tried to clear a stretch of the water but it soon became apparent that we had mounds of weeds and nowhere to dispose of them, so it was given up as a bad job. Has anyone tried to get help from the Millennium Fund? Far less worthwhile projects seem to get funding." Albert Pritchard.

I adapted this from Mrs Appleby’s recipe for Date Buns,

Written in "The Dalesman" during the 1960’s.

Ingredients: 12 ozs SR flour

8 ozs Demerara sugar

8 ozs Margarine

8 ozs Chopped Dates

2 ozs Chopped Walnuts

2 Table spoonfuls Black Treacle

2 Eggs

½ Cup of Milk

Method: Cream margarine and sugar, beat in eggs & treacle. (Heat the treacle spoon).

Stir in the chopped dates and walnuts.(I mix the above in flour before hand). Put into 2 loaf tins lined with grease proof paper. Cook for 10 minutes at Gas 4, then lower to 3½. For approximately 1¼ Hours, turn back to Gas Mark 4 for the last 10 minutes.

This is the month when we can clean up the garden and dare I say, get at those seedling weeds that always seem to appear healthy at this time of year. Leaves are always with us, I like trees, cannot picture our countryside without them, but the leaves do take some clearing up. Good for making leaf mould, especially the beech and oak when piled up and rotted down for a year or two. The wonderful pot plants and crops grown under glass in the old wall garden at Thorpe Hall were always potted into composts made from well matured loam, leaf mould and sharp sand, no peat, so if available try to save the leaves. Early flowering Chrysanth stools, all Dahlia tubers and Gladioli corns also should be up now and kept in a frost proof shed. All spring bulbs should be put in by now, indeed, Tulips are best when planted in November. Young horticulturists were always told - November was the month to plant the "three R’s; Roses, Rasps and Rhubarb. So we still have lots to do outside and to give the glasshouse an Autumn Spring clean!!

Last week I witnessed a rare sight, a man shimming weeds on his gravel drive, this brought back memories of my first year as a gardener’s boy at Thorpe Hall, Rudston, where the pathways in the walled garden were kept weed-free by the use of the Dutch Hoe, or as we call it in the East Riding, "the shim".

This job is a hard one especially when the centre of the pathway becomes solid with the regular walking and pushing of wheelbarrows. These days grave areas can be kept clear of weed growth by the use of modern herbicides or as I prefer to call them - weedkillers!!

The old traditional shim was usually blacksmith made, and when the blade became very worn and thin a new one was riveted or welded back. It’s still possible to find these old shims in tool sheds, they could be of any size, the wider the blade the more ground it covered. All this nostalgia brings me to the point, when land ceases to show weed growth, then there’s something wrong, if soil won’t grow weeds it certainly won’t grow crops! Mulches of plastic sheeting, woven fleeces, etc. are used these days to stop weeds and some pests from attacking our crops, but a garden covered with these doesn’t look like a garden and although it’s necessary on a large production unit I don’t like to see home gardens sheeted down. So, it’s out with the shim and keep it sharp, even at this late period of the year, weeds grow all the season round. Weedkillers are fine on gravel areas but for mixed flower and vegetable potager, stick to "hand-draulic" means of power, it’s good for the muscles and cuts out any need to jog or visit the health club.

Foxgloves must be one of the most prodigious producers of seed, thousands per stem and, of course, once these seeds get dispersed, up come the tiny plants. This is fine in a woodland wild garden but in the usual flower garden it becomes another weed. A similar state of affairs is when the Aquilegias and Welsh poppies seed, they are lovely cottage garden type plants but not in too large numbers. So what about giving a few plants to friends who may wish to have masses of these colourful summer species? They help to make our gardens more natural and I suppose when grown in a mass they to keep the weeds down.

What is a Carucate? Could it be the same as a bovate, oxgang or plough? I think it is an area of land which can be ploughed in one year by an eight ox plough team.

I have read where this could fluctuate between 10 and 20 acres per year depending upon type of soil, i.e. Heavy clay or light sandy soil.

Rudston only worth 10 shillings. Ligulf (had) 8 carucates of land for geld (land tax) with land for 4 ploughs, worth 10 Shillings.

Maerle - Sveinn (had) 8 carucates of land for geld with land for 4 ploughs, worth 40 shillings.

Gunwor (had) 8 carucates of land to geld this land was altogether waste.

It would appear that Rudston without Torp and Caretorp was worth 2 pounds 50 pence.

Anon

‘Land areas; these were called Hides, Carucates, Sulungs, Yardlands and Bovates.’

A hide was the amount of land believed necessary to support one free family in a year. For tax purposes a hide was assumed to be 120 acres & was commonly used in the West Midlands & the West & south of England.

Carucates were used in East Anglia, East Midlands & Yorkshire, & sulungs in Kent. they are similar in meaning to a Hide.

A Yardland is a quarter of a hide & a Bovate is one-eighth of a carucate.

The Doomsday Book records the assessment of each Manor and the Danegeld (land tax) had become a heavy annual tax under William I; in 1084 - 1086 the levy was 6 Shillings a carucate at a time when a carucate was normally valued at £1.

I thought this may be of interest but it does not answer the question of Rudston only being worth 10 Shillings. M. Thompson.

I thought this poem from "Evergreen Autumn ‘97 " (quarterly magazine) might be suitable for November’s Newsletter.

1. in the Autumn of our years

There is no need to hurry,

Forget the busy times gone by -

The haste, heartache and worry.

2. Each day is now a bonus.

To do with what you will,

A time to browse, a time to write,

Or try out another skill.

3. A time to sit back and unwind

Or plan to visit friends,

Time’s your servant now, you’ll find,

A bonus for you to spend. Margaret Sparwell