Your help in previous appeals has been immensely appreciated by Jubilee Outreach Yorkshire. This year the shoe box appeal is intended to help poor families in Romania experience some of the pleasures we expect for ourselves at Christmas.

If any villagers would like to help, please obtain a strong, medium sized shoebox.

Into the box place your gifts ; try to include rice (packet, not tinned), sugar, flour, dried fruit, tinned corned beef (all food items must not expire before April 1999) and a woolly hat, a pair of gloves, warm socks and a scarf for instance. Remembering that many children will never have received a gift in their life, perhaps you might find room for a set of new felt tip pens, crayons or pencils and a small notepad, drawing or colouring book, and a music tape would be very well received.

The box may be gift-wrapped but a list of all the contents must be attached to the outside for Customs clearance.

In order that the boxes can be delivered in time for Christmas, it is essential all gifts reach Ian & Audrey Forbes at the address below by 26th October 1998.

Please try and help this worthwhile appeal. All shoeboxes can be left with Ian & Audrey Forbes.

It is with great sadness that I report the death of Les Armstrong. Mr Armstrong died on 8th August 1998 in his 88th year.

He was born at No.1 Eastgate and lived the whole of his life in Rudston, farming Donna Farm, Long Street Farm and then Eastgate Farm for many years before retiring and building a bungalow on the land of his birth.

Sincere condolences to Mrs Armstrong, family and friends.

From the Editor:

Hello and welcome to anyone new to Rudston, I hope that you are very happy in your new homes.

I hope you like the new layout for the newsletter – I’d appreciate some comments or feedback!

I’d like to say how pleased I was a couple of Sunday’s back to see so many villagers taking part in the sponsored walk to raise funds for the playground. There was a real community spirit and a good turnout – which was heartening in spite of the weather!

Please see page 4 for more details on the walk.

A lot has been written and said regarding the evergreen conifer hedges that look like smothering our gardens throughout the land, so it was a chance for me to recommend something different when asked recently what to plant as a hedge to try and keep out cats and dogs from friendly neighbours!!

A strong and effective one can soon be established from the berberis family of shrubs; these are prickly and come as deciduous or evergreen species. One of the best is the evergreen B. Stenophylla, it flowers in Spring with yellow blooms and is easily clipped after flowering to shape. Another is the famous B. Darwini (probably the best known of all), it has yellow / orange blooms and leaves like tiny hollies. These together with more dwarfing varieties such as B. gagnapainii and the red leaf B. thunbergii atropurpurea do exceptionally well on our chalky Wold soils. We must not forget the old hawthorn for a garden hedge, trimmed twice a year it is a winner and makes a good wind break at the same time. Tall growing roses too make animal - proof hedges; among the varieties are "Fredhoads", "Pink Grootendorst" and the rugoxe tribe and the hybrid musk varieties. There are lots to pick from so let’s hope our reader solves his cat & dog problem and keeps friendly with his neighbour.

I wish I had kept a check on the number of times I cut my lawn this year especially in June & July, the machine hardly had time to cool before, "yes, I see the grass has grown, better get it cut." Now we are at a time to sow a new lawn. I remember being told by a groundsman many years ago that September was the ideal month, in any case he said make sure you stop sowing grass seed before the Hull Fair week, which is, I believe, early October. An evenly graded, smooth and firm surface is the best condition for the site, stones should be raked off, no always possible on some soils, but try to move the big ones anyway. I was taught to divide the plot up into squares using garden lines, and sow about one ounce of grass seed to each square yard; yes yard not metre!! Sow in two directions then carefully rake the seed in, of course, on a large area these days one can hire a drill for the job. Grass sown germinates if the land is moist but remember the first thing we have is a plot of young grass plants, not a turf, so don’t be too keen to mow, let the plants get a good root hold and when it’s ready to cut make sure the blades are sharp and set up properly. Years ago the old gardeners made the first cut using a scythe!! Not for me, I’d probably cut my leg off!

The Autumn colour on our trees reminds me of the days when one of the jobs of the garden boy was to rake up the beech and oak leaves into heaps where in a year’s time, a fine mould had formed. This was the traditional leaf mould, used by the glasshouse growers when mixing the various potting composts. Beech and oak foliage make the best mould, stalky leaves such as Ash and Horse Chestnut were never considered of value. For the compost heap these other leaves are fine once rotted with all the usual waste, the resulting organic material is good for digging into the land.

These days peat has replaced leaf mould, tons are used by the commercial growers and home gardeners; yet there are senior gardeners who prefer the old leaf mould, and where the supply exists I agree with them. Peat substitutes such as Coia have proved to be rather inferior to the peat, and there is a movement afoot to try and stop the use of peat, however, I doubt it will be a long time before this comes about. In the meantime, if good rotted leaves are to hand, I shall keep using this old well - tried material.

The Bowls club enjoyed a fine day for their Finals Day Competitions.

There was some excellent bowling which was followed by afternoon tea.

The results are as follows:

Algar Cup Singles Open Winner - P.Crossland

Ezard Cup " " Runner Up - G.Welburn

Corner Cup Mens Singles Winner - G.Welburn

Wallis Trophy " " Runner Up - R.Proctor

Rhead Trophy Ladies Singles Winner - O.Moorfoot

Tattershield Shield " " Runner Up - J.Ward

Wilson Cup Pairs Winners - P.Crossland & J.Daniels

Bowls Cup " Runners Up - J.Hartley & S.Hartley

Driffield League Results: Played Won Lost Drawn Points 1999 Division

A Team 2nd Division 22 8 13 1 65 2nd

B Team 2nd Division 22 5 17 0 33 3rd

C Team 4th Division 26 10 15 1 70 4th

Wednesday Triples League Results; Rudston are joint 6th with Leven and Bainton. The winners are Leconfield.

East Riding Competitions; to Jean Corner who did extremely well against tough opposition to come Runner Up in the Ladies Singles - Congratulations!

Annual Luncheon; will be held at the Manor Court Hotel, Carnaby on Sunday 1st November 1998 - 12.30 for 1pm. Members will be contacted later with further details. 3 Courses and Coffee will be £7.50. Each Member may bring a guest.

Indoor Bowls; No Volunteer has yet come forward to organise the Thursday League and the Sunday Knockout. If nobody comes forward before the A.G.M. these events will not take place.

The Annual General Meeting will be on Monday 12th October 1998 at 7pm. In the Village Hall. Please come, everyone invited.

Secretary: Pauline Warters.

The Craft Group will be meeting for the first time this session on Monday 28th September, from 1.30 – 3.30 pm in the Village Hall.

The class presents an ideal opportunity to work at any craft you wish to do, and to get new ideas from other members.

We would welcome new members, as it is also a pleasant social occasion and an opportunity to share ideas and meet people.

We end each term with a trip out to lunch which is very enjoyable.

Please come and join us.

Termly fee is £3.00.

There is now a mixed glass bottle bank and a paper bank in Rudston.

They are sited at Thorpe Hall Caravan Park and are for use by anybody in the village.

They are accessible all year round.

On Sunday the 13th of September my wife and I had the pleasure of taking part in the Sponsored Walk, organised - very professionally by Pete Gray. The event was to raise money to help keep the children’s playground in good condition. On behalf of the village I would like to say "well done" and thanks to Pete, Plus - thanks to the staff at the Bosville Arms for their efforts, the food and drink tasted even better than usual thanks to the exercise! And thanks to anyone else who helped arrange the event - raffle prizes and quizzes.

About 40 villagers took part in the walk, the atmosphere was great, taking part were lots of children - some still in their prams! If you haven’t yet handed in your collected money, please let Pete Gray have it as soon as possible.

Colin Campbell

Our Chairman has another Court date over those car park rates - that department of East Riding of Yorkshire Council seems determined to get something out if us, but the Parish Council is equally determined not to give in.

Even replacing the Bottle Bank is not straight forward. There is now one at Thorpe Hall Caravan Site, and they don’t allow more than one per village. Yes, it was pointed out that it isn’t actually "in" the village. However, after being in touch with Sir Ian MacDonald, he wishes to stress that anyone from the village is welcome to use that Bottle Bank whether the Caravan Site is open or not. In time he hopes to add both a Paper and a Tin Can one.

The Parish Council have yet to discuss these latest developments, though , and the next meeting is not until 28th October.

Is everyone getting Questionnaires and Surveys to fill in (or ignore!)? I’m getting a double dose, with East Riding Council and others using that form of communication. It all started for me earlier this year with one from the House of Commons. (A letter from "Tony", no less!) He, or his minions, would be less than happy with my replies to that one, but I had fun with it. Things were not quite so funny this week when I got two on one day, but I was able to discard both. One of the "non-disposable" kind will have to be completed at the next meeting though (members please note!)

Well, I’ve just returned from depositing the Accounts for the Auditor. They never did reply to the query over the date, so I expect to be "up before the Beak" on 2nd October.

P. Crossland (Clerk).