Editor - Colin Campbell. Rudston,

I wish I could say "What a great summer, hasn’t it been pleasant...." but I’m afraid not. The farmers must be even more fed up with the lack of sunshine than the rest of us! Would one of the village farmers like to put a short report in the next newsletter? It would be interesting to many folks to understand how you cope with the different conditions and how much the weather affects yields & quality of crops etc.

I have in a previous newsletter mentioned the advantages of living in Rudston, it is a very peaceful & friendly place. During August I visited Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland, arriving on the day after the Omagh bombing, the mood of people from both North & South was interesting, the majority seem to be now of the opinion that they need to be rid of the terrorists & hard-liners. People are worried that companies may not invest in the North or South, or may withdraw from the countries involved, tourism has been hard hit. In the town of Bushmills (where the whisky comes from) a pub owner told me that July’s tourist trade has been totally ruined by the "marching season." I found that Ireland is a fascinating place to tour & that the people are very welcoming. If you go (& you should) be prepared for a slower pace of life, about 20 years behind ours and very slow road travel. The roads are generally terrible, not congested, but rough and twisty, lots of loose gravel & potholes! Main roads (N roads) are similar to our B roads like the Bridlington to Rudston road.. The Republic’s roads are the second most dangerous in Europe. Oh, and the Guinness did taste very, very nice!

The next meeting is on September 1st at 7.15pm in the Village Hall. The speaker will be Dr Gosnold on "Accident and Emergency." Competition: Novelty key ring.

Hostesses; H. Conner and P. Stephenson. Nominations will be taken for next years Committee.

The next meeting is on the 15th September at the home of Kath Algar at 7.30pm.

Speaker; Joy Hensman. Leader; Alison Cope. Vote of Thanks; Molie Gatenby. Hostesses; Kath Algar and Joan Jackson.

We had a very successful Open Gardens weekend and would like to thank everybody who contributed in any way to making it such a pleasant, friendly event. We had over 500 visitors over the two days and many of them commented on the wonderful gardens and the friendliness of the people. We would like to say a special thank you to the garden openers (Mr & Mrs S. Dawson, Mr & Mrs T. Duffield, Mr & Mrs W. Stephenson, Mrs M. Hesp, Mr & Mrs D. Corner, Mr & Mrs W. Burgess, Mr & Mrs B. Harland, Mr & Mrs P. Joyce, Mr & Mrs F. Wilkins, Mr & Mrs P. Newhouse, Mr & Mrs T. Allsop and Mr & Mrs R. Wells) for their hard work and kindness in making the event such a success. Thank you also to those who contributed to and those who ran the stalls, tombola, competitions and refreshments. A total of £2,465 was raised over the weekend which will help tremendously with the Quota of £5,180 which we have to send to the York Diocese this year. Margaret Reed.

Of all the bush fruits, I like the blackcurrant best, it’s the most reliable if grown properly and makes the best preserve. my early years were spent among soft fruit and top fruit orchards and I recall the yields of blacks when grown for a well known soft drink in South Lincs. Two tons or more per acre was the norm, nearly two hundred acres and in those days hand picked!! Just imagine starting on this task. The varieties did spread the picking a few weeks in July & early August but it needed dozens of pickers even so.

I read in the "Countryman" 1939, an article by that famous fruit grower, the late Raymond Bush, in which he said the blackcurrant and the red came to us in 1611 at the cost of one farthing per dozen bushes!! The fruits must have improved since those days, we now have such wonderful varieties as Ben Connan, Ben Sharak, with large berries, and the well-tried Wellington XXX: no this is not a strong ale! I like the early Dutch variety Boskoop giant, I grew lots of this when at Routh, it’s easy to pick and a vigorous grower. The secret is to feed heavily every spring, lots of Nitrogen & Potash and a good mulch with manure afterwards and, of course, a good pruning as soon as the crop is picked. This means cutting as much of the old wood as possible yet leaving new shoots for the following year. East Yorkshire can grow blacks, but I don’t expect to see hundreds of acres!!

Nothing new in the world I’ve often been told, so hear this: In the 1930’s a consignment of lady birds were flown 14,000 miles to Hawaii from Kenya to deal with a mealy bug infection on pineapple fields; how’s that for biological control? Still referring to Raymond Bush, Conference pears at 2/8d per bushel, this famous pear is a little more expensive now..

The spring cabbage sown last month should be about ready for planting out. I usually space mine close together about six inches or so. I know this sounds close but next spring every other one is used as a green veg before heating up , leaving the rest a foot apart to mature. It’s a good time to prune the summer rasp canes, moving all the old ones and the weakest new shoots; rasps need lots of feed like the blackcurrant, which is best done in spring using a good nitrogenous fertiliser, followed by a mulch of rotted compost or better still, the good old-fashioned farmyard manure. The latter is now in short supply in some areas. Senior gardeners will remember when a good load of muck went on the vegetable plots each autumn and after digging a dusting of lime, not every year perhaps, but say every third in our eastern counties. Keep an eye on the onion beds, most are ready for harvesting, a lot already drying off; sun wind and dryness, that’s the requirements for a good keeping bulb. Potatoes too are about ready for lifting but care is needed so handle like eggs!!

Finally, I hear that handlers at an Oregon supermarket seemed to suffer after touching celery, this it now seems is a form of dermatitis caused by a substance in the celery. Now I also read in the 1939 book that severe dermatitis was caused by workers handling celery in the UK and that at the time Harley Street was at a loss to suggest a remedy; years ago and still a problem...

Just a bit more news on the progress of the film on Rudston. I am pleased to say that Gaynor Barnes from Yorkshire Television has agreed to present and narrate our film and I’m sure that her input will be a valuable asset. I am now going to have seek a sponsor or sponsors to cover her fee, which I hasten to add is very favourable indeed.

The sponsors name/s will then be featured in the credits at the end of the film and also on the back of the video cover.

Don’t forget to look in your cupboards for any old photographs of Rudston, any newspaper articles or anything you think we may be interested in.

Thanks Robin Woods

This will take place on 2nd October 1998.

The accounts will be available for public inspection by appointment at the Vicarage, from 31st August to 18th September inclusive. (Tel. 420313). Persons interested have a right to inspect the accounts and documents and make copies. The auditor will be Mr P.Goatley, District Audit, 3rd Floor, Sumner House, St. Thomas’s road, Chorley, Lancs, PR7 1HP.

From 9am on 21st September at Crosskill House, Mill Lane, Beverley, until such time as the auditor certifies completion of the audit, he will give any local government elector for the area to which the accounts relate, or his representative, an opportunity to question him about the accounts.

Any such elector or his representative may attend before the auditor and make objections:

i. As to any matter in respect of which the auditor could take action under sections 19 or 20 of the Local Government Finance Act (1982), (namely, an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account, or a loss or deficiency caused by wilful misconduct);

ii. As to any other matter in respect of which the auditor could make a report in the public interest under Section 15 (3) of the Act.

No such objection may be made unless the auditor has previously received written notice of the objection and the grounds on which it is to be made ; and a copy of such notice is to be sent to the body whose accounts are the subject of the audit.

*The date of 21st September has been queried, but at the time of going to print no reply received. Should there have been an error, the books will be available for inspection one week earlier.

Other News: Thank you to those who responded about buses. Just before sending off our contribution, I received a copy of Burton Fleming’s. They are recommending the phasing out of the volunteer-run Little Bus and replacement by a tendered service. In view of this I took the opportunity to stress the importance of this service to Rudston as much as to Burton Fleming. With the next meeting on 2nd September, and the audit to prepare for there doesn’t seem to be anything else at the moment. The reason the dates of the audit were queried is that in the past the books have gone in on a Monday or Tuesday and have been ready to collect on Thursday or Friday. The dates given this year give them a fortnight, and I don’t think it can be anything to do with their change of address from Leeds to Lancashire.

Enquiries have been made to East Yorkshire Council about placing a bottle bank in the pub yard.

P. Crossland (Clerk).

6 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion

13 11.00 a.m. Mattins

20 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion

9.30 a.m. Sunday School in the Old School

27 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion [BCP]

6 Barbara Burgess Margaret Reed

13 Carrie Stephenson

20 Pat Stephenson Joan & Hazel Conner

27 none required

13 Mrs I Mitchell Mrs J Jackson & Mrs J Pallister

20 Misses J & H Conner Mr & Mrs M Sellers

27 Misses J & H Conner Mr & Mrs M Sellers

14 Simon Dawson Simon Dawson Simon Dawson

28 Brian Coulbeck Margaret Reed

Wednesdays: Morning Prayer at 9.00 am

Holy Communion at 10.30 am

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm (5.30 on September 2)

Saturdays: Morning Prayer at 9.00 am

Evening Prayer at 6.00 pm (not September 5)

Holy Communion: 11.00 a.m. on September 5, 19 & 26

6.30 p.m. on September 12

PCC: Meets on Wednesday September 16, 7.30 p.m., at Westcroft.

Thanks: To all who helped with the Open Gardens - £2,465 was made for church - and to all who helped with the Line Dancing - £200 was raised for the kneelermakers.

Harvest Festival & Supper: This year on Friday October 2, 7 p.m. Watch out for posters!

Some of you heard me holding forth on Radio Humberside the other day, after I’d been on an International Conference on Rural Culture and Spirituality (sounds grand enough, doesn’t it!).

One of the things that struck me was the different ways that people looked at Time. In urban and suburban culture, Time is measured in days, and is shaped around when people clock on and off work. But in rural areas, Time is measured in seasons, seedtime and harvest, monsoon and drought, even the former and the latter rains, as we read in the Bible. Strangely, in our rural areas, we are more and more switching from one viewpoint to another, as more and more people live in the country but work in the town, and as the harvest becomes more and more a year-round affair.

But the general thought of the conference was that rural folk are more spiritually aware and more likely to acknowledge God as their creator precisely because of their link with the land and with growth and with seasons. So this switch of perspective is not really healthy. Because, after all, if you have a long view of Time, you are likely to have more sense of Eternity, which is what Jesus Christ came to earth to offer us.

With every blessing, Stephen

The sponsored walk will take place on Sunday 13th September, at 11.30am.

This will be a grand day out!

Start at the Bosville Arms.

The walk will be off roads as much as possible, maximum distance - about 5 miles.

Plus - Barbecue & quiz at the Bosville Arms.

Please see Pete Gray at his garage for entry forms & more information.

If you cannot take part in the walk, can you help Pete Gray with the administration? Any assistance would be most welcome!