BISHOP BURTON NEWS

MARCH 2011

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Two Hundred And Thirty Eighth Edition

Last autumn we used a drawing of a harvest mouse, which was done

by Matthew Arnold when he was a school boy and living in the

village. He now works at the college where the Front Cover was

brought to his notice. He still likes to sketch and kindly brought me

this delightful study of a partridge – which we are using this month.

The partridge is a medium sized brown, ground nesting game bird.

When disturbed it rises suddenly with a whirring and gliding flight.

It inhabits arable farmland and open country; it will doubtless have

had a difficult time surviving this last winter.

The coming of spring is being anticipated by the annual arrival of the

grey-lag geese and I have noticed a coot (just one at the moment!) on

the Mere. The birds are starting to sing whilst the snowdrops and

aconites look lovely in the hedgerows and on Little Green. Spring

will soon be here.

Can we please have your articles for the May Edition before the 20th

April. Please note the earlier date.

We decided it would be best for everybody to produce the Newsletter

before Easter and the Royal Wedding etc. (Hope we were right!)

Editor

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A MESSAGE OF EXPLANATION

As Joan has written in her editorial „spring is on its way‟ and so the

Newsletter has been having a bit of updating and spring cleaning!

Whilst the articles stay the same I hope you will agree that the layout

is much improved. This is not down to me but Bryn Jones, without

his expertise and knowledge this would never have happened. Bryn

has changed my computer programme to Word 2010 which is much

more user friendly and comprehensive - when I have worked my way

round it!

The full Newsletter is now available on the web site. If anyone would

like it by email for themselves or to forward to friends or relations

then that is possible so please contact us.

Contacts:

Co-editor – Joan Pillmoor – 550270

“ Susan Leeding - 551277 – s.leeding251@btinternet.com

Susan Leeding

Co-editor

BISHOP BURTON EVENTS GROUP

Dates for your diary

We are planning a Celebration of the Royal Wedding on

Saturday 30th April 2011, details to be confirmed.

Also the Hog Roast will take place on Saturday 9th July 2011

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Ann Cherry

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IAN LEAD’S GARDENING NOTES

Hostas are extremely popular ground cover plants that originally

come from Japan, China and Korea. They are particularly useful in

the garden as shade tolerant plants and they can thrive in spots where

other plants would not do well. They are primarily grown for their

attractive foliage and produce a display from early spring until

October, when they will die back naturally for the winter. The

flowers are usually lavender-blue or purple, however some people

prefer to cut the flowers off when they appear, in order to keep the

foliage looking good for longer.

Their leaves come in a wide range of shapes, colours, sizes and

textures, and may be solid in colour or variegated in different

combinations of blue, green, white and gold. Most variegated hostas

look at their best with some sun, preferably early in the day. Blue

Hostas need early-season sun to be their bluest but too much sun later

in the year will melt the wax on their leaves.

Another reason that Hostas are such popular plants is that they are

generally easy and long-lived plants, relatively disease free, requiring

little care other than watering and some fertiliser to enhance growth.

They will benefit from a light mulching of well-rotted manure or leaf

mould in early spring, but be careful not to cover the crowns as this

can cause them to rot. Now is a good time to mulch them as their new

shoots are showing and you can be sure to avoid covering the crown.

It is important to use well-rotted mulch or you may be providing the

perfect home for their most common pest - slugs.

Hostas are notoriously a favourite food for slugs and snails which

cause extensive damage to many Hosta collections. There are many

methods of controlling slugs and snails. If you use slug pellets, put

them down early before your Hostas are in leaf. This is when they

begin their reproductive cycle and if you can exterminate one slug

before it has hundreds of babies, you may be able to prevent the

problem. The pellets can be placed under a piece of slate near to the

base of the Hosta and this will protect them from the rain and

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prevents them being picked up by pets. Slugs and snails are nocturnal

foragers and if you go out at night with rubber gloves, a torch and a

bucket you may be able to catch them on your plants and destroy

them. They also love to hide in crevices, under plant pots and behind

stones. So make sure that there is as little garden rubbish around as

possible. Take their hiding places away. If your Hostas are in pots,

you can protect the pots with vaseline or maintenance spray which

will make them greasy, preventing the slugs and snails from climbing

up.

Other methods include beer traps, copper strips and gritty materials

such as sharp grit or crushed oyster shells. You could trap them by

laying wet newspaper on the ground overnight. They will be easily

found the next day when you check beneath these. If you have tried

these methods and are still having problems you may wish to try a

garlic wash. To make a garlic wash, boil two crushed bulbs of garlic

in a pan of water for 3 or 4 minutes. Strain the mixture and then mix

one tablespoon of garlic wash to a gallon of water and sprinkle onto

the leaves in dry conditions. This method will need to be repeated

every two weeks. The mixture will apparently dry on the leaves

making them rather unappealing to slugs and snails.

Some popular cultivars include "Sum and Substance" which has

yellow-green leaves and thrives in sun or partial shade, it grows to a

height of 30 inches and a spread of 4ft. "Francee" has olive-green

leaves with white margins and reaches a height of 55 inches with a

spread of 3ft. "Gold Standard" has green-yellow leaves fading

through yellow to cream with dark green margins. It will grow to a

height of 26 inches with a spread of 3ft.

Although most Hostas are grown for their foliage, some of the newer

varieties are being bred with fragrant flowers. "Guacamole" produces

3ft tall flower stalks, bearing fragrant white flowers. It has avocado-

green foliage with a bluish-green edge that reaches 18 inches tall with

a 26 inch spread. It will thrive in partial shade where the sun can

brighten the leaf centres.

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MY OTHER LIFE

It was warm by the Aga, warm piled up with Old Gruff and Angus,

the moon casting a peaceful eye through the thin gingham. Old Gruff

yelped in his sleep, twitched through his rabbit-chasing dreams, his

claws raking my neck.

The pain took me back, back to that child with her pinching fingers

and biting teeth. "Naughty puppy!" she'd admonished "There now,

I've bitten you back." Then she'd sat on the steps and cuddled me. I'd

licked her pink face; got slapped for that. Out she'd flounced,

slamming the gate.

Hunched in the kennel, I shivered. Rain dribbled through the roof,

wind stabbed in. I longed for my brothers and sisters. Where were

they? Had they been chosen by children, just as I'd been chosen by

Little Miss Pink?

The kitchen door opened. He was coming. Scampering to the gate I

wagged and wagged, paws scrabbling at the wire. He'd brought me

here in his posh, warm Range Rover. He'd love me.

His fat hand pushed me back, threw a handful of biscuits into the

yard.

Without a word he hurried in, collar high against the wind. That night

it snowed.

As grey streaks brushed the sky, he came again, tossed in a turkey

bone, and left. Later, Little Miss Pink brought a boy to see me. He

brought a ball, threw it for me, kicked it for me. Kicked me. Little

Miss Pink giggled. They left - left me with a turkey bone and bruises.

I heard the Range Rover start up. Wagged and wagged at the gate.

Were they taking me home? Was I going home? No. Off they drove -

him, Little Miss Pink, the kicking boy and a lady with long, yellow

hair and red nails. I hadn't seen her before.

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It was ages before I saw her again. That was when the man came. He

knocked at the kitchen door. I wagged and wagged at the yard gate,

scrabbling my paws on the wire. He spoke kindly; spoke sternly to

her when she came. "Your dog," he said, "could I take a look at her?"

He showed her a card. "I can't open that gate," she replied. "My nails

aren't dry. What's it about?"

He came into my yard: rubbed my ears, felt my ribs, spoke gently.

Then he looked around, retched at the filth, picked his way through

the piles to the old tank from which I drank, stroked away the slime

from the surface, huffed and grunted as he made notes. I followed

him to my kennel. The roof had collapsed by then, held only by a

web of felt, rain puddled on the concrete. He sighed. And then he left,

left with me.

It was warm by the Aga, warm piled up with Old Gruff and Angus,

the moon casting a peaceful eye through the thin gingham. Old Gruff

stretched again. I snuggled into him, sighed. Tomorrow we'd be

chasing rabbits. My other life was over.

Rescue Dog Gina Douthwaite

BISHOP BURTON GOLFING SOCIETY

The Spring meeting of the society will take place at the K.P.Club,

Kilnwick Percy on Thursday 12th

May. Tee off at 12.30pm.

As usual there will be a meal at the Altisidora in the evening and

Members will be informed of the full details.

New members are always welcome.

Rob Douthwaite - 550587

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BISHOP BURTON NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Recently there has been an increase in the numbers of door to door

salesmen visiting our homes. If you would like a door sticker

discouraging unwanted callers then please contact your co-ordinator.

Has anyone else seen a small blue/green saloon car roaring round the

village? The registration number would be very useful. Please phone

me on 550733.

If you have a computer then this e-mail scam may interest you. The

e-mail purports to be from HM Revenue and Customs and claims you

are eligible for a refund. Click on „Refund me now‟ and enter your

bank details and the scam is complete. E-mails can also allegedly be

from banks and government departments wanting only your bank

details so they can get at your money.

„If it sounds too good to be true then it usually is – beware‟

Gerry Brooks - 550733

THE BUS SHELTER

Do look into the bus shelter next time you go by. Sue Ellerington

and David Joliffe have cleaned it and David has painted it – it looks

great. Well done to you both and thank you for doing a good job.

P.S. Nine days later the bus shelter is full of graffiti again - so heart

breaking after all that hard work.

ENGAGEMENT

We are delighted to hear the news that Ian Barwick of School Green

is engaged to marry Liz Newman. We wish them every happiness in

their life together.

Editor

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ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH NEWS

Dear Friends,

We were beginning to wonder whether the winter would ever end!

The one good thing to say about the snow and cold is that we

certainly met our neighbours and had opportunity to help each other

out. Many folk, though, were pretty much housebound for weeks, and

even those of us who could get out were longing for some sunshine

and warmth.

And now at last the days are growing longer, there is warmth in the

sun, aconites, snowdrops and even daffodils are beginning to show.

The season of Lent has been overlaid with different meanings

throughout the years. One thing it refers to is „lengthening‟, the

longer hours of daylight with the coming of Spring. It also refers to

our longing for new life, and our season of preparation for it. In the

church we do this by hearing again the story of God‟s longing for his

people and their yearning for God. We think about the things that

keep us from being at peace with ourselves, with each other and with

God – and we hear again what God has done in Jesus to reconcile us.

We look towards Easter, our great celebration of the new life that is

possible for all of us because God raised Jesus from death. God

showed that his light in the world cannot be overcome by any of the

destructive darkness that threatens us – the forces of fear, jealousy,

betrayal, violence that crucified Jesus.

You are welcome to join any of the worship in our churches over

Lent as we tell again the great story of God‟s love for the world.

The psalmist speaks in Psalm 107 of various groups

of people who came to know their need of God

during particular difficulties. „Some wandered in

desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in,

hungry and thirsty‟ – „Some sat in darkness and

gloom, prisoners in affliction. They cried to the Lord

in their trouble‟ – „Some became fools through their

rebellious ways and suffered sickness so they could

not eat‟. In each case, God saves them in just the way

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they long for:

For the wanderers: „He led them by a straight way to a city where

they could settle‟

For the prisoners: „He brought them out of darkness .. and broke

away their chains‟

For the sick: „He sent forth his word and healed them‟

Our prayer in Lent is that God will meet us at our point of deepest

need, that we will be blessed with the fullness of life that Jesus came

to bring, and by his grace, share that good news with all who long to

hear it.

Peace – Angela Bailey, Rector

Date Activity Cleaning

Sunday 6th

March

6.30pm

Evensong Mrs H Hayward

Sunday 13th

March

11.00am

Holy Communion Mrs S Francis

Sunday 20th

March

11.00am

United Service at the

Methodist Chapel

Mrs S Pickering

Sunday 27th

March

11.00am

Family Service for

Lent

Miss H M Swann

Sunday 2nd

April TBA Mothering Sunday Mrs M Wray

Sunday 9th

April

11.00am

Holy Communion Mrs M Cutland

Sunday 16th

April

11.00am

Joint Service at All

Saints

Mrs S Thomas

Friday 22nd

April Good

Friday 2.00pm

Service of Meditation

Sunday 24th

April

Easter Day 11.00am

Holy Communion Mrs M White

Sunday 1st May

6.30pm

Evensong Mrs A Danforth

No Flowers during Lent

Easter Flowers 24th

April and 1st May – Miss HM Swann

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ALL SAINTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday April 7th

2011

7.30. p.m. in Church

I hope that many of you will be able to come along to this meeting to

find out what has been going on in your Parish church during the past

year and hear about our hopes for the future.

It is at this meeting that there is the opportunity for folks to offer to

help in some capacity, perhaps by becoming a member of the PCC. If

you have would like to find out more please contact me on 01482

841875.

RuthNewton

(Curate)

CONGRATULATIONS TO GILLIAN CRUDDAS

Geoff and Marjorie Purdey‟s daughter, Gillian, was awarded the

M.B.E. in the Queen‟s New Year Honours list for service to tourism

and we send her our warmest congratulations.

Editor

METHODIST NEWS

If you are like me, you must be longing for spring and some warmer

weather - we all need the magic of sunshine! It always amazes me

that the snowdrops, primroses and crocus make such a „show‟ despite

the lack of sun. Easter being so late this year will surely be warm,

and especially for the Royal Wedding!

The Annual Women‟s Day of Prayer service is again at Toll Gavel,

written this year by the women of Chile, do make a date in your

diary. We also invite you to any of our services and particularly to

the United service on Sunday 20th

March, led by the Rev‟d Joy

Margerison, who with husband Nigel are enjoying their „retirement‟

in Leconfield. As at All Saints coffee and biscuits will be served

after the service.

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The Beverley Circuit is hoping later in the year to celebrate the 400

years since the publication of the King James Bible, as our

superintendent Minister Ruth Compton remarked in the Contact

magazine, on the wonderful readings on Radio 4 of extracts from

familiar biblical stories, and on the exquisite language and poetry.

We will soon be in the season of Lent, there will be a series of

meetings in Beverley, with Mothering Sunday on the middle Sunday

of 8th

April, Good Friday and the wonder of Easter Day.

Our special love and prayers go to Helen Hurst who is moving to the

Rowans in Kirkella at the weekend – 26th

February.

Our special Easter Greetings

Pat Byass

Date and time Activity

Friday 4th

March 2.00pm Women‟s World Day of Prayer. Toll

Gavel

Sunday 6th

March 6.00pm Mr David Eade

Tuesday 8th

March Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday 9th

March Ash Wednesday

Sunday 13th

March 6.00pm Rev‟d Ruth Crompton

Sunday 20th

March

11.00am

United Service (Chapel) Rev‟d

Margerison

Sunday 27th

March 6.00pm Rev‟d Liz Allison

Sunday 3rd

April 6.00pm Mothering Sunday Rev‟d Michael

Bowman

Sunday 10th

April 6.00pm Rev‟d Ruth Crompton

Sunday 17th

April 11.00am United Service Parish Church

Friday 22nd

April 9.30am Good Friday Toll Gavel

Sunday 24th

April 6.00pm Easter Day Rev‟d Liz Allison HC

Friday 29th April The Royal Wedding

Sunday 19th

June Rev‟d Ruth Newton‟s ordination at York

Minster by Archbishop Sentamu

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All Saints/Bishop Burton Methodist Church

MOTHERING SATURDAY WORKSHOP

Saturday 2nd April 2.00pm to 3.30pm, Methodist Church

Come along and have some fun preparing gifts for Mothering Sunday

Make cards, decorate plant pots, make a basket fill with sweets and much more.

No need to pre-book-just turn up on the day.

For children aged 5-11 (Under 5s to be accompanied by an adult)

Contact Ruth Newton, Curate (01482 841875)

THE ANSWERS TO MADGE’S ANAGRAMS

Santa – Beard, Rudolph, presents, sleigh, reindeer, sack.

Dances – Fandango, gay gordons, limbo, jitterbug, flamenco, hokey

cokey.

Monsters – Dragon, vampire, devil, werewolf, spook, banshee.

Bedroom items – Alarm clock, wardrobe, shelf, sofa bed, sheet,

mattress.

Seaside towns – St. Ives, Weymouth, Bournemouth, Brighton,

Blackpool, Penzance.

ARRIVAL

To Steve and Ruth (nee Oxtoby) Mortimer a baby girl called Isabel

who will have seven cousins to play with. Congratulations and we

send you all our best wishes

Editor

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BEVERLEY AERODROME AND BISHOP BURTON – 8

In this article we will focus on three men who died towards the end

of the war. Two of them, Frederick Young and Kenneth Vick, are

buried in St. Mary‟s cemetery in Beverley although neither appears to

have had any special connection with the town. The third airman to

be buried in St Mary‟s was Lieutenant Harry Teetzel, the Canadian

who was the subject of the fifth article of the series. The third person

to feature in this article is Harry Isherwood.

The first person to be allocated to the office of coroner was St. John

of Beverley in 924. More widely though, it has been the duty of

coroners since 1194 to investigate the circumstances of unnatural,

sudden, or suspicious deaths, and deaths in prison. The post they

occupied was originally “keeper of the crown‟s pleas” but this was

shortened to “crowner” and then “coroner”. Until 1926 all inquests

were held before a jury. The main surviving record of the coroners'

hearings is usually the individual inquest or inquisition, giving the

verdict, name, date, time, cause and place of death with the signatures

of the jurors.

The coroner for the East Riding was Sir Luke White MP, a solicitor

and justice of the peace. His deputy was Herbert Brown, a Driffield

solicitor and clerk to the Urban District Council. Sir Luke became

coroner in 1897 and held the position during the war. He died in 1920

in penury in the Driffield Workhouse Infirmary but his last few years

were touched by scandal as he and his deputy were arrested on fraud

charges. Brown was acquitted but Sir Luke‟s health prevented the

matter being processed to a conclusion.

Inquests were held for each these airmen as they were for the others.

Some are reported in a very perfunctory way in the local press but

towards the end of the war, some of the stresses and strains of these

premature deaths begin to filter through.

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Kenneth Vick was the son of a Baptist minister. His father attended

the inquest but was told that his son‟s death would be considered by a

Special Accidents Committee which he would not be able to attend.

Sir Luke probably took some offence at this and may well have

induced a fellow Liberal MP, Robert Outhwaite to ask a question in

the House of Commons of the then Secretary for War, Mr

Macpherson. Juries were also upset at being asked to give verdicts

with little information being presented or scant regard being paid to

due process. The account of the inquest into Harry Isherwood‟s death

reports a complaint that it took over 6 hours to report the accident to

the police by which time much evidence was no longer available to

them. In Frederick Young‟s inquest, there was criticism that his

instructor had failed to attend.

Frederick Young died in his first flight in a service aircraft while

Kenneth Vick already had two years‟ experience of flying while

stationed in France having enlisted in the London Rifles as a private

at the outset of war. The men came to flying in very different ways.

Frederick was the son of a boot-maker who had moved to

Bournemouth having developed his skills in the Addle Hill area of

the City of London, well known for its boot-makers, before moving

out to Croydon with his wife. He and Annie started their family in

Bournemouth and Frederick was their first son, born in 1898.

Harry Isherwood was the last airman to die at the aerodrome, three

weeks before the end of the war. The inquest received a quite graphic

account of his accident:

“The deceased was a pilot in one of four aeroplanes which set off in

formation under Captain Bembridge. At about 10.45 three of the

machines were over an agricultural town at 5,000 feet. The captain

was leading the formation and started a dive at about 120 miles per

hour.

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The deceased was flying on the leader’s left and he also started

diving and subsequently dived vertically behind the tail of the

captain’s machine. The captain watched him, and he suddenly pulled

out of the dive with a great wrench sideways. The machine then

dived again and went straight down to earth in a series of dives and

turns. The machine was a total wreck. The control parts were found

to be in order and the supposition was that the deceased had fainted

otherwise the cause was not explainable.”

Henry was the son of Rupert and Bertha Isherwood. Rupert was a

commercial traveller for a paint and varnish manufacturer in Bolton.

Kenneth Vick was born in Loughborough to a Baptist minister, the

Reverend C W Vick and his wife, Agnes. Much of Kenneth‟s youth

would have been spent in the Brondesbury area of North London and

he worked as a clerk in a tourist office before the war. He appears on

another memorial that probably hung in the Baptist chapel where his

father was minister. It was though discovered in a rather sad state in

the back garden of a nearby Highgate film producer.

[An extended version of this article with photographs is on the

village web site]

Bryn Jones with Peter Baker

DARBY AND JOAN

On the 25th

January we had our belated Christmas lunch at the

Altisidora. We had a super meal which we all enjoyed. We have

very few members at the moment. If anyone would like to join us

they will be very welcome. Just come along to the Village hall at

2pm on Tuesday‟s.

The next meeting is on the 8th

March.

Janet Oxtoby

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STILL WAITING?

On Friday 21 January a relatively small but happy band of villagers

made their way to the Village Hall for the Other Lives performance

of Samuel Beckett‟s “Waiting for Godot”. Those of you who stayed

behind in the warmth of your hearths missed an excellent, though

somewhat mystifying, evening. The play has previously been

described as “totally absurd but at the same time has you glued to

your seat wondering what is going to happen next”. In truth nothing

happens next despite the best efforts of the cast!

The play is set over two days and is basically about two men who

have fallen on hard times and who are waiting for a third, Godot, to

appear. This Godot somehow has the power to change their lives for

the better and the two men, Estragon (played by Mike Burton) and

Vladimir (played by Neil King) are prepared to wait and wait for his

appearance. Indeed, when he fails to appear on the first day, they

return for a second equally tedious day of waiting. Whilst doing so

they philosophise, sing, indulge in friendly banter, fall out, make up,

eat a carrot and turnip, contemplate suicide but decide against this in

case one of them is left behind and finally decide to do nothing as

this is the safest option. Their waiting is only broken by the arrival of

Pozzo (played by Gordon Meredith) and his slave, Lucky, (played by

Jamie Blake). The focus now switches to the relationship between

these two characters which changes from Act 1 to Act 2 when Pozzo,

for some unexplained reason, has gone blind. Like Estragon and

Vladimir, this odd couple have been together for many, many years

and can‟t live without one another despite their treatment of each

other. Perhaps this is Beckett‟s interpretation of married life or

simply of any long term friendship or relationship. This is as good an

interpretation as any – and there have been many!

Beckett himself has said that people always try and read too much

into the play. Many have said that Godot obviously symbolises God

and, indeed, there are many biblical references throughout the play

but Beckett has dismissed this. One thing he is insistent about is the

wearing of bowler hats by Estragon and Vladimir. Beckett was Irish

and it was the custom to wear these in Ireland when he was growing

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up – indeed when he returned from France where he was living and

writing sporting a beret, he was immediately criticised by his family

for letting the side down.

Whatever the interpretation, the performance by Other Lives

certainly had us all glued to our seats. The acting was superb

throughout by an excellent cast, although special mention should go

to Gordon Meredith as Pozzo, having been plucked out from the am

dram Beverley Theatre Company for his first professional play.

Director Richard Avery certainly got the best out of his cast and word

has it that the Bishop Burton audience was the most appreciative the

group encountered on their travels around the villages!

We look forward to the next production.

Pat MacKenzie

NEW ARRIVAL

To William and Emma (nee Oxtoby) Harrison a son, Samuel was

born on the 19th

November 2010. A grandson for David and Janet

Oxtoby. Congratulations and best wishes to you all.

Editor

PARISH NOTICE BOARD

The Annual Parish Open meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Monday,

28th

March in the Village Hall.

Please come along and enter into the discussions on the many and

varied topics covered at these annual meetings.

If there is any matter which requires some Parish Council research

prior to the meeting please let one of the Councillors know.

Sue Ellerington

Vice Chairman - 01964 550294

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LENTWISE OR LENT WHY’S ?

Do you sometimes wonder what life is all about, or have the feeling

there must be more to life than at present? You are not alone. Come

and join us for five Tuesday evenings when we will work through a

study guide titled Lentwise by Paula Gooder, based on some answers

given in John‟s gospel – where several people are found asking some

of the deeper questions that concern them. There will many groups

in and around Beverley doing the same course. The topics in the book

are:

Compass: Finding direction Tues. 15th

March

Nourishment: Keeping going Tues. 22nd

March

Light: Gaining wisdom Tues. 29nd

March

Shelter: Finding security Tues. 5th

April

Water: Enjoying refreshment Tues. 12th

April

The evenings are for anyone who is interested to explore some of the

answers given in the bible, whether or not you have ever checked

them out before. In fact it will be great if there are some people who

have never done so seriously and have plenty of questions like the

people mentioned in the passages we will look at. No commitment

will be expected – this is just an invitation to look and see!

We will meet from 7.30 – 9.00 including coffee, cake and chat at Red

House, The Green (overlooking the small pond) in a relaxed and very

informal atmosphere. You will be very welcome. If you are interested

and not sure please get in touch with any of us.

Ruth Newton 01482-841875 newtonrk@newtonrk.karoo.co.uk

Nigel & Mary Cutland 01964-550444

nigelcutland@btinternet.com or mcutland@btinternet.com

PS For anyone interested to get a preview there will be “An Evening

with Paula Gooder” at Beverley Minster - 7.30 – 9.00 on Monday

March 7th

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YORKSHIRE COUNTRYWOMENS ASSOCIATION

January 10th

2011

At last, with the snow gone, the YCA was able to celebrate

Christmas. About 80 members and their guests gathered to partake of

a traditional Christmas meal, prepared by Jenny Winn and her

delightful team. Was it me or did it seem better than ever? The meal

was preceded by Bucks Fizz served by Jack and Muriel Wray and

there was time for a chat and an attempt at the most challenging quiz

that Charleyne could find. The meal over, coffee and mince pies were

served and it was time listen to Chrissy Clarke singing a variety of

well-known songs.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves - it‟s probable that next year‟s

party may be held in January too. It certainly helped to dispel those

January Blues!

February 14th

2011

Pete Short of the R.S.P.B. came to give a talk and slides about the

Nature Reserve at Blacktoft Sands near Goole. This was an excellent

talk and well received by the 50 or so members and guests who

attended. Pete described the year at Blacktoft starting with the

appearance of the tiny yellow coltsfoot flowers which he saw as the

harbinger of Spring .He then went on to describe the various birds

which could be seen and the way in which he and his team managed

the environment to ensure that bird numbers remained healthy and

sustainable.

After a few questions from the floor, Tea was served and Pete was

happy to chat with people about what is obviously his ideal

occupation. Many of us vowed to visit Blacktoft as soon as the days

get a bit warmer.

March14th

2011

Brenda Stapleton will give a talk on quilts and quilting. This lady was

recommended by Wendy Abram, so it should be interesting!

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April 11th

2011

Betty Lowe returns to give a cookery demonstration

Finally, we send our thoughts and prayers to Helen Hurst who is still

in Hospital and hope that she will soon feel better. Our good wishes

also go to Sue Thomas who has suffered a fractured wrist after a

nasty fall.

Sue Brooks

Programme Secretary

BISHOP BURTON PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES Minutes of the meeting held on Monday 4 October 2010.

Present: Cllr David Oxtoby (Chairman); Cllr Mrs Sue Ellerington (Vice-Chairman); Cllr Ben Byass; Cllr Martin Gray; Cllr David Jolliffe; Cllr Rodger Middleton;

Cllr Trevor Thomas; Cllr Jack Wray.

To note: Cllr Middleton and Cllr Thomas left the meeting after the Open Forum.

10.276 Apologies for absence

Cllr Hilary Swann

10.277 Declaration of Members’ Interests

None to be declared

10.278 Open Forum

The issue was raised regarding the speed of traffic coming into the village. There

were particular concerns regarding the entrance into the village from York

travelling to Beverley. The property on the corner, Green Banks, had been

knocked numerous times and, just recently, there had been an accident and one of the vehicles hit Alma House. It was agreed by all that a letter should be sent to

East Riding Council requesting a flashing speed limit sign be erected at the

western approach to the village on the A1079. Humberside Police were to be

asked to support this request.

10.279 Minutes of previous meeting

The Minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 2010, having been previously

circulated, but with one slight alteration to be made to the comments made by Cllr

Jolliffe, were approved as an accurate record of events and duly signed by the Chairman.

10.280 Matters Arising:

a) Dalegate/Pit drain - it was reported that the drain was now working very

well. East Riding Council had done a splendid job as had Phil Ellerington and his workers. Sincere appreciation was extended to all

who had been involved. A letter had been sent to East Riding Council‟s

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Highways Department thanking them for the work they had done.

b) History board -– As requested, the Clerk had been in touch with both

Lockington Parish Council and Newbald Parish Council. Neither had

purchased a new history board, they had renewed the box which housed the history board and they can offer no suggestions as to where a more

up to date map can be obtained. Cllr Wray stated that he would

investigate what could be done to improve or repair the present box

which housed the History Board.

c) Bus Shelter funding – no further information has been passed on by Cllr

Mrs Pollard as to any funding opportunities with ERYC. The Clerk had

been in contact with East Yorkshire Motor Services and had been

informed that they do not fund bus shelters as this should be organised by ERYC

d) Adoption of Bryan Mere Green – The Clerk has been in contact with the

Terrier Section at ERYC (Debbie Smedley) and had been informed that

Bryan Mere Green is considered to be part of the Village Green and is therefore already adopted by the Parish Council. The clerk was asked to

obtain a copy of the definitive map of the Parish as there were issues of

concern regarding when the area was adopted, there were issues

regarding the ownership of the road passing through the Green and the

adoption of street furniture.

e) New Litter Bins – Cllr Gray had been in contact with East Riding

Council regarding the cost of litter bins and it would appear that, if the

bins are purchased through East Riding Council, a saving of 20% could be made. Cllr Gray was authorised to decide on the type of bins to be

ordered and arrange this through East Riding Council.

f) Grit boxes – It was reported that Cllr Byass and Cllr Gray had replaced

all the salt bins in the correct locations. The bins had all been cleaned, the solidified salt mixture at the bottom of the bins had been removed.

They have been re-filled ready for use. Grateful thanks were recorded to

Cllr Byass and Cllr Gray for their efforts. Cllr Oxtoby agreed to ring East

Riding Council and confirm the bins were now in place.

g) Dog fouling – It was reported that there were still issues of concern

throughout the Village with the main areas of concern being Mill Lane,

Joby and Finkle Street. The Clerk was asked to get in touch with the Dog

Warden at East Riding Council to ask that patrols of these areas are intensified.

h) Johnson‟s pond - The Chairman and V Chairman had a meeting with

Mrs Dawson, the College Principal, and she was going to see what work

her students could carry out. It was agreed that assistance with Johnsons Pond would have a positive impact on the image of students within the

Parish

The Clerk reported that she had received the following details:

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DC/10/02414/PLF/EASTSE/SL – erection of two single storey buildings to be used as a dog grooming and boarding kennels at Bishop Burton College consent

granted.

DC/10/02666/STPLF/STRAT/SR1 – erection of a beef unit at Bishop Burton

College – consent granted.

DC/10/01937/PLF/EASTSE/MC1 – Alterations and extensions to existing farm

office building to form a rural business centre at Bishop Burton College – consent

granted.

10.282 Finance

The following payments were approved:

M Gray – cleaning pond £940.00

NPower - £1456.58 – Cllr Mrs Ellerington to contact

NPower regarding this account J Turnbull £1116.25

Yorkshire Water £21.90

BB Darby & Joan Society £361.00

BB Village Hall £611.00 Parochial Church Council £349.00

Parochial Church Council £31.00

BB News £311.00

BB Newsletter £50.00

Ralph Hansby Charity £311.00

Bonfire Night donation £25.00

10.283 Any other business

Village Shop sign for A1079 – Enquiries had been made to see if it would be

possible for a brown „tourism‟ sign could be erected advertising the village shop –

East Riding Council would not sanction this and neither could a sign be erected on

Council owned land – this included grass verges. However, there was no such restriction on private land and it was agreed that the College and Andrew Oxtoby

should be approached. It was agreed that the Parish Council should support the

Village Shop in any way possibly to ensure its future. Cllr Gray agreed to have a

word with the shop keepers about this.

Report on meeting with College Principal – It was reported that a meeting had

been held during August when it had been agreed that there should be a zero

tolerance to unacceptable behaviour within the Village. There had been some

issues over some students plus very loud music as a result of a „fresher‟s ball‟ – two in a week. However, the noise levels had been monitored by the College and

the levels were within the legally defined guidelines. It was agreed with the

Principal that notice would be printed in the Newsletter when events were taking

place.

2011 meeting dates – the following were agreed -17 January, 28 March, 23 May,

11 July, 3 October and 5 December

10.284 Correspondence

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ERYC B1248 – Dog Kennel Lane/Leconfield Road/Main Street – parishes of Molescroft, Cherry Burton and Bishop Burton – 30-mph and 50 mph

speed limit and amendment details.

Parish News – September and October

The Humber Playing fields Association newsletter

Campaign to protect Rural England – Countryside Voice Fieldwork

10.285 Any other issues of concern

The following were brought to the attention of the meeting:

The Dunning family had been in touch with Cllr Mrs Ellerington to ask if it would

be in order to plant some crocuses in the grass verges in memory of Jim. This was

agreed by all.

Concern had been registered regarding the cutting of the grass verges in Cold Harbour Road. The contracted second cut had had to be made even though the

grass did not need cutting. It was agreed that the Clerk should write to East Riding

Council to see if they could justify a second cut before carrying it out. It was

agreed that this could be a useful cost-cutting exercise.

Cllr Byass raised concerns regarding the overhanging trees and the overgrown

verge on the south side of Walkington Heads between the junction of Burton Gates

and Finchcroft Lane. This area has been the site of several accidents, especially

during the winter. The Clerk was asked to contact Walkington Parish Council expressing our concerns, as the south side of Walkington Heads is in their

jurisdiction.

Cllr Oxtoby had been approached by Mr Lund regarding a replacement tree on the

Green. Mr Lund had kindly offered to purchase, plant and look after the tree and had suggested an Alder. It was agreed that a Sweet Chestnut would be more

suitable as this species is not susceptible to the disease Bleeding Stem Canker and

would also be more sympathetic to the type of planting already in place.

Concerns had been registered regarding the footpath from Cherry Burton to the roundabout. Cllr Oxtoby had done some investigating and reported that the

overhanging hedge would be cut back in the New Year.

10.286 Date of next meeting

Monday 6 December 2010 (postponed to 17th January 2011 due to the weather)

Printed and published at Post Cottage, Bishop Burton

1st March 2011