Issue No. 25 Winter 2003

A roundup of news from around the parish night only). Acknowledgement Rehearsals are now at full throttle and for regu- Many thanks to Morgan, Lloyd, Jones Associ- lars and folks new to the village this could be ates for their generous help in producing this the chance to have a fun night out just when publication. we are all feeling the anti-climax of the year- – Ed end festivities!

We look forward to seeing you and you seeing Countrywomen us!

Ellerker YCA has had a busy Autumn sched- - CW & DW ule.

Swanland Nurseries produced a lovely demon- Women's Institute stration of Christmas accessories. Since our last report we have had three

In November Helen Malcolmson, one of our monthly meetings. In October, Alan Harrison members, showed us how to decorate cakes. related many of his experiences in local ama- teur dramatics and as a professional “extra” for Our very successful annual party was held in films and for television e.g. “The Royal” and December. Jenny Winn, also a member, ca- “Corrie”. tered for a three course meal and Mrs Brown from North Cave played her keyboard for a Our AGM in November took place after great sing song later. During the meal, Thomas the fun making Christmas cards/decorations as magician entertained each table in turn. We demonstrated by Marion Jackson. Kate Ollett, were pleased to see our Chairman back after from Hutton Cranswick, took the Meeting as her Stroke and for her to welcome three new advisor from the East Yorkshire members. Federation of WIs. She updated us on the aims and regulations By the time of the printing of this article we of the WI movement, which have shall have been to the East Riding Carol Ser- evolved over the years. Marga- vice at the Bell Hotel in , which is al- ret Brooker was re-elected as ways fully booked President, Yvonne Morris as - MD Secretary and Joan Seward as Treasurer.

Ellerker Show – 2004 The 75 th Birthday of Ellerker WI was celebrated

St Anne’s Church, Ellerker is proud to an- at our December meeting, in the presence of nounce that their 6th —yes sixth— Annual En- guests from the WIs of North Cave, South tertainment will take place at 7.30 pm in the Vil- Cave, Elloughton-cum-Brough and Sandholme lage Hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Hive. We all sat down to a wonderful ban- 29 th , 30 th & 31 st January 2004. quet provided by the members, and greatly ad- mired by our guests and entertainers. Beauti- Home-made biscuits, tea and coffee will be ful floral centrepieces adorned the tables, cour- available in the interval as usual. tesy of Dorothy and Pat. Jessie’s magnificent

Book early to avoid disappointment; tickets are cake was cut by Margaret Green, our longest available from Frank Barrett (422591), Mike serving member, while our guest WIs proposed and Diana Bushby (422757), Alan and Joan the toasts. Frank Ella and Friends provided Scott (422542) and David Wood (424474). the musical entertainment, with many jokes and stories. Many members and guests were Adult Tickets are £7, Children 12-18 are £5, coaxed into taking part, playing bells and mara- under 12s are free. Concessions £5 (Thursday cas etc.

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- 1 - The party atmosphere rounded up with carol 4) Hunsdale Farm, Brough Road – Farm Build- singing. AND we all received a gift- a china mug ings change of use - APPROVED. specially designed for the occasion. 5) Ellerker Growers, Ings Lane - New dwell- ing - REFUSED. As a committee member, thank you once again 6) 1 Croft Cottage - Extension – 2 nd Applica- to EVERYONE who helped to make our 75 th tion – REFUSED. Birthday Party such a success. Ellerker WI will 7) Church House - Demolish existing and erect keep going many, many more years with such new double garage – REFUSED. commitment. 8) Ellerker Hall – Field Shelter - APPROVED. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy 9) Wandahome – Illuminated Sign - RE- New Year. FUSED. 10) Church House - Demolish existing and erect - PH new double garage – 2 nd Application - Awaiting Decision. New Year Refuse 11) Mount Airy Business Park – Change of use - Awaiting Decision. There will be no refuse collection on Wednes- st 12) Keeper’s Cottage, Dale Road, Branting- day, 31 December, instead there will be a dou- ham – Extension - Awaiting Decision. ble sack issue on Christmas Eve and a collection rd th 13) 1 Croft Cottage - Extension – 3 Applica- as normal on Wednesday, 7 January. Please tion – Awaiting Decision. do not leave out your rubbish until collection day at 7am. Councillor’s Allowances The Council had received a letter from ERYC Recycling sites will be open as normal during the encouraging Parish Councillors to holiday period 10am to 6pm, but will be closed consider being paid Allowances. on 25 th , 26 th December and 1 st January. Hum- th st After some discussion, it was berfield will close at 4pm on 24 and 31 De- agreed unanimously, that Ellerker cember. There will be no ‘bulky item’ collection th th Parish Councillors would not service from 25 December to 5 January. claim allowances. Members are Phone 01482 393939 for any more information. satisfied that as long as they are not out of - TJP pocket through serving on the Council, there is no need to claim an Allowance.

Parish Council Mill Hill Salt Bin A 2 nd Salt Bin for Mill Hill is to be requested from Norfolk Bank Lane ERYC, the Council don’t know yet whether or not It is recognised by ERYC that the passing places it will be ‘free’ or will have to be paid for from between the cross-roads and Bow Bridge need Parish funds. to be enhanced, the work required has not yet been scheduled, since money to carry it out is Notice Board not yet available. A new Notice Board is to be purchased from Parish funds and the existing one refurbished Beck Cleaning and placed in the Hill Top Bus Shelter. Volunteers have cleaned the village part of Ellerker Beck on several occasions this year, an Parish Council Clerk activity which is necessary in order to prevent The Clerk has handed in his resignation and will flooding. Thank you to them and to those kind finish Council work at the end of March 2004. people who have provided refreshments. Members agreed that he has done a sterling job for over 7½ years. Advertising for a new Clerk Footpaths & Verges will commence before the end of December, with Dog owners are reminded that it is ILLEGAL to ideally, a handover period before April. allow their dogs to foul any public footpath or verge and leave it there. Precept for 2004/2005 There was a long debate about whether or not Planning Applications the costs for the training of a new Clerk and for 1) Belvedere, Ring Beck Lane - Extension to the maintenance of the Beck should be included rear – APPROVED. in the coming year’s budget. Along with other un- 2) Keeper’s Cottage, Dale Road, Branting- avoidable increases it would have required an ham – additional access road and erection increase in Precept of 24%. This was considered of six ‘Walker’s Lodges’ – APPEAL DIS- to be too high, so these two items have been ex- MISSED. cluded. Consequently the increase for the Parish 3) Croft Garth Farm, Main St. – new dwelling for the coming year will be £216 or about £1.60 to the West - APPEAL DISMISSED.

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- 2 - per average household, it was decided however, Looking to future generations in the village, we that half the increase would be paid from re- are doing our best to secure the Fields ‘in perpe- serves. The new Clerk’s training costs will be tuity’. There are two aspects to this: one is to en- taken from reserves if necessary. sure that the fields can never be sold and the other is to ensure that there is funding to keep Minute Books the Fields viable in the future. It is recognised that the Council Minute Books The Committee does have the power at the mo- represent an important piece of social history of ment to dispose of the Fields, but only with the the village. The Clerk holds the current Minute consent of a village meeting and the DETR, so it Book which starts in 1990 and also the one cov- would be very unlikely to happen. Nevertheless, ering the period 1910 - 1955. The one covering we are looking at what is re- the period from the formation of the Parish quired to change the governing Council to 1910 is held by a former Council document to remove the power Chairman and it was agreed that this should be to dispose of the property. placed in the County Archives at , after The main expense items every first being copied to CD-ROM for village records. year are the insurance for 3 rd Sadly, the Minute Book for the period 1955 - party liability, the annual inspection and the 1990 went ‘missing’ over 10 years ago – if any- mowing. If we were to transfer the ‘custodian one knows the whereabouts of this book please trusteeship’ to the National Playing Fields Asso- inform a member of the Council or the Clerk. ciation, they would provide the insurance and

annual inspection free of charge and this would Next meeting: 12 February 2003 remove almost half our annual expense. This - TJP sounds too good to be true and we are doing our best to discover if there is a ‘catch’ to this ar- Mobile Library rangement. If we were to pursue an agreement with the NPFA, a condition is that the power to Every fortnight the ERYC library van calls at the dispose has to be removed. village. It has a reasonable selection of books to Moles choose from and for a small fee, books can be We noticed earlier in the year that there was an reserved from Council incursion of moles. One of them was cheeky book catalogue and collected from the van. enough to pop up inside the Marquee, when the If you happen to be in Ellerker on Wednesday af- wedding reception was being held on the Green. ternoons you may like to have a look and give it The mole or moles are now well established and a try, there is no charge to join or take out up to it is proving problematic to evict them. We have a dozen books. th tried trapping and a chemical deterrent so far The next visit will be on 7 January 2004 and without much success. We need to remove them fortnightly thereafter. The van stops at Ring before mowing commences next season or the Beck, Village Hall and Mill Hill at approximately ride-on mower is at risk of getting bogged down. 2.20, 2.35 and 3.00. Slide mound - TJP There is a natural tendency for the soil at the top of the mound to migrate to the bottom and in the Ellerker Local History dry weather the new turf at the sides of the slide became badly eroded. New turf has been laid The Local History Group, which meets every and steps have been built, in an effort to encour- quarter, is finding out more about the origins and age users to stay off the new grass. An archaeo- history of the buildings in the village. For more logical dig uncovered the rubber mats at the information about joining the Group contact Tim base of the slide and beyond them a sand run- Pickles (422585). off has been provided for those who exceed the - TJP statutory speed limit. In the process about half a tonne of soil was returned from base camp to the summit. Playing Fields Litter Bins Railings painting The three round litter bins were in need of repair The white railings around the small field are and renovation, we could have asked East Rid- badly in need of painting. So far we have been ing of Yorkshire Council to assist but they might unable to find anyone to re-paint them at a rea- have replaced them with the black plastic ones sonable cost. which are now commonly seen. Thanks to John National Playing Fields Association May an excellent job has been done in replacing

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- 3 - and treating the wooden spars and repairing/ re- and facilities for the disabled. placing the steel inners on the existing bins. Looking to the future we hope for new curtains in Jumble Sale the Hall, after decoration. Towards that end The Jumble Sale in October raised £169.78, fund-raising events will include a visit from the many thanks to those who donated things for popular Leeds Library Theatre and a Jumble sale and to the helpers who have to sort the Sale. items, haggle with the customers and clear up We hope you all have a happy 2004. afterwards. - MD Christmas Party This annual event for village children will take th Delivering place on Saturday, 10 January, from 4pm to 6pm. Please return your invitations as soon as Thanks must go to the team of people who, with possible to ensure that you get a present from the help of Shirley Forster, deliver this publica- Father Christmas, who is once gain taking time tion every quarter. They are Lynn Waddingham, off from his New Year holiday to call in on Jessie Puckering and Brenda Jackson. Ellerker. If you would like to volunteer to help, please con- Neighbourhood Watch Quiz tact Shirley on 423860. Janet and Ian Sayer, Sarah Wood and Tim Pick- – Ed les represented the Playing Fields in this annual village Quiz and this year were lucky enough to win it - against the strong opposition of 9 other teams. This means that we will be hosting the Quiz in 2004, make a note in your diary for th Thursday, 14 October 2004.

– SJW

PC meetings

All Parish Council meetings are open to any member of the public and village residents are very welcome to attend. If there is a particular point that you wish to raise at a meeting please ELLERKER EVENT DIARY speak to the Chairman, Clerk or any Council JANUARY — MARCH Member 14 days or more before the next meet- ing. The next meeting is on 12th February. January - TJP 7 WI, Village Hall, 7.30pm 7 Refuse collection (1st of the year) 7 Mobile Library (1st of the year) Village Hall 8 YCA, Village Hall, 7.30pm

Did you see a builder’s skip outside the Village 10 Children’s Christmas Party, Village Hall, 4pm Hall in November? Into that skip went the old Vil- 29 Ellerker Show, Village Hall, 7.30pm lage Hall windows, fascia boards, soffits and gut- 30 Ellerker Show, Village Hall, 7.30pm tering, along with old cupboards, ancient cooker 31 Ellerker Show, Village Hall, 7.30pm and flooring from the kitchen. February Refurbishment work has progressed smoothly, 4 WI, Village Hall, 7.30pm with as little inconvenience as possible to regular 5 YCA, Village Hall, 7.30pm users. Once when we had no sink, the ladies of 12 Parish Council, Village Hall, 7.30pm the village Hall Committee washed up one cup at a time in the ladies room’s small washbasin. March With much carrying of small items to and fro. 3 WI, Village Hall, 7.30pm

Now we have a brand new kitchen with new cup- 4 YCA, Village Hall, 7.30pm boards, cooker and flooring. Do come and see when you have the opportunity. We thank those who have donated money towards this effort, the first major improvements since the millennium, when we installed a new central heating boiler

EllerkerViews News , fundedexpressed by 7 Ellerker village are organisations, not necessarily produced for the benefit those of those ofliving thein Ellerker Ed anid tHilldales. o r Editor - Tim Pickles (422585) Distribution - Shirley Foster (423860) - 4 -