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Hornsea Hub opens its doors after £9.9m investment ROB ANDREW

THE HORNSEA Hub, the new name for the redeveloped and extended East Riding Leisure Hornsea, opened on Monday, October 26.

The reopening marks the completion of a £9.9 million project which includes a complete refurbishment and extension of the original leisure centre. New facilities include a 55-station Tone Zone on the first fl oor overlooking the promenade (this is currently at a reduced capacity, to allow for social distancing); a new extended café area; new changing rooms; refurbished squash courts; and a spin and exercise studio. The pool area and changing rooms have also been extensively refurbished.

There will be around 80 classes a week, ranging from traditional yoga and chair based classes to brand new classes to suit all ages and abilities. The cardiovascular equipment allows customers to follow programmes like Virtual Active, which includes virtual trips through the French countryside or the Rocky Mountains. The Spin Studio boasts state of the art Stages bikes used by sporting elite organisations, LED multifunctional mood lighting for instructor led classes, and screens for Les Mills Sprint in addition to RPM virtual classes.

All gym sessions must be pre-booked.

Booking is two days in advance for members and one day for non-members. There will also be no walk up and play opportunities, because of COVID-19 restrictions - all leisure activities such as swimming must be pre-booked. A one-way system will be in operation in the building.

Tours of the building are not possible at the moment, but a walkthrough video of the new facility can be seen at www.eastridingleisure.co.uk/hornsea

The redevelopment also sees the town’s library, customer service centre and resource centre relocating to the new facility, as well as the Children’s Centre.

The new integrated library and customer service centre will be open 27 hours a week allowing residents to undertake a wide variety of transactions at their own convenience while, at the same time, being able to use self-service provisions and access information via public access terminals.

Following government guidelines, when able, the new centre will see residents being offered the opportunity to take part in groups and events, including: an adult reading group, reminiscence group, knit and natter sessions, storytime (for babies and toddlers), teenage reading group and Chatterbooks (younger reading groups).

The opening hours of the new library and customer service centre will be Monday 9.30am 4.30pm, Tuesday 12.30pm - 6.30pm, Wednesday – Closed, Thursday 9.30am 1.30pm, Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm and Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm. The library is free to join and members also have free access to eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers.

All Hornsea Hub customers who wish to park will be asked to input their registration numbers into an iPad at the service that they are entering, and this will allow free parking for a specified time.

Part-funded from the £3.77m Coastal Communities Fund awarded to Hornsea, the project is part of a wider regeneration programme for the sea front. With a dedicated education room, toilets and stunning sea views from the outdoor seating area, the development is designed to attract more visitors to Hornsea, as well as catering for residents.

Councillor Richard Burton, leader of the council, said: “The new Hornsea Hub represents the largest single investment this council has ever made in the town.

“The creation of similar multi-service centres has proved to be very successful in other parts of the East Riding, providing the public with improved services while reducing running costs for the council by having a number of services under one roof. It has also led to increased usage and substantially improved the offer to our residents.

“Clearly, the issues with COVID-19 have caused delays to this project, and we thank all our customers and residents for their patience and understanding. We will not be able to open all the promised facilities in the leisure centre immediately, again because of current restrictions, but I can assure all our customers that we will provide the best service we possibly can in what will be stunning new surroundings.”

HORNSEA HUB: The newly refurbished and extended Hornsea Hub is now open

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String of special projects announced to drive tourism to the Yorkshire coast Yorkshire Coast BID are funding an array of interactive legacy events and initiatives to promote, protect and support The Yorkshire Coast and its businesses.

With more people planning staycations and looking closer to home for their next holiday destination, Yorkshire Coast BID has pledged its support towards a number of exciting projects and events across the Yorkshire Coast over the next 12 months, all to attract visitors and boost tourism in the local area.

The latest major project announced by the BID is a special legacy project, titled: 'The Odyssey: An Epic Adventure on the Yorkshire Coast’ inspired by Homer’s classic tale of the Trojan wars. The initiative will see events staged along the Yorkshire Coast over the next three years inspired by the classic tale. These are all focused on engaging the local community in creative performance and attracting visitors both returning and new. The interactive project, set to launch in November, will be run by Yorkshire based Animated Objects Theatre Company who specialise in live artistic events. It will start with a series of interactive events titled ‘Lighting up the Coast’, which will provide residents and visitors the opportunity to gather safely, reflect and celebrate what they value about their communities. ‘Lighting

up the Coast’ will feature 1 immersive walk-through illuminations in a number of towns; launching the programme of 50 live events which will follow in different settings across the Yorkshire Coast.

Spectators can expect illuminations, short films, animation, new music, sculpture, dance, giant puppetry, lanterns, parades, digital artworks and a whole lot more, 2 as part of the story being told over three years by members of the Yorkshire Coast community.

The programme will cover 100 miles of coastline from Spurn Point to Staithes. The creative team will direct, produce and create the Odyssey story of events featuring large scale celebrations, impressive visuals, dramatic performances and live music.

Lee Threadgold from Animated Objects Theatre Company, said: “We’re delighted to be working with the Yorkshire BID on what is going to be a hugely exciting project spanning three years, showcasing the wonderful talents and beautiful scenery of the Yorkshire Coast and its people. We’ve always put communities at the heart of our creative work, and the prospect of bringing

people of different ages and backgrounds from across this incredible region together to tell a story of this scale is something we are really passionate about.

“There are lots of different opportunities for people to get really involved in the making of 'The Odyssey'; as makers, performers, storytellers, and to celebrate the creativity of our local

communities. We can’t wait for the adventure to begin!”

Yorkshire Coast BID has also announced plans to launch a number of new coastal tourist attractions which will feature a series of newly commissioned large sculptures. These form part of the 240 miles of bike, walk and driving routes designed to promote the region and attract more visitors to the whole coastal area. The Yorkshire Coast circular routes will feature 100 miles of coastline, via different itinerary options which cut through the eastern edges of the North York Moors National Park, from Staithes all the way down to Spurn point mapped out along the way by the standout new steel sculptures landmarks. As part of the Sculpture project the BID has teamed up with local Yorkshire artist Emma Stothard to draw and create the key landmark items for the new heritage sculpture trail. This flagship project will be launched to the public officially next year. It is designed to boost tourism by providing multiple reasons to visit the Yorkshire Coast as well as encouraging visitors to stay longer, return and invest more in local shops, restaurants and attractions.

BID Director, Clive Rowe-Evan spoke

about the BID’s involvement in the upcoming plans: “The aim of the BID is to promote, protect and support The Yorkshire Coast over the next five years.

We want to help local businesses attract new visitors to the area and increase the revenue coming into the local area.

“Supporting new and existing events in the region is crucial to helping us achieve this goal, and to showing tourists exactly what the Yorkshire Coast has to offer. We know more people will be looking to do staycations for their holidays as uncertainty around international travel continues, the Yorkshire Coast is the perfect destination for people all across the country to visit and these projects just provide more reasons to do so.”

To find out more about the Yorkshire Coast BID, please visit: https://www.yorkshirecoastbid.co.uk/ Pic 1: SCULPTURE: Artist Emma’s Stothard will draw and create key landmark items for the new heritage sculpture trail – Emma pictured with her sculpture of a giant crab on Withernsea seafront as part of the fish trail installed this year.

Pic 2: ANIMATED OBJECTS: The Odyssey initiative will see events staged along the Yorkshire Coast run

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Coronavirus numbers on the rise HORNSEA appears according to Government data to be experiencing a local outbreak in Coronavirus cases. Despite the figures still being relatively low they are considerably higher than in other local areas of East Riding. However figures across East Riding are on the rise.

At the time of writing on Sunday, October 25 the figures shown and used below were those in the seven days to October 20. The UK average rate stood at 201.1 per 100,000 of the population. The East Riding average was just above this at 209.9 (per 100,000) with 823 positive cases recorded in the seven days to

October 20, up 281 (or 51.8%) on the previous week and with five deaths in the East Riding from Coronavirus in the last seven days.

Drilling down per area split within the East Riding Aldbrough and Sproatley maintained an average rate of 56.1 (per 100,000). They reported four cases in the seven days to October 20, which is no increase on the previous week. Leven and Tickton had an average rate of 104.2 (per 100,000) and eight cases in the seven days to October 20 (up two or 33% on the previous week). Skipsea, Beeford and Brandesburton had an average rate of 195.60 (per

100,000) with 14 cases in the seven days to October 20 which is up four cases on the previous week (40.0%).

Hornsea had an average rate of 517.8 (per 100,000) with 43 cases in the seven days to October 20.

This is up 22 cases in the previous seven days or up 104.8% and turns the area purple on the map with infections running at a higher rate than 400 per 100,000 of the population. The local schools and businesses have acted quickly in the hope of containing the virus.

Hornsea Ex-Servicemen’s Club closed on Wednesday, October 21 until Friday, October 30 for deep

cleaning after confirming positive tests in the club. In an update on Facebook they said: “If you were in the Hornsea Ex-Servicemen’s Club from Friday 16 – Sunday 18 October you need to social distance for 10 days”. As schools broke up for half term on Friday, October 23 there were multiple year groups in isolation due to cases within their school community with four year groups impacted at Hornsea School and Language College and three at Hornsea Community Primary.

Eastgate Medical Practice announced on their Facebook page on Sunday, October 25 that rates of infection in

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East Riding and Hornsea were seeing a sharp rise. They added: “Unfortunately our staffing levels have been significantly reduced as a result of Covid-19, with a large number of the workforce either directly affected or needing to selfisolate.” As a result of this the surgery have confirmed they have no choice but to operate a reduced service from Monday, October 26.

The concerning numbers act as a reminder to follow Government advice and wear a mask, social distance, regularly wash hands and to isolate and arrange a test if you develop any symptoms.

Pictures reproduced from www.coronavirusstaging.data.gov.uk OGL under Crown Copyright Pic 1: EAST RIDING: Cases in East Riding in the seven days to October 20 Pic 2: HORNSEA: The Local area map shows Hornsea as a higher case per 100,000 area Pic 3: RISING: The Hornsea cases are rising as figures published on October 25 show

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Free community Chill and Chat Café proving popular HORNSEA’s new Chill and Chat free café is seeing numbers increase. The café is set up to provide a Covid secure space for those who would like some time alone or for those who are missing social engagement and would like to chat to someone.

The café is located in Hornsea Parish Church Hall on a Tuesday and Thursday from 10.30am until 12.30pm each week. It is a Hornsea Crisis Support project using funds awarded from a National Lottery Community Grant. The café will run while able to during the Coronavirus pandemic. A spokesperson for the group said: “The feedback so far has been very good.

People have commented how safe they feel.” The group have also provided sudoku and crosswords to those wanting them. Each table has a sanitised tag on it that can be changed to chill on one side and chat on another so volunteers

know who would like a friendly chat. Referrals have also been coming in from other local community groups.

The café is for anyone missing company or wanting a quiet place to relax. Tea, coffee and biscuits are served free of charge thanks to the grant funding.

The café has received a 5 rating for scores on the doors hygiene from East Riding Council and all Covid safety measures are being taken from hand sanitiser to risk averse table spacing and temperature checks.

CAFÉ: Some of the Chill and Chat volunteers in the Covid safe café at Hornsea Parish Church Hall

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Plans submitted to convert Hornsea’s former Pentecostal Church into apartments PLANS have been submitted to renovate the former Hornsea Pentecostal Church into apartments.

The building located on Hornsea Market Place has had planning permission requested for conversion into nine, two bedroomed apartments.

The church was built in 1864 by Joseph Wright, an architect who built several Methodist buildings in the north of England. The building has the words ‘Primitive Methodist Chapel 1864’ carved into its frontage as a prominent feature. The rear of the building has been extended with what the application describes as a “poor quality extension”.

The application information acknowledges that due to both its location and historic interest, it is an asset which contributes positively to the character and appearance of the conservation area. As such the planning application is designed to facilitate the proposed change of use, while keeping physical changes to the building to a minimum to ensure that the overall look of the building is retained. The application states: “There will be no changes to the front elevation of the building

which ensures it retains its prominence within the street scene.

Further changes present an opportunity to enhance the character and appearance of this part of the Conservation Area providing wider public benefits including improved residential amenity for many.”

The proposed changes to the building include the installation of dormer windows and rooflights to the sides. In addition the installation of ground and first floor windows to rear and alteration to roof pitch of the existing two storey extension to rear. The plans also include the demolition of an existing garage to increase the width of vehicular access At Hornsea Parish onto Westgate.

The changes also include Church Hall the demolition of part of Every Tuesday & Thursday 10.30am - 12.30pm the rear of the building and the conservatory. These changes allow for the nine A new National Lottery funded Covid safe café vehicle parking area.

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EMPTY: The former Pentecostal Church on Hornsea Market Place

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Hopfrog to open at Hornsea Freeport Nick Burton a well-known resident who has lived in Hornsea for most of his life, set up his own company inspired by a love for great beer. He has been involved for the past three years in creating Hopfrog. The company acts as an agent for several breweries including Loch Lomond Brewery (based in Scotland) and Boss Brewing (Wales) - working with them to develop the market in England. Nick also works with a German brewer – ABK, and Möbru a brand created by Nick and his business partner Alan that is a Belgium style fruit beer brewed in the UK. Nick launched into the Mö Fruit Beers part of the business from his time working with imported Belgian beers. His ambition was to have a UK version

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This was launched 18 months ago and despite Covid restrictions and is selling very well in bars and shops across the UK. Nick commented: “I love craft beers. It’s about quality rather than quantity – treating yourself. The Mö fruit beer packs: Strawberry, Mango, Raspberry and Banana flavours, make a great Christmas gift. These mixed gift packs are the best sellers at our craft markets.” The beers are really accessible and not too extreme like some of the craft beers available.

With business going well Nick has recently had stalls at Hedon and Skirlington markets and has now leased a unit at Hornsea Freeport subject to licensing approval. This craft beer bottle shop and tap room is planned to open in November. The unit will be used as an opportunity to promote and sell an interesting range of beers to take away or drink on site, alongside other related gifts. Nick is passionate about Hornsea and hopes that the Hopfrog venue at Hornsea Freeport will prove a popular attraction.

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Hornsea Market Place - safe and sane By Emma-Jane at Trains Hair and Beauty

At Trains hair and Beauty we are in the season of change, Autumn is here, the salon has been busy thankfully due to the support of our loyal customers.

We attribute this partly to our focus on our strict Covid management and good consultation skills, every effort is made to make the client relaxed. The isolation appointments and late evening appointments are still proving popular giving high risk customers a feeling of a professional, clean environment. The track and trace system together with the temperature check thermometer help clients be assured we are doing everything possible to ensure their safety. We have welcomed new clients to the salon, many have had home colour disasters while attempting to create a new look. We have

noticed clients' focus has been on hair and brows as masks have changed the way we see others. Protection is very important, but our ability to interact with our clients has been compromised. We need to make the best of what we have available to us in the hair and beauty industry. Many salons need your support, nothing could have prepared our businesses for the change that we have all experienced. We have a wealth of experience in Hornsea of hairdressing and beauty, please support those local to you.

We have a change of season and now is the time to take on a change, colour changes have been an integral part of our consultation together with colour testing, our Facebook reviews speak for themselves.

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We are placing orders for our Christmas stock, this includes Paul Mitchell take home sets and the popular Olaplex gift set. Keep up to date by following our Facebook page.

Many Market Place businesses are taking on change to survive these unpredictable times that we find ourselves trading in. Mille Sapori is running the family hour prices on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

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We welcome ‘The Breakfast Club’ to the Market Place! It is great to see another occupied unit and we wish them every success with their new business. ‘The lovely Little Shop’ has a great selection of gifts and household items, giving plenty of ideas for Christmas gifts. ‘Karl’s PC Repairs, Sales and Services’ is well used by us all fixing our devices and sorting out technical issues.

‘Rob Harvatt & sons jewellers’ have a great new line of watches and diamond jewellery in stock, customers are welcome to browse without obligation.

This year the small retailers will be making a special effort with their Christmas stock, customers should be able to enjoy shopping for Christmas locally with some shops having late night openings. Quick & Clark have been busy, the property market has been buoyant in the last few months, proving Hornsea to be a popular choice on the property market for renting and purchasing.

A film crew are running a project called the Odyssey (see page 2 for more information) they are coming to our area in February and are

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Hornsea Don't be kept in the dark!

Lions update By Margaret Knapton for Churches Together

By Lion Mel Watson The Lions Shop is operating very well under the current Covid restrictions. Donations continue to flow in and there is no shortage of customers. Everyone seems to have got used to the new routine of limits on the number of people allowed in the shop at any one time which has been recently reduced to six.

Normally, at this time of year, we would be busy preparing for the forthcoming Children in Need event. For several years, we have always put on something special at Tesco on the day. The current situation prevents us carrying out any public fundraising.

We wanted to ensure that the children did not miss out, so we have decided to make a donation of £2000.

Unless further restrictions are imposed, the Antiques Collector Fayre will go ahead in the Floral Hall on Sunday, November 1. We shall have a stall there with all

the usual bargains. We have also been given the go ahead to put on our Annual Christmas Fayre, also in the Floral Hall, on November 7. The usual restrictions on numbers of people in the hall at any one time will apply, but it is hoped that it will prove to be a successful event.

The 200 Club is still up and running and monthly draws are taking place.

Anyone that is currently a member should ensure that their subscriptions are up to date in order to be included in the draw.

Payment can be made at the Lions Shop.

The result of the recent draws are as follows; September No 136 Annie Chapman No 80 Frank Taylor No 66 Mrs R Allon No 143 M Hodgets October No 60 Eileen Smith No 2 M Watson No 179 Ann Speak No75 Sylvia Burton

The origins of 'halloween' date back centuries, at least to the Hunter Gatherer period if not before.

They did not hold 'festivals' at this time but life, for them, was tough and fragile.

Events outside their control dictated their prosperity or decline and it was easy to think of a 'supernatural' being influencing their life fortunes – hence praying or sacrificing to their gods.

To ancient Druids, the end of October commemorated the festival of the waning year, when the sun began its downward course and ripened grain was gathered from the fields – winter was approaching and It

is easy to imagine the fear of the dark time, cold, death and the unknown of the afterlife.

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We live in the time AD (Anno Domini) or CE (Christian era) when we have no need to fear the dark and unknown.

In the life Jesus clearly shows - there is no fear in dark times and death. We do not have to placate any unknown gods, only believe in the one true God and follow his example.

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The salon is now gearing up for what looks like a very busy December. As the salon continues to work with only two stylists in the salon at any one time, appointments are more limited than normal over the festive period. Therefore if you haven’t already made your Christmas hair appointment please call the salon as soon as possible and the team will do their best to accommodate you.

Clients' constant positive feedback about how safe they feel within the salon means we will be continuing our two stylist policy along with our strict salon entry regime and thorough hygiene measures, for the foreseeable future.

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YOUNG FUNDRAISER CREATES HALLOWEEN BRACELETS TO RAISE MONEY FOR GP SURGERY EIGHT-year-old Robyn Harper from Hornsea raised £1100 for the NHS in lockdown and is now continuing her fundraising.

Robyn decided to raise the money after watching Captain Sir Tom Moore. She made rainbow bracelets and glitter bottles and raised £1100 donating £600 to Hornsea GP surgery and £500 to Castle Hill Hospital.

Now Robyn is busy making Halloween beaded bracelets to raise further funds for Hornsea’s GP surgery. So far she has raised £80 and will be making them until the end of October. She has also embarked upon raising money for the Poppy Appeal by making poppy keyrings and beaded bracelets (see page 17). You can see Robyn’s work and order at Robyn’s Rainbows Hornsea on Facebook.

Pic 1: DONATED: At the beginning of October Robyn presented a cheque for £500 to the WISHH charity for Castle Hill Hospital.

Pic 2: HALLOWEEN: The Halloween bracelets Robyn is making to raise money for Hornsea GP Surgery

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The Old Post Office Tearoom Janet Burton bought the Old Post Office in Mappleton in 2014 with intention of opening it part time as she was working full time as a teacher. In 2015 she decided to open the tearoom full time. It had always been the village shop and Janet believes that it stopped being a post office quite a while ago.

Talking about the impact of the lockdown on the business Janet said: “The initial lockdown was difficult but we thought on our feet and as there were still customers asking for afternoon teas we decided to make them for collection and delivery. We made sure everything was done with social distancing. As we opened up again this continued with the addition of celebrations for V.E day and our Father's Day platters. Our Festive afternoon teas and treat boxes will all be available for delivery and collection.”

Although Janet

does most of the baking she says it is a team effort. Janet is supported by Angie who has been with her a long time supporting the development, also Ali Ben and Steph. She added: “All of our cakes sell well, but the ginger and lime and lemon madeira are both very popular. My own personal favourites are the lemon drizzle and date and walnut loaf.”

Covid measures they have introduced have reduced the number of tables available for customers to sit in and there is a one way system for customers entering and leaving the tearoom as well

as hand sanitising stations and track and trace using the app or their own system.

“We have the most amazing customers who have turned into friends and have always supported us, especially during these difficult times” said Janet.

She added: “It is rare that someone has the opportunity to live in an amazing place, work with good friends and enjoy every day.”

OLD POST OFFICE: The Old Post Office Tearoom in Mappleton when it was the original post office

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The Rotary Club of Hornsea and East Riding update By Keith Twigg ROTARY Clubs throughout the world including The Rotary Club of Hornsea and East Riding have for many years been donating money to eradicate Polio from our planet. This has been done in conjunction with the Bill and Melanie Gates Foundation.

Every penny counts and the people of Hornsea and District have supported our club in its fundraising efforts for the ‘End Polio Now’ campaign.

Over $20 billion were raised worldwide and spent on an immunisation program inoculating 2.4 billion children.

We can all be immensely proud that the World Health Organization (WHO) announced recently that Africa has

been officially certified free from wild poliovirus, after four years without a case, signifying a major milestone in the battle to eradicate the disease worldwide. Only two countries in the world are still experiencing transmission of wild polio and they are Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The money raised has been through the Rotary Foundation and for many years our club’s Foundation Officer was Frank McCaughey. Sadly Frank died recently and this has left a great hole in the Rotary Family. Frank was a founder member and former President of the club and at the time of his death was an Honorary member. He was an inspirational leader who left his mark on his adopted town of Hornsea, not only as a Rotarian but also as a Town Councillor and trustee of many organisations especially those involving young people.

Despite the restrictions placed on attendances at funerals, as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, Rotary members past and present stood outside to pay their respects as the funeral cortege left Frank’s home on Rolston Road.

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ROB'S RAMBLINGS I'VE BEEN fortunate enough in my own work, particularly moving homes and house clearances for people, to be able to keep working, even if not at the same pace as pre the C word. That has enabled Liz and I to really brighten up our garden area, painting fence panels happy pastel colours, bright yellow, blue, even a patch of purple, to match the vibrant new plants we've cultivated. We've even managed to turn our new summerhouse into something resembling a beach hut.

Some may say garish, Liz prefers to refer to it as happy colours! But what are we to do if the decision is made to impose once again some type of 'lockdown' despite us being miles away both geographically as well as in way of life to our city dwelling cousins who are probably more open to the present situation than those of us fortunate enough to be subjected to the vagaries of the North Sea. Might be an idea to take up walking again around our beautiful area, or even recommence cycling and attempt another challenge next spring similar to our 2017 trek from Southport to Hornsea. One thing I'm certain about is the idea of queueing to gain admission to shops and restaurants in wintertime is one of the ways I won't be attempting to find a bit of life's pleasures.

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recent wedding, our future Mayor, of course we tried the old party trick of putting glasses and bottles on a table cloth, before pulling it swiftly off leaving the above mentioned items upright and hopefully intact. Not being one to blow my own trumpet!

There were only two successful attempts, Joanne Another certainty in life is that we won't be occupying ourselves with the the bride, and myself. We discovered baking of apple pie. Many readers will that provided you pull the cloth very quickly, with a downward motion it be familiar with Liz and her pal Noel always works. Try it, set it up for the cultivating Hornsea Herring's, the area's very own apple tree, and selling kids at the next party, or even foolhardy adults, it’s a real treat for them very successfully. I hasten to the onlookers. add, to raise funds first of all for Equally exciting and well worth the Mappleton and Goxhill Church and effort is attempting to fit a child's lately for Hornsea Inshore Rescue.

The result of which was thousands of seaside snorkel on your mates face and then endeavouring to pour a pounds into our community, the steadyish stream of beer into the tube saving of our local tree and as I have seeing how long they can survive the witnessed many times, splendid experience without tugging off the harvest from the lucky new owners. mask. Don't try this in an expensive Not so for us. Possibly as a result of harsh easterly winter winds we have, a restaurant in Sorrento though.

Particularly at a 60th birthday bash ten-year-old tree which this year has with all your mates present! borne the most amazing crop of two, It's understandable that people are yes two, apples. One of which has just fallen into next doors garden and been becoming even more cautious of catching something, but please do try snaffled by the dog. Seeing as we've to avoid stepping into the road to missed Hull Fair this year I thought I might make us a toffee apple to share avoid oncoming pedestrians, believe this autumn! It won't be a very big one me, I had to take action to miss a couple who did just that whilst I was though!

Honestly I'm not trying to encourage driving by. Be safe not only with the any misbehaviour, but at my pal Tim's virus but everything else too.

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NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Alex & Rachel offer a warm welcome to customers old and new A friendly service with customer safety a priority Dog friendly bar area, large beer garden and home cooked sunday lunches served from the end of October.

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THE VICTORIA in Hornsea is under new management with Alex and Rachel at the helm.

The couple from Hull originally had previously been running the bar named Beaches, on South Shore Holiday Village in Bridlington. However when Covid hit and it closed they were offered the Victoria in Hornsea and could instantly see the potential.

Having taken the opportunity to bring

the Victoria back to its former popularity plans are now in the pipeline to begin serving food from the end of October. In particular they are looking forward to bringing their home cooked Sunday lunches to the town.

Alex and Rachel assure that customers old and new will be given a warm welcome.

Their next plans are to focus on delivering a home cooked favourites menu and starting their bed and breakfast room letting service above the pub.

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Seaton and Sigglesthorne festive walk FOLLOWING a very odd year Seaton and Sigglesthorne Village Hall know the festive season will be a different one.

They are asking residents to decorate a window or the outside of their home with a festive theme. Residents should have their display ready for December 6 if they can. Then dress up warm and take a walk around the villages to get in the festive mood. For those unable to get out and see them the Seaton and Sigglesthorne Village Hall Facebook page will have some pictures for everyone to see.

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Hornsea Living Advent Calendar last call for windows NOW in its third year, this community event is open to everyone who lives in Hornsea to take part in.

All you need is a window that faces the street,

some imagination and creativity to design a bright, festive, family friendly display that can be enjoyed throughout December.

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St Nicholas Christmas Tree Festival THIS FESTIVAL is now in its twelfth year and will run this year. The timing and format will depend on what is possible in December, but we are looking for expressions of interest from any community group or not-

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for-profit organisation that would like to take part.

Please email Trees@hornseabenefice.or g or telephone 01964 532531 if you would like to know more or to book your place. The deadline is Friday, November 6.

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Vacancy on Leven Parish Council There is a vacancy on Leven Parish Council for a councillor. The vacancy has been created due to the non-attendance of Councillor Malcolm Hilton.

A by-election to fill the vacancy will be held if 10 electors of the parish write to the chief executive of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council at County Hall by October 29 claiming an election.

By-elections are not currently taking place due to Coronavirus and so if this happens the vacancy will be held open until the by-election takes place on Thursday, May 6, 2021.

However, this date may be brought forward or deferred by the Government depending upon the circumstances.

If the chief executive does not receive such a request the parish council will be informed that it may fill the vacancy by co-option, which means the council members will elect a new member from those who have expressed an interest in joining the council.

Anyone wishing to discuss the role of parish councillor, please contact the clerk of Leven parish council Mrs S Woolfitt on 01964 544355 or e-mail levenparishcouncil@outlook.com

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Hornsea Welcome Centre update

By Chairman Alan Tharatt THE WELCOME Centre hoped originally to take over the Hornsea Library building to develop a community centre there. East Riding of Yorkshire Council does not want to support this aim so we are therefore now renting the Hollis Room at Hornsea Parish Church Hall three days per week. The entrance is the door to the left of the main Parish Hall doors and is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There will normally be someone there between 10am and 2pm you are welcome to call in for a chat about what we are doing, how we can help you, or you help us.

We now have a new chairman and treasurer, a volunteer coordinator and a furniture store project coordinator, but we are still looking for a secretary and general volunteers for other projects. See our website for more details or ring Emma on 07799

431201.

The Foodbank is seeing a gradually increasing demand.

Anyone can find themselves at crisis point for different reasons, if you feel you are struggling to put food on the table, your first step is to phone Carol on 07511 926967. You will be asked a few simple questions and your emergency food will be delivered, usually the next day.

Great progress has been made towards setting up the Debt

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Advice Service, as we now have formal approval from the Financial Conduct Authority. The next stage will be the training of our advisors, which should commence soon.

Work is being done towards setting up a used furniture store, which will help ensure a regular income for the Welcome Centre.

Tech sessions, craft sessions and guitar teaching sessions have all been held successfully

by Zoom, and these will continue.

We hope to have face to face sessions now that we have a Covid secure venue, although recent developments may cause these to be put on hold for a while.

The free first aid and CPR and defibrillator short courses that we were running before the

lockdown, were due to re-start shortly, but again, these may have to be put on hold for a while. We will also soon be able (Covid permitting) to offer low cost, regulated first aid courses such as Emergency First Aid at Work and Paediatric First Aid. If you are interested in any of these, contact Alan on 07412 422215.

We aim to establish local banking through the Hull and East Yorkshire Credit Union and Engage. We will be working towards this in the new year.

There will be dementia awareness sessions each month on November 4, December 2 and January 13. Owing to Covid-19, places will be limited and need to be booked. Please contact Emma on 07799 431201.

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With more than a century of experience as family butchers, passed down from generation to generation, this has enabled them to provide a broad range of high-quality products that are expertly prepared by their butchers.

Over the years they have forged strong working relationships with local farmers ensuring that they can offer an extensive range of fresh meats at good, honest and affordable prices.

The business is now run by fourth generation owner Sarah Charter with the help of her father, Richard Charter who does the deliveries, and team of staff including two highly skilled butchers and four deli assistants. Sarah said: “With over 120 years’ experience as local butchers you get to know your customers like a family, and if

we do not have what you need in the shop, we will always strive to get what you need.”

Typically they stock a range of cuts of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, duck, turkey, bacon and gammon with special cuts available. In addition there are a range of homemade burgers and meat balls and a weekly selection of various flavoured sausages including their traditional plain and seasoned sausage.

There are also usually specials such as stir fries, stroganoff and chicken par-

cels. Their hot bacon and sausage sandwiches are always popular, and they also do cold meat sandwiches with or without salad as well as paninis and wraps with various fillings. Alongside this they stock savoury and sweet pastries, buns and Cooplands bread.

Customers are encouraged to phone and speak to one of the friendly team to hear their latest weekly offers on fresh meats, hot sandwiches and more. Christmas orders are now also being taken.

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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY PLANS This year’s Remembrance Sunday Parade and official Commemoration due to take place on November 8 in the Hornsea Memorial Gardens have been cancelled as a result of Coronavirus restrictions. The decision has been made in line with advice from the Royal British Legion and Local Authority guidelines. A spokesman for the Hornsea Branch of the Royal British legion said: “It is with sadness that we have to make this announcement but we know that the vast majority of the

public will understand why the decision has been reached. The safeguarding of those who normally participate in the parade and service must be paramount along with the hundreds of members of the public, old and young, who normally attend and line the streets and congregate in the Memorial Gardens.

“This was not an easy decision to make but under the circumstances it was felt that there was no sensible alternative. The Branch understands that some residents would wish to pay

their respects on the day by visiting the Memorial Gardens and in some cases laying a wreath. This is still possible but social distancing rules should be adhered to and the rule of six maintained.”

People are also asked not to stay in the Memorial Gardens any longer than necessary and perhaps as an alternative, to lay the wreaths on November 11 which is Armistice day.

A Church Service is taking place on Remembrance Sunday morning at

email: editor@hornseacommunitynews.uk Hornsea St. Nicholas Church, but because of restrictions imposed due to the Coronavirus Pandemic the congregation is limited to 30 people.

Reverend Tina Minett Stevens has personally contacted a representative of the Queen and the Mayor of Hornsea who will represent the people of the town. Also invited are other Church Leaders and heads of local organisations and community groups who will individually represent their organisation.

Reverend Tina commented: In the best spirit of ‘make do and mend’ this year there will be a Civic Remembrance

Day service at St Nicholas Church Hornsea. Regrettably, this will be for a small invited congregation only but will be ‘live-streamed’ on the church Facebook page - search ‘St Nicholas Hornsea Benefice’ and afterwards be posted on the Hornsea Benefice YouTube channel for those unable to be there in person. This service usually raises hundreds of pounds for the Royal British Legion ‘Poppy Appeal’ and you are invited to go online to make a donation to them directly this year – search ‘Poppy Appeal’ or call 0345 845 1945.”

Graham Stuart MP writes to local schools in support of Remembrance Sunday Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is backing the Royal British Legion’s campaign to emphasise the importance of remembering those who have made sacrifices in conflict ahead of Remembrance Sunday this year.

The local MP has written to schools in the constituency to make them aware of the charity’s resources for their pupils. The Royal British Legion is hoping to ensure that the day can still bring communities together, despite the coronavirus outbreak meaning that many ceremonies won’t be able to go ahead as usual.

The educational resources come in a variety of formats, from book clubs and lessons to assemblies and arts projects.

They have been created in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and are accompanied by notes from teachers and parents to ensure that they are relevant both in the classroom and at home.

The resources have been designed to highlight the importance of remembrance while also allowing children to explore their own feelings of living through the Covid-19 pandemic – drawing parallels between their experiences and the experiences of the generations who grew up in wartime, with rationing, evacuees and similar disruption to education.

The resources are free to download and use and can be found on the Teaching Remembrance Hub at https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/getinvolved/remembrance/teaching-remembran ce.

Mr Stuart said: “It’s really important that we remember the sacrifices made by everyday citizens in wars of the past and that we encourage the younger generations to do so too.

“It’s especially important at this time, when we can’t come together in the same way due to Covid-19, and because many children and families have experienced similar disruption. Some may have even lost loved ones, and it’s only right that they’re remembered.

“This is why I have written to schools to make them aware of the resources.”

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Last month’s edition of the Community News included an article from the local Poppy Appeal Organiser, Keith Twigg, explaining the difficulties placed on Poppy Appeal volunteers in raising money in this year’s campaign.

The Royal British Legion have a poppy you can download online and encourage people to put these up in their window. As not everyone has a printer or even a computer we have printed the poppy opposite for people to display.

There will be no house to house or face to face collections and the usual outlets who have supported the appeal for many years will sadly not have boxes of poppies delivered to their premises this year. The Royal British Legion are encouraging the general public to donate online through its website: www.britishlegion.org.uk You can also donate by phone 0845 845 1945 or by text. To donate £2 text POPPY2 to 70545, to donate £5 text POPPY5 to 70545, to donate £10 text POPPY10 to 70545 – Note texts cost £2, £5, or £10 plus one standard network rate message (typically 97% of the donation amount goes to the Royal British Legion).

Poppy Appeal Organiser Keith Twigg has been in touch with the Hornsea Community News with the following message: “It comes as no surprise to me that the people of Hornsea and the surrounding villages have, as one, stepped up to help raise money for the Poppy Appeal in these very testing times.

Here are some examples: Sisters Aimee and Kirsty Lamming have crocheted some wonderful lapel poppies and have been selling them outside Robinson's Newsagent in Newbegin on Saturday mornings.

Mother and daughter team Irene Smallwood and Sarah Warcup have been raising money by selling Poppy face masks through Facebook selling sites. Irene makes them and Sarah takes the orders and it seems that Irene has hardly left her sewing room for weeks.

Amanda Sherlock and daughter Robyn

have been at it again. Not content with raising a vast amount of money for the Eastgate Medical Centre and Castle Hill Hospital with Robyn’s handmade rainbow jewellery. They have turned their skills into designing and producing Poppy keyrings and bracelets to raise money for the Poppy Appeal.

Anna Jebson from Petals,Pets and Paws in Newbegin who raised over £10,000 for NHS Charities with her now famous ribbon bows is making Poppy Bows.

Thank you to them and all the other people who are supporting the Poppy Appeal in these very trying times.”

Pic 1: CROCHET: Sisters Kirsty and Aimee Lamming with their crocheted poppies outside Robinsons Newsagents on Newbegin

Pic 4: BOWS: Anna Jebson from Petals, Pets and Paws is now making poppy bows for donations to the Poppy Appeal

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Pic 2: MASKS: The poppy face masks made by mother and daughter team Irene Smallwood and Sarah Warcup Pic 3: POPPIES: Robyn’s making poppy keyrings and bracelets after the success of the Robyn’s Rainbows

There are 2 Vacancies on the Hornsea Town Council (South Ward 1 Vacancy and North Ward 1 Vacancy) which will be filled by co option. Anyone interested in becoming a Hornsea Town Councillor should submit brief details/experience to the town clerk:

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Halloween – with a difference! By John Rodgers for Fairtrade Hornsea AS WE ALL know, 2020 has been a very strange year as the Coronavirus affects so many aspects of our lives and we are having to rethink how we approach familiar activities. Now it is the turn of Halloween, and particularly Trick-or-Treat.

In a feature on the BBC website (October 2), virologist Dr Chris Smith of Cambridge University was asked for his advice. “If you're doing something that increases your contacts with other people, then you are automatically increasing their risk and your risk” he says, “but by taking precautions it is still possible to enjoy Halloween safely”. For

example, social distancing means standing well back when knocking on doors and hands should be kept clean by using sanitiser.

Wear a mask, but why not incorporate it into your Halloween costume? It also makes sense to avoid elderly or vulnerable neighbours, perhaps by agreeing visits in advance.

Remember the virus is also spread by touch, so lots of hands rummaging around in a bucket of sweets is not a good idea.

Better to give out individually wrapped sweets. Safer still, leave

the sweets outside your door or even tie individual bags of sweets to a fence or tree, he suggests.

But however you do it, Halloween is another great occasion to spread the word

about Fairtrade. Last month we talked about where you can find Fairtrade chocolate, and if you are looking for something trick-or-treat sized, how about Divine's chocolate coins – a classic favourite.

Divine Chocolate is coowned by the 85,000 farmer members of Ghana's Kuapa Kokoo, which means they get a

share of the profits, a say in the company, and a voice in the global marketplace. Lots of shops stock their products, as does Traidcraft – available via Fairtrade Hornsea. Details are on our Facebook page (@fairtradehornsea). While you're there, you'll also see that we have Fairtrade sweets on offer at bargain prices.

So you can enjoy Halloween – but please take care!

Fairtrade Hornsea can also be contacted by phone: 01964 533576, or email: s.knapton749@btinternet.com

League of Friends, Hornsea Cottage Hospital By June Barton Most clinics in the Hornsea Cottage Hospital have slowly returned including Xray, wound clinic, mental health, physio and the midwives.

Hearing aids needing repairs can be taken into the hospital on a Tuesday between 9.30am and 11.30am and can usually be collected the same day. Apparently, there is a wonderful lady working hard every week to make sure you are not without your hearing device

for too long.

The League is always grateful for any type of support no matter how small. Thank you to Ralph Toogood and his staff, who for some time have been supplying Brian Massey with off cuts of wood that he then turns into useful and practical items to sell on behalf of the League. That is recycling in practice and to coin a phrase ‘every little helps’.

The Clinical Commissioning Group Your NHS is here to see you, safely COVID-19 has changed the way that people are accessing NHS services. A recent survey of 2,178 people found that almost half (48%) of the public would delay or not seek medical help at all. A fifth (22%) would not want to burden the NHS, and a similar proportion said that fear of getting coronavirus or passing it onto others was a major reason for not getting help.

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19 increases and restrictions are October is Breast Cancer imposed across the country, we Awareness month and as with all remain alert to the risks of cancers, early detection can help to transmission in the surgery. The majority of the GP appointments are save lives. Screening is available every three years for women aged telephone consultations but patients continue to be seen in the between 50 and 70 years. More details about breast and other surgery when necessary as they cancer screening services can be have been throughout the found on our website at pandemic. More patients are http://www.eastgate-medical.info/ coming for tests and face to face reviews with the nursing team, and The annual seasonal flu we have successfully held flu clinics vaccination programme is well underway. Vaccination of the overat the Hornsea & Aldbrough sites.

65s and those in the defined at-risk If you visit the surgery for any groups is the priority at the moment reason you will be screened for with vaccines for the newly-added, covid-19 symptoms before entering the building and asked to wear a over-50s group likely to be available face covering once inside. To keep much later in the year.

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A time to remember those who have died All Souls is celebrated on November 2 and is the day on which the church traditionally remembers all who have died.

Hornsea Benefice is holding such a service on Sunday, November 1 at 3pm at St Nicholas Church in Hornsea.

This short service will include hymns to listen to, readings

and a time of remembering.

In the course of the service we will read out the names of all those for whom we conducted funerals in the Parishes of Hornsea, Atwick or Skipsea in the course of the year, and anyone else whom you would like to be remembered. These names may be emailed to AllSouls@hornseabenefice.org or by telephone on 01964 532531.

This year, due to the current circumstances, we will be doing things a little differently than in previous years. The main change is that we ask you to let us know you will be coming, and how many of you there will be. This is to ensure

we have enough space to safely accommodate all who wish to attend under the current restrictions.

Do let us know you would like to come as soon as possible by telephone 01964 532531 or by email to AllSouls@hornseabenefice.org There will still be the opportunity to light a candle in memory of your loved one, or place a flower on the altar (please bring your own choice of flower; candles will be provided). You need not do this if it is too much on the day, but I do hope you feel able to join us for this service as we remember our loved ones during this time together.

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HORNSEA AUTHOR RELEASES NEW BOOK ON THE LIFE OF WILFRED OWEN HORNSEA author Sue Fraser has released a new book.

The book is a tribute to the life of Wilfred Owen. The cover to the book has been designed by Thom Strid from Hornsea.

Written under Sue’s pen name, SF Taylor it is called “Crumbs on the carpet…”

Scarborough and the legacy of Wilfred Owen’s final year 1917-1918. Scarborough of 1917 bore little resemblance to the town it once was. War changed everything.

Wilfred Owen’s time there in the last year of his life saw a completion of some of his greatest work and his reputation was sealed as the finest war poet of his generation. it is a fitting tribute that he is still studied, both as a poet and in the context of conflict and war.

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THE first resident has moved into Hornsea’s new Alexandra House development. Amy Smith completed her purchase on September 30 and Tom Young of Foxglove Homes handed her congratulatory flowers and her keys. Tom commented: “We are delighted with Alexandra House. It’s a great addition to the town and it’s great to see Amy move in and I’m sure she will be very happy there

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POPPY Appeal Organiser for the Hornsea area, Keith Twigg, has been asked many questions regarding the availability of poppy merchandise in the town and nearby villages.

Keith said: “What has to be paramount is the health and safety of volunteers, sellers and buyers of poppy merchandise. We would like to place a full range of poppy goods in all the supermarkets, shops, pubs, cafes etc but we cannot do this if it risks the health of one person. We must follow government guidelines regarding social distancing and the rule of six.

“The volunteers, including myself, who for years have taken out the boxes of Poppies are all at risk because of their age and underlying health issues. Many are still self isolating, or at the very least avoiding the premises that sell poppies. The decision has therefore been made not to put poppy boxes into any of these premises in our area this year. There will also be no poppy tables in the Co-op and Tesco

manned by volunteers this year. I feel that it is nigh on impossible to do such a collection without breaching government guidelines and compromising the health of everyone involved.

“I can only speak for my area and cannot comment about other areas where I understand poppy products are available. They probably have younger volunteers and feel that they can adhere to government advice and safeguarding. Thank you for your understanding.”

Poppy produce can be obtained from the Royal British Legion poppy shop website and details of how to donate to the Poppy Appeal can be found on pages 16 and 17 of the paper.

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First resident moves into Alexandra House for the years to come. We look forward to welcoming our other buyers as they move in in the next few weeks.”

A spokesperson for the Quick and Clarke, the estate agents marketing the apartments, said: “There are now only two apartments left available in the development, so we are obviously very pleased with the progress so far.”

WELCOME: Amy Smith is the first resident to move into Alexandra house and Tom Young of Foxglove Homes handed her congratulatory flowers with her keys

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Virtual charity Christmas fair A VIRTUAL Christmas market has been set up on Facebook by Tara McCann to raise money for Abbie’s Fund. The charity raises money to provide memory boxes for the Maternity Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary’s Women and Children’s Hospital, to give to parents who have also lost babies. The event will run from the Facebook page: East Yorkshires Virtual Christmas market. It will run from November 2 to December 14. Each stall holder will have a write up about their business with a link to their website or Facebook page for customers to order. Tara set the fair up to also help support local businesses by encouraging people to shop locally online with them.

Additional signage to remind visitors and residents to social distance FOLLOWING a letter from a resident regarding the lack of Coronavirus reminder signs on Hornsea promenade Councillor Barbara Jefferson took this up with East Riding Council. It had been confirmed to Councillor Jefferson that East Riding Council have placed an additional 10 signs along the promenades.

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Happy Halloween end of half term fun

PUPILS at Hornsea Community Primary School still managed to enjoy some end of half term Halloween fun.

The school had fancy dress competitions and decorated pumpkin competitions with Hornsea

Tesco and Hornsea Co-op stores kindly donating prizes for the day. The children decorated buns, enjoyed snacks, made Halloween crafts and played games. It was organised by the school PTFA and school staff. The children had a

great day and it helped to lift everyone’s spirits at this very strange time. Even the children isolating and learning online were able to join in with activities and competitions. They also uploaded their photos so they could all be included.

(above left) PUMPKINTASTIC: Some of the children in EYFS groups (above right) HALLOWEEN: Some of the year six pupils in their Halloween fancy dress costumes

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Website: www.floralhall.org.uk Hello from the staff and volunteers at Floral Hall. We hope you are all well.

Here we are again! Not a lot has changed.

We continue to keep ourselves, staff and visitors safe and well fed at Floral Hall.

Our café continues to be very busy. Thank you for your support.

We have had a drop-in visit by a “mystery shopper” from the East Riding Council, who evaluated our organisation in the café regarding Covid-19.

We were unaware of the visit, but she was very impressed and made a number of positive comments including we cannot do any more than is in place.

We have had many enquiries about booking tables in the café.

At the moment we are not taking any bookings- just turn up!

THE CHARITY BOOK STALL This has re-opened in a small area off the café. Only two people can be in there at one time.

We are short of books so if you have had a clear out, please think of Floral Hall.

We accept fiction for adults and biographies / autobiographies.

All money raised from book sales is spent on keeping the hall running.

We have added more events in the Floral Hall diary.

KEEP FIT The Keep Fit class is very popular and an additional class now runs.

The classes are on Monday and Thursday at 9.30 am and the charge for a class is £4.50.

If you want to join either of the classes you must book a place in advance as numbers are limited due to social distancing.

FUTURE EVENTS CRAFT FAIR

The next Craft Fair will be on Saturday, October 24th.

It has been organised in line with all Covid-19 requirements.

There will be a maximum number in the hall, so you may have to be patient if it is busy!

CHAIR AEROBICS

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There are two sessions of Chair Aerobics each week.

They take place on Monday and Thursday at 11.30 am and cost £3.50 per session.

You may attend only if you book a place beforehand as numbers are restricted.

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People attending both classes have been very positive and said they feel safe with the measures that are in place.

To book a place at Keep Fit or Chair Aerobics please contact 01964 533469 Mandy Hood 01964 536462 Lindsey Illingworth

LINE DANCING The class started in September and continues to run each Thursday at 2-4 pm Contact Denise on 07880686848 for details A place must be booked in advance as numbers are limited.

There will be an Antique Fair on Sunday, November 1st.

For any query about the Craft or Antique Fairs please contact Steve Rust on 07946 352793 Again, a very big thank you to Mark Branch Evans.

Mark has generously donated 500 wallflower plants to Floral Hall.

Marilyn and her team will be very busy as they continue to maintain and enhance our beautiful gardens.

Our thanks to the gardening team also.

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Small scale weddings in a pandemic year bring joy to local couples MANY couples planning weddings for this year have had their plans thrown up in the air by the Coronavirus pandemic. However some are still making it down the aisle not on the date they planned or the wedding they planned but still just as special.

Tim Bunch and Joanne Forrest had a wedding planned at Hornsea Town Hall on June 20 followed by a honeymoon to Peru. The couple became Mr and Mrs Bunch at a rescheduled ceremony at Hornsea Town Hall on September 27 just scraping through being allowed 30 at their reception which was held at the couple’s business, Café 10 in Hornsea, before

heading on honeymoon to Scotland.

Rebecca Dunning and Daniel Hornby became Mr & Mrs Dunning-Hornby on September 16 at St Nicholas Church in Hornsea.

They were due to get married on May 16 at St Nicholas Church followed by a reception at West Carlton Guest House in Aldbrough with tipis and 70 guests with 120 attending on the evening. Rebecca said: “During lockdown we realised that we just wanted to be married and start the next chapter. I work on a mental health ward in the NHS so I’ve seen Covid first hand, and my grandad died of it during the lockdown.”

The couple just had their

immediate family at the wedding although five of their closest friends took the day off work to surprise them too. After the ceremony they headed for drinks at The Stackhouse bar and eight of them went on to the Crab and Lobster at Thirsk for a meal and stayed over. Rebecca added: “We actually had the most magical day. It was so chilled out and we got to really enjoy it. In hindsight, we probably should have done this all along. I was really taken aback though by how many people stopped to congratulate us outside the church and when we were in Stackhouse, it felt like the whole of Hornsea was rooting for us.”

(right) Pic 1: MARRIED: Mr & Mrs Bunch after their wedding at Hornsea Town Hall (above) Pic 2: CONGRATULATIONS: Mr & Mrs Dunning-Hornby at their wedding at Hornsea St Nicholas Church

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Who is a volunteer? By June Greensmith from HUG “A person who freely takes part in a task or work for a group or organisation for free”.

Recruiting a volunteer is often quite a struggle and keeping a volunteer can be as equally problematic.

HUG (Hornsea Urban Gardeners) has been extremely successful in recruiting and keeping volunteers, we now have 15 regulars and over 30 task volunteers. We work to support the volunteer as much as they work to support HUG. We are

all equal and, no matter how much or how little time is given it is valued in the same way. In my experience if too much is asked, we are more likely to lose a volunteer. If the task doesn’t fit with the volunteer’s regular commitments, isn’t flexible in terms of time or day, or is too far away from home, we are likely to lose the volunteer. Also, rules, regulations and meetings - if they are overwhelming, we are likely to lose the volunteer. This important

area has to be carried out in a supporting and enabling way.

Most of all it must be fun, productive and rewarding. Here at HUG we call it: “Adults Playing Out”. HUG is a very physical group, good mobility and transport are helpful but not essential. It’s not all digging. We also need admin, plant and seed experts, vegetable growers at the HUG allotment, rubbish walkers and painters.

A very important role is a Leader

who is good at looking after everyone, good at getting stuff for free and good at making sure the job gets done. Also never takes on or commits to what cannot be achieved. A leader who recognises that without the volunteers all you have is an idea on a desk.

I have often been critiqued for advertising the work of HUG and promoting individual volunteers.

Words such as “glory hunting” have been used. Other groups who do not promote quite so

vigorously are heralded as “modest”. These are destructive terms that can and do prevent volunteers coming forward. Such remarks are extremely damaging.

They create unnecessary divides and rivalry between groups who are striving to achieve the same goals, just in different ways.

So today I want to celebrate the volunteers of Hornsea. Whoever you are, whatever you’re doing, take a bow you’re all amazing.

Mere Hall Care Home opens in Hornsea By Andrea Kirk MERE Hall Care Home in Hornsea is now open with the first resident arriving as we go to print. The building is a far cry from the dilapidated wooden huts that had enjoyed generations of visits from Wakefield school children. Wakefield Council decided to close and sell the site several years ago for financial reasons. In April 2018 planning permission was passed for Yorkare Homes to build a new residential care home on the site. This is the sixth home in the family run group which has been operating care homes for 30 years.

Despite some delays due to Covid 19 the home held its open day at the start of October and the staff have completed their training and familiarised themselves with the home.

The team invited me for a tour of the building and facilities prior to the first resident arriving.

The position of the home on Hull Road overlooking the Mere gives it spectacular views and they have maximised the potential of this with huge amounts of glazing and communal living areas facing out over the Mere.

On entering the home you could be forgiven for thinking you had stepped into a 5* hotel. With a reception to greet you and a communal licensed bar area with impressive chandeliers and stylish interior décor.

I was greeted by Jan Gledhill the home’s CQC registered manager and her management team Charlotte and Debbie. Jan has extensive experience both working for Yorkare as Group Quality Assurance Manager and working with the group in a previous role at East Riding Council. Jan commented:

“Hornsea is quite personal to me living in the area so I’m pleased to be able to take on this home.”

With three floors of spacious ensuite rooms ranging from single rooms to suites which have their own kitchenette and living area, these are serviced by two lifts. The middle floor is known as Haven. This floor is designed as a home within a home for their residents with dementia needs. This is no less luxurious than the rest of the home but with added considerations to those residents needs. As an example, each corridor has different colour room doors in varying shades of that colour to help those dementia patients that are better at recognising colours.

Residents can bring their own furniture if they prefer and the home has rooms suitable for couples. Some of the rooms have their own patio areas and the first and second floors have a balcony area off the communal lounges. The home has underfloor heating and each room has a thermostat to allow residents to control their room temperature.

An activities coordinator has also been employed to create a programme of optional activities. These will be established when the residents individual care plans have been carried out to cater for the interests of residents at any time. The home has its own outdoor bowls green and raised vegetable beds for residents.

Within the top floor communal lounge there is variety of traditional games to play while overlooking Hornsea Mere. There is also an onsite hairdressers and nail bar.

The Yorkare Group are passionate about keeping

residents connected to family and friends despite these difficult times. They have incorporated one of their visiting rooms, which have gained national media coverage, into Mere Hall.

This is a ground floor room which has been split into two rooms with an airtight Perspex divide, intercom system, and an external door out. They also have a large tablet on wheels that can be used anywhere in the building for video calls and interactive games designed to stimulate people with activities with varying needs.

The staff recruitment process started in July and as well as employing local people the home has attracted staff from other parts of the country who have relocated. Some of the new staff have been made redundant from other industries such as hospitality and leisure and have had transferrable skills. The new head housekeeper Michael had previously worked in hospitality and has joined the home as head housekeeper he commented: “the equipment is amazing and I’m excited to get started.”

The staff have also met with some local organisations such as the U3A and local clergy and hope to work with the local community in the future. Hornsea fire brigade have also visited to look around the building to get an idea of the building layout and safety features.

The resident’s arrival will be staggered and the first lady arriving has transferred from another Yorkare home having lived in Hornsea for 70 years prior she is looking forward to returning.

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Pic 1: DINING: The ground floor residents dining room Pic 2: VISITING: The new visiting room for safe visiting during the Coronavirus pandemic Pic 3: LOUNGE: A communal lounge with views over Hornsea Mere Pic 4: HAVEN: The Haven floor for dementia residents has colour coordinated corridors and doors to help meet their needs Pic 5: GAMES: The top floor recreation room looking out over the Mere with games, books and jigsaws to enjoy. Also shows the tablet on wheels.

Pic 6: WELCOME: Visitors are greeted with a reception desk Pic 7: TEAM: The Mere Hall management team Jan, Debbie and Charlotte look forward to welcoming new residents to the home

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Flashback THIS is the second instalment of photographs sent in by Hornsea resident Peter Fewster of The Queen’s Coronation in Hornsea in 1953. We will run some more of these in the next few editions and hopefully people will spot some familiar faces.

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An open letter to Hornsea Town Council Dear fellow Councillors, At our meeting on October 19 I proposed a welfare role to ensure that members did not fall foul of the 6 month non-attendance rule. I proposed that this was an opportunity for us to take the lead as a forward thinking, progressive council.

I was therefore disappointed that in a recorded vote all but two members failed to support this, especially given the deteriorating situation with Covid-19.

We have been told that our council is unique amongst Parish Councils in continuing to meet face to face. Other councils have either met remotely using the technology available in the 21st century, or applied a waiver to the six month rule.

On a number of occasions it has been suggested we hold meetings online. These suggestions have come to nothing. It has been requested. that we vote through a blanket waiver to the six month rule. That request has come to nothing.

Given the situation, I believe that it is sheer folly to continue meeting face to face when there are other alternatives. The health and safety of volunteers is more important.

Hornsea is not immune from Covid-19 as can be seen from the increasing number of those being diagnosed as evidenced by the schools sending pupils home and other reports. Our Council urgently needs to plan now and not in a month or two for virtual meetings.

I will be writing to the Council requesting a formal waiver from the six month rule due to the Covid Crisis and have advised that I will not be attending council meetings for the foreseeable future whilst they maintain their face to face format.

I hope you stay safe and healthy through these turbulent times.

Kind Regards Councillor Paul Malley

A Message of thanks MRS Bird who ran the regular Sunday Morning tabletop sales at the Hornsea Town Hall would like to thank all customers and stall holders for their support. It will no longer be able to return due to present restrictions.

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LAST month we had a photograph sent in by Seaton Garage from the late 1980s.

They ran a competition and asked if anyone knew who the winner was.

Claire Webster got in touch and remembers it well she said: “I am that girl. I remember winning a pen. It was a colouring competition not a dot to dot. I won because I had a carrier bag with the Q8 logo on so knew the correct colours.”

Thanks Claire for getting in touch!

AFTER reading Beachcombers article in the latest issue, particularly regarding drugs found, I remembered the stash I found in Eastgate, by the toilets, early in the morning on August 6.

Police collected them later that morning and tentatively identified the top six as cocaine, and the bottom three as heroin. Talking to others later, quite a few more were found around the adjacent roundabout.

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Woods sell tool hire side of the business to local businessman WOODS of Hornsea have sold their hire side of the business to local businessman Jamie Madsen. The tool and plant hire side of Woods has been in operation for years however owner Nick Tudor said: “We have been busy with other avenues, so it has been pushed to one side. We stopped offering the service during lockdown and it’s been so busy it’s been the one thing that has had to give.” Nick approached Jamie who has ran a landscaping and groundworks business in the town, Jamie Madsen Services Ltd, for the last three years.

Jamie will now run the tool and plant hire business hiring out everything from cement mixers, wacker

plates, Sthili saws to ladders, roof ladders, generators, lawn mowers, rotavators, strimmers, a track dumper and more. They are all available to hire now with free Hornsea delivery and a small delivery charge in the local villages.

Nick said: “We wish Jamie the best of luck and will send people who enquire his way.” Jamie can be contacted on 07772 504413 or through Jamie Madsen Services Facebook page and has a card machine for deposits and hire of the tools and machinery.

NEW BUSINESS: Jamie Madsen has now taken over the tool hire from Woods of Hornsea (Jamie left pictured with Nick Tudor from Woods on the right)

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Hornsea Coastguard Team update at Atwick sustaining serious injuries.

Our area of coast has cliffs and a Bridlington shoreline that can be very muddy.

Coastguard, When cliffs erode they can create Coastguard muddy deposits at the cliff base Rescue 912 and along the beach. Harbours, marinas and rivers can also expose and Yorkshire large areas of mud when the tide is Ambulance also involved. out.

Casualty care If you become stuck in mud our provided by advice is always the same: “Stay calm, try and spread your weight as coastguards and much as possible and avoid moving. ambulance crew and then stabilised Call 999 and ask for the ready for extraction.

Coastguard. Anybody trapped Casualty taken to hospital should also discourage other wellby Coastguard Helicopter 912. meaning members of the public Sept 5, 1.20pm - Tasked to reports from attempting to rescue them of suspected ordnance on the because without the proper equipment they could become stuck beach at Skirlington. Items located and details sent to EOD for too.” assessment. EOD attended and In a mud, cliff or water emergency made the items safe by controlled at the coast, dial 999 and ask for detonation. the coastguard.

Sept 9, 8.41am - Tasked to reports of ordnance in the Cowden area.

SEPTEMBER CALL OUTS HM Coastguard Withernsea also Sept 4, 1.27pm - Tasked to a report tasked to assist. The team were of suspected ordnance on the unable to gain access to the beach beach at Mappleton. Team unable due to high tide so stood down to to locate the person who found the return later in the day and meet with suspected ordnance as they had EOD. left the area, no items found after Sept 9, 1.15pm - Tasked to return searching. to Cowden to meet with EOD in Sept 4, 2.42pm - Tasked to a relation to suspected ordnance, HM person who had fallen down the cliff Coastguard Withernsea also tasked.

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The team met with EOD and located a number of items. The disposal of the ordnance was left with EOD. Sept 12, 2.37pm Tasked to a report by Hornsea NCI of kayakers in difficulty, Bridlington Coastguard also enroute. Hornsea Rescue launched and recovered three people and kayak from the water after capsising. All were wearing life jackets and safety advice given.

Sept 19, 3.51pm - Tasked to a report of a broken down jet ski and three people in difficulty near Skirlington, Hornsea Rescue also launched to help find them.

Casualties found by HIR and stood by until our arrival at Far Grange. Jet ski self recovered and advice given by coastguards.

Sept 20, 6.19pm - Tasked to assist with a search in the Hornsea area. Team stood down prior to departure from station as incident resolved.

Sept 20, 7.45pm - Tasked to a report of a white flashing light half

way up the cliffs between Hornsea and Mappleton. Hornsea Rescue launched to search from the sea while coastguards searched from land. Nothing was found after an extensive search so both teams stood down.

Sept 22, 1.02pm - Tasked to a report of 2 paddle boarders in possible difficulty off Hornsea.

Hornsea Rescue launched and after making contact with the paddle boarders established that all was in order so both teams stood down.

No slowdown for NCI in the Autumn

By Andrew Garvey for Hornsea NCI

• Cleaning products • DIY supplies and batteries • Discounted confectionery • Fruit and vegetables • Stylecraft yarn in hundreds of colours in DK, Aran, 4Ply and Chunky • And much more……

THE BUSY summer period continued into the Autumn as visitor numbers remained quite high and the weather fair.

Our watchkeepers were kept busy with a number of incidents that arose and were reported to Her Majesty’s Coast Guard. These ranged from a young person being blown out to sea on an inflatable and a number of paddle boarders being caught in similar situations. Also a kayak being used by fishermen that got into difficulty when it began to take on water. It ultimately capsized leaving the occupants in the sea some distance away from the beach. In all cases Hornsea Inshore Lifeboat was tasked to launch

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and rescue those involved.

These incidents demonstrate the need for care when enjoying the sea and coast. Hornsea NCI station displayed an advisory poster outside the station during the summer. The ‘safe swimming’ poster, provided by Hornsea’s Coastguard team includes information and advice to those considering swimming in the sea. Based on the numbers stopping to read it, it proved popular with visitors.

We have now put the poster into storage, but it will be out and on display early next year.

The team have also been busy around the station repainting both the inside and outside. It is surprising how the external paint deteriorates!

Quite a challenge with the Covid restriction in force. But now looking refreshed and smart again.

Operational times for the station were changed on October 25 to coincide with when the clocks move forward one hour. These are now 10am – 4pm.

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HELLO, yes, it’s that time again: October, another month gone by and I am still writing to you rather than meeting face to face. Rather fittingly, our October speaker was to have been Michael Knaggs, an author born in Hull, speaking about “A New Chapter”. I say rather fitting because I am sure that this year has certainly been a new chapter in all our lives. I don’t know what Mr Knaggs was going to tell us, but he came to writing as a ‘late starter’ (his words) and he has written a trilogy of books under the umbrella title of Hotel St. Kilda. This idea originated from a short story he wrote over fifty years ago while a pupil at Hull Grammar School. The books are called Catalyst, Heaven’s Door and Lost Souls if anyone is interested in reading them. (Book Group?) I have looked for them on BorrowBox, the East Riding Libraries’ on-line borrowing system but can’t find them on there.

However, they are available on Amazon. (I am not getting

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While I was taking my customary walk to the sea I found my mind wandering to things I used to do as a child. One of my favourite pastimes was playing with paper dolls- I cut them out and their clothes, complete with little tabs so that the clothes stayed on the dolls. Do any of you remember Norah and Tilly? My father worked, at that time, in an office above Leeds Kirkgate Market and I sometimes went with him on a Saturday morning.

(Those were the days when most people worked for five and a half days a week) My great treat was to be given a whole shilling (5p for the younger members) and was taken into the Market by the office junior to spend it. I always headed for the paper doll stall.

Of course, that was inside play for rainy days and winter evenings,

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I am sorry if you feel that this the faster you could make it spin. letter has been a bit selfindulgent, but it may have stirred Not to mention some memories for you. marbles. And To finish with I found this lovely conkers. Those poem on a u3a Facebook site were the days. called u3a: Keeping in Touch, What games do written by a gentleman called you remember Stewart Critchlow. He gave me playing? Why did but I played outside as much as permission to use it. I am not sure the days all seem sunny and possible. One of the favourite where he is from but I think it fits bright when we were little? neighbourhood games was Hornsea very well.

Autumn is here now- season of Cowboys and Indians (I am aware mists, etc, but still Hornsea looks Meanwhile, take care of that is politically incorrect now and lovely. I hope you are managing to yourselves and stay safe. mean no offence, but that is what make the most of is was called back in the fifties being here and and early sixties) Nearly all using the prom, teatime programmes were the park and the westerns – I was about eight Memorial Gardens. before we got a television- and Maybe you have were very popular. Remember The managed to have Lone Ranger? And Tonto of a holiday and course. Hi, ho Silver! I used to meet with friends think Ty Hardin was amazing, and and relations. We Cliff Robertson. (My name then have no plans at was Robertson, so that could the moment to explain that). reopen any official This time of year heralded u3a activities, hopscotch and though, as I have whipping tops. I mentioned before, CHATSWORTH: The Great used to love Escapers at Chatsworth in I know some making a groups are getting September pattern on the together in groups

Mist on the Mere, Autumn’s here.

Flotillas of geese, Early morning peace.

Late October morn, and hour after dawn.

Sun’s not yet high in the stone-washed sky.

Unseen birds trill, rusting leaves are still.

Musty Autumn smell, Summer plant’s death knell.

Necklace pearled webs, like bejewelled debs.

Condensation indoors, cold tiled floors; Cat’s wet paws on glass French doors.

Find warm scarves and socks It’s the Autumn Equinox.

Best wishes to everyone.

Jane Hardman

The U3A Local History Group Here is an account of what the U3A Local History Group has been getting up to, written by Sheila Ward:

world of Zoom meetings. Although our topic has always been local history we have even managed to connect with members when they were not Unable to meet in physically in Hornsea person due to and hence local.

We were all (well, lockdown, a few members of the U3A most of us at any rate) local history group have somewhat tentative managed to fathom the about this use of previously unknown technology but have

now come to embrace this new way of connecting to each other and our previous monthly get together has now become a fortnightly virtual meeting. We do have the odd “hiccup” with technology but the more we use it the more acceptable it becomes.

We have revisited

as we all know social distancing is becoming the new normal and as we approach the some long ago autumn and winter explored topics such as months this use of Skipsea Castle, the technology is becoming Wassand family tree a much appreciated and even recently and comfortable managed a screen experience. And who sharing meeting where knows, many, many we were able to see years from now people old views of Hornsea exploring local history schools and have their may even consider this history recounted to us. virtual way of meeting Initially we thought an interesting topic for this way of meeting discussion. Are we would be short-lived but making history?

PS. We are sending hard copies of this letter to all our members for whom we do not have an email address.

If you do have one, please would you let me know at hornseau3a.chair@gmail.com

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Stuart’s Quiz – Films and Oscars

PUZZLES Sudoku There is just one simple rule in Sudoku. Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box. Solution in next month’s edition.

Clues for this month’s quick crossword CLUES ACROSS 1. Largest ocean (7) 10. Smock (11) 11. White metallic element (7) 12. Sparkling (9) 13. Joint of meat (4) 14. Mexican dollar (4) 16. Note (6) 18. Appetiser (9) 20. ------- Nelson (7) 22. Eighth Greek letter (5) 23. Late afternoon period (7) 24. Pure, faultless (4-5) 26. Indian antelope (6) 29. Citrus fruit (4)

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30. Small sea duck (4) 31. Claimant to title (9) 34. Easy gait (7) 35. Collectable objects (11) 36. Welsh castle (7) CLUES DOWN 1. Oddity (11) 2. Player of stringed instrument (7) 3. Frustrate (4) 4. Reimburse (10) 5. Be content with achievements (4,2,4,7) 6. More unattractive (6)

7. Long journey (4) 8. Blacken (9) 9. Elevated platform (5) 15. Marked increase (7) 17. Christopher -------, Elizabethan dramatist (7) 19. Small timepiece (6,5) 20. Shout of praise (10) 21. Art of stuffing skins (9) 25. Plunge into liquid (7) 27. Tribal conference (6) 28. Foam (5) 32. Merit (4) 33. Seaweed jelly (4)

1) In what years were the Oscars (academy awards) winners first awarded?

2) The first actor to win the Best Actor Award in consecutive years was Spencer Tracy in 1938 and 1939 but which actor achieved the same feat in 1994 and 1995?

3) Which film starring Dustin Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Film in 1980, Hoffman also won the Oscar for Best Actor?

4) Which film won Julia Roberts an Oscar as Best Actress in 2001?

5) Which film in 1976 won four Oscar’s for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director?

6) For which film did John Wayne win his only Oscar in 1970?

7) Jodie Foster won two Oscars as Best Actress in 1989 and 1992 – for which two films?

8) Katherine Hepburn won her 4th Oscar as Best Actress in 1982, 48 years after her first in 1934. Which film won her this 4th Oscar?

9) Which film won Kate Winslet her only Oscar (Best Actress) in 2009?

10) Who won the Best Actress award in 2017 for her role in La La Land?

Answers to Stuart’s Quiz are over the page on page 28

Solutions to the September edition crossword and sudoku

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Hornsea Inshore Rescue Crew profile of the month Karl Shannon THIS month we shine the spotlight on Leading Coxswain Karl Shannon.

Karl has been involved with Hornsea Inshore Rescue (HIR) since its inception over 25 years ago. Apart from a few occasions when Karl has had to prioritise particular family and work commitments, he has been an active member of the team. For the last seven years he has been the leading coxswain.

Karl commented: “I have always been fascinated by the sea and got my first boat when I was in my early teens. I have also done my fair share of water skiing, sea fishing and kayaking as well as the regular boating.”

It was the loss of two friends off Hornsea which prompted Karl to join a sea rescue service and aged 17 he joined the newly formed Hornsea Inshore Rescue.

Karl said: “I never looked back. I love the training and being part of a brilliant team who I call ‘my second family’ and it really does feel like that.

I have been involved in every kind of rescue you can think of. From working in severe floods to searching through horrendous seas and rescuing crews from sinking boats. I would like to think I have been involved in saving many lives over the years.

Hornsea Inshore Rescue is a tremendous charity and a credit to Hornsea.

Without it the town would

have mourned many lives lost at sea.

“I am proud of my position as leading coxswain and thank my family for allowing me to take this responsibility. I have had to leave them halfway through meals, left shopping trolleys in stores, and missed family days out due to the pager going off signalling a call out.

They are very much affected by my role as are all lifeboat families. I have three children who I am so proud of; Izzy, Josh and Joe and a beautiful wife Amanda.

As well as my role as Hornsea Inshore Rescue’s Leading Coxswain I am also a trustee which means I am very much involved with all aspects of the running of the charity.”

Despite Karl’s commitments to HIR he also runs his own company 1st Choice Blinds and Nets based in Hull. His company manufactures and sells all kinds of window blinds and his van can often be seen at the boat house and around the town.

Karl emphasises: “I certainly will never be moving from Hornsea and I will always be a part of this lovely town and Hornsea Inshore Rescue for the rest of my life.”

LEADING COXSWAIN: Karl Shannon who has been a part of Hornsea Inshore Rescue since its inception

Hornsea Inshore Rescue Coxwain’s Rough Weather Bike Challenge OVER £4000 has been raised for Hornsea Inshore Rescue as one of the Coxwains and a friend complete a coast to coast cycle ride for the charity.

Friday, September 25, saw Hornsea Inshore Rescue Coxswain Paul Jebson and friend Iain Bland set off on a 170 mile coast to coast bike ride challenge fundraiser.

They started on the Friday morning from Morecambe Bay and arrived at Bridlington in the pouring rain at 5.15pm on the Saturday. The followed the ‘Way of the Roses’ and with a strong north easterly gale blowing it was more reminiscent of some of Paul’s rough weather Lifeboat call outs. The 50mph gusting head winds, rain, a back wheel falling off and a sting to the lip didn’t stop them completing the challenge. The two were met at Bridlington by enthusiastic

family and friends who then took them and their bikes to Hornsea Inshore Rescue’s HQ for a celebration.

The pair aimed to raise £1500 but with almost 200 supporters they raised just over £4000 for the charity. Paul would like to thank all those people who had so generously donated and those who had offered encouragement in person and on social media. “It was a very hard ride in some atrocious conditions” said Paul, “but such an enthusiastic welcome and all the good wishes makes it all worthwhile for a very deserving cause.”

They also thanked Iain’s Darren for his invaluable support providing the teas, lunches and support along the way.

Chair of Hornsea Inshore Rescue, Sue Hickson-Marsay commented: “We are all so

proud of Paul and Iain and thankful for the donations at this very difficult time for funding. Despite the covid restrictions we have still had over 25 call outs this year and a number of lives have undoubtedly been saved.” (above right) FUNDRAISING: Iain Bland and Coxswain Paul Jebson at the start of the cross country challenge from Morecambe Bay to Bridlington Bay. (right) COMPLETED: Iain and Paul at the end of their fundraising challenge at Bridlington Bay

HALLOWEEN BOWS RAISE MONEY FOR HORNSEA INSHORE RESCUE Anna Jebson and Amanda Spencer from Petals, Pets and Paws are busy making bows again! The pair made rainbow bows during lockdown to raise over £10,000 for the NHS. The money was donated to ward 130 at Hull Royal Infirmary towards a billimeter (a non invasive test for baby jaundice) and an advanced cot bed for babies.

They are now turning their bow making skills into making Halloween bows to raise funds for Hornsea Inshore Rescue.

The bows can be purchased from the shop on Newbegin for a minimum donation of £2 with all funds raised being donated to HIR. A spokesperson for HIR said: “We are loving seeing all the

bows in support of us! Thanks to Anna Jebson who is working hard to make these in her spare time.”

As we go to print the total raised from the halloween bows is £1882.70.

(above right)THANK YOU: Hornsea Inshore Rescue with one of the bows on the lifeboat (right) BUSY: Anna Jebson and Amanda Spencer are now busy in their spare time making the bows which can be purchased at Petals, Pets and Paws on Newbegin

Cottingham WI comes to the aid of Hornsea Inshore Rescue Last year the Cottingham branch of the Women’s Institute visited Hornsea Inshore Rescue for one of their highly regarded ‘Fish and Ships’ lunches. They had such a good time they decided to make Hornsea Inshore Rescue their chosen charity for 2020. Their fundraising had been rounded off by a

sponsored walk around the Skidby area - in the pouring rain!

All in all a magnificent £422 was raised mainly from members’ donations.

A cheque was presented to Hornsea Inshore Rescue by Chairperson Valerie Gardener.

Accepting the cheque on behalf of

the team, crewmember Tom Mitchell expressed their gratitude for the donation which was very welcome at a time when fundraising was very difficult.

Despite Covid restrictions the crew had had a busy season with over 25 callouts and a number of lives had been saved.

Caption: THANK YOU: Crewman Brendan Bostock, WI Representative Dorothy Vipond, WI Treasurer Lynne Kemp and WI Chairperson Valerie Gardner presenting the cheque to Crewman Tom Mitchell.

Donations to Hornsea Inshore Rescue are very welcome and can be sent direct to The Boathouse, Hornsea Burton Road, HU18 1TJ or via justgiving.com/hornseainshorerescue or via the web site or Facebook page: Hornsea Inshore Rescue.

Once circumstances improve, visitors to Hornsea Inshore Rescue and volunteers will continue to be very welcome whether they would like to serve as crew (comprehensive training is given), fundraisers or general helpers. Anyone interested is welcome to phone Sue on 07796 257989 or Ian on 01964 534302

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New Hornsea Independent Participation Group launched THE HORNSEA Independent Participation Group (HIP) is launching on Facebook in November 2020. It is ran by a group of residents aimed at: “engaging with, supporting and challenging our Town Council” in Hornsea. The HIP Group is not a political group and everyone is welcome, whatever your political beliefs. The group aims to be a place to be heard, ask questions and hopefully find answers and support from other members who want to find answers and solutions to issues and concerns.

The Group aims to be both ‘informative and well balanced’ and our motto is ‘Engage – Support – Challenge’, but with respect. However, members can be direct and humorous, but be respectful and follow Facebook Community Rules.

The group name reflects that whilst they are talking about our Council, they are independent of it. It is our space for group members to express their priorities, chat about issues, concerns and even what they like about how Hornsea is run.

Facebook provides the group with the ability to have a say, including discussion posts, group videoing, advertising events, a document library (the group are exploring this at the moment), and they may look to generate surveys.

The HIP Group can be easily found on Facebook by searching for Hornsea Independent Participation Group, and ask to join.

Membership of the group is for anyone with a link to Hornsea, including permanent and temporary residents, people working in Hornsea, and anyone else with a direct interest in Hornsea. The group will also be open to Hornsea Town Councillors, employees and Chaplain in their professional, rather than private capacity. Three

questions will be asked of all new members before approval by the admins, including: “why you are interested in belonging to the group?”

Nerys Johnson from the group said: “that question is not because we are being nosey (but we are), but it helps us know how people are connected to Hornsea and what area of the they are mainly interested in.”

Everyone will have different ideas about their membership, it is first a discussion place to share, complain, praise or throw out ideas.

Second, some members may even want to be directly involved in making a difference about an idea or issue and can ask other likeminded people in the group to join them in making this happen.

Nerys Johnson the HIP group founder moved to Hornsea originally for health reasons, the sea air and activities in and around Hornsea has made a huge difference.

Nerys said: “I absolutely love living here, Hornsea has a lot to offer, it’s a beautiful place and I have got to know some wonderful people”.

Before retirement Nerys had a wide range of work experience, originally training as a teacher and youth worker. After working abroad in Canada and Greece, she worked for Local Government (Humberside and North Lincolnshire) and later obtained qualifications in Local Government before working for the NHS, followed by a Social Enterprise to help businesses and organisations develop their education, training and development. Nerys is now retired but continues her voluntary advocacy work and volunteering. Nerys has been attending Hornsea Town Council meetings for about a 18 months as a member of the public and has been engaging with Hornsea Town Council about issues and concerns residents have.

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Ride of a Lifetime By Stuart Kemp OCTOGENARIAN Walter Naylor has had the opportunity to fulfil a dream of having a ride on a Harley Davidson thanks to a chance meeting with a past friend.

Walter, 88 and his family from Leeds became friends with Dave Lee and his wife Bridget when they had caravans at Skipsea. Dave and Bridget moved from Wakefield to Hornsea five years ago and so gave up their caravan. Having had a caravan there for 35 years they knew they wanted to relocate to Hornsea and have become members at Hornsea Indoor Bowling Club.

Dave and Bridget lost touch

with Walter and his family including his sister Rita, 92, until this September when a chance meeting at Skirlington market brought them back together. Walter and Rita were thrilled to meet them and having a shared interest in bikes Walter asked Dave if he still had his Harley Davidsons and said his ambition had always been to ride one.

Dave has always been a biking enthusiast and owns two Harley Davidsons both are in immaculate condition and he takes great pride in them.

Walter also liked bikes and in his younger days had a BSA but due to family commitments had

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On September 27 Dave took Walter for a ride which he enjoyed so much. His sister Rita also sat on the bike and now that they've made contact with each other again Dave has agreed to take Rita for a ride in the new year when the weather conditions may be more suitable.

Pic 3: NEXT TIME: Walters’ sister Rita is looking forward to a ride on the bike in the new year

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School pupils design posters with an important message to help keep the town tidy PUPILS from Hornsea School and Language College’s (HSLC) Eco Club have designed posters to encourage people to pick up after their dogs.

The posters have been made in conjunction with Hornsea Urban Gardeners (HUG) and East Riding Council.

MESSAGE: Pupils from HSLC with the posters they have made

Expansion plans submitted for Hornsea Town Council depot HORNSEA Town Council have applied for planning permission to make alterations to their works depot on Esplanade.

The plans include the construction of a detached single storey building to provide a secure garage and storage facilities. The

site is used for the storage of Hornsea Town Council’s equipment and vehicles. The plans also include the existing driveway and yard area to be retained and resurfaced with crushed stone chippings.

The building will

increase the internal storage space by 124.5 square metres to 181.3 square metres. The building will include two roller shutter doors for housing the council’s vehicles as well as a restroom and toilet facilities for the maintenance staff and a secure store.

Answers to Stuart’s Quiz on page 26 1 – 1929 2 – Tom Hanks (Philadelphia 1994 Forest Gump 1995) 3 – Kramer versus Kramer 4 – Erin Brockovich 5 – One flew over the cuckoo’s nest 6 – True Grit 7 – The Accused (1989), Silence of the Lambs (1992) 8 – On Golden Pond 9 – The Reader 10 – Emma Stone

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From Mallorca to Aldbrough with No Experience Required ALDBROUGH resident Trevor Clayton has written a light hearted book about him and his wife’s adventure living in Mallorca.

Trevor who writes under the pen name Francis James, likes to tackle new challenges and so used his time living abroad to inspire his first book.

‘No Experience Required’ looks at some of Trevor’s unusual times in Mallorca.

Originally from Bradford the couple chose Mallorca as a beautiful island which is British friendly and only a twohour flight from the UK and their family. The book story is described as: “Having spent a week on the beautiful island

of Mallorca with his wife, Francis decided it would be a wonderful place to live. But what to do there? Then he hit on the brilliant idea of running a café bar. Simple . . . and with a bit of help from the family what could possibly go wrong?” Trevor explained: “We bought a cafeteria /bar with all its inherent problems which I had not allowed for. I sold after one season, then went into the jobs market with many interesting encounters.”

Trevor explained there was never any work in the winter and his wife who is a former professional opera singer, sang at weddings while Trevor helped the wedding organiser with various jobs. He carried

out various other jobs while they were there including selling food to cafes and bars, building work and working for a company supplying high class food and wine to super yachts. However, Trevor added: “There were many disasters along the way.”

Something that readers get to laugh along with as they follow Francis’ journey to living the dream. The book can be purchased from lulubookstore.com and kindle store.

When they finally returned to the UK they wanted to be near the coast as it was something they particularly enjoyed in Mallorca. Trevor added: “I have very fond

Ruff’s Guide to Endangered Animals launched HORNSEA Author Andi Dawson has brought out another book hot on the heels of her recent release Pandemic Pusscats.

Ruff's Guide to Endangered Animals first came about after her eldest, Esther, became interested in the environment from attending Eco Club at school. Andi said: “Mrs Close was very inspiring and Esther became interested in the ideology of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, something we have done as a family for a long time.

Then she asked if she could adopt an animal from the WWF for her 10th birthday in 2019 and a close family friend offered to organise it for her.

She's fascinated by cheetahs, so that's the animal that she requested, but I spent a lot of time looking at the other animals available for adoption.”

Andi began thinking about how she could write a book to explain to primary aged children why animal

adoption was necessary, in a childfriendly way.

She already had the character of Ruff the travelling dog, but as a holiday guide character he had become somewhat redundant since the outbreak of Coronavirus.

“I decided that he would branch out into the world of environmental issues and so, Ruff's Guide to Endangered Animals was born” explained Andi adding: “Esther is now 11, so it has taken quite a while and has been a real labour of love.”

The process has seen Andi spend months researching and redoing the illustrations. After holding virtual focus groups, featuring families with children aged 4-12 and a year five primary school class, the feedback

was extremely positive. The 85 page book is jam-packed with illustrations, facts, figures, colouring pages, fun activities and advice on how we can all do more to help save the top ten critically endangered animals from extinction.

Talking about the release Andi said: “I've wanted to write a book like this for a long time, about what we could and should be doing to protect the animals of the world, so I'm extremely pleased

that the book is now ready. My grand plan, the dream, is to get a copy into every school, as I truly believe that this book could make a difference and I'm currently looking into funding this enterprise through a crowdfunding initiative.”

Ruff's Guide to Endangered Animals is currently available from Amazon, but will be available from other outlets soon, including Leafy Seadragon.

memories of Mallorca and it took about four years to really settle back into the British way of life. We are now happy back here and love the village of Aldbrough and the friendly town of Hornsea. We don't go back to Mallorca because I don't want my memories spoiled by going back as a tourist.”

Trevor has recently begun writing his next book which will follow on from ‘No Experience Required’. (right) AUTHOR: Aldbrough resident Trevor Clayton with his book (right inset) BOOK: The cover of Trevor’s book ‘No Experience Required’

Artistic ‘Tallant’ creating jewellery from aluminium

By Stuart Kemp HORNSEA resident Tracey Tallant has created a range of anodised aluminium jewellery.

Tracey has been doing this for about five years experimenting and learning with different technologies. For a period of time she worked with silver clay, but this was expensive and prompted Tracey to do some further research. Looking at different metal jewellers she came across a lady called Jane Adam. Inspired by Jane she started her career in anodised aluminium and with the help of YouTube she developed her own technique and style.

The process begins with 8x3 Aluminium sheets which are cut into smaller pieces to work with. Tracey then applies ink to the metal adding pattern through a printing technique. She then steams the pieces to seal the ink. The desired shapes are cut using a disc cutter or piercing saw with the edges being filed before finishing with jewellery findings and creating the finished product. Depending on what is required sometimes a texture is added using a rolling mill or images can be added to the metal using a craft machine. Tracey is inspired by strong colour and abstract patterns which feature in many of her designs. The jewellery is also hypo-allergenic and lightweight making it a pleasure to wear.

Having moved to Hornsea from Manchester a year ago Tracey’s designs can now be found locally in The Townhouse or at Art and Soul in Beverley. She also has an Etsy shop online which can be found https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TraceyTalla ntAAJ. Tracey is also on Instagram @tallanttracey.

HANDMADE: Some of Tracey’s recent anodised aluminium jewellery

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Coasting Along By Justin Furapaddle I HAVE sought to try and steer clear of political comment, but the way things are going nationally it is proving difficult.

For example, there are the obvious misgivings of no-one in authority being certain as to what is definite policy and what is ‘advice’ as we stagger from one crisis to another over Covid -19.

There is also the obvious irony of passing a law so to give approval to avoiding (breaking?) the law when it comes to previously approved negotiated structures surrounding Brexit and the EU. Not that I understand any of it but it does seem a bit disingenuous to play around with the law bits that we like and disengage from those we don’t, when we have supposedly agreed to the former.

Our PM has led the way with this one against some opposition although when ‘push came to shove’ the opposition was in a very muted form and the ‘law to break the law’ was passed in Parliament with scarcely a whimper.

When it comes to the struggles of what is actually going on with testing, various apps and tracing, it attracted the ire of the main opposition party leader who said that if he was Prime Minister overseeing this debacle that he

would apologise for it. The sub text to this though suggests he would make the same mistakes as the PM but in his case the only difference between the two would be his apology. Viz. make the same mindboggling mistakes but say ‘sorry’ for them and then carry on.

This just leaves the Lib Dems as the main party left to sort things but with only a small number of MP’s to support their cause it is something of an irrelevance. The one good thing though is that if any HCN reader fancies leading a political party then the Lib Dems are the obvious choice as you only have to be elected to Parliament , wait a short while, and then get chosen to take the top job. They all seem to have had a go at it including one who was touted as ‘Britain’s next Prime Minister’ but we haven’t heard anything from her since the last general election. However a new leader has just been appointed so the well-oiled merry go round is still functioning.

Something of a sad sight to see the last two ‘jumbo jets’ take to the air for a short final flight. It reminds me of the demise of Concorde and our national talent for ‘un-inventing’ things that are futuristic and progressive. No doubt though that some things could do to be

uninvented. We could begin with smart meters although it has gone quiet over the last couple of years so perhaps those early promises of ‘one for every household’ have been quietly dropped following the ‘free costs’ of the plan and inherent problems with their application and use.

Personally, I would like to see the number ‘99’ be un-invented especially in relation to 99 pence. I accept this would be a major blow to how all our garden centres operate and would involve a bit more creativity in pricing, but it would make a refreshing change to see 95 pence on occasion.

I realise un-inventing music would be a bit too much to yearn for but there could be a start somewhere perhaps an un-invention of the Ukulele would be a promising beginning. How did music come to be invented in the first place is what I would like to know? Did those bored early male cave dwellers knock a few unwanted dinosaur bones together and discover that the females re-acted in strange ways to the pounding beat of ‘Them bones, those dry bones’ as they danced around their fur handbags?

When it comes to wind turbines, I am undecided as to their desirability for the ‘invention scrap

heap.’ In this part of the UK we have made a virtue of them but whilst those at sea seem harmless enough it would appear that those isolated ones scattered about in small numbers in N. Ireland are the cause of ‘creative accounting’ in that the subsidies paid out to the landowners for the cultivation of their wind turbine(s) are far in excess of the value of any electricity being produced. Unsurprisingly the impact of this on pricing across the rest of the UK is mind boggling in the ‘knock on’ effect with an estimated £1.4 billion ‘overspend’ which adds about £73 per year to a typical UK electricity bill.

I wonder if the government department who sanctioned this largesse had their office on the same floor as the one who thought it a good idea to save a few million pounds by doing away with the tax discs on motor vehicles at a cost of many millions more in lost revenue.

I think there must be competition in Whitehall as to who can come up with the most expensive wasteful project. “Your ‘starter’ is a £10 billion wasted project and the winner is………”

At the time of writing we are all suddenly the subject of being in a ‘tier.’ In our part of the world we are in the bottom tier (for now). It is all

a bit worrying but if promotion and relegation are involved then there is something to aim for, or to lose.

It would help if just someone in authority had a ‘grip’ on the situation. I would love to see our PM appear as a guest on Mastermind with his chosen subject being ‘Covid -19 Regulation.’ I can foresee it now.

“Prime Minister: Welcome to Mastermind. Your chosen subject is the ‘life and times of Covid -19.’

PM err ‘Pass’ Quizmaster,” We haven’t started yet.”

Question 1. How can people legally go from one bubble to another? ” PM: Err Pass.

Quizmaster ‘No-one knows so we’ll call that a correct answer.’

Question 2: “What do you do if you see someone coming towards you and not wearing a face mask?

PM ‘Err Pass.’

Quizmaster: Correct, Question 3: Should someone in England need to travel to Wales and use a gap between two mountain regions what is that called?

PM: Er Pass Quizmaster: Correct Question 4: As much of this is experimental, complete the phrase “Running In, please…..”

PM: Er Pass Quizmaster: Correct answer. You have full marks and ‘No Passes.’

Lastly, the ‘New Normal’ is very much part of our thinking now but more of that next month.

CAMPAIGN TO FIND 100 NEW FOSTER CARERS IN THE EAST RIDING A NEW campaign has launched aiming to recruit 100 new foster carers to join the East Riding fostering community.

A series of videos have been commissioned to hear from East Riding foster carers and young people, aiming to encourage more people to come forward and find out more about the rewards the role brings.

The main video has the theme '100 foster carers, could you be one?', and emphasises that fostering changes lives and provides countless memories.

Alison Rooks and her husband Lee have been foster carers for almost 50 children over the last eight years.

“It was something we were always passionate about,” said Alison. “From the moment we first met, it was a topic of conversation.

“We have looked after newborns, we have looked after teenagers, we have had sibling groups. The satisfaction of seeing a child or young adult stable and secure, and knowing you have been part of that, is wonderful.

“You need to have the fire in your belly to want to make a difference, and it has changed our

own children’s lives. To us, a family is a group of people all living under one roof.

Foster carers need to be caring and resilient people, but the East Riding’s existing community come from all walks of life and a variety of backgrounds.

As long as you are 21 or over, age is not important. You can be single or in a relationship, a homeowner or renting, and gender doesn’t matter.

The key factors are that you have a spare room and the time and patience to provide a stable home for a vulnerable child or young person.

In return, carers receive a weekly fee to reflect the type of placement and skills they offer, plus a weekly allowance to cover the costs of caring for a child, such as clothing, food and mileage and additional payments to help with birthdays, Christmas and holidays.

Foster carers also receive excellent ongoing training and support, as well as a dedicated supervising social worker.

Members of the fostering household also receive free membership to East Riding Leisure centres.

Councillor Julie Abraham, portfolio holder for children, young people, education, health and social care, said: “Our team of foster carers in the East Riding are an incredible and dedicated group of people, who provide lifechanging support to children and young people when they need it most.

“We are always looking for more people to join our wonderful fostering community, and would love to hear from people who are eager to make a difference.”

You can watch the new videos on the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website or social media channels.

For more information, visit

www.eastriding.gov.uk/fostering or to receive an electronic information pack, email FISH@eastriding.gov.uk For updates and news, follow East Riding Fostering on Facebook.

FOSTER CARERS: Alison and Lee Rooks have been foster carers for eight years.

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REAL DOGS DON’T LIKE Chance to save money on CUSTARD by Karen Whitchurch energy bills with YORSwitch WELL, of course not!

Real dogs, being 100% carnivore, bring down their prey and go for the full primal, bloodspraying, bone-splintering feeding-frenzy...don’t they? Perhaps in the wild, but not in our ‘civilised society. Gone are the days of hunting, scavenging or even catching a random fireside bone. Man has tidied up, sanitised and customised the dinners of his best friend. No messing, no preparation, just chuck some dried stuff in a bowl, and there’s a complete, balanced meal.

EAST Riding residents looking to make big savings on their energy bills have until Tuesday, November 17 to switch energy suppliers through the highly successful YORSwitch collective energy switching scheme.

Since 2013 YORSwitch has helped more than 33,000 households switch their energy supplier and delivered more than £7.1million savings for East Riding residents.

The average saving is over £200

A LIFE BEYOND MEAT Dogs are designed to eat meat (despite occasional attempts to ‘turn’ them vegetarian). Many owners swear by a raw food diet for maximum health.

Paddy, my Kerry Blue terrier suffered from pancreatic insufficiency, a condition which prevented him from digesting meat, although fish, cheese and eggs did him just fine, but he was

“It is important for householders to be aware that it could only take two minutes to make a fantastic saving of around £200 on their energy bills.

“And YORSwitch is a counciloperated collective switching scheme which can ensure a safe and easy route for residents to make that choice in the energy market.”

Residents can register by visiting www.eastriding.gov.uk/yorswitch or call 01482 393939.

HORNSEA MUSEUM VICTORIAN STREET SCENE IMPROVEMENTS

MULTIPLE CHOICE Dog food is big business: dried, tinned, organic, nutritious, hypoallergenic, high-calcium, low calcium, beef, chicken, liver, rabbit, trout, salmon, venison, pigeon or squirrelflavoured, wholegrain, gluten-free, with special recipes for puppies, adults, seniors, toy dogs, terriers, large breeds, sporting dogs, working dogs, pregnant or nursing bitches...it’s infinite.Even snacks (when did dog-snacking become a Thing?) are sold with weird, ‘healthy’ sounding ingredients that owners never knew their dogs needed hence marrow, sweet potato, chick-pea or avocado chews...don’t they sound great? My dogs hated them all, but I had to admire the guilt-tripping genius behind that marketing.

Fifty years ago, dogs lived off scraps, or tins of that horrid jellied stuff that made their breath stink for hours, or else, like me, you bought them proper raw meat and boiled it, in a Special Dogmeat Pan. Oh, but that was fun.

There was liver, there were kidneys and lights (actual lungs!) that appeared to breathe as they simmered...in, out, in, out...and, worst of all, Tripe. This hideous stuff (bovine stomach-lining) was touted as the epitome of nutritional perfection. It came frozen, in evil black blocks, the only substance known to Man that smelled as bad solid as it did defrosted, its full horror only becoming evident when it thawed into a flobbery greenish-pink mass, pitted with little pipes and tubes. Totally repulsive, and the dogs loved it.

per year, which can make a big difference to your annual household bills.

Residents can register online and switch right up to midnight on Tuesday, November 17 if they haven’t registered with YORSwitch yet and input some basic information found on their energy bills.

Councillor Chris Matthews, portfolio holder for strategic property and infrastructure at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said:

exceptional. And he was Irish.

Food is survival, for all of us, but wouldn’t it be boring if we all ate just to live? And dogs are no different in that respect. I have never yet met a dog that didn’t like cheese, just as I haven’t met one that fancied leeks or onions. All mine have enjoyed fruit, especially pears and apples, most vegetables (not cabbage, which has repercussions!) cherry tomatoes (great for catching) and what dog doesn’t like a crunchy carrot?

But there’s no denying that they prefer ‘people food’. Whatever you’re having will always trump the second-rate stuff in the dog-bowl, and, being opportunists, they’ll do their best to get some of yours. We’ve never fed ours at the table, but that hasn’t stopped the staring, the woebegone expressions or the swivelling eyes as each mouthful travels from fork to mouth and they’re not getting any. We all know that there are certain things dogs should never have, for example, chocolate, grapes, dried fruit and chicken bones. But a little bit of something yummy, well, and a little bit means a taste, not a portion!

Which brings us back to the custard.

Mine have all gone crazy for it, along with trifle, ice-cream and yoghurt, no idea why. Therefore I can categorically state that’ Real Dogs Do Eat Custard’.

Pudding not included.

We’re desperately missing training, meeting puppies, beginners and dogs in need of help, and catching up with old friends. We do hope that 2021 will bring about change for the better. If you’ve booked with us, or you’re in need of advice, please visit our website, and we’ll do our best to help. www.hornseadogowners.co.uk

HORNSEA Museum have expressed their grateful thanks to the Hornsea Co-op and the people of Hornsea who voted for the Museum and enabled them to accomplish a long-awaited project.

There were four windows in the Victorian street scene. Two of these opened with much help from the maintenance team but were generally inaccessible by the collection/display teams without their help. The last window had no display space behind it so it could not be used to show any of their collection in store.

With the help of the grant and Steve Strides, a local craftsman,

the two windows have now been refurbished. They are now much easier to open for changing and cleaning displays. A new window has also been brought out to enable a new shop front display.

The museum hopes that once they open again, hopefully in March 2021, the street scene will be of much renewed interest as it will be much better and bigger than before. They thank all those who have made this possible. Whilst closed the maintenance team have been busy painting the new woodwork, doors etc and making everything look smart ready for the reopening.

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Pic 1: NEW WINDOW: The new window brought out so a display can be put behind, new roofing and window support brackets.

The shop door has also been repainted.

Pic 2: IMPROVEMENTS: The improvements to the Victorian Street Scene Pic 3: ACCESSIBLE: New easily accessible windows to improve cleaning and changing of displays.

Pic 4: REFURBISHED: The Hornsea Museum Victorian Street Scene being refurbished and re-painted ready for reopening in 2021

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By Stuart Kemp HORNSEA’S Kate Jordan is rapidly making a big name for herself with her painting and illustration work. Kate studied Fine Art at Leeds University after which she worked at Kingsmill Special School residential unit from 2012 until earlier this year.

This work was primarily working with students up to age 19 on a variety of art projects.

Since then the high quality of her work has earned her display space at The Townhouse in Hornsea and Art and Soul in Beverley (Flemingate). Her work is also available at the Paper Spoon gallery in Berwick upon Tweed. Kate works from her Hornsea studio where she does landscapes in contemporary colour and is experimenting with gold

and copper leaf to give more texture. As well as paintings and illustrations she is now doing caricatures and has an extensive card range.

Kate has a very busy life with sons Hugo, 8 and Otto, 6 juggling school runs while fulfilling her own artist ambitions. She described her inspirations as coming from the ‘everyday’ and little moments in life that make her smile. Her painting style embraces the family life, such as walking the dog, happy places, holidays and memories. During the recent lockdown Kate has felt more compelled to draw upon these experiences and memories. She has also used her love of painting and drawing to get through the strange lockdown phase and her paintings from this time

are an expression of that journey using colour, pattern and texture.

As well as her work that is on display and on her website she is also available to do personal commissions for clients.

You can view Kate’s work on her website www.katejordanart.co.uk and you can follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

Pic 1: ARTIST: Kate Jordan in her art studio Pic 2: SOLD: One of Kate’s paintings which recently sold at Art and Soul Pic 3: ORIGINAL: A recent painting of Kate’s Pic 4: COLOURFUL: Kate has been busy painting in lockdown

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Plastic Free Hornsea Group and friends by Beachcomber AT THE TIME of writing this Yorkshire and the Humber remains in the COVID19 tier 1, meaning our area is medium risk. Our seafront Eco Hub (formerly known as the Plastic Free Beach Hut) is open on Sundays from 10am to welcome anyone who would like to borrow equipment and go for a little litter pick on the beach, promenade or in town. All our equipment is cleaned and sanitised. As groups of more than six people meeting outdoors is forbidden, we would ask that larger families visiting us send a designated person to the Hub to register and collect kit. Free takeaway tea/coffee is available on return.

We have been delighted by the number of families with small children who are very keen to get involved, and several have said they were inspired to come along after watching Sir David Attenborough and Prince William on the television!

Remember, litter pickers make great Christmas presents!

Plastic Free Hornsea Group thanks its sponsors, Hornsea and District Lions for enabling our work to continue.

It is good news that, after a delay due to COVID-19, the ban on supplying plastic straws, stirrers and plasticstemmed cotton buds finally came into force in England on Thursday, October 1. This comes just one month after ministers confirmed that the charge for single-use carrier bags would increase from 5p to 10p and be extended to all retailers. Tesco has already doubled its charge for ‘bags for life’ to 20p to encourage more re-use. In England, it is estimated that we use 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and 1,8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds every year, (Source: Marine

Conservation Society), so this alone will prevent a lot of unwanted detritus in our land and marine environments. On a personal level, there are choices we can all make to further reduce the environmental burden just by considering if there is a plastic-free alternative we can use instead.

Wedding confetti is one item that is readily available in environmentally friendly forms. Bamboo cutlery and bathroom items, cloth bunting for celebrations, re-usable (washable) face masks, glitter-free Christmas cards, decorations and wrappings - the list is endless. John Lewis and Waitrose have announced that they won’t be supplying anything Christmassy with glitter. Get the children and grandchildren involved by thinking of what they can do to help.

It can be fun!

The Water Refill scheme (refill.org.uk) was out of the public eye for a while as so many people initially switched back to using disposable water bottles in lockdown. Now that it has been declared safe to use your refillable water bottles and coffee cups, providing proper hygiene is observed, it is in full swing again and you can take your own bottle into any business on the app (free to download) or look out for stickers in shop windows. Hornsea, East Yorkshire’s only accredited Plastic Free Town, has always been the county leader for the number of businesses registered to this scheme (28). Now the scheme is branching out to further reduce unnecessary single-use plastic by signing up food retailers who will sell you their takeaway items in your own reusable containers. Tesco has been doing this for some time on their deli counter as has Richard Lowe (The Market Place Butcher). We’re sure that

other food outlets and coffee shops in the area will do the same if you ask.

In addition, Hornsea now has the Leafy Seadragon Refill Co. who sell packaging-free eco-friendly groceries, personal care and cleaning products using refillable containers. They deliver too - have a look at their Facebook page for details.

If you’re going shopping, remember: keys, bags, card/cash, mask and food containers - Oh, and probably an umbrella!

The Eco Pantry Times are different for all of us, but for some the current circumstances have made life unexpectedly difficult. The Eco Pantry exists to make life a bit easier for anyone in need of a bit of help. At present, it is at 48 Burton Road behind the original primary school, but is currently looking for other premises. There is a table in the ten foot outside where donated food, kept covered for hygiene, is free to take for anyone who needs it. On Wednesdays, between 1pm and 3pm (but sometimes as early as 10am) the Pantry is open at the rear of the house, and operates like a shop, five items can be bought for £2. It is a valuable component of our caring community, and it is heartening to see that some people are now leaving donations of food and household goods on the table!

If you are visiting the Pantry on a Wednesday, please wear a mask.

CLiPS - Community and Litter Picking Services This month, in addition to all the usual areas we regularly clean (Tesco site, Newbegin and its car parks, Aarondale corner at Eastgate crossroads and the

TPT), we have been doing a major roadside cleaning project. The aim is to complete both sides of the road between Hornsea and Leven. We started at Leven working backwards towards Hornsea and at the time of writing we had got to the Seaton (Bosch) Garage having done both sides.

68.8kg (almost 11 stones in old money) has been removed. It has made a big difference but fresh litter is apparent already, and the lay-by near the top of Catwick hill has been done twice.

The monthly roadside clean between Atwick and Low Skirlington removed 9.31kg of litter and that stretch never disappoints with its variety of objects!

In response to a request, a short beaten track through a dense thistle patch on the common pasture land leading to Grainger’s field has been slightly widened on one side back to its original width, together with a bit of general tidying in the immediate area.

CLiPS thanks ERYC for its generous support in helping us to continue our work. Thanks also to Hornsea Garden Centre, The Swan Inn (Seaton) and Seaton Garage for accommodating our volunteers.

Pic 1: COLLECTED: Over 9kg of litter was collected between Atwick and Low Skirlington from the roadside Pic 2: ECO PANTRY: The Eco Pantry off Burton Road in Hornsea Pic 3: LITTER PICKING: Two happy litter pickers at the Eco Hub beach hut Pic 4: REFILL SCHEME: The Leafy Seadragon ladies

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Hull Music Club’s online performances start

By Sarah Perkins from Hornsea Music Society Last month, we reported that Hull Music Club was working on a series of concerts, but were not able to share details in time for the Hornsea Community News publication. Well things have moved on considerably since then. The First three concerts in the series have now been announced. Secretary Ruby Seager said: “One of the features of this online flexible format is that the dates are not always as crucial as ‘real life’ concerts. Some of them are available for a while to watch later, so deadlines don’t matter so much. It really is amazing what can be done with technology in these difficult times.”

The first concert in the season became available on Saturday, October 17, a showcase concert, featuring the club's bursary award winners and concert artists performing a varied repertoire. Hornsea Music Society Chairman Roberta Loades said: “It was so nice to see our lovely friends who have played for us in Hornsea. Hana Drábková (oboe), Graziana Presicce, Harry Kneeshaw (violin), and Brice Catherin (Cello) have all played at our concerts in the past, and they were only part of the programme for this concert.”

Katie Beardsworth, Artistic Director of Hull Music Club added: “I’m thrilled to be able to organise events at this time. It has been so upsetting for musicians, music organisers and audiences to be without live music for so long. While I look forward to being back in the concert hall, I also see great benefits in online music. People can watch from anywhere, they don’t have to travel or pay for a babysitter, for example. I hope we will be able to welcome a large and diverse audience to our online concerts.”

Two other concerts on the list at the moment are Allegoria - Songs by local composer Dawn Walters, which is available from Thursday, October 22. These voice and piano compositions set Shakespeare's Sonnets to music, and are performed by the composer herself alongside local performers Elaine Dave (Soprano) and Graziana Presicce (piano).

Then from Thursday, October 29 The Wihan Quartet, an award-winning Czech string quartet, are performing an outstanding concert of Haydn, Smetana and Dvořák works, from the Martinů Hall in Prague!

The arts need a lot of support right now.

Katie Beardsworth mentioned that: "we want to share performers’ wonderful music with as many people as possible. However, these events are not free to produce, and require a great deal of artistic, technical and organisational work and expertise. Your support would contribute to the continuation of this invaluable performance platform for Hull musicians, and strengthen its future, despite the restrictions presented by lockdown. Whether you can donate financially or not, we are so grateful for your support to our musicians".

If you are interested in this concert series, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk and search for ‘Hull Music Club’. Tickets are £9 plus a booking fee (£10.30 in total), and you will be emailed a link to the concert. You can also click in the ‘Follow’ button to be kept informed about new concerts.

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Frank McCaughey My thoughts about a friend I met over 45 years ago. By Angus Robinson Frank has left an indelible mark on my family: • He tutored my teenage daughter as a theatrical Make-up Artist • Some years later his skills persuaded her sister to stop smoking • But the life changing experiences happened to my wife Jean who, when we met, was a shy teenager. Some years after we married, we moved to Hornsea and Jean found herself at a community meeting to set up a “Country Fair”. Frank (a newly elected Town Councillor) managed the meeting in his own inimitable way. The new and fresh-faced mayor, John Whittle, was elected Chair. Frank said he knew the ideal candidate for Secretary, pulled Jean out of the audience and (unasked) appointed her to the role. That was the beginning of Jean’s voluntary career in local Government. She served as Town Mayor on three occasions and when retiring in 1999, I was also elected to the Town Council. The fact that we both continue to serve our community is a tribute to Frank’s ability to recognise people’s potential.

In 1992 over 10 years after I met and worked with Frank we became founder members of our Rotary Club. This long friendship has given me a privileged insight into his professional life and I would like to share with you a summary.

Significantly past his allotted biblical lifespan, Frank embarked in yet another career change, that of Clinical Hypnotherapist. He was well into his 70th decade when starting to study for his fourth or fifth change in career and in 2010 became a full member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis. This is quite unusual for someone over 80 years of age and I was prompted to

make these notes in 2012, after becoming aware of his latest professional accolade. He was awarded an honour that is given to very few people (Frank being the only person receiving it that year) he was elected as a Fellow of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (FBSCH).

This prompted me to reflect on Frank’s professional career. The first record is in 1943 when the Principal of the Municipal Junior Day Technical School in Londonderry (Ireland) remarked that he was doing “good and satisfactory work”. On leaving full time education he became engaged in the “supervision of a sulphuric acid plant” at “The Ulster Manure Company”, Londonderry. After a while he realised that his professional future was not to be found in Ireland and in 1949, he entered the British Civil Service, complied with the Official Secrets Acts and was appointed as scientific assistant at the Explosives Research and Development Establishment, Powder Mill Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex. In the later years of the IRA offensives, this posting always gave him great mirth – the thought of a young man from Derry / Londonderry, who was well acquainted with the Bogside, working with the British Government to develop explosives. He retained his strong Irish accent all of his life!

What an opportunity missed by the Hibernian terrorists, especially as his father was a member of the “old” IRA. A few years later his career path took him to the Research and Development Department of The Distillers Company Limited and all the while he is following the route of most other technical assistants by studying at evening class and in Frank’s case obtained Higher

Hornsea Scouts update BEAVERS VISIT GOXHILL MEADOWS FARM For the first half of Autumn term we have restarted Beavers (Scouts section for the 6-8 year old boys and girls) with smaller groups and all our activities are outdoors and COVID safe.

We were lucky to have two sessions with our Beavers down at Goxhill Meadows Eco-Camp in Goxhill. The Beavers had lots of fun climbing trees, building dens, meeting the Pygmy Goats and grooming Jayne’s Miniature Shetland Ponies – Salt, Pepper and Pippa.

Many thanks to Jayne Haigh and her family for letting us come down to such a lovely outdoor setting. For information on Goxhill Meadows Eco-Camping Site please visit the website:

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CUBS – WE NEED MORE ASSISTANT VOLUNTEER LEADERS TO RESTART In order for Cubs to restart safely we need more adult volunteer leaders to assist Louise in running Cubs, the Scouts section for 8-10 year old boys and girls.

Cubs runs on a Monday evening from 6.30pm – 8pm and on the odd weekend in the warmer months for camps.

Volunteering in the Scouts is easier than you think, and full support and training is available plus you can volunteer on a flexible basis if you are unable to make every Monday evening.

You also do not have to have

National Certificates (HNC) in both Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. By 1963 he progressed to “rank” of Chemist at the Coleshill plant of Distillers and in 1965 he was appointed as Assistant Plant Superintendent at the Salt End chemicals complex just outside Hull. A few years later this manufacturing site was purchased by BP and became a BP Chemicals factory. During the next years Frank advanced through the management structure and also continued his part-time education, gaining a diploma in Management Studies and I believe that this course was subsequently to become the foundation of the Hull University MBA qualification. By 1970 he had been appointed ‘Shift Site Manager’ leading a shift team and responsible for the smooth operation of the chemical complex when day staff had gone home.

Also taking charge if there was a daytime emergency. His first day in this post was April 1, 1971 which coincided with a potentially ‘earth shattering’ rupture of a highly flammable chemicals complex.

Frank took charge and his skills enabled the high-pressure leak of acidic and explosive gasses to be brought under control. This was a real baptism of fire.

It is during the next stage of his career that he developed an active interest in training and studied Cognitive Psychology at the Open University. Always a visionary he was able to see the potential of the unqualified ground floor worker.

These staff are normally known as operators and although each was often responsible for the safety and effectiveness of high-risk plant, worth many millions (sometimes hundreds of millions) of pounds, they were classed as semi-skilled and their experience was not transferable. Frank set in motion their career structure, then moved on and became Chief Training Officer for the Salt End site. In conjunction with a local college he set up a ‘Process Plant’ course which was validated by the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC). All his pupils

been involved in Scouting or Guides before, you just need enthusiasm, a sense of adventure and a willingness to join in.

Give young people the skills they need to succeed in life and discover how being a part of the Scouting family can be as

graduated with distinction and most found it to be a life changing experience. An example is that of an operator I persuaded to apply for entry to the course and who went on to take a distance learning course in Chemical Engineering.

Awarded a First Class Honours degree he was then employed by BP as a professional engineer.

In 1985, after 34 years’ service, Frank retired from BP to take up a position of Secretary and Director of a national training company (BACIE) which had the Duke of Edinburgh as Patron. BACIE had offices in a prestigious part of the London West End and Frank’s office, in an impressive Georgian Terrace, overlooked and had access to, a delightful gated private garden. This was one the most tranquil parts of central London. It is around this time that he is elected as Fellow of the British Institute of Management and a year later he was also elected as Fellow of the Institute of Training and Development.

He moves on again and by the early 1990’s Frank has returned to his adoptive Hornsea and is training the Hornsea Pottery Supervisors in Management Skills. Letters from the Department of Employment and the Prime Minister in 1994 confirm that Frank’s work had won the Hornsea Pottery Company a national training award, one of just 82 winners nationally. It is around this time that he is elected by International Management Centres as “Industrial Fellow in Training and Development”.

Frank has been elected as Fellow to more professional organisations than most people have “O” level qualifications, but I was never aware of him boasting about these accolades. Instead he went quietly about his way. Even last year, in his 90’s, he was auditing the accounts of the Hornsea Youth Club.

I shall remember and appreciate my long-standing friend who spent nearly eight decades serving his community.

rewarding for you as it is for them by contacting Louise Stanyer, Cub Leader by email stanyerlouise@hotmail.com. (below) GOXHILL MEADOWS: Some of the Beavers on their recent visit to Goxhill Meadows Farm

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Beach artwork demonstrates 3 Steps to Safety campaign EAST Riding of Yorkshire Council brought its vital 3 Steps To Safety messages to Bridlington beach on Sunday, October 11.

Yorkshire-based sand artist James Brunt created a giant piece of sand art on the morning of October 11 on the beach in front of Bridlington Spa. The artwork graphically recreated some of the latest

key messages in the council’s 3 Steps To Safety campaign, which urges all residents to do the right thing, by staying at home if they should be selfisolating and to stop the spread to save lives.

Councillor Richard Burton, leader of the council, said: “We are asking our local residents to keep following the 3 Steps To Safety: Prevent.

Notice. Act. Keep doing the basic things which we know helps to prevent the spread of this virus – handwashing, social distancing, wearing a face covering where appropriate and if you’re not exempt, quickly responding to symptoms by getting tested and self-isolating if advised to.

“Nationally, a staggering 80% of people are failing to self-isolate when they should be.

“It’s really simple. If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, if you have been tested but are waiting for the result or if you have tested positive, or if you have been contacted by NHS Test and Trace, do NOT go out. Stay at home. Selfisolate. Don’t go to the shops.

Don’t go for walks in the community. Do not mix with other people from outside your household.

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Why does my left arm feel heavy? By Graham Janes and cause of pain and heaviness in an arm. Whilst there can be numerous injuries that will cause this, the most common are: POOR BLOOD CIRCULATION • Rotator Cuff injury – there are four muscles and their tendons in this Poor circulation is another major reason system which are found on your why we may feel numbness and/or pain in shoulder blade. The tendons connect our left arm. Our circulation can become to the ball part of the joint on the upper restricted when our blood vessels are arm. An injury or tear to these muscles constricted which can be caused by our or tendons will cause a lot of pain and bad posture, a trauma or a lack of healthy can severely restrict the movement in nutrients in our diet. Poor circulation may the affected arm/shoulder. also be due to an underlying condition such as varicose veins, a peripheral artery • Tendinitis or Bursitis (‘itis’ = inflammation) – our tendons are made disease or diabetes – if you suspect any up of fibrous tissue that connect the of these then they must be checked and muscle to the bone. When the tendons treated by your GP as soon as possible. become irritated or inflamed through Try to improve your diet, avoid smoking, injury or overuse, they will cause pain too much caffeine and alcohol and try to and restrict movement. Again, when we exercise more. irritate, overuse or injure a bursa (fluid sac which acts like a cushion between HEARTBURN bones, tendons, muscles and skin), it This condition has nothing to do with your will cause inflammation and in turn will heart but it can be extremely painful and become painful and restrict our resemble a heart attack. Other movement in the affected area. symptoms of heartburn include heaviness BAD POSTURE that you will feel in your chest, arm, neck • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – when the This is usually down to the position we Median nerve, which passes through sleep or work in and in most cases, from and/or jaw. the Carpal Tunnel (located on the palm If you suffer from heartburn infrequently sitting for long periods of time. Before side of your wrist) gets compressed it then try to finish your meals 2-3 hours long the position may result in nerves can cause a dull ache in the upper and before you go to bed and avoid greasy, being pinched which can lead to forearm and your hand. Other acidic or spicy foods and smoking. You heaviness and then pins and needles in symptoms include pain, weakness and could also consult your pharmacist who the arm. clumsiness in the affected hand. may suggest over the counter antacids. If Try to correct your posture especially you suffer on a frequent basis (more than • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome – is caused when you are sat. If you are unsure or when we compress the blood vessels or cannot check it yourself, ask somebody to twice a week) then it may well be down to nerves situated just below our neckline. an underlying problem which should be do spot checks over a period of time The result is usually tingling, weakness, checked by your GP as soon as possible. through the day and let you know. With numbness and a burning sensation One of these conditions is GERD more and more of us working from home along the arm, hand and into the during this pandemic, make sure you have (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) which fingers. Some cases might see the arm is caused by spasms in your oesophagus taken the time to set up a proper swell. workstation rather than just flopping down (the tube that connects your throat and at the kitchen table or the couch with your stomach) and will more than likely cause Medication pain and heaviness in your left arm. laptop –I have seen a huge increase in postural cases with this, or something • High Cholesterol meds – sometimes when taking Statins, which help to PHYSICAL INJURIES very similar, as the major cause. If you reduce the level of cholesterol in our This is probably the most obvious reason need more help, talk to your employer It may come as a bit of a surprise to know that not all cases of heaviness, numbness or pain in the left arm are due to a heart attack or angina. Recent studies show that only about 20% of cases can be attributed to a heart attack or angina; the remaining 80% can be caused by things such as bad posture, poor blood circulation, inflamed tendons, a rotator cuff injury or carpal tunnel syndrome. Also, heartburn and a build-up of lymph (in the arms) can cause pain and heaviness in our arms. It may even be down to your medications such as chemo or statins which can have side effects such as pain, weakness and tingling sensations in the arms.

This article will help you to try and identify the signs of why you have a strange feeling in your left arm by explaining 6 common reasons but, if it is feeling heavy and painful, causing you concern and your first thought is the heart, you should always get this checked out immediately!

about what equipment they should be providing you with whilst you are working from home.

blood, they can cause side effects such as heaviness in the arm, muscle and joint pain and/or a loss of sensation or tingling in the nerve endings of our hands and feet.

• Chemotherapy drugs – go to all parts of our body and have been known to cause damage to the nerves in our hands and feet. In these cases, it is very likely that we may experience numbness, heaviness, pain, weakness and sharp stabbing sensations in our legs or arms.

If you are experiencing any problems with your medications or associated neuropathy then you should consult your GP at the earliest opportunity.

• shortness of breath • cold sweats • dizziness • nausea and vomiting • unexplained tiredness lasting for more than a couple of days It’s also worth noting that not all heart attacks cause severe chest pain, especially in women, and can often just feel like indigestion.

Good luck and stay safe!

Pic 1: POSTURE: Bad posture may result in nerves being pinched which can lead to heaviness and then pins and needles in the arm

Pic 2: THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME: Caused when we Lymphedema compress the blood vessels or This is swelling in our limbs and with it nerves situated just below our you may well experience heaviness in your neckline causing a heavy left arm. arm. Lymphedema is when our Lymph (a thin clear fluid circulating through our body to remove bacteria and waste) starts to build up resulting in an Oedema (swelling caused by an excess amount of fluid getting trapped in the tissue).

Please remember that whilst I have mentioned some of the other causes of pain and heaviness in the arm, heart attacks are still the most likely to affect our left arm. If you or you think somebody has any of the following, call 999 and ask for an ambulance immediately: • a heavy left arm (which may spread to both) • pain and/or a feeling of pressure/squeezing in the centre of the left side of the chest • a high level of anxiety • pain in one or all of: • the neck and shoulders, • back • jaw • upper part of the stomach

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'Tales of Three Peaks' By Hornsea and District Walking Club This month, something slightly different - the walks provided by club members feature the climbs to the summits of England, Wales, and Scotland - namely Scafell Pike 3,210ft, Snowdon 3,560ft, and Ben Nevis 4,413ft.

SCAFELL PIKE Scafell Pike, in the Lake District, is England's highest peak at 3,210ft. Alfred Wainwright in his Pictorial Guide to the Southern Fells, describes the ascent of Scafell Pike "as the toughest proposition the collector of (Lakeland) summits is called upon to attempt ... due more to the roughness of the ground than to altitude, and to the remoteness of the summit from frequented valleys." So this was the challenge that Caroline Gowthorpe faced a few years ago.

This is Caroline's story. "I was invited by my brother, Brian, to join him in climbing Scafell Pike. An early start from Brian's home, then in Lancashire, saw us deposited at Seathwaite in Borrowdale by Brian's wife, Cath, who then sensibly headed back to Keswick for the day. Scafell Pike can be approached from several directions, and our choice from Seathwaite allowed us to complete a loop from Stockley Bridge up by Esk Hause and back via Sty Head.

The day was overcast but otherwise clear and dry. Turning left immediately after Stockley Bridge we followed a clear path climbing steadily towards Esk Hause, with views back towards Borrowdale. From Esk Hause the walking became rough underfoot as we passed Great End and climbed onto the boulder field on the ridge over Broad Crag leading to the summit at Scafell Pike. Alas the summit was in cloud so we didn't get the views I had hoped for! After a brief stay we began our descent, picking our way through the rocks to join the 'Corridor Route' at Lingmell Col down towards Sty Head. A white arrow painted on a boulder directed us away from the dangerous path above the ravine of Greta Gill. We passed Sty Head Tarn , crossed a footbridge over Sty Head Gill, and continued down to rejoin our outward route at Stockley Bridge. Back in Seathwaite we were met by Cath and were soon heading back to Lancashire. It had been a long, hard day but I was very pleased with my achievement.

I had ticked off the highest of the 'Wainwright's', only another 213 to go!"

as far as Llyn Glaslyn with the summit of Snowdon, Yr Wyddfa, towering above. From here the going gets tough as it's up, almost vertically, over loose rocks and scree. So three of our group, Caitlen, Jodie, James, and Bobbie the dog, decided to return to Pen-y-Pass. The remaining seven Chloe (aged 2½), Emily (6), Hannah, Matthew, Joel, Sally, and myself set about the assault on the summit. Chloe was in a back-carrier and the job of carrying her was shared

by Hannah (her mum) and her uncle Matthew and uncle Joel. The steep slope above us was dotted with hundreds of people, looking like ants, working their way upwards.

Then the upward progress was halted because up above, some-one had fallen. We waited and waited as the Coastguard Rescue helicopter arrived and edged sideways towards the mountain. Rescuers were lowered and after about half an hour they and the casualty on a stretcher were winched up into the helicopter and off it went. The procession restarted. Eventually we reached the ridge and the final stretch to the top. There was a queue to reach the summit cairn! On this glorious day you could see for miles and miles! After a brief stop for drinks and lunch it was time to set off down the Llanberis Path. This path is easier graded but longer, about 5 miles, in company with the Mountain Railway all the way down to Llanberis. We all did very well, especially 6 year old Emily, completing about 2,500ft of ascent from Pen-y-Pass and about 3,000ft of descent to Llanberis in a distance of nine miles. By the way those that returned to Pen-y-Pass were 'rescued' by the two remaining members of our party, Ann and Roz. Then it was to the cars for the drive back to our base in Anglesey.

BEN NEVIS

Depending on your choice of starting point, the ascent of both Snowdon and Scafell Pike need 'only' involve a climb of about 2,500-2,700ft. However Ben Nevis, is a totally different matter - there is effectively only one route up and down for the 'average' walker, and the start is near sea level in Fort William, requiring a climb of around 4,400ft!

Vikki Swanborough tells the story of Ben Nevis which she climbed with friends Sally and Lindsey, "Having previously climbed Snowdon and Scafell Pike it was time for the highest UK mountain, Ben Nevis. We took the Mountain SNOWDON 'Pony' Track up Ben Nevis, a height of 4,413ft, and a Snowdon next, described by Arnold Underwood: "Snowdon, distance of about 11miles to the summit and back. like Scafell Pike has several choices of route to the summit, Starting at the visitor centre car park in Fort William we varying in difficulty, or you could always go by the Mountain crossed a lovely foot bridge over the River Nevis - this felt like the gateway to our adventure. The mountain track Railway! My first encounter with Snowdon was in the late route is well trodden and easy to follow. The track starts 1950s when, aged about thirteen, on a family holiday in steeply, it felt like we would never make it all the way up if North Wales. I didn't get far up that day as I had to be this was just the start! However after the initial steep down in Llanberis to join the coach back to Llandudno. ascent it eases to a moderate climb. Along the way we Fast-forward to the 1970s, holidaying with friends in Snowdonia. That day me and work colleague Andy climbed crossed another small bridge and continued climbing. As the sun came out, the views looking down and across the Snowdon via the Watkin Path from Nant Gwynant. Our descent was then down the other side using the Beddgerlert glen were spectacular. After approximately 1½ hours we reached the half-way point. The area flattens and you can path. I recall the summit was in cloud, which was a good see a lake called Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe. This is at thing for me as the last part of the ascent was up-near about 1,850ft above sea level. Looking up we could see our vertical scree! route ahead zigzagging its way up the mountain with fellow Into the 1980s now, and a school camping holiday ...er climbers dotted in the distance. The wind was becoming educational field trip ... in North Wales. We were able to stronger at the halfway point, sometimes referred to as the choose a good weather day and a group comprising four half way hole. On a good day this would be a lovely place to teachers and ten pupils made the ascent from Pen-y-Pass stop, eat a snack and take in the breath-taking views, but using the Miners Track on a glorious day, with stunning for us there was no place to shelter. So a quick bite to eat, views from the summit. The advantage of starting from some extra layers, hat and gloves and we were ready for the Pen-y-Pass is that you are already about 1,000ft up! next stage of the climb. As we started, the rain came 2001 was 'foot-and-mouth year' when access to the down, clearing for only a brief interval just to encourage us. countryside was severely restricted. However by May, our National Parks were re-opening and a Walking Club weekend Further on we soon headed into the grey and bleak rain clouds that enshrouded the mountain. The path now turned in Snowdonia went ahead as planned. We travelled by to slippery shale and uneven rocks. The views had Snowdon Sherpa bus from our base in Betws-y-Coed up to disappeared in the fog and rain, but we continued onwards Pen-y-Pass. Not such good weather I recall, but we made and upwards. With the weather deteriorating all the while, I the ascent again via the Miners Track and back down the can only describe the rest of the route up as a slow slog, Pyg Track to Pen-y-Pass. but we persevered. After a further 2 hours we finally And so to 2019 for my most recent Snowdon challenge.

Another holiday involving the entire family - twelve of us and reached the top of the UK, achievement complete.

Unfortunately for us we could not see further than our own two dogs. The advantage of staying in the area meant we were able to choose a 'good weather' day. So on that day, noses. With tired legs, bad weather conditions and uneven, ten of us and one dog arrived at Llanberis. The plan was to slippery terrain we had to tread carefully on the descent and catch the Sherpa bus from there up to Pen-y-Pass. The bus we could see why Ben Nevis is so dangerous and deserves was packed - there must have been about 50 people, and a its name ‘the venomous mountain’. We followed another walker who was taking a shortcut. This was treacherous dog, on the single-decker which groaned its way up the and not recommended. We continued down past the Pass. The whole world seemed to have turned out on this halfway point, leaving the clouds, winds and rain above us fine day and we joined a procession of walkers on the and continued the rest of our adventure down with those Miners Track. Our group enjoyed the pleasant walk from Pen-y-Pass along a good path up past the old mine workings breath-taking views once again in lovely sunshine.

CLUB UPDATE Well done Vikki, Sally, and Lindsey .... and they plan on doing it all again next year!

Now back to the present and HDWC members continue to get out and about in their small groups, with more local walks during the week and further afield at weekends.

Some readers of this paper may remember Daphne Gardner, a regular walker with the Club back in the 1990s, who lived in Sigglesthorne. She moved down to the Hampshire/Sussex border around twenty years ago, but has always kept in touch with her friends 'up North'. Members of the Club have been down to Hampshire several times to walk with Daphne on the South Downs, and Daphne has met up with us on her annual visits to Yorkshire. Her most recent visit was a few weeks ago, postponed from May due to 'Lockdown'. Daphne was staying in Whitby along with two or three other friends, and Arnold and Caroline, representing the Club, were able to join them for a walk to Robin Hoods Bay. On a bright but windy day the 7½ mile walk starting from Sledgate picnic area and headed down through Ramsdale, with its restored watermill, to a busy Robin Hoods Bay. From there it was all uphill via the hamlet of Raw to the edge of moorland back to the car-park.

It was a pity that, due to Covid-19 restrictions and other commitments, more of us couldn't meet Daphne this time.

Better luck next year all being well!

A small group of Walking Club members took a few days away walking in the Yorkshire Dales, based in Kirkby Stephen. Stuart Kemp recounts his journey by train to join them. "I recently did a railway journey on the Leeds to Carlisle railway to Kirkby Stephen, meeting up with a couple of friends for a short break. Being my first time on the route in full, it was an incredible experience despite the train being only a two-coach Northern Rail sprinter. The journey took 1¾ hours from Leeds and stopped at twelve stations, including Skipton, Settle, and Gargrave, before I disembarked at Kirkby Stephen. The highlight, of course, was crossing the impressive 24 arch Ribblehead viaduct.

The return journey a few days later was equally enthralling with stunning views, helped by the weather which was warm and sunny. I would recommend this journey to everyone.

Kirkby Stephen is a wonderful market town in the Upper Eden valley and is well worth a visit. There are excellent walking opportunities in the area. The town is actually in Cumbria, but situated within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and is served by several trains a day on the Leeds Carlisle route."

Finally Stuart reminds us about taking care when walking in fields with cattle.

"In the past few weeks two walkers in North Yorkshire were trampled to death by cows in separate incidents. One was near Richmond and the other near Ribblehead, both popular walking areas. In these incidents one was a walker on his own and the second was an elderly man walking with his wife - who survived. However in each case they were walking with a dog. Walkers with dogs are advised, if possible, to avoid fields with cattle. Even without dogs you should take extra special care at this time of year when walking through fields with cattle, in particular if there is a bull or calves amongst them. Remember never get between a calf and its mother and walk in single file past them."

Take Care, Stay Safe, Good Walking

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1. SCAFELL PIKE: Looking back on Borrowdale from Esk Hause (by Caroline Gowthorpe) 2. SUMMIT: Caroline and Brian at the summit of Scafell Pike (by Caroline Gowthorpe) 3. SNOWDON: The Coastguard Rescue helicopter hovers over the walkers on Snowdon (By Arnold Underwood) 4. VIEW: The view down on Llyn Glaslyn from the summit of Snowdon (By Arnold Underwood) 5. NEVIS: The footbridge over the River Nevis near the start of Ben Nevis (By Vikki Swanborough) 6. CLIMB - onwards and upwards at Ben Nevis (By Vikki Swanborough)

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Busy month for Hornsea Harriers HORNSEA Harriers did their town and their club proud by taking part in the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon at the start of October.

Mark Williamson, Peter Cork and Caroline Barker ran the 26.2-mile distance while Liz Hardy and Wendy Taylor walked the distance with Lindi Day, their friend and adopted Harrier.

Fellow club members were out in force to cycle or run part of the distance with all six or man water and feed stations along the course as their friends completed what is arguably the most famous of the six World Marathon Majors.

Club Chairman Craig Waites said: “We are so proud of our members who gave it their all despite not actually being in London for the race. Our runners and walkers clocked up outstanding performances and all members of the club are so proud of them for the effort they put in to complete the Marathon.

“The fact that so many Harriers came out to support them along the route and gather on the seafront to cheer them home shows the strength of friendship and camaraderie that exists in our club.”

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along with Boston, New York, Chicago, Berlin and Tokyo, the 45,000 participants who had signed up for the 40th London Marathon were invited to join a virtual event and come up with their own routes to ru.

Organisers billed it as the “most inclusive London Marathon ever” and offered runners all over the UK and beyond the chance to complete the distance between midnight on Saturday and one second to midnight on Sunday.

However, the Harriers running and walking the distance all completed the distance in a fraction of the allocated time.

Mark and Pete completed five loops of the town, from the seafront to the lodges up past the Golf Club, in around three hours and eight minutes, with verification of their times recorded by the official app expected shortly. Caroline ran a route drawn up by Vice-Chairman Neil Pratt to clock up a fantastic time of three hours, 45 minutes and 31 seconds.

Wendy and Liz were joined by their friend Lindi Day and set off at 6am to walk around the villages surrounding Hornsea.

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the incredible time of 11.36, finishing in 39th place.

Mark said: “It was my 45th race of at least a marathon distance but it was the the town as they covered the marathon toughest race I’ve ever done. distance in seven hours 18 minutes.

“I was happy to finish in that time and Craig said: “Our runners and walkers represent the Harriers on tour. I’d like to deserve total credit for putting in the say a massive thank you to my wife Clair training and showing true grit and for getting me out of the door at 3.30am determination to complete the marathon on Saturday morning with all my kit and a in such unusual and testing times, cuppa.” cheered on all the way by the rest of us.

The Hardmoors 55 takes runners “All of the Harriers are pulling together through the North York Moors and the to support each other during the lockdown Cleveland Hills. There are more than and beyond, ensuring our club goes from 2,000 metres of climbs along the route strength to strength despite the obvious and all runners must complete the 55-mile restrictions and cancellation of races. distance in under 16 hours.

“We’re securing record turn-outs for our Special measures were introduced for Thursday evening socially-distanced runs, this year’s race to light of the pandemic to proving Covid-19 has not harmed our club protect runners and others using the – it’s only made us stronger.” route.

Hornsea Harrier Mark Williamson has Hornsea Harriers Steve Thompson and then completed an epic 55-mile when he daughter Lucy also took part in the first took on the Hardmoors challenge across race of the year when they ran the North Yorkshire.

Haltemprice 10k, one of the few races to Mark, who completed the virtual London remain on the calendar for 2020. Lucy marathon in just over three hours on completed the distance in 50.53 while October 4, was back in action to complete Steve crossed the line in 53.27. the ultra distance over the famous course Elsewhere, other Harriers were also in stretching from Guisborough to Helmsley. action despite the cancellation of It’s Grim With wife Clair posting Mark’s progress Up North’s Hornsea Running Festival after for the rest of the town’s running group on parts of Yorkshire were moved into the their Facebook page, Mark completed the highest tier, Tier 3, because of rising epic challenge in driving wind and rain in cases of the virus. Many opted to run the

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Hainsworth Park Golf Club CAPTAINS CORNER I must begin by thanking all those members who played in the fun competition on Saturday, October 17. More than 50 pairs entered, ensuring we had an enjoyable and competitive event. The pins were placed to be challenging and tantalizing rather than frustrating or even impossible so the game could be played in the spirit intended. My congratulations go to all prize winners, especially Chris Reeves and Fin Thompson. I have to thank Paul Mayoh, Stuart Atkin and assistant head greenkeeper Paul Lazenby for their valuable contributions to the organisation and management of the day.

Now I ask you to prepare yourself for a Red, White and Blue fun competition on Saturday, November 21.

SENIORS SECTION Monday, October 5 saw the Seniors Captain Brian Goodlad host the Past Seniors Captain competition. Despite the arrival of Storm Alex during the weekend prior, we were blessed with a warm autumnal day and, once again, enjoyed a golf course excellently presented by Jack and his greens staff team. From the 11 past, present and future Seniors Captains it was Syd Hayward who emerged as the winner with a Stableford score of 37 points. Our thanks also go to Helen and her team for the food and refreshments both before and after the competition

been made in regards to online tee time bookings: From Monday, November 2, the tee sheet will go live at 6pm rather than 6am. This means that the following Monday, November 9 will be the first date to go live at the new time of 6pm.

In addition it was decided that reserved tee times for the EGGS, DREGGS & Ladies will not be permitted and players should book their tee times seven days in advance. The Sunday Early Bird roll up will still be reserved for those playing in the first five tee times on a Sunday morning. Tee times will also revert back to eight minute intervals on November 1 to allow all members the chance to book a tee time.

TEE TIMES As a result of the October committee meeting the following decisions have

Please avoid slow play so that this tee time interval can stay in place during the winter months.

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distance they had signed up for – with Pete Cork and Caroline Barker completing the marathon and Club Chairman Craig Waites, Ian Coggan, Bob Stockdale and John Tansey (supported by partner Claire Spear on her bike) ran half marathons.

Justine Lowe and Liz Lee completed the 10-mile route.

Visit www.hornseaharriers.com if you’d like to join the town’s running club or contact Chairman Craig, Vice-Chairman Neil Pratt or Club Secretary Rachel Waites through the Hornsea Harriers Facebook page.

Pic 1: HARDMOORS: Mark Williamson with his Hardmoors Challenge medal Pic 2: CHALLENGE: John Tansey supported by partner Claire Spear on her bike on the Grim Up North challenge Pic 3: CHAIRMAN: Club Chairman Craig Waites ran a half marathon in place of Grim Up North Pic 4: 10 MILES: Justine Lowe and Liz Lee completed the 10-mile route in place of Grim Up North Pic 5: HALTEMPRICE: The Thompsons took part in the first race of the year - the Haltemprice 10k

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On the Bank – Tansterne Fishery by Ron Bulless Welcome to this edition of ‘On the Bank’ We have concentrated on the basics in previous editions – the information to help the day ticket angler improve on what he/she catches. Now I will explain how a match angler thinks and go through their mind set and how they view each match.

If I compare fishing to football, I would be the manager who could get you promoted to the premier league but then you would need a Pep of Jurgen to go to the next level and luckily we have such a counterpart at Tansterne in the form of Michael Bassett.

Before we begin an interview with Mike let us look at how he performs. In the last 12 matches he won eight, second in three and third in one. In the prize money every time and over the last six seasons he has finished in the top two places of the winter league every year. You never see side trays full of different baits or large volumes of feed when he is fishing. He is a craftsman who is still perfecting his trade and he continues to watch videos of the top international anglers to see where he can improve further.

So here we are on October 7 sat across the kitchen table, coffees in hand. No monies have exchanged hands but Mike is prepared as he always is to help others so they can catch more.

Q. Mike before each match what

fish are. I would not put in any free feed until I know where the fish are and what they are taking – I see a lot of match anglers fill A. Well Ron, I like to have a their feed-pots waiting for the comfortable peg, as sat facing a stiff wind with rain lashing in your start then shipping out and face does not get you in the right dropping a load of bait in a swim and that is the end of that swim. frame of mind to enjoy your In winter, single maggot on a .2g fishing – don’t get me wrong the wind will drive fish to those areas rig at dead depth 0.16 line on a .14 hook link and a max size 16 and some anglers will battle the hook. If the bites are there weather to try and frame in the without feed then don’t start match but when they come off they never tell you how much they feeding just pick the fish off one enjoyed it. Next talk to those who at a time – if no bites try a little in a thimble size cad pot to entice have been fishing it in the last few days, find out what they have the fish to feed. been catching and what baits Q. We all know that feeding have been successful. At any venue local knowledge is the key patterns change in winter – what and as a last resort ask me what do you do different to summer fishing?

I have found out and I will share the information.

A. Very simply do not feed as Lastly if I get a late draw (one of the last to choose) I try for an end heavy in fact do not feed at all – I was always told – you can put peg or a peg with blank pegs either side – this way I have a lot more in but you cannot take it out of water to fish.

Q. Mike, a lot of pole anglers Q. Mike, if there has been a drop turn to the waggler and maggot in in temperature or a frost or a lot winter – what are your thoughts of rain, how do you look to fish on this? your peg?

A. You have to be prepared for A. Ideally, I would want a peg that this – if the fish are further out offers me depth – at least a 5ft than the allowable pole length swim or one that has a feature then you have to go to the rod such as an island within 13 and float but preparation is metres of the bank. I would look important as it is on the pole. My at punched bread (if allowable) at waggler set up is a 2-3g loaded half depth to find out where the waggler with changeable coloured do you look for when choosing your peg in an open rover.

inserts – this is due to the varying changes in light conditions in winter and ensuring you can pick up every bite indication. Back to my rig – I will be laid on 2inches – this means I am not dead depth but an extra two inches and I will have 3 droppers down my line so that it travels slower through the water. What this achieves is hitting fishing on the drop as the fish may not be on the bottom but in a thermal layer of water. This method may net you a lot of silver fish and win you the match.

A. I would have fed very little into the margins – normally the odd piece of corn and no more than 23 grains but switching to a single piece of corn down the edge may just back you a big fish and win you that match.

Q. OK Mike I think that has been really helpful but could you summarise in bullet points for our readers?

A. Well Ron for me I would say 1 make sure you are comfortable 2 keep it simple 3 gain as much Q. Mike if things are not going pond knowledge by practicing lots well when do you decide to make of different pegs 4 always ask changes? the bailiff what has been happening in the last few days.

A. In a winter match I would say One final piece of advice I would within the first 30 minutes as like to share is – keep your eye opposed to the first 10 minutes on your competitors - if they are in a summer match. Keep catching and you are not try and changing your swim by a metre at spot what they are doing, it may a time until you find the fish – you give you an edge when to change must remember the fish are not tactics but don’t panic if you think moving in winter and are normally you are in the frame – keep doing huddled up in shoals in very small what has been successful for you areas. So, it is changing your and you will be in the frame. swim not your rig – if your rig is right its right – changing it will not I hope this insight into the mind magic fish into your swim. Also, and tactics of one of the most in some winter matches you must successful anglers on Tansterne accept the fish may just not be in has helped but from us all at your peg.

Tansterne – we would say just ask us and we will do all we can Q. As weights are normally lower to help. in winter what can you do in the Ron Bulless. last hour to win a match?

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STRETTON WRIGHT CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Thank you to all the members that participated in Stretton Wright Champion of Champions Trophy on Saturday, October 10 and of course to those members who didn't qualified but still supported the day. Well done to Jack Rollo on lifting the trophy, commiserations to Alfie Anderson who came in a very close second.

We hope to have a couple of events next year in memory of Stret and we are also busy working on a long term project in his memory details will follow when the project is ready to launch.

WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM Well it's nearly here - starting date of November 2 is still in place and the countdown has begun. Please bear with us whilst the system is up and

running - I'm sure we will have some teething issues/training issues.

HORNSEA RUFC On a very wet and windy Friday, the Hornsea Rugby Club held their annual fundraising event at the club.

Normally played in May as a shotgun event, we obviously had to make some changes.

The event was very well supported with 20 teams playing and two taking the decision not to play but still support the Rugby Club by paying for their entry anyway.

The grand sum raised in the end was £1810! A fantastic amount of money that I am sure will benefit the club massively. As always, events like these can't take place without the help of volunteers; Paul Sharp and Gareth Laycock organising the teams, Steve Crook

rallying sponsors and generally keeping everyone up to date with all club information, Nick O'Mahony on the desk we also had Andy Finch and Matthew Jenkinson in the Halfway House. Hopefully, I haven't missed anyone, apologies if I have SENIOR SECTION On Wednesday October 7, 19 of the Seniors contested the Presidents Cup. Played in good but damp conditions from the yellow tees, the scoring was not as high as in previous competitions. As is normal for the Seniors it was very close with Phil Hargreaves coming out on top with 35 pts. Four players had 34 pts but Colin Evans had the best back nine to come in second with Roy Grimshaw third and Dave Egerton fourth.

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Leven progress Brandesburton AFC in Cup Thriller Leven MC FC had a good weekend on October 24 with both teams winning their respective games. The first team progressed in the League Senior Cup winning 5-3 away from home against St George AFC. The first team are back on the road on October 31 v Swanland Rangers and will be looking to climb up the ERFA Premier League table.

The reserves continued their good start to the season winning 5-2 at home vs Pocklington Town 4th team.

They will be looking to continue their early season form and stay top of the League.

Away to Cottingham Forest in the League Junior Cup on October 31 and then a Division 3 local derby v Hornsea Town reserves on the November 7.

It was a good weekend for both Brandesburton teams as they both came out on top of their respective games on Saturday, October 24.

In Humber Premier League Division 1 action the first team won at home vs Beverley Town Reserves. Goals from Joe Singleton, Charlie Rowbotham and Joe Robinson were enough to win the game 3-1. The first team have now moved up to 4th place in the HPL D1 having played five games of the season. Next week the firsts are away at East Riding Rangers.

Across in ERFA Division 3 the Brandesburton Reserves won a close game away at Hutton Cranswick. Goals galore in this one with goals from Sam Bergen, Jacob Wild, Phil Skit and a brace from Jordan Caley. The win leaves the reserves in 6th position in Division 3.

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Hornsea Walking Football It appears that the Hornsea Women’s Walking Football is no longer holding sessions.

As the photograph shows, at a recent Hornsea Town Walking Football Club’s session, women represented 25% of the attendees, and the club is keen to invite more to join its sessions.

New players wanting to join a session can do so free of charge by way of ‘dipping their toe in!’ Pop along to the school’s 3G pitch on a Tuesday at 7pm or on Sundays at 9.30 am.

The club operates an enhanced Covid-safe policy which is available on application via email or by a hard copy at one of our sessions.

For more information contact the club on

07887486783 or crisatwick@aol.com In what was the club’s first competitive 6-a-side match since the Covid break, Barton Inclusive FC provided the opposition.

This was a return encounter with Hornsea looking to avenge the defeat suffered inside Barton’s leisure centre earlier in the year.

On a sunny Sunday morning on the town’s 3G pitch Barton were first to open the scoring but thanks to a well taken goal

by Trevor Bridges the sides went in at half-time level.

It looked like being an even encounter until late in the game when Hornsea’s veteran, Steve Allen, rifled in the winner to secure the result 2-1, in the favour of the home side.

Aldbrough Colts Aldbrough came out on top on Saturday, October 24 as they continued their good start to the season. The Colts beat Elloughton Blackburn 6-4 in an entertaining game, goals from Grant, Like, Andrei and a hattrick from Man of the Match Fisher were too much for the Elloughton side.

The Colts remain in second place in ERFA League Division 6 and are will be hoping to continue their good form in the cup in the next two weeks before returning to League action on November 14.

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FIXTURES, RESULTS AND TABLES

Town get back to winning ways with a 4-3 win away at North Ferriby There were again elements of frustration in the ease of which Town are conceding goals at the back but the positives shone through on Saturday, October 24 as Hornsea claimed a much needed three points that have certainly been coming.

Scorers were Jez Longley (2), Chris Walker and Adam Yorke.

The second team went down in the cup at home to Market Weighton losing 3-1 and in ERCFA League Division 6 the third team were also beaten 3-1 away to Bridlington Rovers Academy.

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