Withernsea Community News - Issue 4, February 2021

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Withernsea Big Local have increased their offer which has covered the shortfall.

A spokesperson for the WPPA said: “Withernsea Big Local have just informed us they are increasing their grant offer to £150,000 with an additional £10,000 as a contingency. Along with a grant from the East Coast Communities Fund, donations, and our own fundraising, the first stage of construction, the Viewing Platform, is now fully funded.”

Withernsea Big Local is one of 150 areas across England each awarded £1m over a 10-year period, to develop resident-led investment programmes to achieve lasting change. Big Local funding originated from the

National Lottery and is administered by a local trust. The award was made under the local ‘Investing in Withernsea Programme’ which started in 2015 and which has supported the Pier project from the outset.

The Pier Association went out to competitive tender for construction of the viewing platform in 2019. The spokesperson added: “we are pleased to announce that our main contractor will be UK Industrial Services (UKI) based near Manchester. UKI has the experience and capabilities to deliver marine and coastal engineering works across the UK. They have an in-house team of specialists who deliver worldclass solutions in these

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Withernsea Pier stage one funding achieved with hopes the viewing platform will be complete for summer Withernsea Pier and Promenade Association (WPPA) have announced that funding is now complete for stage one of rebuilding the pier.

Almost exactly a year ago The Withernsea Big Local offered the group a grant of £125,000 to get the project started.

Since then the WPPA have worked hard to secure the rest of the funding to build the first stage of the new Withernsea Pier. This has included sales from the newly opened Pier Towers souvenirs shop. Also the sale of commemorative plaques and some very generous donations from the public. This hard work fundraising despite the hit of the Coronavirus pandemic saw the group within £25,000 of being

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A Marine Licence and Planning Approval for the construction have already been obtained.

WPPA have also agreed heads of terms for a lease agreement with East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the land. They are now waiting for ERYC to produce the final lease agreement. With the funding now in place construction work is hoped to be underway by the end of March subject to the production of the final lease agreement. The viewing platform is then hoped to be open to the public ready for the summer season.

The spokesperson added: “The Pier Towers have always been an attraction to both visitors to the town, and to locals. They are such a prominent feature in the centre of the promenade. With the likelihood of travel abroad being restricted this summer, how marvellous would it be to have the viewing platform ready and open in time for the Summer season. We can then welcome faces old and new to the town, boosting the profile of Withernsea and the surrounding areas. Hopefully making it a place for people to come and enjoy the benefits of the sands and the sea, much like the heydays of the fifties and sixties.”

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Withernsea Pier A GROWING FARM SHOP and Promenade FOR THE LOCAL AND WIDER COMMUNITY Association update

This last year has seen Halsham Waterside Farm Shop further grow and flourish like the fresh produce on its shelves.

In order to extend their offer for the local community, they now stock many items that complement the great quality fruit and vegetables they have become known for. They explained: “We wanted to become a destination where our customers could not only get their fruit and veg, but also could pick up additional items in order to create a meal.

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By Kevin Watson, Secretary of the WPPA Following on from our news that stage one is now funded below we give a brief outline of where we are, and what we are doing in order to bring back a major seafront attraction to the town.

Throughout the winter months, the Covid situation, the lockdown, and the (very!) cold weather, it does look like there has been no progress, but behind the scenes work goes on apace.

We are pleased to announce three additions to the steering group as we move ahead. Eddie and Sheila Robinson, newly moved to Easington from the West Riding, and Cyntha Vardy, who has moved to the town with her husband, all the way from the USA! Discussions and negotiations still go on with the East Riding Council. The heads of terms for the lease agreement on Pier Towers has been ready for some time now, and we still await the actual lease agreement. When this is received it will mean that any works regarding the building of the viewing platform can then go ahead.

Curtailed as it has been, work still carries on with trying to raise both funds, and the profile of the project. There have been a number of donations, more plaques have been ordered and displayed in the niches of the Pier Towers.

Once these are full, plaques can be mounted along and displayed on the handrail of the Viewing Platform, once constructed.

Work has been carried out on drawing up a contract for the construction, setting out the differing stages and components of the build when it starts. There have been a few setbacks, with permission being withdrawn to temporarily store pieces of plant and machinery in the fishing compound. This may incur further expense on securing these.

However, progress has been made with a contractor approached, technical drawings updated and adjusted, taking into account all the stress values and intricate interaction of each component. Everything is worked out to the finest detail!

The sad demise of the group of leviathans stranded along the beach from Tunstall to the South Promenade made us a ghoulish attractive destination over the festive season.

We are planning to have an educational display about whales and cetaceous creature, their environs, and the (possible) reasons they came to be beached in this area. It would be nice, as part of our promenade, to have some form of permanent marker marking this sad occasion.

Pic 1: SUMMER: Pier Towers in summer 2020 Pic 2: PLANS: The planned use of the viewing platform Pic 3: IMPRESSION: Architects drawings of the proposed viewing platform Pic 4: FUNDED: Members of Withernsea Big Local and The WPPA with the donation of £150,000 Pic 5: PLAQUES: Some of the plaques that are helping to fund the development of Withernsea Pier

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Coronavirus vaccines rolled out to our residents CORONAVIRUS vaccines are being rolled out to our most vulnerable residents.

National statistics show across the UK up to and including January 30 there have been 8,977,329 of the first dose of vaccine administered and 491,053 have received a second dose. In the North East and Yorkshire up to and including January 31, 1,269,772 have received a first dose of vaccine and 74,045 have received a second dose.

The NHS vaccination programme board are responsible for the phased roll-out of vaccines, sites and the vaccination process. When vaccinated you must still follow all current Coronavirus guidelines.

Community vaccinations are being delivered by Primary Care Networks (PCNs). Due to logistical challenges and in line with requests from NHS England, each network was previously administering vaccinations from one designated location to cover their population. Vaccinations are now being carried out at local surgeries in addition to this. East Riding CCG have said: “we would encourage everybody who is contacted, and is able to do so, to attend the vaccination centre they are offered.”

Issuing an update on Monday, February 1 Holderness Health said: “We are very pleased to say that we are continuing to make really good progress with the COVID-19 vaccination programme. As expected, we received a much smaller delivery of vaccinations last week, all of which were administered at clinics held on Friday and Saturday. Our roving teams were also out and about again on Thursday and Friday, vaccinating truly housebound patients across the patch.”

Holderness Health have received double the previous weeks vaccinations this week. The clinics for these will be running over the weekend of Friday, February 5 including Monday, February 8. They have also provided an update on the top four groups for vaccinations to help residents understand where they are with the vaccines.

They have confirmed all care homes which were group one were completed several weeks ago with newly admitted patients or those who missed it due to being in hospital having final doses completed. In group two 97.5% of those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers have been vaccinated. They explained: “There

have been some people whom we have tried and failed to reach by phone and letter and we still have a small number of housebound patients in this group to be visited by our roving team.” Group three consists of those aged 75 and over and 90% have already received their vaccination or have their appointment booked. Holderness Health commented: “we hope to be able to complete the majority of this cohort with our next delivery of vaccine.” Group four include both those age 70 and over and the clinically extremely vulnerable. This group have started being invited for vaccinations with around 25% already completed or booked in. Holderness Health explained: “We will continue to invite this group in line with the number of vaccines we receive each week.

There are quite a number of truly housebound patients in this group that will take our roving teams a number of days to complete.”

Holderness Health have appealed for everyone who is mobile to come to the surgery for their vaccination. Explaining the reason they said: “The main advantage is that as it enables us to deploy our roving teams more quickly to those who are unable to leave the

house. The second reason is that a roving team cannot complete anywhere near as many vaccinations as can be done in a clinic. Each roving team is made up of two staff members - usually a registered nurse and a healthcare assistant or someone from our administrative support team. One team can visit a maximum of around 33 people a day, sometimes less depending on the geography. There is a lot of work needed in advance to schedule visits in a logical order and to plan the route to avoid time being wasted. We also contact everyone in advance to confirm that they want the vaccination and to obtain any specific information we may need. Our visits must equal the number of doses removed from the fridge as we cannot return any vaccine to the surgery. We therefore also have a reserve list of people we can visit if anyone changes their mind or is not at home so that we do not waste any vaccine. The roving team keeps in contact with any other teams out on the same day and with the surgery to add in extra patients at the last minute when needed.”

Within the surgery a vaccinator has a patient

booked in every 10 minutes meaning they see around 85 patients a day. To ensure social distancing they can have eight vaccinators working at once when administering the AstraZeneca vaccine.

This means a maximum of 680 patients can be vaccinated in a day. When administering the Pfizer vaccine in the space available they can safely vaccinate around 340 people a day.

Holderness Health added: “a huge thank you on behalf of our whole team to everyone who has completed our feedback forms, dropped in cards and even been kind enough to bring us biscuits and sweets. We absolutely don’t expect any thanks but it is nice to know you think we’re doing a good job – and there’s nothing quite like a chocolate fix at the end of a long day!”

Residents are also being urged to stay alert as sadly vaccination scams have been reported in the East Riding area. Unfortunately, some people are receiving doorstep callers, fraudulent calls and text messages offering the COVID-19 vaccination. Please remember, the vaccine is only available from the NHS and no card details will ever be needed.

Improvements under way at East Riding Leisure Withernsea Although East Riding Leisure Centres are currently closed, work is under way on improvements to the swimming pool and surrounding area at East Riding Leisure Withernsea.

The pool has been drained and work has

Plans submitted to develop Withernsea’s former police station into residential property PLANS have been submitted to East Riding Council to develop the former Withernsea Police Station into residential accommodation.

The 230 metre square premises on Railway Crescent are currently unoccupied. The application states it was originally a residential dwelling which was converted into the police house.

A parking space in the form of a garage has been including in the application to accompany the seven bedroomed property. The plans also show two upstairs lounges with one being possibly used as a store, two downstairs kitchens, two ground floor lounges and a ground floor dining room.

begun on regrouting the whole pool; replacing tiles; refurbishing the flume slide; maintenance in the plant room; and work on the air handling system above the pool itself.

Work is scheduled to be completed by March 28.

Senior facility manager Stuart Armstrong said: “We are taking advantage of the current closure period to carry out these major works to improve our pool, to be ready to reopen with improved facilities in the Spring when we are allowed to do so.”

New pet foodbank for South Holderness A PET foodbank has been set up for South Holderness. Sweet Whiskers Pet Food Bank has been established by Donna Bucknall after seeing one in another area on the news. Donna explained: “I saw an interview on BBC Look North about Happy Paws Pet Food Bank in Lincolnshire. This inspired me to set one up in this area. We are going to approach East Riding council for help in identifying the greatest need.”

Sweet Whiskers will cover Withernsea, Keyringham, Ottringham, Patrington, Easington, Thorngumbald, Paull, Burstwick, Hedon, Preston, Sproatley, Skirlaugh and Aldbrough.

They have now started to collect donations to build up the pet food bank for those in need.

Donna added: “We all know that our pets bring so much joy and happiness to our lives. We also turn to them for comfort and companionship when we have down days or a person`s only lifeline is their pet, that bond can become even stronger.

“But when pet owners experience changes in their personal or financial circumstances they could be faced with the heart-breaking decision of having to rehome their best friend.”

It’s hope that the pet food bank will help owners over rough patches in life to keep them together.

If anyone is struggling to feed their pet, for any reason, they urge you to get in touch.

They aim to have food delivered to those needing it within a week. This will be dropped off by a volunteer with all COVID safe measures in place.

To donate or for those in need you can contact the pet foodbank on Facebook: @sweetwhiskers petfoodbank DONATED: Some of the donations the pet foodbank has already received

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KEYINGHAM RESIDENT USING HIS SKILLS TO CREATE SCULPTURES FOR THE VILLAGE KEYINGHAM resident Duncan Kirk, has been making villagers smile with his creative village sculptures.

Duncan has lived in the village for over 20 years and decided to use his joinery trade with training in wood turning to produce a gift for the village.

He initially made four soldier silhouettes for the war memorial and the church before Remembrance Sunday. Keyingham Parish Council and St Nicholas in Keyingham donated money to the Royal British Legion for the wooden silhouettes.

Following the popularity of the soldiers Duncan went on to make around 20 deer to go on the village green and church grounds for Christmas. As spring approached and villagers find themselves walking around the village in lockdown they can now admire the latest additions.

These include rabbits, birds and bats on the church grounds as a gift to the village. So far there are around 15 rabbits. All the

animals are made from wood in Duncan’s garage.

Duncan’s daughter Ellie Kirk has posted some of the pictures on social media and said: “He has had some lovely feedback as I posted them on the Keyingham group chats, so people knew there were some new additions to the village. It’s lovely to see people commentating saying they’ve visited them and enjoyed seeing them.”

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Pic 1. SOLDIERS: The soldier Silouettes Duncan made at the Keyingham war memorial Pic 2. STRIKING: One of the soldiers outside St Nicholas Church Pic 3. BAT: A bat made by Duncan keeps a watchful eye on the church

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Pic 4. TREE: Some of the birds displayed in the trees in the church grounds Pic 5. WILDLIFE: The rabbits on the frosty church lawn Pic 6. DEER: The deer in the Keyingham Church grounds

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Coronavirus local update THE PRIME Minister announced a third national lockdown on Monday, January 4.

If you have symptoms you can book a Coronavirus test via https://www.gov.uk/getcoronavirus-test or by calling 119.

The target is to push the infection rates down until the majority of vulnerable people have been vaccinated.

The estimated R number nationally is between 0.7 to 1.1 with a daily infection growth rate range of -5% to -0% as of January 29. An R value between 0.7 and 1.1 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 7 and 11 other people. A growth rate of between -5% and 0% means that the number of new infections is broadly flat or shrinking by up to 5% every day.

People testing positive in the UK according to Government data on January 31 was down 32.5% compared to the previous seven days, to a rate of 287.6 cases

per 100k of the population.

Deaths in the UK within 28 days of a positive test for the same period was down 5.3%. Latest national data does support the continued reduction of the figures as hospital admissions to January 27 fell 19.6%. However, virus tests conducted to January 28 were up by 6.2%.

Within the East Riding of Yorkshire people testing positive in the UK according to Government data on January 31 was down 10.6% compared to the previous seven days, to a rate of 171.2 cases per 100k of the population. Deaths within 28 days of positive test in the East Riding for the same period were up 16.7% with 28 deaths in the week to January 31. Hospital admissions to Hull University Teaching Hospitals are continuing to rise. Up to January 24 these had increased by 16% with 174 admissions in the previous week. Virus tests conducted to January 28 were up by 7.4% on the previous week.

As illustrated on the Government’s Coronavirus data map (attributions in the caption) localised data in the seven days to January 26 shows the rolling rates in each area by 100k of the population with green being 50-99 cases and the light blue being 100-199 cases. In Withernsea West & Keyingham (including the west side of Withernsea, Keyingham, Burton Pidsea, and Ottringham) positive tests were 10 with the rate per 100k at 127.8. This is a fall of two cases or 16.7% on the previous seven days. For the same period Withernsea East and Patrington cases (including the very east of Withernsea, Hollym, Winestead, Patrington, Patrington Haven, Holmpton and Kilnsea) were six with a rolling rate of 69 per 100k. This is a fall of three cases or 33.3% on the previous seven days.

You can view the latest statistics with a few days’ time lag online at: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

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MP Graham Stuart hears about Withernsea High School's remote learning MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, has virtually met Withernsea High School's headteacher, Mark Crofts, and Chair of Personnel, Alex Henderson, to hear how the school is getting on with remote learning.

Withernsea High School is the third secondary school with whom Graham has recently had an online catch up.

Mark and Alex were very keen to showcase the progress that they have made with their online teaching provision since the first lockdown last March. Once the infrastructure was in place teachers made rapid progress to provide live lessons. They have used this as an opportunity to build an efficient online platform to meet current needs and ensure they are providing their students with the best quality of education possible.

They emphasised the importance of the feedback they have been receiving from students and parents about online learning, which is helping them to improve and support their students further through this unprecedented time. They also mentioned some other current projects, including their enthusiasm about the current mental health campaign in school.

Graham said: “It was great to have a catch up with Mark and Alex to hear about how the remote learning provision at Withernsea High School has progressed. They have clearly put a lot of work into this and have been very proactive about it. I look forward to hearing about the development of the projects we discussed.”

Mark said: “I am so pleased that Graham wanted to have a chat so we could update him about our online teaching provision, and I appreciate his offer to do what he can to help

Armed Forces Breakfast Club for Withernsea A NEW Armed Forces Breakfast Club (AFVBC) is being set up in Withernsea. Chair of the Withernsea Branch of the Royal British Legion, Darren England, has plans for the club when Covid restrictions allow.

The first AFVBC was started by the founder Dereck J Hardman in his hometown of Hull. There are now over 75 groups around the world.

Although the group are not meeting until allowed a Facebook page has been set up for anyone interested called WIthernsea AFVBC. Anyone interested in joining the club can join the page where they can also give any assistance to any member who requests it.

More information will also be in future editions of your Community News.

us. I am feeling positive about the progress we have made since the first lockdown and I am very proud of the students and staff for adapting so quickly.” Alex added: “I want to

thank Graham for spending some time talking with us, it was really useful, and I am grateful for the help that Graham has offered to support our school out of this pandemic.”

VIRTUAL: MP Graham Stuart virtually meeting with Withernsea High School's headteacher, Mark Crofts, and Chair of Personnel, Alex Henderson

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AS WE find ourselves in another lockdown the Withernsea Rocks Facebook group has had a resurge in popularity. Children and adults have been decorating and finding pebbles around the town. These are then hidden again for someone else to find and bring joy to.

We’ve kindly been sent some pictures of some of the pebbles and happy faces hiding and finding them.

Pic 1. REHIDING: Darcey and Tilly Wilson out finding and rehiding rocks Pic 2. DECORATED: Pebbles all decorated and ready for hiding created by Emilia and Georgia Fox Pic 3. CREATIVE: The Playfoot family getting involved

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Improvement works at Withernsea doctor’s surgery St Nicholas Surgery in Withernsea are undergoing essential improvement works in February.

The improvement works are to the main reception office and are due to take place between February 8 - 12th.

In an update from Holderness Health they said: “To assist the practice in the management of this, Withernsea patients are being asked to make any enquiries they may have by using Engage Consult or by Telephoning rather than calling in at the surgery.

“Medication due for collection during works may be collected early between the 4th and 6th of February “Those patients with appointments already booked should still attend the surgery as arranged. We are trying to cause as little disruption as possible and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Legends of Lockdown: Withernsea High School students encouraged to stay active - By Tim Nuttall IN AN effort to combat the increased amount of screen-time that has inevitably arisen due to Remote Learning, Withernsea High School’s PE team have set their sights on inspiring students to stay active offline, as well as online.

The team have recently launched ‘Lockdown Legends’ – a challenge that encourages students to participate in regular exercise by asking them to keep a record of the distances covered in their walks, runs and cycles, which are then submitted to their teachers on a weekly basis.

Along with accompanying times and proof of completion, including photographs and screenshots taken from activitymonitoring apps, the information is used to compile a weekly leader board to monitor progress and inspire competition.

After the first week of the challenge, Year 10 students narrowly beat Year 7 to the top spot with an impressive 39.4 miles covered by their individual exercise efforts.

However, it is not just the students who are competing against each other as staff are also being encouraged to take part. Last week, participating staff members managed a collective distance of 105.9

miles between them – a valiant effort which unfortunately couldn’t compete with the collective might of the student body, who edged ahead with a combined total of 113.8 miles recorded.

Commenting on the importance of the school community keeping active , Teacher of PE and Second in Faculty, Mrs Hughes, said: ‘With the increased amount of time we are all spending in front of our screens at the moment, never has it been more important for us to make time to step away and stay active. The benefits of exercise, both mentally and physically, should not be underestimated and we are delighted that our Lockdown Legends challenge has been so positively received by our school community.

It is something that we are encouraging students to participate in, both in their own time and as part of their timetabled PE lessons. In this context, the challenge works alongside suggested additional activities such as dance, yoga and workouts inspired by ‘The Body Coach’ Joe Wicks, to offer our students a varied mix of activities that can be completed within the confines of national restrictions.

As momentum of the Lockdown Legends challenge continues to build, we anticipate the fantastic results seen so far will culminate in some impressive statistics at the end of the contest.’

As well as logging collective efforts, the challenge also aims to recognise individual achievements with prizes set to be awarded for the largest individual total mileage, the

longest run and the fastest 5k run when the challenge ends at half term.

BIKE RIDE: Year 8 student Tilly Clappison was one of a number of students who shared pictures with the PE team. Tilly did a four mile bike ride as part of her contribution to the challenge

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Reopening High Streets Safely Fund to offer interactive support to town centre businesses EAST Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering free online business support workshops – delivered by retail specialists – for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in town centres across the East Riding.

The council has commissioned specialist consultants The Retail Group to provide business growth workshops, which will provide practical ideas and suggestions about how SMEs can adapt, evolve and improve their performances over the coming months.

The workshops aim to help

improve resilience and grow sales during these challenging times, focusing on actions which can allow businesses to continue trading and improving despite closed premises.

Councillor Victoria Aitken, portfolio holder for economic development and inward investment at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “We are delighted we can offer these free workshops during what is an uncertain period for us all presently.

“The workshops are unique in that each are tailored to East Riding locations, enabling support for

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"The Retail Group has delivered similar workshops in other parts of the country, and the feedback from businesses has been overwhelmingly positive, especially where businesses have been supported to continue trading and operating despite their premises being closed."

The interactive workshop for Hedon and Withernsea is on Thursday, February 4 from 6-7pm and can be booked at:

https://seholworkshop.eventbrite.c o.uk The workshops will be delivered through the Reopening High Streets Safely (ROHSS) Fund worth up to £301,870. It is made up from European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) and will be used by the council to help businesses and town centres face the challenges ahead.

The ROHSS Fund can do this by supporting three main areas of activity: • Marketing and publicity

campaigns to let communities know how their town centres and high streets are opening up safely • Information, advice and guidance for businesses to help them to reopen and operate safely • Changes to public areas to improve conditions for people to visit town centres and high streets safely.

The council is working hard to prepare town centres to become safer places for customers of all ages in 2021, and it will support the local economy by working with businesses and encouraging footfall and spending.

Please contact Joe Russell, local growth coordinator at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, at joe.russell@eastriding.gov.uk for any queries or questions.

FREE ONLINE CRAFT TUTORIALS FREE online craft workshops are being offered to residents.

Thread and Press CIC were offering free creative sessions, including a free session for children, at the Meridian Centre. A spokesperson said: “Unfortunately, as expected, we have been unable to run this.

But we are offering this session online as a stencil printing pencil case session. The session is to allow people to engage with others safely and participate in a creative activity.” The session is for children aged 7-14 years and at that time of printing there are places left.

Thread and Press send a kit with all the materials that are needed for

the workshop. The workshop will run during half term on Tuesday, February 16 from 10am - 11.30am. The spokesperson added: “We didn't want Withernsea to miss out as our original session was planned there so please sign up if your children would benefit from interaction with other children in this safe, online session.” Bookings can be made at https://www.threadandpress.co .uk/wish-you-were-here They have a range of free sessions running online for all ages. A lot of the adult ones have been booked but they are adding on additional spaces so anyone interested should get in touch by email threadandpress@gmail.com

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By Matthew Lloyd IN THESE uncertain times many of us are finding it harder to manage our money. So, let’s start the new year with a few ideas to start you thinking about how to make your money go further. You can find out more by visiting the Money Advice Service’s website at https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk /en.

• Make sure you know what benefits you’re entitled to. Billions of pounds in benefits go unclaimed every year. See the GOV.UK guide to benefits or use the Benefits Calculator at https://benefitscalculator.turn2us.org.uk/AboutYou.

• Keep a spending diary to find out where your money goes. Try every day for a week to write down the cost of each item you buy. We sometimes buy things because they are convenient but they may cost more than you think.

• Review your direct debits and standing orders. Are you paying regularly for things you no longer use, like magazine subscriptions or a gym membership? Or services that gave you a free introductory offer and you now pay full price for?

• Check you are paying your bills by the cheapest method. Some insurance providers charge you more for using a monthly direct debit, while utility suppliers might offer you a discount.

• Save on home energy. The Energy

Saving Trust website has information about how you could save in your home. See https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/ener gy-at-home/.

• If you are having problems paying your electricity bill, you may be eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme.

Visit www.gov.uk/the-warm-homediscount-scheme for details.

• Save regularly into a Christmas Savings account with your local credit union. You could start off small and build it up over time as you feel able.

Then the next festive season won’t leave a big hole in your finances.

Here’s to a 2021 free from money worries!

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Collecting bottles for Patrington Poppy Project A PATRINGTON resident is calling for plastic bottle donations to help him create a project for the village for Remembrance Day. Gareth Walker is hoping to get to at least 2000 for the display to have the impact he is hoping for.

People can donate either whole bottles or you can cut the bottoms off about two inches up to make them easier to store and collect.

Any size plastic bottle is suitable and a good way to recycle them for use for many years in the village.

Talking about his inspiration for the project Gareth said: “I saw the idea last year on social media from a village in the south of England. They did it on a roundabout and I thought it could be made bigger and better to cover as much of the grass spaces in our village.”

Since starting to collect the bottles in November Gareth has now sprayed nearly

1000 ready for this November.

You can contact Gareth and follow his project on Facebook: ‘Patrington Poppy Project’.

Gareth added: “I'm doing this as I feel it’s important to keep on recognising the hard work and sacrifice that our armed forces past and present have made and keep their memories alive.”

If anyone in and around the Withernsea area would like to start collecting bottles Gareth can arrange for socially distanced collection or can provide a drop off point. You can contact Gareth through the Facebook group or message him directly on Facebook.

POPPIES: Gareth has already made almost 1000 of the poppies for a display in Patrington

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Technology drives forward new network for search and rescue STATE-OF-THE-ART technology is bringing a new edge to the search and rescue work of HM Coastguard.

Old copper-based cables are being replaced with fibre-based technology across 165 remote radio sites across the United Kingdom. This started in Weymouth before Christmas. The remote radio sites at Humber (Bridlington), Flamborough, Easington and Humber Bridge will all be upgraded as part of the project.

Each radio site receives distress calls from UK waters and the replacement technology will bring improvements such as security and bandwidth.

Damien Oliver, Commercial and Programmes Director for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: “We are investing £175 million into this new national radio network,

which is central in preventing the loss of life on the coast and at sea.

“At a time when getting outdoors is pivotal to people’s mental health and wellbeing, it is essential that we can provide reassurance that we are here to respond to any emergency they may find themselves in, and this new network will enhance our ability to do that.”

The new network is being built and maintained by Telent Technology Services Ltd. Peter Moir, Managing Director of Network Services at Telent, said: “This network may not be seen by many people, but it’s literally a lifeline for someone in distress at sea. It’s important that this network’s capability continues to support Her Majesty’s Coastguard in the vital lifesaving search and rescue work that it does.”

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Local poet celebrates first published book AWARD winning Withernsea poet, Richard Harries, has had his first book published.

The publication of the book follows a successful lockdown year for the poet who was internationally recognised for his poetry in 2020 with a Motivational Strips International certificate of appreciation.

The book called Awakening is a collection of Richard’s performance poetry. After a decade of performing sharply focused observational, protest and war poetry Richard has gathered together a collection of his best known work which is as fresh on the page as it is on the stage. The anthology of poems, which Richard says: “all matter a lot to me” is being published by Stairwell Books of York on February 14. Talking about his first book publication Richard confessed: “This is amazing for me and quite a huge moment in

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The cover of the book has been designed by Richard’s multitalented friend Jim Danby. It also has notes by bestselling Hull author Louise Beech and modern poet Phil Pearce.

Although this is Richard’s first book he has had his poems published individually in the past.

Most recently he submitted his poem ‘The Shadow Box’ to the White Rose Bards Anthology. The publisher appealed for submissions on Facebook and Richard submitted two with this one being accepted. The York Refugee Week also published two of his poems ‘How Awful’ and ‘There is Evil in this World’ which were also be printed in an anthology of the festival.

Richard’s first book, Awakening, can be ordered online from: www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product /awakening/

HEY Credit Union is delighted to confirm that the £25 bonus for new Christmas Savers in Withernsea is carrying on into this year.

The popular Christmas Saver account is designed to help you to budget for the festive period. It puts your savings out of temptation’s way as funds can only be withdrawn from November 1. All savings are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

New members in Withernsea will receive the £25 bonus when they have made at least three deposits and kept the funds in their Christmas Saver until November. The bonus scheme, which has proved popular over the last two years, is funded by the Stop Loan Sharks team.

For more information, contact Hey Credit Union by phone on 01482 778753, by email at info@hullandeycu.co.uk, or visit their website: www.hullandeycu.co.uk. To see the team in branch at the Shores Centre, they ask that you please make an appointment in advance using the above details.

Picture This photography club update PRINTING TO ‘Picture This’ photography club, Withernsea hold a monthly competition for their members. The monthly competition determines their Photographer of the Year. The club usually meets on the second and fifth Thursday of the month but since COVID they haven’t had a face to face meeting.

Six members entered images for their November competition with all images having a vote, the results are as below:

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Joint third place Christine Naylor with image 4 James Marshall with image 5 Image 6 is by Malcom Seville who narrowly missed out on third place.

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Local lad becomes new Withernsea Beat Manager THE New Year brought Withernsea a new Beat Manager.

The local policing team for Withernsea welcomed PC James Stothard to the team as the new Beat Manager covering his seaside hometown.

James has been a PC within Humberside Police since 2004, with most of his career being based in Withernsea on patrol. He has also had stints in Goole and Hull’s patrol teams and as a custody officer at Clough Road, but now embarks on a new venture based back in the town he grew up.

James said: “I’ve always aspired to be within the Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) here at Withernsea. I grew up here, went to school here, and have mostly always worked here, so I believe my heart is really in the right place when it comes to building those longterm, sustainable solutions that will make the lives of the communities better.

“When this job came up, I felt it was the right time for me to go for it, as I have 16years’ experience now under my belt as a response officer. All of the experiences I’ve had in my career will only help me to do this role justice and my local connection means I know the area inside and out.

“Working as a response officer for many years, I had really close links with my NPT colleagues, and often we would be in attendance to the same incidents. The main difference between the two roles is that

previously I would not have been as involved in the long-term solution and partner working as I will be now, and that’s a change I’m really looking forward to.

“The communities of Withernsea are extremely proud of where they live and come from, myself included, because on the whole it’s a vibrant place to live with relatively low levels of crime.

“However, like everywhere, there are a small number of people intent on ruining that for others.

“My intention is to introduce myself to all of the community leaders and groups such as neighbourhood watches, shop watch, farm watch and partner agencies, such as the parish council, in order to gather as much information as possible about their areas and people of concern.

“Once I’ve built up that picture, it will mean I can come together with our partners to plan sustainable action to tackle the issues.”

Talking about the priorities for the area, he said: “Anti-social behaviour (ASB) and drug use are two of the main priority areas I’ll be looking at within my new role.

“ASB can be extremely disruptive and anxiety-inducing for communities. Issues such as excessive noise, intimidating or threatening behaviour and littering are all common and can make people feel nervous, unhappy or unsafe in their own neighbourhood. We also see that as a result of drug dealing or drug taking

behaviour, anti-social behaviour follows.

“We regularly patrol hotspots for ASB and drug use, but I would encourage locals to report any incidents as the sooner and more these are reported, the quicker we can solve the problem.

“Another priority is rural crime, as Withernsea has a lot of isolated farms and arable land which I want to ensure get the level of support they need and feel they have a police force they can rely on to tackle rural related issues.

“I come from a farming background, so I understand the challenges that farmers and those living in particularly rural areas can face.

“At this time of year, issues such as hare coursing and poaching are common threats, which is why we have routine patrols in place covering our rural areas to deter people intent on killing our wildlife.

“These patrols are so important as often crimes like hare coursing also give these people access to scope out which farms are vulnerable and what is on show, to then go on and commit other offences.

“We won’t tolerate opportunistic criminals targeting our hard-working farmers and regularly offer crime prevention advice too to make these types of crimes harder to commit.”

On asking James what his approach to tackling issues in Withernsea would be, he said: “Engagement is a really important tool

for our local policing team. Understandably, we can’t be everywhere at once, but if we can give people the right advice so that they’re less likely to become engaged with or fall victim to crime, that can have a huge impact on levels of crime.

“Part of that engagement is going into schools so that our next generation know what to be wary of, what we’re here for as the police service and signs to spot that their friends may be getting exploited by criminals.

“If we can reach them in their early years, it improves their awareness as they grow up and helps to steer them away from becoming involved with crime.

“As I’ve already touched on, long term problem solving and a multi-agency approach is key to creating sustainable decreases in crime, however where enforcement action such as warrants are required, I will take it.”

As a final message, James said: “I want to reassure the people of Withernsea that I have the best interests of the community at heart.

“I plan to maintain and build on the relationships my predecessor had with partners and residents and be here for the long term to see the plans we put in place through.

“I don’t want anyone to think a problem is too small to report. If we can help them or deal with the issue, we will.

“We would encourage people to contact our non-emergency number 101, or speak with a local officer such as myself about their concerns. We also have an email which is monitored daily to inform our plans and action – withernsea@humberside.pnn.police.uk.

“If you see me out and about, please give me a wave or stop for a chat.”

(below left) PC James Stothard outside Withernsea police station

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Patrington Christmas Hamper success as support continues in third lockdown THE PATRINGTON Christmas Hamper project was a great success. There were 22 hampers delivered to local families. This helped ensure that they were all able to enjoy a Christmas day feast without worrying about the cost.

Claire Holmes from the project team said: “I knew that this Christmas would be one that was stripped back to the basics in that my family and I wouldn’t be able to enjoy the usual Christmas trips out, school nativities, etc. I didn’t want to remember Christmas 2020 as the year I didn’t do anything. My personal motivation behind the

project was to ‘do more’ than usual in that the project promoted wellbeing in the community as well as assisting any people who might be struggling financially. It meant that my memory of Christmas 2020 would be of something other than Covid.

“What I found particularly rewarding was hearing the various stories from people of why this project helped them. The circumstances of all the families were very diverse. Some had been adversely affected by Covid. Some faced unique problems separate to Covid but those difficulties were no

Withernsea Christmas hampers delivered WITHERNSEA Christmas Community Dinner Group delivered Christmas hampers to those in need this Christmas. The annual community Christmas lunch had to be cancelled this year due to Covid restrictions.

However, the group still wanted to help those people have a good Christmas.

The hampers were made possible thanks to donations from the public, a £200 donation from Holderness Lions, a £250 donation from St Matthews Church, and a £1000 donation from the HEY Smile Foundation. Withernsea Mayor Dave Edwards who is part of the group said: “The hampers were much needed.

With Covid there is no mixing so people were in need through both isolation and financial reasons. Thank you to everyone who supported the group and donated gifts.”

Items in the hampers included meat, biscuits, tinned food and tea bags. Lots of food donations had also been provided by Tesco and The Original Factory Shop. Many of the other items purchased had been at cost price through The Shores Pantry.

DELIVERING: Delivering for the Withernsea Christmas Community Dinner group Mayor Dave Edwards, Daniel Henstock and Carol Henstock

doubt exacerbated by Covid. Some were key workers who just appreciated the helping hand.

Others were vulnerable through youth. Around 50 children in total will have tucked into those Christmas dinners and some were vulnerable through age or medical problems.

“What I hope the project demonstrated is that you never know what stresses and strains the person who passes you in the street might be dealing with. There isn’t an obvious group of people who need help, we all need a helping hand at some point in our

lives.”

There were some funds left over when the latest national lockdown was announced. This has enabled the project to provide some extra provision during this time. Claire explained: “January can be a difficult month financially at the best of times. I am conscious that given the national lockdown people may have additional household expenses they hadn't budgeted for; because children are at home and so they need extra food and heating or for other reasons.

“There is some provision left over from the Christmas hamper scheme

and so I have reopened the email account.”

If you are struggling financially and live in Patrington, Patrington Haven or Winestead parish you can send Claire an email to: patringtonchristmas2020@outlook.c om. This will mean Claire can drop you off a top up shop to get you through the week. If you want help applying for additional funds from East Riding Council Claire is also offering to help with the forms if this is needed.

Christmas deliveries bring smiles to veterans OVER Christmas the Withernsea branch of the Royal British Legion with the help of Withernsea Shores Centre delivered 50 goody bags to veterans in the town.

These ranged from a member who had just left the service to 95 year olds. In each bag was a ration pack that the forces are using currently and other goodies. Darren England, Chair of the Withernsea RBL said: “The rat packs were to get the veterans talking and reminiscing which they certainly did on social media. Also a number of the bags were delivered to the three care homes in town and they apparently went down well one home even planned a taster session for the veterans.”

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THE Roos Woodland Group have taken advantage of some January sunshine and labelled the fruit trees. The labels from The Garden Label and Sign Company have been purchased with generous funding from the Roos

Windfarm Community Fund.

You can now see what tree is what and when it’s best to pick the fruit.

The Roos Juice sales were a success selling out by early December. The proceeds will be used to plant some more

trees around Roos and Hilston in the coming months.

LABELLED: The trees are now labelled thanks to funding from Roos Windfarm Community Fund

Parish councils work together to combat dog fouling PATRINGTON Parish Council are focussing on tackling the problem of dog fouling.

Chair of the council Claire Holmes explained: “Dog fouling as a problem is not unique to Patrington. Most places find that this increases as a problem when the dark nights are longer.

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not to pick up after your pooch.”

Working with Humberside Police a meeting of local parish councils has been organised to exchange ideas. It is hoped the problem can be reduced not just in Patrington but in the wider local area.

Cllr Holmes added: “This is a particularly important issue for

me at the moment because it links with wellbeing. Going for a walk is one of the few pleasures that has remained a safe activity throughout this pandemic. It spoils that pleasure for people when they have to dodge piles of poo or even worse deal with the after effects when it is unsuccessfully dodged.”

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Community groups invited to apply for funding COMMUNITY groups and organisations in Holderness are being invited to apply for grants from local wind farm funds to help develop projects that will benefit their area.

Applications can now be made to the Burton Pidsea Community Wind Farm fund and the Tedder Hill Community Wind Farm fund for grants for projects that are of public benefit, including charitable, educational and not-for-profit activities.

Bids can be submitted to each fund for projects that fall within the fund's criteria by groups such as community groups and organisations, as well as

societies, charities, parish councils, schools and faith-based groups.

The closing date for applications to both funds is Sunday, April 18, with decision-making meetings in May. Funding is also currently available from the Withernwick Community Wind Farm fund, of which applications can be made all year round, with the next meeting to decide current applications being held in March.

All three funds also have an easy-to-apply for small grants option for specific one-off projects which are particularly relevant during the current pandemic.

The Burton Pidsea and

For further information and to apply for a grant online, go to www.eastriding.gov.uk/rural-funding The funds administrator can also be contacted via email at ruralfunding@eastriding.gov.uk

Withernwick community wind farm funds each receive an annual donation from the wind farm owner, Energiekontor, while the Tedder Hill community wind farm fund receives an annual donation from owner Ventient Energy.

The combined value to the local community of these funds is now over £70,000 per year.

Each fund has an independent decisionmaking panel comprising of local representatives from parishes within the area of each fund, the wind farm owner, and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, whose rural policy and partnerships team manage the funds.

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The Withernsea fallen remembered

By Darren England BOTH WITHERNSEA War Memorials have a number of fallen engraved on them from World War I. However not all these have been recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (GWGC) for one reason or another. These reasons include: • Died after the date agreed by the CWGC • CWGC not notified of death related to war service • Family did not realise a CWGC headstone could be gained.

One of these was C/ Sgt 6019 Alexander John Cornish Fraser who served in the 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was married to Emily Fraser and lived at 82 Southcliffe Road in Withernsea. C/Sgt Fraser died at home on October 4, 1920 aged 38, from complications of war wounds.

On his death certificate and his pension ledger it states he died from a haemorrhage.

Fraser had his church service at St Nicholas Church and it

is believed he was buried in the town. Due to having no family or CWGC headstone his plot was lost to time.

During WW2 his son Afflix Alexander Pooley Fraser, Royal Army Ordinance Corps was also killed in action on April 27, 1944 aged 33. He was buried in St Nicholas churchyard where he has a CWGC headstone on plot 358.

I have been working with a charity called ‘In from the cold’ who identify fallen from WWI and WWII. They find evidence to say the person died due to war service and place this before the CWGC. In July 2020 the CWGC looked at the evidence supplied and agreed that C/Sgt Fraser should be classed as a CWGC fallen soldier. They

added him to their list which occurred in July 2020. He is remembered in the ‘United Kingdom Book of Remembrance’ as no grave could be found. Again, in December 2020 it was identified that C/ Sgt Fraser

was in fact buried in plot 358 with his son APP Fraser but does not have any headstone. This was sent to the CWGC and we are awaiting their response.

What does this now mean?

Normally the CWGC would make, pay for and place a gravestone on a plot such as C/Sgt Fraser which normally

would take 12 to 18 months but there are complications with St Nicholas churchyard as it is now not used and believed for sale. Watch this space and I will update you with any further information I receive.

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Withernsea Coastguard Team recent call outs January 16 - 7.30pm The team were tasked by Humber Coastguard Operations Centre to attend a police incident in Hull along with Hull Coastguard Rescue Team.

While the team were making their way to the initial scene they were diverted to attend the HM Coastguard helicopter landing site at Hymers college.

A further re-tasking then came in to the Withernsea team diverting them to attend a further police incident at the Humber Bridge. Hull Coastguard Rescue Team were also in attendance.

January 16 – 12.32pm The Withernsea team were tasked to investigate a report of ordnance on the beach at the north end of central

promenade.

The team arrived on scene and further details and photographs were sent to Humber Coastguard Operations Centre who forwarded this information to the relevant Ministry of Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit (EOD).

EOD immediately tasked a team to attend from Catterick in North Yorkshire. However, the rising tide washed the ordnance back out to sea before the EOD team arrived and both teams were stood down.

Many thanks to the first informant and his friend for calling 999 and reporting it.

We are so glad you did that rather than following your initial idea of taking it for scrap! Although this ordnance appears old and too damaged

to be dangerous, appearances can be deceiving.

We have been called to many items which have appeared to be much less intact and have still contained a charge and phosphorus which could cause very serious injuries.

Don't take the risk, call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.

December 29 – 2.02pm Paged by Humber Coastguard to a report of possible ordnance on the beach at Withernsea.

The item was quickly located and photographs and information were forwarded to

New support for local coastguards COASTGUARDS are well known in coastal communities across the country for their lifesaving work.

But when they have finished the rescue, and completed their mission, what then?

Being ready for the next shout isn’t just about washing down the truck, re-stowing the gear and catching up on lost sleep. It’s also about processing what’s gone on and getting mentally ready for the next call, especially when coastguard teams have to respond in tragic circumstances.

One of the ways in which HM Coastguard is supporting its volunteer rescuers, of which there are over 3,000 in the UK, is through chaplaincy. It is available for all responders, including locally at Hornsea, Bridlington, Withernsea and Hull.

Chaplaincy is a long-established provision for people when they need a shoulder to lean on. While it is deep-rooted in partner organisations such as the police, the fire and rescue services, the NHS and the RNLI, as well as the military and wider industry, the Coastguard’s new Multifaith Chaplaincy is a first for the service.

Tom Ebbens is an ordinand (trainee-vicar) with the Church of England and a Senior Coastal Operations Officer for HM Coastguard. He has been with the organisation since 2010 and has recently taken on the role of coastguard chaplain: “The first priority of our chaplaincy is pastoral care” he says, “and it’s

there for coastguards of all faiths and none, whatever their circumstances”.

Chaplain Tom is keen to point out that the new chaplaincy exists to help staff and volunteers with any issue at home or in the workplace which may be affecting them, in a strictly independent, confidential and compassionate way, adding: “This is something outside of normal management structures, a safe haven to discuss some of the bigger issues in life, where emergency response language and experiences are shared and understood”.

Coastguards are being especially urged to share awareness of the support that is on-hand during the current period of additional challenge associated with the coronavirus. The Multifaith Chaplaincy also runs a weekly Christian email message, a weekly prayer group, and leads discussion on festivals from all the UK’s main faith groups. Further information is available on Twitter and Facebook: @Coastguard Chaplain Tom. SUPPORT: Tom Ebbens the new Coastguard chaplain

the relevant Ministry of Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit. The Withernsea Coastguard team were subsequently advised that, in this case, no further action would be required.

During this time, the team were also tasked to provide safety cover at the area of the promenade where the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme- UK strandings (CSIP) team were preparing

to take further samples from the whale on the beach there.

After discussion between the coastguard team and CSIP it was decided that the conditions, sea state and tide were not favourable and further investigative work should be postponed.

December 28 – 4.18pm Paged to assist Humberside Police with the search for a person near the River Humber.

Person ultimately located safe and well by coastguard teams following phone data and a picture sent purely by coincidence by a member of the public to a team member, leading the team to search that area.

Hull Coastguard Rescue Team and Humber Rescue also in attendance.

ORDNANCE: Ordnance reported to HM Coastguard on January 16 found on Withernsea’s central promenade beach.

Safety resource for those teaching remotely or home schooling The new StayWise digital safety education platform has launched. It is packed with free resources for teachers and parents to help children aged 3-11 learn about safety through the national curriculum.

StayWise brings together resources from our emergency services family together with national safety charities all in one place. It’s a one-stop safety shop with lesson plans, videos, games and activity sheets with life saving potential. Visit the website: www.staywise.co.uk for more information

Lockdown but not for Holderness Hedgehog Hospital

By Vicky Pennington, Trustee at Holderness Hedgehog Hospital Hello everyone.

Unfortunately, we've had to enter another lock down but as a charity we are still able to continue rescuing and releasing hedgehogs.

To be able to do this we assess each call and make a plan to keep everyone safe, gloves and masks are worn plus with social distancing the

hedgehogs still get the help they need.

Because of lock down everyone is spending more time at home. There have been a few sunny days so why not pop out into the garden and encourage wildlife to

visit or make it their home?

If there are hedgehogs in the area you can create a hedgehog highway into your garden, a hole the size of a CD case is big enough. Highways can be placed in fences, gates or even walls!

Building a house or shelter is another great way to encourage hedgehogs into your garden. These can be shop bought or home made from items you already have: a space under a shed or decking, bricks and a paver or wood pile.

A feeding station and water will

also increase your chances for hedgehog visitors.

Again these can be made from things you already have: an old planter, plastic box or even just placing food under a table or chair will do.

If you already have hedgehogs that visit it worth checking if they are still coming: they don't always hibernate or they often wake up looking for food.

Remember if you see a hedgehog out during the day it will need help. If you do find one pick it up using a towel or wearing gloves and place in a high sided box. Take it inside somewhere like a shed or garage and ring for help.

Please do not try to care for it yourself.

You can find more information on the topics mentioned on our Facebook page: Holderness Hedgehog Hospital or contact us on 07563917914.

(Left) FRIENDLY: Some ideas to make your garden hedgehog friendly

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Local planning application highlights Planning approved for Easington Methodist Chapel A PLANNING application has been approved for change of use from a Methodist Chapel to a single dwelling for Easington Methodist Chapel on Seaside Road.

As one of 14 churches in the South Holderness Methodist Circuit with only a monthly Sunday service held and decreasing attendance numbers this led to the Chapel being declared surplus to Methodist Church requirements. The last service held at the Chapel was in March 2017 and it has not been used for any purpose since then.

The Chapel was placed on the market in August 2018 and it has been confirmed that no interest for any type of community group has been received. The only interest expressed being to convert the property to residential use.

Easington Parish Council agreed to support the application at their meeting on December 7. The planning officer in recommending the application for approval said: “The application has satisfactorily demonstrated that the building is no longer required for church services or community uses and has been vacant since 2017. The application also sets out that there are other church and community uses within the area to cater for the needs of residents. The proposal would have an acceptable effect on the Easington Conservation Area, the character and appearance of the area and residential amenity. There have been no objections to the proposal.”

Outline planning sought for residential development in Roos Outline planning permission has been sought for a residential development in Roos. The outline planning is for 173metre square of land to the north east of Hansa House on Main Street.

The application notes that the site falls just within a conservation area in Roos. However it also notes: “The application site is surrounded by other existing residential development, some more recent than other parts. It is considered that the proposed development would fit in with its surroundings and not be detrimental to the conservation area.” The application site would face the Greenacres Park highway with access onto Greenacres Park indicated, although this would be designed and decided at reserved matters stage. It is proposed that a future full planning application would be for a single storey home.

Roos Parish Council have objected to the application adding: “At this stage until further details are provided the Council object to the application as the Design and Access Statement does not specify the number or type of properties

planned for the site.”

They added that they also have concerns regarding highway access and drainage issues in the area.

Planning applications submitted: 20/03648/PLF - Continued use of land for car sales (retrospective application) at Bus Depot, Back Street, Easington 20/04039/PLF - Alterations and change of use of first floor to form self-contained accommodation ancillary to existing public house including construction of dormer and installation of door, windows, roof lights and external staircase at The Old Boatshed, 2 Seaside Road, Withernsea 20/04195/PLF - Erection of a dwelling (Revised scheme of 20/02004/PLF) | Land South Of The Poplars, Park Avenue, Withernsea 20/03992/PLF - Erection of a dwelling following demolition of existing at Chapel Cottage Easington Road Kilnsea 20/04323/AGNOT- Erection of a general purpose agricultural building at Winestead Farm, Patrington Road, Sunk Island 20/04314/PLF- Erection of single storey extension to rear following demolition of existing single storey projection at Jessmin, Ottringham Road, Keyingham 20/04300/PLF- Erection of two storey extension to side following part demolition of existing extension at 1 New Cottages, Bydales Lane, Winestead 20/04047/PLF- Erection of single storey extension to side and rear with associated works and erection of 1.65m high timber fence and gate at Newland House, Station Road, Keyingham 20/03717/PLF- Erection of a two storey extension to front and single storey extension to front and side following demolition of existing garage at Rai Burn, Station Road, Keyingham 21/00078/PLF - Erection of replacement dwelling at Sandgate, North Road, Halsham 20/04236/PLF - Erection of extension to garage to allow conversion to additional living space, erection of detached shed and relocation of existing wall at Five Bays, Boyes Lane, Keyingham 20/03665/PLF - Erection of a dwelling and garden store at Land North of 13 Hazel Avenue, Withernsea 20/04231/PLF - Erection of a dwelling with associated works at Land East of The Paddock, South End, Roos 20/03890/PLF - Change of use of former police station to a dwelling including installation of a garage door and a door to side and replacement of a door with a window to rear at Former Withernsea Police Station, Railway Crescent, Withernsea

Planning decisions made: 20/01518/PLF - Change of use of public house and ancillary accommodation to use as a public house with ancillary accommodation above (manager's flat); conversion to form 2 dwellings with associated works and erection of a first floor extension; conversion of out-building to dwelling with construction of dormer to rear; and sub-division of existing car park to provide car parking and private amenity area/beer garden – Refused 20/03497/PLF- Erection of single storey extension and installation of bow window to front at 50 Holmpton Road, Withernsea - Approved 20/03375/PLF - Erection of a canopy in connection with existing ice cream parlour at Beaches Cafe 11 - 14 Seaside Road, Withernsea– Approved 20/03245/PLF - Erection of a single storey extension to rear at 4 South Side Villas, Ottringham– Approved 20/03233/PLF - Change of use of garage to workshop/sales and

forecourt for the sale of mobility scooters, erection of a single storey extension to front and side of workshop, alteration to bay windows, removal of part of existing conservatory and construction of new entrance canopy to dwelling and an application of cladding to all elevations at 240 Queen Street, Withernsea– Approved 20/03075/PLF - Erection of single storey detached garden room building at Eastfield Farm Residential Home, Southside Road, Halsham– Approved 20/02933/PLF - Erection of carriage house with attached garage following removal of existing garage at Tower Farm. Tower Road.

Rimswell – Approved 20/02703/PLF - Erection of single storey extension to rear and side and conversion existing integral garage into additional living accommodation at Pemberley, Station Road, Ottringham – Approved 20/02630/PLF - Erection of two storey extension to side and rear,

change of use of land to domestic garden and private equestrian use and retrospective conversion of agricultural buildings to stables at North Farm, North Lane, Welwick – Approved 20/02580/PLF - Erection of two storey extension to side, erection of single storey extension to side and rear and external alterations to existing dwelling at 21 Channel Road, Sunk Island – Approved 20/03775/PLF - Erection of single storey storey extension to front, side and rear at Rountoit 3 Hinch Garth, Roos – Approved 20/03473/PLF - Change of use of land for the siting of a shepherd hut to provide holiday accommodation at Land South Of Burstall Garth, Church Road, Skeffling – Approved 20/01041/PLF - Change of use and alterations of redundant barn and stables to a multi-use function building in connection with the existing hotel and associated parking area at The White Hall, Patrington Road, Winestead – Approved.

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POEMS Vera Loves Withernsea

By Richard Harries A poem I wrote for fun, hope you like it!

Vera now looked at little grey She did not walk as fast as she may Have done years ago, then she used to run And love the open air and have so much fun Vera was a wondering Why she should be a wandering Around Withernsea town All happy and with no frown Well the sun was out a shining The sea was blue and beguiling The sands were golden and warm There was no sign of any storm She knew the water was clean Thought those who dissed Withernsea were mean After all she had lived here all her life so long Loved Withernsea and knew she did belong She went onto the beach Jumped straight in the water she’d others teach How to get right in there Some at her did stare She rolled around in the sand Really felt right grand

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Local poet Richard Harries shares two of his poems with readers this month. Richard has picked two light hearted poems to help lift the gloomy third lockdown feelings.

Good intentions

by Richard Harries

Made her feel young there As though she had no care Why just because she was getting old Should she not be happy and bold?

Another swimmer joined her there And she did go right up to him where He was jumping around in joy He really was quite an old boy She wanted to sniff him straightaway But he just seemed to want to play She saw a porpoise and a seal She felt this was great and real Out she came and gave herself a shake No towel for her, in the sun she would bake It really was too hot for her Yes she was covered in thick fur You may have realised just now That Vera, who will take her bow Is a Springer spaniel ever so sweet Who is jumping around Withernsea on four feet!

Now I know my woman well, I am able to buy for her just swell I know what jewellery she likes, That’s courage you say ..yikes!

So yesterday I went into town, and did not buy her a gown No I saw a blouse and a stole, that matched and it is my goal To try to please my beloved wife, and be thoughtful throughout life So I did what many have not the courage to do But looked at the sizes and I knew That they would fit my beloved one And I did what I knew I should have done I went inside this charity shop And did buy both of these great tops Now this was at great inconvenience to me As I could not now buy the food intended for tea In fact I would have to make a second trip to the shop To get enough vegetables for me to chop So that we could eat fresh food And have a lovely tea so good But this I was quite prepared to do

Looked forward to the appreciation and praise that I was due I got home and showed them off proudly She to me did exclaim loudly ‘Oh my Just why Have you bought them. It’s a gem And I can tell you why.’ And she said with a sigh ‘You should not have paid cash It was rather daft and rash But oh why? Did you buy Those tops, they are complete flops’ ‘Go on tell me why’ Said I with a sigh ‘Well last Friday I donated them Not wanting to wear them gain You were with me that day When I gave them away And last but not least Of all You have the gall To not have noticed that I’ And again she did sigh ‘Have worn then for the last two years Honestly you could drive me to tears!’

All I could say was ‘oops and wow!’

‘I kind of remember then now!’

Spurn beautifully captured by local photographer Photographer Simon Dallimore has kindly shared some of his recent images with readers.

Simon explained: “The inspiration behind my trip to Spurn was to capture the old lighthouse with water surrounding it, this is something I have never managed to do due to the tide being out every time I visited Spurn, so over the Christmas period I decided to visit Spurn as the tide was coming in so I could capture the image I had been after for so long.

“Spurn was so quiet with only me there as far as I could tell, I walked down the beach in the dark waiting for the sun to rise before taking images, I then crossed over Spurn to the lighthouse as the water was just beginning to surround it.”

Pic 1. RISING: The sun rising with the groins as foreground interest using a slow shutter speed to smooth the water Pic 2. NETS: The groins with old fishing nets entangled on them and the sun above the horizon Pic 3. CAPTURED: The image Simon visited Spurn for, the water is completely surrounding the lighthouse, converted to black and white Pic 4. GROINS: The groins just before Simon crossed back to the mainland, again a slow shutter speed used to smooth the water

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Withernsea at War - Inland, a defended area

By Kevin Watson So far, we have mentioned the (obvious) defences constructed on the beach, promenade and coastline to repel any threat of invasion, but that was just the outer defence. There were further lines away from the rolling waves.

Little remains of any of these defences. They were substantial but being designed to impede any enemy movement further inland, they were removed after the threat had passed. Roadblocks were known to have been situated in Withernsea. These were at the end of the roads leading to the South Promenade, as well as at strategic junctions on Hull Road, and near the junction of Hollym Road, Holmpton Road, and Queen Street, though the exact location there is not readily known.

Between the Spread Eagle Public House and the Lifeboat Inn, a rail and socket road block was

installed. This consisted of metal bars, usually tramlines or rails, bent like a hairpin. These could easily be slotted into a metal socket sunk into the road. Small metal ‘lids’ covered the sockets, and the roadblock could be easily assembled, by dropping the rails into the sockets, otherwise leaving the road clear for movements.

(Don’t forget, a number of Army units (Canadian I believe) were stationed in and around Withernsea, with Universal Bren Carriers lined up in Bannister Street, and tanks down the wider Walter Street (source- resident, 1993).

The sockets have long been filled in, and the road resurfaced many times, so there is nothing visible now. However, on very frosty mornings, the outlines of the socket can still faintly be made out, approximately where the pedestrian crossing point is, near the bollards.

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Little is known of the roadblock at the southern end of the town, but it is likely to have been a ‘chicane’ type of block. These would use either anti-tank blocks, or cylinders, like those found on the beach at the bottom of the old slipway at the end of Southcliffe Road. This would have been augmented with barbed wire, and possibly sandbags to provide a firing point.

These were all part of a line of defence to prevent or hamper any break-out from an enemy beachhead. To seal off the ‘gaps’ in the town, anti-tank cubes were arranged on Arthur Street, opposite Cammidge Street (where the ambulance station now is) with what looks like an anti-tank ditch in the (school) field behind, near the end of Park Avenue and across what is now the entrance into Kirkfield Road housing estate. These have all long since been removed or demolished.

The last link in the chain, so to speak, was the gap from the end of Lascelles Avenue, over the railway, and onto the blocks in Park Avenue.

The bulk of these blocks were dragged to the side of Tennis/Bowls Club, down at the bottom of Lascelles Avenue, and are still there to this day, though somewhat overgrown since I photographed them in 1992!

Quite by chance, a few years ago, I was sent a photograph anonymously and out of the blue, which showed the Withernsea Railway Station, post-war, taken from a train pulling out, showing two DMUs on the lines. And across the lines at the end of the platform, clearly visible, is the line of antitank blocks which would have closed the lines off. It is possible that the end block may have had a niche shuttered into it, with another similar block to the other side of the carriage pulling out, into which lengths of rails would be dropped in, to seal off the gap there.

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An example of a similar Rail-block system is still in place on Spurn Point. This is just to the south of the anti-tank ditch there, and to the east of the rail-block, on the concrete roadway. The sockets for the socket-and-rail road block are still there.

It just goes to illustrate how much effort and material was put into the defence of this country, when you think of all the construction that went on in this small town of ours, and the efforts and sacrifices made.

Pic 1: Drawing of an example of socket and rail roadblock Pic 2: Aerial view of wartime Withernsea (A J Ruddy-NMR Swindon) Pic 3: Lascelles Avenue anti-tank blocks, 1992 (Kevin T Watson) Pic 4: Lascelles Avenue anti-tank blocks, 1992 (Kevin T Watson) Pic 5: Withernsea Railway Station (unknown source)

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DOWN ON THE ALLOTMENT

By Jane Sutherland

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WaterSure scheme caps water bills for eligible customers THE WATERSURE scheme is available for certain customers with a water meter. It allows them to have their bills capped. This is to make sure that these customers don’t cut back on how much water they use because they are worried about how they will pay their bill.

To qualify for help under the WaterSure scheme, you or someone living with you, needs be entitled to receive one of the following: • • • • • •

Universal Credit Housing benefit Income Support Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance Working Tax Credit Child Tax Credit (except families in receipt of the family element only) • Pension Credit • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

In addition, you need to either: • Be responsible, and receive child benefit, for three or more children under the age of 19 living in the property, or • Have (or someone living in the property must have) a medical condition which requires significant additional use of water. Examples of medical conditions include weeping skin diseases (such as psoriasis), Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.

If you qualify for WaterSure, you will pay no more than the average household bill for your company, even if you use more than the average amount of water.

You will not qualify for WaterSure if you use a garden sprinkler system or have a swimming pool.

If you think you are eligible for WaterSure, you will need to apply through Yorkshire Water.

The Pandemic - It could have been worse

By Alan Tharatt AT THE beginning of December Colin planted some broad bean seeds in deep boxes. When the plants have a few leaves, they can be planted out and given a bit of protection from the wind.

There are not many squash, apples or pears left now, but we have had some lovely soups and roast vegetables. A vegetable called celeriac ,which is not well known in shops, has been our big favourite this winter for making chips, thanks to Jim for telling us to try them. The apples have been made into various puddings that we have eaten most days with lunch. I also thinly sliced and dried some of them, they made healthy snacks, instead of chocolate.

Colin has been ordering the seed potatoes, When they arrive they will go into wooden trays. This is called chitting, which means that they will start to grow shoots from their "eyes".

Yes potatoes do have eyes!

During December the cauliflower plants became ready, which surprised us as we thought that they would be ready in spring. They made a welcome change from sprouts and cabbages and were thoroughly enjoyed.

All the cabbage, cauliflower and sprout leaves etc that are not taken home go to the hens and Lucy the goat, I call her Lucifer as she is a little

devil. All the weeds from the gardens go to the hens too. Lucy gets wind fall apples and unused beetroot in her feed bucket when she comes in for the night.

The paths and gateways are getting muddier, so we have been putting down wood chippings, thanks to Phil from the next plot. It makes moving around these areas much easier. Roll on summer.

The daily routine for the animals is very important, they rely on us to be there every day, morning and evening without fail. They depend on us to be there to let them out in the mornings and shut them in safely every evening.

We must do all that we can to protect them from predators. On Icey days the ware troughs must be checked to see if they are frozen. We keep a supply of water in a frost free shed to ensure that we able to provide them with a drink.

Sometimes I wonder where we get the energy from to do all the work that we do. We call it a labour of love. Yes it can be hard work, but we provide ourselves with fruit, vegetables and eggs all year around and we like that it makes us almost self-sufficient.

CELERIAC: A favourite this winter for making chips

A WHILE ago, back in 1315, the weather took a turn for the worse, following almost three hundred years of warm stable weather conditions it suddenly became cold and wet, possibly due to a major volcanic eruption. It became so wet that crops didn’t ripen, and yields plummeted, cattle and sheep became ill and died. People starved.

The bad weather lasted two years, but the famine lasted a few years more and ten percent of the population died. It was several years before yields returned to normal and livestock numbers recovered. Although there had been many years of relative plenty, agriculture in Britain and most of Europe was primitive and yields were low. In a good year, eight grains of surplus could be expected for every grain planted, this compares to modern day yields of 80 grains per seed.

We may do a bit of panic buying with the expectation of food shortages owing to Covid-19 or Brexit, but by and large, even with our massively overpopulated world, we expect our food supplies in the west to be secure but the 14th century

had more in store.

In 1348 the plague, the Black Death, arrived in Britain, having gradually spread from it’s origin in Asia. It hit a population already weakened by the earlier famine and it devastated everywhere it occurred. Whole villages were entirely wiped out, a third of the population died.

Many more died from starvation as there were too few people left to grow and transport food.

There was nothing to be done. No one knew what caused it. There was no way of treating it. There were too many bodies for individual burials, they were thrown into plague pits and covered with lime.

There were several forms of the plague, it was mostly transmitted by flea bites, but the pneumonic version was transmitted by droplets in the air and death usually followed within days. Some people caught the plague and then recovered, but not many.

The plague returned again and again, with its final major appearance in 1655. it still exists in the world and kills people, but the

bacterium which causes it can be killed by antibiotics although there is evidence of antibiotic resistant strains appearing.

Everyone knows about the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, at the end of the First World War which killed more people than were killed in the war. No-one knows just how many died, estimates vary from 50-100 million.

Populations had been weakened by the war and huge numbers of people were mobile, returning to their homes carrying the virus. There was no way of treating the virus, attempts were made to isolate and quarantine carriers.

We are in the midst of another pandemic, but we are lucky. Thanks to science, we know what causes it and we can reduce the transmission of the virus by means of simple measures such as wearing masks and not being too close to others. Thanks to scientists around the world we now have vaccines which will control the virus.

I give thanks that I’ve not been in the position of having to make the decisions.

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Welcome to Yorkshire partners with Too Good To Go to fight food waste WELCOME to Yorkshire has partnered with food app with a conscience, Too Good To Go, to fight food waste in the region. The partnership which has launched in December, will see Welcome to Yorkshire and Too Good To Go working together to reduce food waste in the region. Too Good To Go lets people buy surplus food and drink from pubs, restaurants, retailers and producers to stop it from going to waste. Consumers simply download the free Too Good To Go app and search for nearby businesses with unsold produce.

They then purchase a ‘Magic Bag’, collect it at an allotted time and enjoy it.

James Mason, CEO of Welcome to Yorkshire says: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Too Good To Go at a time when hospitality is faced with so many new challenges, juggling the procurement of food and beverage orders being one of those. This initiative takes away some of the cost risks involved in ordering supplies and thereby ensuring establishments can continue to serve their customers to the standard they have come to

expect, and at the same time addresses sustainability issues around minimising food waste.”

Joining the Too Good To Go app will enable Yorkshire businesses to become more sustainable, reduce costs associated with surplus food, and reach new local consumers.

There are already 420 Yorkshire food businesses signed up to fight food waste with Too Good To Go. Daisy Barnes, Marketing Manager, Honest Bean Co., Malton, said: “We absolutely love being a part of Too Good To Go. Not only does it help us fight food waste as a business,

but it also encourages our customers to take everyday action to fight this global problem.

“As a small business with a chilled product, we originally joined to make sure that we kept food waste to a minimum and we’re so glad we did. It works really well! The app is easy to use and manage whenever we have products to list, we can easily add our Magic Bags to the app and they’re sold so quickly. If we encountered any problems, our rep Caroline was always on hand to solve them. To top it all off, our customers have

been lovely and really believe in the purpose behind the app.”

Caroline Conroy, Too Good To Go’s Partnerships Manager for Yorkshire and the North East said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Welcome To Yorkshire to encourage even more local businesses to fight food waste with us. Wasting food not only wastes the resources that have gone into creating it, but also has huge implications on the health of our planet.

Together with Welcome to Yorkshire and the region’s food businesses we can strive for a more sustainable county.”

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South Withernsea Coastal Humberside Police recruits Defence Scheme completed therapy dog Working in policing can present some tough and challenging times for officers and staff. That’s why they have an Occupational Health and Wellbeing team. The team are on hand to support them in the variety of difficult circumstances they face, whether that be physically or mentally.

The team in the Occupational Health and Wellbeing unit are always developing and exploring new techniques to assist the staff in achieving the best outcomes. They have recently introduced their newest member of the team, Cindy the therapy dog.

Following nine years working with her handler as an Explosives, Search and Detections dog, Cindy has decided she’s not quite ready for full retirement. She has returned to the Force with her handler Ian as a police volunteer.

Her owner/handler Ian, said “Cindy was an Explosives, Search & Detections Dog, AKA a bomb dog! Princess Cindy, as she was known on the Humberside Police Twitter account before her retirement, served for nine years before retiring on October 23, 2020 – she’s now my sofa dog.

“As well as serving Humberside Police, Cindy has assisted at a variety of events including assisting the Police Service in Northern Ireland, attending the Commonwealth Games in Scotland and Hull City of Culture in 2017. She has also assisted in

overseeing visits from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Anne and of course, Her Majesty the Queen”.

Louise Robinson, Humberside Police’s Senior Psychotherapist said: “Animal Assisted Therapy can be used for rehabilitation, emotional comfort and regulation.

Research indicates that use of a therapy dog in the right circumstances has been found to lower blood pressure and to facilitate in releasing endorphins. Participants in Animal Assisted Therapy reported decreased feelings of isolation, alienation and other improvements in their mental health and wellbeing.”

Humberside Police are looking forward to welcoming Cindy back after her very short retirement and hope this new method of support can assist their officers and staff.

THERAPY: Cindy back from retirement to work as a therapy dog

Work on the South Withernsea Coastal Defence Scheme, off Withernsea Bay beach, has now been completed.

The £7million scheme which completed just before Christmas has extended the existing defences southwards with 400 metres of rock armour and includes a new 100 metre terminal rock structure at the end of the defences.

Just under 70,000 tonnes of rock armour was imported by sea from Norway to construct the defence. East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to thank the local fishermen for their cooperation during this time.

Major construction work was also carried out at the site in order to reduce the gradient of the cliff face and to recover rock from the existing terminal structure to incorporate within the new revetment.

The majority of the rocks weigh between six and ten tonnes, but some reached as much as fifteen tonnes.

This is thought to be amongst the largest used in such defences around the UK. Rocks of this size were required to withstand the rough seas that this stretch of coastline can experience, both now and in future, should climate change produce the expected worsening of sea conditions.

Rock armour’s interlocking but porous structure has proven to be effective at withstanding wave action which is the primary cause of the area’s rapid coastal erosion.

Councillor Chris Matthews, the council’s portfolio holder for strategic management, said: “I am delighted that this hugely important scheme has now been completed despite undoubted challenges caused by the Covid-19 situation. I remain grateful for the funding awarded to carry out this project in order to help shield this area of coastline from erosion, which has increased in recent years.”

Josh Riley, BAM Nuttall Site Agent for the South Withernsea Coastal Defence Scheme said: “Our team has demonstrated enormous resolve, delivering this work despite the environmental challenges presented by the North Sea and the social and health pressures generated by coronavirus safety measures. The whole team, including our rock armour suppliers, KLM; subcontractors, RJT Excavations; and small local suppliers, have been positive and solution-focussed throughout.

“I would like to thank the residents of Withernsea who have been extremely patient whilst we delivered this work. We are proud to have left them a lasting legacy, which will provide protection for the town for years to come.”

Erosion on this section of the Withernsea coastline has historically been at an average of around four metres per year, but in

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recent years this has increased to approximately six metres per year in places, with last year seeing around 12m of erosion opposite the frontage of the Golden Sands Holiday Park.

The work on the coastal defence scheme was managed by principal contractor BAM Nuttall Ltd, with KLM Ltd supplying the rock and RJT Excavations Ltd undertaking the earthworks and rock placement. The scheme was

designed by Principal Designer JBA. The scheme received £3m of funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) towards the cost of the project.

1: IN PROGRESS: The work to install the rock armour 2: NEW DEFENCES: An aerial view of the new defences (picture by Andy Medcalf)

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Contribute to East Riding History with the COVID-19 Memories Archive EAST Riding Archives are asking residents to contribute their recorded experiences of the COVID-19 period into a growing collection of memories, which will be preserved for the benefit of future generations.

The archives team are looking for digital, written and printed items such as diaries detailing life under COVID-19 restrictions; photographs of people’s daily lives; poems and stories; and any recordings of thanks for NHS and key

Catalytic converter thefts - how to protect your vehicle HUMBERSIDE Police are warning motorists to be on their guard following a number of reports of catalytic converters being stolen.

In the last month we have received reports of incidents in Goole, Scunthorpe, Brigg and Grimsby and work is ongoing to identify the people responsible.

Inspector Dave Stephenson said: “As the price of metals such as platinum and palladium have risen, many areas of the UK have seen increased reports of catalytic converters being stolen.

“While all cars are potentially at risk, thieves are most likely to target hybrids – where the catalytic converter is used less and the metals are less likely to be damaged – or vehicles with a higher ground clearance, such as vans and SUVs.

workers.

Archivist Hannah Stamp said: “We are currently welcoming digital items such as video clips, photographs and sound recordings, as this is a COVID-safe way of adding your experiences into our collections during the present lockdown period when we are closed to the public.

Please keep any written or printed items safe for when the archives service reopens, as we would also like to preserve these as part of our collections.

record the lives of everyday people in the community. I'm hoping it will be a very useful resource in the future. We know these are very difficult times for many people, but we should record this unique period in our social and economic history for future generations to learn from.”

To contribute your COVID-19 memories “How are you coping with being in to the archive, please email your digital lockdown? How has your local area and community changed? What does your day contributions to archives.service@eastriding.gov.uk and look like? We would like to hear from all keep written and printed items safe to members of our local East Riding deposit when the service reopens. community to create a full picture of how Due to the current government people are now living and working.” restrictions, East Riding Archives are Councillor Shaun Horton, portfolio currently closed to visitors. Find out more holder for tourism, leisure and culture, about service updates and the COVID-19 explained: “In common with other archives collection appeal at: in other places, we are keen to create this www.eastridingarchives.co.uk collection as part of our responsibility to

“We’re investigating all the reports we have received and are following up a number of lines of enquiry.

“In the meantime, we want to help prevent further thefts from occurring, so please pass on our advice to anyone you think may be at risk and, if you see anyone acting suspiciously, please call us on our nonemergency 101 line.”

Among the steps you can take to protect your vehicle are: • Speak to your local garage about having suitable locks or guards fitted. They can also advise you on getting your catalytic converter security marked to make it harder for thieves to dispose of.

• Park your car in a locked garage where possible. If that isn’t an option, park in a well lit and busy area.

• Park with your exhaust close to walls, fences or high kerbs, which will make it harder to access.

• Catalytic converters are at the front of your vehicle, so park facing walls or other vehicles where possible, which will make it harder to remove.

Chinese New Year brings the year of the metal ox Chinese New Year 2021 falls on Friday, February 12. The Chinese Zodiac sign for the new year is ox and it will be a metal year. According to astrologers the ox denotes the hard work, positivity and honesty that will be manifested in all of us in the coming year.

The Chinese calendar follows 60-year cycles based on 12 earthly branches. Each is represented by an animal year, and five element years — wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Each earthly branch is characterized by a yin or yang force and an element.

The year of the rat is drawing to a close. The rat represents a yang force – faster, harder and more active. The element was water which represents constant change.

The ox is associated with yin, slower and more passive. The ox element is earth which represents stability. The

Registration open for new round of YORSwitch EAST Riding residents can now register for the YORSwitch auction, after its latest auction saw an impressive 4,500 households in the area register, saving an average of

£150 by switching with the scheme.

Since the scheme started in 2013, YORSwitch has switched more than 35,000 households and delivered more than £7.4million savings for East Riding residents.

Councillor Chris Matthews, portfolio holder for strategic property and infrastructure at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “Despite this uncertain year with COVID, it is wonderful to see so many households register to switch energy suppliers through YORSwitch in the latest round of registrations.

“This round promises to keep the positive message as our dedicated staff are here to help the scheme carry on doing its good work.”

How YORSwitch works: • Residents can register for YORSwitch for free at eastriding.gov.uk/yorswitch or by telephone on (01482) 393939. All you need is a recent energy bill as that shows how much energy you use • An auction will take place between energy suppliers in early February 2021 and the one making the lowest offer wins • Personal offers giving details of costs will be sent out in late February

ox is also associated with strength.

Those born into the year of the metal ox are thought to be hardworking, dependable, determined, honest and popular.

Their weakness is said to be their communication skills.

The last year of the metal ox was 1961.

• To switch, simply confirm online by following the link in the personal offer, return by post or speak to the council • Residents have until midnight on Tuesday, March 23 to switch • Postal registrations will be sent a personal offer including a pre-paid envelope to return by post or contact the council know so we can switch you • The council takes care of the entire switch making the whole thing as smooth and hassle-free as possible.

• For more information or to register, visit www.eastriding.gov.uk/yorswitch

If you do not have access to the internet, please telephone (01482) 393939 and ensure you have a recent energy bill to hand.

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Valentine’s Day pink heart crispy treats A fast Valentine’s themed treat that can be made with children. Based on a recipe by Nigella Lawson.

Makes: 15 small hearts Ingredients 20g butter 140g marshmallows 80g rice krispies edible glitter or sprinkles (optional)

Method 1. Melt the butter in a large, heavy-based saucepan over a low heat.

2. Nigella uses mini marshmallows, but we used a bag of full size marshmallows and chopped them roughly into quarters and it worked fine.

3. Add the marshmallows and cook gently until they are completely melted and blended, stirring constantly.

4. Take the pan off the heat and immediately add the cereal, mixing lightly until well coated.

5. Press the mixture into a greased small rectangular tray.

The mixture at this point is like super glue – top tip press it down with the back or a spoon or roll with a rolling pin to make it flat but make sure the spoon or rolling pin are lightly greased first otherwise it will stick and make it a stressful mess! Scatter over edible glitter or sprinkles if you would like them adding before leaving it to fully cool and set in the tin.

6. Remove from the tin and cut into hearts with a cutter – we used the smallest of a set and got 15 hearts plus a decent number of offcuts for sampling!

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INTERVIEWS WITH THE STARS

By Ann Montini THIS month I will be taking a look back and remembering Joe Longthorne.

It’s at this time of year that you start to look back at some stars that really made an impact on you while working with them. One such star was Hull born resident and international star Joe Longthorne MBE who I was lucky enough to help co-produce an epic show while we filmed at the historic Hippodrome Theatre and Casino in the heart of London.

The Result was a best-selling DVD and Joe firmly back at his best after years of struggle with ill health. Joe Longthorne filled theatres though, and in particular in this area with standout shows at the now defunct Futurist Theatre in Scarborough, and of course the stunning Spa Theatre in Bridlington.

What made Joe so special to so many people around the world?

Well for me it was his East

Yorkshire charm and quick wit.

From his first appearance on Search for A Star in 1981, Joe Longthorne has been one of our brightest entertainers and a favourite of The London Palladium.

Joe's wonderful singing voice, and unique ability to impersonate stars such as Elvis, and Shirley Bassey, have created his reputation as one of the bestselling male singers of the last three decades. He was also a tremendous mimic. His stock-intrade was the faithful impersonation of other singers who had gone before, and whose voices were instantly recognisable to the person on the street, but in a manner, which respected rather than lampooned.

His other most famous impersonations were of a particular time and type,

especially the smooth male Rat Pack sound of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and Dean Martin, all of whom were in his repertoire, as well as other crooner-derived singers including Tom Jones, Tony Bennett, and Barry Manilow. For a bit of variety, he also did Barry White, John Lennon and Judy Garland, yet such was his skill and versatility with a song, that he soon built a brand name all of his own.

Joe became a fixture at the London Palladium, and sold albums, videos, and even his own television show. If there was one year which can be called the very peak of his fame in the UK it was

Withernsea buses to run as normal during national lockdown Bus company East Yorkshire has announced that Hornsea, Hedon and Withernsea buses will continue to run as normal during the new national lockdown, in order to allow key workers to get to work and essential journeys to be made.

Ben Gilligan, East Yorkshire’s Area Director, said: “We will still be running all our Hornsea and Withernsea services as normal, to allow key workers to get to work and so people can do food shopping and get to medical appointments.”

“However, to keep everyone safe, we want to remind people that it’s now even more vital that they follow safety advice when travelling, including wearing face coverings throughout the journey.”

Across the wider region, East Yorkshire’s buses will be continuing to run as normal, with the exception of school buses and some minor changes to services in and around Hull.

1988, when his pre-Christmas album The Joe Longthorne Songbook, became his only record to enter the top twenty in the UK Album Charts, while he also launched his own television show, The Joe Longthorne Show. This was an early hit for Nigel Lythgoe, the music and television impresario who later went on to produce Pop Idol, and American Idol, but who was at this point the head of entertainment and comedy at London Weekend Television.

The show ran from ’88 until 1991, during which period (and the year he spent as a recurring guest on The Les Dennis Laughter

MANY people struggle with their confidence throughout their life. It can be challenging to find the courage to be yourself in today’s society.

As a result, here are seven suggestions on how to increase your self-esteem and reduce your anxiety in your life.

2. Accept who you are: Do not get into the habit of comparing yourself to others. You are unique in this world and it is important that you realize that you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it.

• Staying at home and not travelling if you have any coronavirus symptoms, however mild Timetables, updates and safe travel advice are available to view online at www.eastyorkshirebuses.co. uk, on the East Yorkshire Buses app and by following the company’s social media channels. Those without internet access can ring the travel advice service BusLine on 01482 59 29 29, open Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm, and Saturdays 8am-6pm.

(above) MBE: Ann with Joe Longthorne and his MBE

7 Ways to Build Your Confidence and Reduce Your Anxiety By Stan Popovich

1. Know your weaknesses and strengths: It is important to know what skills you have in your life. Taking a skills assessment test is a great way to determine your strengths and weaknesses. Once you realize your skill sets, the next step is to focus on your talents.

To allow everyone to get around safely, it’s important that those who are travelling for essential purposes such as employment and grocery shopping should continue to follow safety advice, including: • Travelling at quiet times, where possible • Washing your hands before and after travelling • Paying by contactless or buying a ticket on the East Yorkshire Buses app, rather than paying with cash • Wearing a face covering throughout the journey

Show immediately prior to it) Longthorne was a prime-time household name in Britain. In 1989 the album Especially for You, just missed the top twenty and The Joe Longthorne Christmas Album hit just outside the top forty.

The picture you are looking here was taken on the day that Joe received his MBE from HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace – He came directly from the Palace to the studios in Westminster for an exclusive interview – I was lucky enough to be part of the production team and it was such a magical afternoon. Joe the boy from Hull was so proud and rightly so, he felt that he had made it, and was stunned in many ways ...

That was the appeal of Joe; he lived for his fans, and never gave up the fight against his many bouts of ill health. He did tell me a secret though: “I like nothing better Ann than going back to Hessle Road, and just wandering about and saying hello to people.

My people that is how I survive, you can never forget your roots can you”. And Joe’s fans will never forget him.

3. Remember your successes: Some people downplay their successes and focus on those things they struggle with. Always remind yourself of your past accomplishments no matter how small they may be. Stop focusing on the negative parts of your life and remember your past achievements.

4. Think about your future: Take time to think about what you really want out of life.

Do not live your life for others. Once you determine what you want to accomplish, the next step is to develop a strategy that will help you to accomplish your goals.

5. Create goals: Set achievable goals on a regular basis and then

take small steps to accomplish them. Make sure your goals are measurable and monitor your progress. Don’t get upset if you don’t accomplish all of your goals. You can always change your goals so that you can be more successful.

6. Talk to others: It is important that you talk to other successful people in order to get a better perspective of your life. Listening to other people’s challenges and accomplishments can go a long way in feeling better about yourself. You can also learn how to overcome the obstacles in your life.

7. Be persistent: Do not give up in achieving your goals in your life. Learn from your mistakes and try to improve on your situation. Do not make excuses on why you should quit or give up. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to be successful. The key is to keep at it until you get what you want.

Stan Popovich is the author of the popular managing fear book, “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear”. For more information about Stan’s book and to get some free mental health advice, please visit Stan’s website at http://www.managingfear.com

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PUZZLES

Puzzle solutions and answers to the quiz on page 28

Clues for this month’s quick crossword CLUES ACROSS 1. Seraglio (5) 4. Sweet (6) 7. Russian emperor (4) 10. Neck and neck (5,7) 11. Poke (4) 13. Feelers (8) 14. Caribbean republic (5) 17. Light boat (5) 19. What-d'you-call-it (11) 22. Scorn (8) 23. Nonsensical (8) 25. Ireland (7,4) 26. Come to a stop by heading into wind (3,2) 27. Scamp (5) 28. High voice (8) 32. German composer (4) 33. Railway enthusiast (12) 34. Woman (4) 35. Dear (6) 36. Name of eight English kings (5)

CLUES DOWN 1. Retain (4) 2. Wander (4) 3. City in northern Italy (5) 4. Hackneyed (11) 5. Enormous (8) 6. Wash lightly (5) 8. Restraint garment (12) 9. Spokes (5) 12. -------- reaction (8) 15. Spirit, soul (6) 16. Approved (12) 18. Ready (8) 20. In a way that is lacking in charm (11) 21. Move very fast (6) 24. Composer of songs of praise (8) 27. Afghan capital (5) 28. Relinquish (5) 29. Point of a saw (5) 30. Daze (4) 31. Wear by rubbing (4)

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MONTH WE ARE pleased to share with you some of the photographs sent in during this last month. Thank you very much everyone for all the wonderful submissions.

Please send any photographs for consideration for the March edition by February 17 to Withernseacommunity news@hotmail.com

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1: FISHERMEN: Fisherman setting sail (by Eric Stoneley) 2: REFLECTIVE : A calm Spurn point (by Derek Winter)

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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.

KATHRYN’S QUIZ Valentine’s Day is just around the corner (already!), so this month’s questions recognise that hopefully love is all around as all 10 answers contain the word LOVE – not necessarily at the beginning, could be in the middle or at the end, but it’s there somewhere.

1. What adjective is an offensive term used to describe somebody who is scruffy, untidy and not concerned about conventional standards of personal hygiene?

2. First published in the UK in 1960, which DH Lawrence novel was the subject of a watershed obscenity trial against its publish, Penguin Books?

3. Which Dairy Crest brand “only has half the saturated fat of butter, but that delicious buttery taste?

4. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, which 1998 comedy/drama/ history tells the story of a young man out of ideas and short of cash, who meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays?

5. From the Latin genus Digitalis, which plant has numerous thimble shaped purple or white flowers?

6. Who am I? I was born on July 9, 1964 in San Francisco. I spent my early years living in hippie communes, and rose to prominence as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole. I was famously widowed in April 1994 following the suicide of her 2nd husband in 1994.

7. What is a knitted garment put on over the head and covering the top half of the body?

8. Which informal & affectionate 2-word phrase describes two regions of fat located at either side of the bank, just above the pelvis?

9. Lyric Time! Which 2009 debut and number 1 song for a former member of a successful group song begins with the lines: Too much of anything can make you sick Even the good can be a curse (curse) Makes it hard to know which road to go down Knowing too much can get you hurt 10. Which late, Yorkshire born former wrestler, teacher and actor, provided one of the voices for the animated "Tetley Tea" TV adverts?

‘Football in the Community Project’ transitioned to a Charity in 2001. It has continued to grow and extend its offer beyond the football pitch but importantly using the power of the badge, Hull City FC. Located at the Tigers Trust Arena the charity provided support to over 33,395 participants through their core activity across Hull and East Yorkshire during the 2019-2020. In addition, reaching out to over 35,000+ people during the pandemic in new and innovative ways to continue their support to those in need in a Covid safe way. They are essentially a small charity with a big heart.

The Jeff Astle Foundation Our monthly quiz master Kathryn Townsley runs two monthly pub quizzes on behalf of the Hull City Official Supporters Club (www. www.hullcityosc.org).

The club are still supporting Tigers Trust in their 30th Anniversary year, but also The Jeff Astle Foundation in order to help raise awareness of and support those affected by brain injury in sport. A new Just Giving page has been set up as a result: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfundi ng/hullcityosc2021fundraising If you enjoy the quizzes Kathryn provides for us please do give them a donation if you are able.

You can also join Kathryn’s quiz nights which are fortnightly on a Monday from February 1, so the next is February 15 then March 1. These are currently on Zoom. The Hull City Official Supporters Club website has the full details including the log on information nearer the actual dates: https://www.hullcityosc.org/

ABOUT THE CHARITIES The Tigers Trust The Tigers Sport and Education Trust is on a journey, starting life as a project in 1990, the Trust reached a milestone of 30 years amidst the 2020 pandemic. During the 30 years the

The Jeff Astle Foundation was established in 2015 as a fitting and lasting legacy of the ex West Brom and Notts County striker. Jeff died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE),a progressive, degenerative brain disease found in individuals (usually athletes) with a history of head injury, often as a result of multiple concussions. In Jeff Astle's case, it was the repeated, low level brain trauma believed to have been caused from the repeated heading of footballs.

Since the death of Jeff Astle in January 2002 aged just 59 the charity’s aim is to both raise awareness of brain injury in all forms of sport and to offer much needed support to those affected.

Led by Jeff's daughter, Dawn, the Foundation set out a series of goals: • One Year - To raise awareness of brain injury in sport at all levels of the game.

• Three Year - To work with sports authorities to deliver independent research into the links between brain injury in sport and degenerative brain disease.

• Ten Year - To provide support for sports people living with the affects of dementia or chronic neurological impairment.

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Chair and deputy chair appointed to the new Hull and East Yorkshire LEP In anticipation of the formal creation of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) on April 1, the leaders of Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, together with the chair of the Hull and East Riding Business Engagement Board, have appointed James Newman OBE as its founding chair.

James was the founding chair of the Sheffield City Region LEP, from 2010 to 2015, having retired following the signing of one of the first City Region Devolution Deals in October 2015. He is currently chair of Finance Yorkshire and the South Yorkshire Community Foundation and has several other business and charitable roles, nationally and in Yorkshire.

James’s reaction to being appointed was: “I am delighted to have been given this opportunity to take this role. The creation of this LEP marks the beginning of a new era for the region and I look forward to working with both the leaders, their councils, the business community and voluntary sector to create a successful partnership, which will bring more funding to the region, allowing our strategically important industries and all our businesses to drive economic growth, which will benefit the region and all its employees and communities.

“It will also be important to make sure we continue the excellent work of the current Humber LEP and work closely with our colleagues across the Humber Estuary, where our combined assets and expertise are of national importance.

“Our first task will be to recruit a new board for the LEP, alongside other advisory boards and committees, so as to ensure the new LEP is ready to start its important role as soon as possible.”

Thomas Martin, chair of the Hull and East Riding Business Engagement Board and chair of the recruitment panel, said: “I am delighted that such a thorough recruitment process has secured our region the expertise, and an external perspective, that we will draw on heavily as we continue our devolution journey. A devolution deal for the region is vital to our future success together.

“The leaders of both councils, supported by the business community, are clearly aligned on this journey, and I very much hope that James, as the new chair, will draw extensively on the knowledge that has made the existing Humber LEP so productive. There are new boundaries, new rules and new relationships to be forged and these must drive additional opportunities throughout our combined coastal, rural, urban and estuary

communities. The leaders have shown the way and we all now need to align around James to ensure the region continues to punch above its weight throughout the national ‘Levelling Up’ debate.”

Councillor Richard Burton, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “I very much welcome the appointment of James Newman, who is a well-respected businessman and a resident of the East Riding. James has an excellent track record of running major businesses across Yorkshire and led the formation of the Sheffield City Region LEP as its first chair. I am delighted that he will be able to bring his vast experience to this new role as chair of our new LEP. On behalf of the council, I look forward very much to working with James and to the role that the new organisation will play in the future of Hull and East Yorkshire.”

Councillor Stephen Brady, leader of Hull City Council, said, “I am delighted that James has been appointed as the chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. James has a fantastic and very successful track record in business and also has extensive experience of working with both local and national government to bring them together and really focus on driving forward local economies and make a positive difference to businesses and residents alike.

“The Hull and East Yorkshire LEP is business led and will bring together partners from the private, public and third sectors, along with collaborating with a wide-range of local partners, to act as a powerful, informed and independent voice for Hull and East Yorkshire, and James will play a vital role in shaping, developing and leading this partnership. I am very much looking forward to working with him in his new role in what, I am sure, will be a very successful partnership.”

James Newman has appointed Stephen Parnaby OBE as deputy chair following an independent selection process.

Stephen is currently interim chair of the Humber LEP which, due to Government requirements on LEP membership and boundaries, is due to end its operations on March 31.

Mr Parnaby said: ‘’I am delighted to be asked to contribute to the new Hull and East Yorkshire LEP in the position as deputy chair. Having discussed the role with the newlyappointed chair, James Newman, I am confident we can work together to make the new LEP a real force in the area and on the regional and national stage. James has a huge experience of LEPs as a former chair of the Sheffield City Region LEP and coupled with my local knowledge, will create the right balance going

forward. I will be working with James on the formation of the new LEP and ensuring a smooth transition and closure of the Humber LEP.” James Newman said: “I am delighted that Stephen has accepted the invitation to become the deputy chair of the new LEP. His vast experience as both a political leader in the region as well as being the current chair of the Humber LEP, will be invaluable to me as I take up my new role and get to know the region better over the next few months. There will inevitably be a transition period between the old and the new LEPs, to which Stephen will be able to make a significant contribution.

“Stephen’s role will also be important in making sure we continue the excellent work of the current Humber LEP and work closely with our colleagues across the Humber Estuary, where our combined assets and expertise are of national importance.”

Councillor Richard Burton, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “We welcome the appointment of Stephen to his new role as deputy chair of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. His expert knowledge of the region and of the local economy has been invaluable in driving the area forward, both as the interim chair of the Humber LEP and formerly in his capacity as leader of this council.

“Working alongside the new chair of the LEP, James Newman, we feel that Hull and the East Riding can build on the many successes of the Humber LEP and meet the challenges and the opportunities ahead, so that the economies of both Hull and the East Riding can flourish and prosper."

Councillor Stephen Brady, leader of Hull City Council, said: “We at Hull City Council welcome the appointment of Stephen Parnaby as deputy chair of the new Hull and East Yorkshire LEP. As former leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Stephen is someone we know well and someone I have personally enjoyed a good relationship with over many years. Stephen also has an excellent understanding of the business landscape across the

region, so I am sure he will prove to be a pillar of support to James Newman as this exciting partnership gets under way.”

PIC 1. CHAIR: The newly appointed chair of Hull and East Yorkshire LEP James Newman OBE PIC 2. DEPUTY CHAIR: Stephen Parnaby OBE has been appointed as deputy chair of Hull and East Yorkshire LEP

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READING East Riding Libraries will continue to offer their 'Order and Collect' service - customers can either phone their nearest library or order books AS WE find ourselves in another lockdown EXERCISE online at library.eastriding.gov.uk, and then All Local countryside paths and Public Rights of we have compiled some inspiring ideas collect from their specified East Riding Library Way remain open. You can exercise alone, with and resources to help pass spare time. once available. one other person, or with your household or Books can be returned to any East Riding support bubble. Details of walks in the East GARDENING Library during opening hours and will be Riding can be found at It might not be the weather for many garden quarantined for three days before being cleaned tasks but there are a few ways to get ahead on http://walkingtheriding.co.uk/ and returned to shelves.

All East Riding Leisure Centres are now closed. better weather days. Some pruning can be There is also an extensive online library However, during this latest lockdown, East done including pruning climbing roses to train available 24/7, of eBooks, audiobooks, them to get the most flowers - training branches Riding Leisure is reminding residents of its magazines and local, national and international horizontally keeping a framework of a few strong popular YouTube channel. Subscribers can view newspapers which can all be downloaded free branches. Apple and pear trees can also now be vlogs, short workouts and full workouts. East with your library card. To join the library online pruned to encourage fruiting. You can also work Riding Leisure release new full workouts every (it's free) or find out more about downloading week, alongside their shorter version classes on encouraging wildlife into your garden. items from the online library, visit and vlogs, delivered by their own fully trained Regularly fill bird feeders and remember on eastridinglibraries.co.uk fitness instructors. These include 30 minute, 45 frosty days to melt bird baths. For those There are also free library book deliveries, from minute and 60 minute workouts, offering a mix thinking about growing their own you can start East Riding Libraries and the Tigers Trust, for of cardio, strength, well-being and classes for chitting early potatoes and starting to sow those who are isolating. those less mobile. New workouts premiere seeds. throughout the week, all delivered by fully A tip shared with us was to make candle CRAFTS holders from old sea sculpted bricks ready to go trained instructors, and all free of charge. More The Big Knit into the garden when the weather is better (See content is being added regularly, so keep The Big Knit is an Age UK partnership campaign photo). One of our contributors Nerys describes checking the page for new classes and updates with innocent drinks. Supporters knit little hats at: www.youtube.com/EastRidingLeisure below how she makes greenhouse warming to go on top of smoothie bottles. Each one of Members of East Riding Leisure can also still candles: these not only keep an innocent smoothie's “I'm making 1-200-hour candles for heating the enjoy exclusive live workouts with instructors head warm in winter, they also raise 25p for during the lockdown. Every Friday, members will greenhouse or garden. I soak and peel off the Age UK. The money raised through The Big Knit receive links for the workouts for the following labels from nice coffee jars and wash them helps Age UK provide practical and emotional thoroughly. I slowly and partially melt two packs week, which will feature a mix of Les Mills and support for older people. of vegetable 'lard' like Trek (75-70p each) don't more traditional classes to be enjoyed at home. Once your hats are ready you can drop them off use animal fat as it will stink as you burn it as a Places for each session will be available on a at your nearest local Age UK or Age UK shop. Or first come, first served basis, and participants candle! you can send them to: Age UK, The Big Knit, will be able to join ten minutes before each I melt it partially and then turn the heat off as Fruit Towers, 342 Ladbroke Grove, London, workout. Sessions will vary from Body Attack to the heat from the melted fat will melt the rest.

W10 5BU. The deadline to send hats in is Body Balance, and will feature a range of Leave it to cool enough so that you don't crack October 1, 2021. the glass, the glass jar must be completely dry. activities from Zumba to RPM, and many more The Age UK website has many pattern ideas ( In the meantime, take a cheap candle and chop besides. Full details are available at https://www.ageuk.org.uk/getwww.eastridingleisure.co.uk the bottom off with a sharp knife so that it sits involved/fundraise/the-big-knit/ ) however their below the rim of the jar, low enough to be able basic ones are below for those without WATCH to put the jar lid back on. When cool enough, computer / internet access: You can explore places all over the world as carefully pour the melted fat into the jar and well as museums and galleries with virtual tours leave until it starts to set and turns white. through Google Arts and Culture Carefully lower your chopped candle into the centre, if it does not stay in place remove it and (https://artsandculture.google.com/ ) with an app also available. There is also a section for wait a bit longer. I'm going to play with adding games including colouring, crosswords and some colours and an essential oil. As a more. Through the app you can use augmented greenhouse heater, use smaller jars and one and virtual reality to do various things from block of fat into the jar. Place and light the candle in the greenhouse leaving the lid off (test hanging a piece of artwork in your room to transforming food into art. if you need more than one). Place a pottery plant pot (don't use plastic) over the candle The BBC shows curriculum content on TV every raised up on plant pot feet to allow air to weekday. Primary-school programming, including circulate from underneath. The heat rises through the base hole which is now at the top.” BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily runs from 9am to 12pm on CBBC and at least two hours of programming to support the GCSE curriculum runs on BBC Two. Although useful resources for parents and children anyone may find them interesting – a time to remember all the things you had forgotten from school!

Lockdown inspiration

Knitted blue bobble hat (beginner pattern by Juliet Bernard) Yarn: Blue and white DK (can be any colour combination) Needles: 4mm

Candle holders from old sea sculpted bricks ready to go into the garden this summer while in lockdown

Hat Cast on 31 sts in white Row 1: k1, *p1, k1 repeat from *to end of row Row 2: p1, *k1, p1 repeat from *to end of row Change to blue and beginning with a knit row work 12 rows in st st Next row: k2tog to last st, k1 (16sts) Next row: purl Next row: k2tog to end (8sts) Cut the yarn leaving approx 10cm length.

Thread this through a sewing needle and bring through stitches and pull up to tighten.

Making up: Use a sewing needle to join side seams. Make a pompom in blue and sew securely to top of the hat.

February 2021 27 Simple crochet hat (advanced crochet pattern by Juliet Bernard) Yarn: Red and red (can be any colour combination) Crochet hook: 3.5mm Hat Using the magic loop technique make 6dcs into the ring. Join with a ss.

Round 1: ch1 make 2dc in each dc from the previous round. Join with ss (12sts) Round 2: ch1 , *1 dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * to end of the round. Join with ss (18sts) Round 3: ch1 *1 dc in next 2 dcs, 2dc in next dc, repeat from * to the end of the round. Join with ss (24sts) Round 4: ch1, 1 dc, in each dc to the end of the round.

Join with ss.

Repeat round 4, 4 more times.

Fasten off and sew in ends Make a red pompom and sew to the top.

Knit-for-Nowt Knit-for-Nowt is a charitable service based locally in East Yorkshire. They are appealing for therapy hand puppets and worry monsters.

They can only take items that are brand new, hand or machine knitted, crocheted or sewn with material, and in good, clean condition.

These will be donated to therapists working to help traumatized children all over the UK. They're used to aid recovery from traumatic events such as abuse, neglect, bereavement or other serious problems, and have also been found to be a very effective way of helping children communicate with adult helpers.

More details including pattern ideas can be found at: www.knitfornowt.org you can e-mail them at knitfornowt@gmail.com or phone 01377 270624 or 07538 157487 GENERAL East Riding Council have a range of online activities on their Active East Riding website: www.ActiveEastRiding.co.uk The website is full of ideas and suggestions for people of all ages during the lockdown period when many of the council’s facilities are closed and people cannot socialise as normal.

Examples include: ● Learn how to draw cartoons ● Try out puzzles ● Explore East Riding Archives online, including the Photo Archives ● Enjoy virtual visits to over 80 exhibitions online ● Listen to podcasts from Beverley Art Gallery ● Listen to eAudiobooks ● Discover Sewerby Hall at home ● Choose from a range of activities for children and young people of all ages.

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Puzzle solutions and quiz answers Here are the puzzle solutions and quiz answers from page 25

Quiz answers: 1. Slovenly 2. Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3. Clover 4. Shakespeare in Love 5. Foxglove 6. Courtney Love 7. Pullover 8. Love Handles 9. Fight for this Love – Cheryl Cole 10. Brian Glover

Attack of the clone firms £2.4 million stolen from people across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire in ‘clone firm’ investment scams • The number of ‘clone firm’ investment scams reported has increased by 29% as the UK went into the first lockdown. 77% of investors do not know or are unsure what a ‘clone investment firm’ is • FCA and Action Fraud advise investors to only use contact details on the FCA Register to help avoid ‘clone firm’ scams Action Fraud and the City of London Police are working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to issue a warning to the public, as reports of ‘clone firm’ investment scams increased by 29% in April 2020 compared to March, when the UK went into its first lockdown.

Action Fraud reporting data reveals losses of £2.4 million across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire between JanuaryDecember 2020, when investing with fraudsters imitating genuine investment firms. Victims in our area are most often men with people between the ages of 50 and 69 most commonly affected.

The ongoing financial impact of coronavirus may also make people more susceptible to these types of clone scams. Forty two percent of investors say they are currently worried about their finances because of the pandemic, and over three quarters (77%) have, or plan to, make an investment within the next six months to help improve their financial situation.

However, even the most experienced investor could be at risk. Three quarters (75%) of investors said they felt confident they could spot a scam. However, 77% admitted they did not know, or were unsure, what a ‘clone investment firm’ was.

What is a ‘clone firm’ investment scam?

‘Clone firms’ are set up by fraudsters using the name, address and ‘Firm Reference Number’ (FRN) of real companies authorised by the FCA. The criminal gangs running these scams can engage with victims through a number of channels.

Often they will take out adverts on social media platforms and search engines. Victims will then click on these adverts and be taken to exact replicas of websites belonging to genuine investment firms. The most sophisticated criminals will even clone the website domain name.

Once victims have registered their interest, they’ll be contacted by the fraudsters, who often obtain the names of genuine employees of investment firms and create seemingly legitimate company email addresses, but with very subtle changes.

There have also been instances of investors inputting their contact details into genuine price comparison websites and then being phoned by criminals purporting to be from a well-known, legitimate investment firm. Another tactic used by these criminals to dupe investors is to send victims sales materials linking to websites of legitimate firms.

The returns being promised by these criminal gangs are often modest so as not to arouse suspicion, but slightly better than the market rate, therefore appealing to those looking for long term, ‘safe’ investments.

In the end, victims will end up transferring their savings directly to criminal gangs, under the false belief that they are sending them to

‘clone firm’ scams. And if you’re still unsure, call our consumer helpline for further information.

When it comes to clones, I cannot emphasise enough how important it is to double check every detail.”

How to protect yourself Even though two in five (38%) investors said they would check the company’s Firm Reference Number (FRN), checking this alone isn’t enough. Criminals carrying out ‘clone firm’ investment scams will often copy FRN numbers and encourage victims to check the number on the FCA Register to prove their legitimacy.

Anyone considering an investment opportunity should double-check all the details of a firm, not just the FRN, on the FCA register. This includes the telephone number and it is important you only use the number on the FCA Register to make contact with the firm.

Remember: a legitimate investment firm. Often, victims will not realise that they’ve been scammed until months later, when they fail to receive quarterly returns or investment reports.

Superintendent Sanjay Andersen, from the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, said: “The coronavirus pandemic has caused many people to feel financial worry and uncertainty something which criminals will feel no remorse about capitalising on.

We have sadly seen an increase in the number of investment fraud reports in 2020, compared to the previous year, with a spike in reports in the summer, after the first national lockdown was lifted.

“This new trend of ‘clone firms’ is particularly worrying as it makes it harder for people to spot a scam.

Investing any amount of money comes with an element of risk and its important people take time to do their research by visiting

www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart and seek independent impartial advice from an expert.

“If you think you’ve already invested into a fraudulent scheme, report it to Action Fraud.”

Mark Steward, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight, FCA, said: “Clone investment scams are sophisticated and extremely difficult to spot. Last year we received over 3767 reports of clone scams to our consumer helpline. Fraudsters use literature and websites that mirror those of legitimate firms, as well as encouraging investors to check the Firm Reference Number (FRN) on the FCA Register to sound as convincing as possible.

“If you’re considering an investment, visit the FCA Register to make sure the firm you’re dealing with is authorised. Use the contact details on our FCA Register, not the details the firm gives you, and check for subtle differences to avoid

• Reject unsolicited investment offers whether made online, on social media or over the phone.

Be wary even if you initiated contact.

• Always check the FCA Register to make sure you’re dealing with an authorised firm and check the FCA Warning List of firms to avoid.

• Only use the telephone number and email address on the FCA Register, not the contact details the firm gives you and look out for subtle differences.

• Consider seeking impartial advice before investing.

• Investors can test if they can spot an investment scam from a smart investment by taking the Scam or Smart quiz, visit www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart to find out more.

• If you think you’ve fallen victim to an investment fraud, report it to Action Fraud as soon as possible online at www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040.

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WITHERNSEA WALKING CLUB

By Michael McGwinn Although temporarily paused due to the Coronavirus lockdown Withernsea in normal times has a weekly walking club.

The club meet every Wednesday morning under the national banner of ‘Walking for Health’. This is aimed at all forms of health needs whether they be physical or mental.

Perhaps you suffer from loneliness? Had a recent bereavement? Just want some company? Maybe you are recovering from surgery? Or just want an hour of gentle exercise and meet new people.

The Withernsea group of walkers usually number up to around 20 people and we meet at 9.15 am every Wednesday morning at the Withernsea Leisure Centre for a one hour walk. We generally divide into two groups - the

walkers and the strollers - so there will be a group you can join in. We are a very friendly lot and finish at the Leisure Centre for refreshments again subject to Covid 19 restrictions.

This is totally free (including refreshments when possible) and is fully covered by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Dogs are very welcome - we have a couple of well behaved dogs already. This is national scheme to promote social interaction and positive wellbeing through walking. If there are any questions, please contact Michael McGwinn on (01964) 670681.

We will update when this starts again inline with National guidelines.

WALKERS: The walking group taken in 2019 (Pre Covid restrictions)

Commercial Sea Angling Club update

By Nick Marshall SINCE the lockdown began all our matches have been cancelled, however due to some sterling work by the Angling Trust who engaged with the government angling was accepted and included as a form of exercise. This is with the proviso that all the other COVID guidelines were adhered to. This came as good news for those anglers who were local to the coastline and could access the beaches to fish. All was total doom and gloom. This time of year we would expect to be catching good numbers of Cod and Whiting with the occasional Bass and Thornback ray thrown in for good measure.

January and February are usually renowned to turn out the bigger Cod along the Holderness Coastline if conditions are favourable. There were hopes of some double

figure Cod around now but conditions have not been too favourable as yet although a fair few cod between seven and nine lb have been showing when the sea has settled.

Hopefully in the coming weeks conditions will be favourable and some quality fish should show.

There appears at the moment to be no real 'hotspots' for the fish.

They appear to be well scattered along the coastline. I am sure everyone has their own favoured mark and some are reluctant to disclose where they have been fishing.

The big Cod tend not to follow too much of a pattern they can turn up on any mark and at any state of tide, in the last couple of weeks however there seems to be a pattern of more fish being caught in the first few hours of the flood tide.

The lockdown has also

created another problem, obtaining fresh bait especially lugworm with a lot of the usual outlets struggling to obtain fresh supplies. This has led to anglers raiding their bait freezers to utilise anything they can find hidden away in them. A firm favourite is Squid which can be used either in strips alongside worms or used whole for the bigger fish. Another useful acquisition to an angler’s bait are mussels. These are becoming used more with quite a lot of success for the Cod. This brings back a few memories of when we were kids and collected them off the old sewer pipe in Withernsea, then leaving them for weeks before we used them. The secret was the 'riper' they were then the more effective they were.

This didn't go down too well with the parents if they found my stash festering in the shed.

One word of warning for anyone venturing out fishing please be very mindful of the cliffs along the coast they are very soggy to say the least at the moment and is will be quite easy to get stuck up to your waist in wader sucking gloop! Another word of warning is not to fish directly under the cliffs as they are susceptible to quite considerable falls at this time of year. One of these falls would give you a considerable headache if not worse if you are underneath.

Hopefully things will improve over the next month and we will all have less restrictions on our movements and can enjoy more of the fishing the coast has to offer.

You will see from the pictures what we can catch, the solitude, and even if you catch nothing the lovely sunrises are something to appreciate.

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Easington named ‘Club of the Month’

By Richard Lusmore EASINGTON United made a celebratory start to the New Year after being named the East Riding County FA Charter Standard Club of the Month for January.

In notifying the club of the award, Chris Johnson, the ERCFA’s Clubs and Participation Development Officer, said they had received over 50 nominations for the first award of the New Year, “so picking a deserving winner was an extremely difficult task.”

However, he acknowledged that The Eastenders’ nomination “stood out from the rest”, telling the club: “The partnership with Hull4Heroes, your link up with Patrington AFC, your recent ground improvements and your celebration of the club’s history has demonstrated to us that you are a club which is progressive yet respectful of its history.”

Johnson added that The Eastenders have “gone above and beyond to engage with the local community and have created relationships which should safeguard the future of the club. The club also adheres to the conditions of being an FA Charter Standard accredited club and uses it successfully as a tool to demonstrate the high standards it represents.”

In summing up, he said, “We are also aware that the club is supported by a dedicated group of volunteers who help underpin the ethos of the club. We are delighted to name Easington United the East Riding FA Charter Standard Club of the Month for January and look forward to recognising and celebrating your achievements as a club.”

The Eastenders follow fellow Holderness club Leven Members Club in being named as a monthly winner. As a reward, the club received a unique memento from Awards FC, ten new Nike footballs and some welcome “Promotion through East Riding FA website and social media channels”.

Vice-chairman Mike Wilson received the award on behalf of the club, with a club statement describing it as a tremendous honour and testament to the hard work put in by a dedicated band of volunteers who have always sought to put Easington United at the heart of the local community. As the club approaches its 75th anniversary, such recognition has given everybody a lift at a time when we could all do with one.

Meanwhile, despite the current suspension of all sport at grassroots level, The Eastenders remain active in all sorts of other ways.

Players and management of all three Saturday teams and the Vets are currently involved in a ‘Lockdown Challenge’, which involves a virtual ‘race’ between three randomly selected teams to get from Easington to Istanbul by Valentine’s Day. Members are allowed to run, walk or cycle in order to complete the 3,157km distance to

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It has proved extremely competitive with banter levels between members of Teams Green, Yellow and Blue ratcheted up on social media as the competition progresses.

Given the absence of organised training and games, the challenge has allowed members the opportunity to get out and do something in order to help maintain their physical and mental well-being. With each participant being invited to pay a £5 entry fee (along with donations from several non-participants) the challenge will also help raise funds towards the club’s partners at Hull4Heroes.

The absence of any football has also allowed work to begin on the main pitch at Low Farm in an attempt to prevent the flooding in certain areas that seems to blight us on an annual basis. Volunteers Dave Hodgson and Brim Biglin have been at the vanguard of this, doing sterling work early on in the worst-affected areas, assisted for a time by several players and committee members.

Low Farm – or Easington Recreation & Sports Ground to give it its official title – has also had a welcome new addition since my last piece, thanks to the arrival of a brand new 40-seat ‘container stand’, which should enhance the spectators’ matchday experience. It is currently awaiting movement to its intended location alongside the pitch but its arrival has again helped lift spirits during difficult times.

Finally, with no live action to report on, we have taken the opportunity to run more of the ‘Lockdown Look Back’ articles that proved so popular last year. These have been appearing on a weekly basis in the Holderness Gazette and can also be found on our club website (www.easington-united.co.uk). In addition, our Facebook and Twitter pages (both to be found at @EasingtonUtd) carry their own regular ‘Lookback’ pieces such as ‘On This Day’, along with daily updates on the ‘Lockdown Challenge’ and any other news worthy of reporting. You can also follow us on Instagram at easington_united_afc.

Pic 1. AWARD: Vice-chairman Mike Wilson with the East Riding County FA Charter Standard Club of the Month for January award The various factors that helped win us the Club of the Month award: Pic 2. PARTNERSHIP: The partnership with Hull4Heroes Pic 3. LINKS: The club link with Patrington AFC Pic 4. IMPROVEMENT: The ground improvements at Low Farm Pic 5. HISTORY: The club's celebration of its heritage and history

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Covid threat brings out the best at Withernsea RUFC Ready seeing the lads get a bit of competition back into proceedings under the watchful eye of coach, Dave Wilson.

Eventually, contact was introduced as the IT SEEMS an almighty long time ago since virus subsided, with plans for some games eight of the Withernsea RUFC family headed in January and February being made. The off to Twickenham on March 7, 2020 to games would follow the new Covid-safe watch their beloved England team run out rules, with no mauls and no scrums...�what comfortable winners against the Welsh. If it on earth are us forwards supposed to do?� had been one week later, it would have been asked Al Westoby, who is not renowned for cancelled, along with sport and life as we his back play. Good question, but any rugby know it. No-one could have predicted at that is better than no rugby. Sadly, however, the point that this Six Nations Season would second spike has put paid to these games end in England being victorious, but not until and any form of training, resigning the 2020the end of October.

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At local level there has been lockdown The positives have been that we have one, partial lockdown and lockdown two. All been able to make improvements to the of which have seen the RFU providing pitch whilst there are no games and that the guidelines for rugby participation with their lads have stuck together and enjoyed what five stage road map. From start to finish has been possible in training during these Withernsea RUFC have followed the difficult times. The club has suffered guidance and have not had one current financially and is on the brink of insolvency player infected with Covid, a fact of which we after not getting in annual subs and the are very proud and relieved. The wider weekly match subs. These are what keeps Withernsea RUFC family, however, has not the club afloat. We are looking at ways to escaped the clutches of this awful virus. raise revenue, one of which is the fundThankfully ex-players and supporters have raising page on the internet at: fought through tough times to reach the https://www.spacehive.com/wrufc-funding . other side.

We would be most grateful to receive Through the Summer there has still been donations from any past or present player or involvement of players in rugby activity. supporter. Through these we hope to keep Training has taken place on the Tuesday our fine Withernsea tradition, which has nights where it was allowed. The activities been around now for over 80 years. being amended to fit with the RFU plan.

Initially, training was in bubbles of six, which were not allowed to mix, and in which there was no contact. Players regularly sanitised their hands and anti-bac was used on all equipment. Our balls have never smelt so lemony! In spite of these very restricted conditions, there were usually 12 or more players who turned up to participate. The fitness was greatly appreciated, planned by fitness coach Carl Gibson, who sadistically put the players through their paces. This was much needed after players had bloomed during lockdown, but not in a good way. The banter certainly was not rusty and it was great to enjoy the camaraderie that makes rugby so special.

As restrictions were relaxed, the players reveled in being able to join in semi-contact activity, with Touch and Pass or Rugby

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