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WINTER ABOUT 2015 THE EAST YORKSHIRE CENTRE MAGAZINE
DEADLINE FOR THE SPRING EDITION IS SUNDAY MARCH 13th
TO YOU ALL
FROM THE EAST YORKSHIRE CENTRE COMMITTEE
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EDITORIAL Well 2015 is just about over. Where do the years go?
Over all we didn't have a bad summer but it could have been
better. Running a holiday rally in Scotland made me appreciate
how much warmer it is in Yorkshire. When we moved to Stevenage for 3 years in the 80’s we noticed how much warmer it was down
there, but as we moved south, our neighbours had just moved in the month
before, from Portsmouth, and she was complaining how cold it was! Perhaps
those caravanners who spend their Winter in Spain have the right idea!
Can I suggest that all those who send write ups to Face Book also send them to me to put in the ABOUT. As I keep saying, marshals do like to know that the
hard work they put into a rally is appreciated.
Are you going to make any New Year Resolutions? If so, I hope you manage to keep them especially if they are of a serious nature, like giving up smoking. As a
non smoker I do not know personally how hard it must be but I am married to an
ex smoker and so I know it can be done if you really want to stop. In the early days Richard had one or two lapses
but did manage to break the habit
quite a long time ago now.
You could also make a less
serious resolution to send me a
rally write-up for the first time—a
lot easier than giving up smoking!!
Here’s wishing you all a Happy
Christmas and a Healthy and Peaceful 2016. Janice PS Hope you like the new pictures representing Sandra, Denis, Joan and me and thought
the one I have found for Matt was very appropriate!
PPS My thanks to John Bloom for many of the photos used in this ABOUT
PPPS See page 23 to read a letter from David Hebden of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance
DEADLINE FOR THE SPRING EDITION IS SUNDAY MARCH 13th
WATCH OUT FOR CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS
IN THIS EDITION OF THE ABOUT
SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN FIND!
My Email Address as always is:- [email protected]
COULD NOT RESIST SHARING
THIS PICTURE WITH YOU ALL
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO HAVE BOUGHT CARDS OFF ME
DURING THE YEAR FOR OUR CENTRE CHARITY & AND ALSO FOR YOUR
USED STAMPS WHICH I PASS ON TO THE HEARING DOGS CHARITY
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CHAIRMAN’S CHAT Hello Everyone
Welcome to the Christmas edition of the About, a time of year I
enjoy, and love the festive fun celebrating Christmas and New
Year with family and friends
The 2016 Rally Books are being printed and all being well they will be posted
out early January. Thanks go to Denis, proof-readers, the rally sub-committee
and the brochure co-ordinator Dave, for all the unseen work in producing the
Rally Brochure.
Remember you can book East Yorkshire Centre rallies from 5th January. There
are some new venues this coming year so purchase plenty of booking vouchers
and book early to avoid disappointment.
Our 40th Year has been wonderful with an excellent 40th Birthday Celebration
Rally, I am sure memories will stay with us for a long time to come.
We also achieved great results at the Joint Yorkshire Sports, winning many medals, the Henrietta Spivey Memorial Trophy and Victor Ludorum Trophy.
Your continued support for the sports would be very much appreciated as we are
the Host Centre in 2016. With full teams for all sporting events, you never know we might win more trophies. It’s not just the winning it is taking part that
counts, but an added bonus if we do win!
Our Bonfire Rally was also a huge success despite the change of venue and date
and it was very well attended. The weather could have been kinder but this did not deter ralliers coming out and buying from the many different food stalls
before watching an amazing, spectacular firework display to music followed by
the massive Bonfire. The evening continued to either the green room on site with music by Denis or back to your vans to chill out.
With solid roads for you to drive on and off from was a great bonus and added to
making this rally a great success. It was a wise move the Committee made to
change the venue.
We have had lots of fantastic rallies throughout our 40th year and I’m sure you will not be disappointed in the coming year with many celebrating the Queen’s
90th Birthday including our Chairman’s Sports and Charity Rally with a Street
Party, so get out your Red, White and Blue. Lets have another great year!
Finally Trevor and I would like to wish you all a very
Merry Christmas, a Wonderful New Year and enjoy yourselves where ever you are.
Sandra x
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SOME FUNNY SNOW PICTURES
YOU WILL FIND A FEW MORE AS YOU READ THROUGH THIS ABOUT
AND
TALKING
OF
PICTURES...
This photo was taken by Sue
Holroyd which
she entered in a
Practical Caravan Competition.
“PHOTO TAKEN
ON YOUR
CARAVAN
HOLIDAY” IT WAS PICKED AS ONE OF THE BEST 10 PHOTOS SENT IN.
It was taken in the French Alps in Chamonix / Mont Blanc. They were walking to
the Ice Caves at 12,600 ft above sea level, from the Aiguille Du Midi Cable cars.
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CHARITY PAGE Firstly a very big thank you for your interest in the
Yorkshire Air Ambulance these last two years.
I have been quite overwhelmed as to how much you
have all supported it. I think it is one of the few charities that could affect
each and everyone of us. They do a fantastic job.
On the Saturday night at the AGM we had a raffle as our final fundraiser
of the year. All the prizes were donated including a cake made by Mandy
Fadden. Mandy makes cakes on request so if you ever
want a special one her phone number is Hull 708984
Another of the prizes was
a cushion made by Mary
Wooley to celebrate our
40th birthday. The lady
who won it at our May
Day Raffle was not from East Yorkshire and
she donated it back to re-raffle for our charity. Also
on Friday night, Doreen Worsnop handed over a
cheque for £458 which Malcolm had raised [before he
died in May] from his collection of cans etc.
As you all probably know by now during 2014/15 we
raised the fantastic sum of £5010. I thought we had done very well the
year before making £4,600 and would have a fight to reach anywhere near
that but because of our May Day Rally
Charity Events and a few other large
donations, we reached last year’s total and
then exceeded it! Sandra and I had great
pleasure in presenting the cheque to David
Hebden from the Y.A.A. [See Page 23 ]
You will also know by now that this year
we are supporting the Neonatal Unit at
Hull Royal Infirmary, nominated by Margaret & John Hearty. Our first
aim is to raise £2000 for two baby breathing monitors which they are
short of. Can we achieve this before we get to the Chairman’s Charity
Rally in June? I hope we can at least get enough for one!
P.S. I have put together another Quiz to see you through the Winter. There are 4
parts to it so something for everyone. Stop Me & Buy One! £2 Janice
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THIS YEAR WE HAVE JOINT WINNERS OF THE
SIMPSON FAMILY APPRECIATION AWARD
JUDITH SIMPSON PRESENTING THE
AWARD AT THE AGM , TO HER PARENTS
LEN & MARY STEAD
[photo by John Bloom]
Anne & Mike Claxton
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Seeing that we are celebrating our 40th year, and seeing all the photographs at the Celebration rally, I thought it would be
appropriate to nominate someone who has been part of the East
Yorkshire Centre from ‘it’s birth’.
Viki Tripp took part in the move forward from the East Group to
the East Yorkshire Centre. She was around whilst the decisions
were made as to what design the flag should take and be part of the decision in
the design of the ‘Jewels’
Viki was very active in encouraging the children and young families to join in,
having two daughters who were part of the Teenage Committee.
Photographs show how busy and encouraging she was whilst being Consort to
Mike being in the Chair from 1983 to 1986.
From then till now Viki has kept herself involved with Children’s Sports and
Joint Yorkshire Sports. Also giving great support and encouragement at the
‘then called Track Tests’, now called Six Star Rally.
Viki came back onto the Committee in 2004 as the ABOUT editor and in the tedious role of PRO. In 2005 she moved positions into Secretary and
membership secretary where she was able to talk to new members.
From here Viki moved into the role of Treasurer for 7 years where she did a splendid job of keeping us all well informed of expenditure in a way we as
Committee could understand!.
At the Celebration Rally Viki and Mike celebrated attending 1,000 rallies, so, I
feel that Viki is very deserving of this
nomination, as in the past 40 years she
has been a support, encourager and not least a good friend to many people.
Kath Young
[Unfotunately Viki was not able to be at the
AGM through illness so she was presented
with the award at the Drax Rally in October]
JUDY RICKELL’S FLAP JACK RECIPE 300gr marg 200gr sugar 4tblesps golden syrup 700gr oats
[or you can do 500gr oats and 200gr seeds or dried fruit] MELT MARG, SUGAR & SYRUP IN A SAUCEPAN
ADD DRY INGREDIENTS & STIR WELL
PRESS INTO GREASED TIN [approx 11” x 7”]
BAKE AT 180C FOR APPROX 25 MINS
CUT INTO SQUARES WHILST STILL WARM
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IT WAS WITH MUCH SADNESS THAT WE LEARNT IN EARLY NOVEMBER OF THE DEATH OF DAWN, THE DAUGHTER OF DOREEN & MALCOLM WORSNOP. DAWN HAD BEEN BATTLING CANCER FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS SO IS NOW AT PEACE AND
REUNITED WITH MALCOLM WHO DIED IN MAY. OUR CONDOLENCES GO TO HER HUSBAND ANDREW, HER MOTHER DOREEN, HER BROTHER MARTIN & HIS WIFE LYNNDA & THEIR SON BEN
DAWN when she was Teenage Chairman
with her brother MARTIN next to her
Dawn’s family would like to thank
everyone who sent condolence cards
and also all who went to the Church
Celebration of Dawn’s Life. It was very
much appreciated. They would also like to thank those who gave a contribution
to the Macmillan Nurses Fund
It was very sad to hear that Dawn Worsnop had passed away at the age of 53.
After becoming members of the East Yorkshire Centre, along with their
Mum, Doreen and Dad, the late Malcolm, Dawn and Martin became very
active in all aspects of the centre.
Dawn became chairman of the Teenage Group at the October 1980 AGM
followed by her brother Martin at the 1982 AGM.
Under Dawn’s leadership the Teenage section ran two rallies in 1981 one
at Eske in the April and one at Halloween at Woodmansey, the rally
booking fee in those days was £1 and the rally fee £1-30.
The teenagers also ran a winter disco in December and other discos
throughout the year along with a coach trip to Grimsby Leisure Centre,
they were a very busy group.
In those days the section had to fight for rallies at the rally planning
meeting which was held after the Formal dinner dance, once again with
Dawn’s tenacity they achieved their objectives.
The Teenage group under Dawn also was very active in Charity work
always supporting local charities such that they could see the results of
their hard work, a theme that the Centre still maintains.
As can be seen, Dawn was a very enthusiastic, hardworking and dedicated
member of the centre, significantly contributing to the Teenage section
and the Centre as a whole, she will be sadly missed by all who remember
her. Toni Martin [who was Teenage Liaison at the time.]
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DINNER/DANCE AT YORK RACECOURSE Once again we were blessed with good
weather for the whole weekend. Numbers
were a little down on the usual this year but
many of those absent have said they will be
back next year.
Our guests for the Dinner were Christopher
Macgowan and his partner Faye. Christopher is the Caravan Club
Treasurer and he and Richard had a lot to talk to each other about.
The room looked great as you went in with
lovely arrangements on the tables
which were later given out in a
free raffle to one lady from each
table. We had visitors from
several other Centres as well as
our own East Yorkshire members.
The view from the balcony outside the function room is great
as you can see right across York and
beyond and is great for photographs.
The meal was very nice and was hot which is not
always the case at large functions. The speeches
were not too long so there was plenty of time for
dancing which was once more to Silhouette who
are mainly part of
the old band Pentagon who
played at our Diner
Dances, and other northern
centres,- for years!
The dance floor was full
for most of the night and everyone seemed to have a
good time. I certainly did and so did our guests who
managed a few dances even though they said [in their
words] “we are not very good at it” The raffle was drawn and our guests
gave me the bottle of wine they won, for our Centre Charity.
Thanks must go to Joan Baxter for the main organisation of the event and
also for assisting Joan & Geoff Kirk to run the rally [along with husband
Barry] You can come to the rally without attending the Dinner Dance but
why not give it a try next year? I don’t think you would regret it.
Janice Benson [photos taken by John Bloom]
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YORK RACECOURSE RALLY We arrived at the rally Wednesday as it’s a four day rally now, and the
weather was lovely and sunny. After lunch we had a walk with Sue and
Maurice, they know the area real well. Thursday we walked into York
through Rowntree Park and along the river into town, we did a bit of
shopping then had lunch at Betty’s (first time) ! We spent the evening
with a caravan full of friends and had some fun. Friday we had a drive out
to look at another caravan park and shopping
outlet and had lunch. There was an air
balloon flying over early evening then it was
back again early Saturday morning I took
some good pictures as it was very low.
Saturday I
had a glider
ride booked
at Pocklington Gliding Club, and the
weather was great, clear and sunny not
much wind either. John and I left in good
time, my ride was for 12noon. So after a
bit of delay I was towed off by a plane up,
up and away. We caught some good
thermals and we glided round Pocklington, Barmby Moor and the area for
over half an hour. We didn’t go to the dinner dance this year, so eight of
us had a meal in a local pub ( and it was very nice too). Sunday was
another lovely day so we had flag and gave out a few birthday cards and
anniversary cards, then a few catch ups with friends and then it was time
for our farewells .
A big thank you to the rally marshals, especially the two Joans. We
always get a good laugh with Joan Kirk and at the expense of Joan Baxter
she was on form !!! It was Joan Baxter’s birthday (we won’t say that it
was her 70th) so Joan Kirk had a good topic to play on. Sue Holroyd
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A WORD OR TWO FROM OUR DINNER DANCE GUEST
Faye and I were honoured to be invited to join members of the East
Yorkshire Centre at the Autumn Dinner Dance. As I explained on the
evening, it is a rare event for the Honorary Treasurer of The Caravan
Club to be invited to anything at all – let alone a dinner dance!!
We had a wonderful evening in the stunning setting of York Racecourse.
The weather was perfect and that gave us views over the city which we
will both always remember; it is rare when you visit a city that you are
lucky enough to get such a commanding view from such a height.
York is a beautiful city as we all know but seen from the top floor of the
racecourse was very special indeed.
The evening was well attended and both Faye and I were made to feel
very welcome not only by Sandra, your Chairman, but by everyone
present. It is a great pleasure to see such an active Centre in full swing
and so well supported.
Thank you to everyone who made both the Saturday
and the Sunday so enjoyable; my only regret was that
I did not have time to sneak away and re-visit the
Railway Museum which, as a sad old train spotter, is
a favourite of mine. Christopher Macgowan
Honorary Treasurer The Caravan Club.
SPITTAL FARM—OCTOBER
MANY
HANDS
MAKE
LIGHT
WORK!
EVENING
MEAL IN
LOCAL PUB
ON SAT NIGHT [MUCH ENJOYED]
THANKS TO THE MARSHALS
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AGM PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION Organised by Alan Woodhead
CLASS 1] JDC TROPHY [CARAVAN]
1st JOHN BLOOM 2nd SUE DALE
CLASS 2] PHOTOGRAPHIC CUP
[HUMOROUS ]
1st SUE DALE 2nd STEVE EDWARDS
CLASS 3] THE BENSON FAMILY PLATE
[POSSIBLE BROCHURE COVER PHOTO]
1st JOHN BLOOM 2nd VAL POOLE
CLASS 4] TEEN /CHILDREN
for the JEAN & JOHN SMITH
PHOTOGRAPHIC CUP
1st & 2nd
DANIEL
REDMAN
CLASS 5]
THE BRYAN
FAMILY
TROPHY
[DIGITAL] 1st
JOHN BLOOM
CLASS 6]
JACK POOLE CUP [GENERAL]
1st & 2nd
LYNN
WOODHEAD
[Thanks to John Bloom for the pictures]
A special thank you to everyone for their entries and for those who put
pen to paper for the voting. Alan Woodhead
CLASS 7] REGIONAL
WINNER –VAL POOLE
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40’s Revisited at Middleton It was really sad to say farewell to the last rally
at Middleton on the 18th Oct 2015.
Thanks to Judith, Paul, Len, Mary, Paul, June,
Alan, Jean, Malcolm and Doreen and everyone for
their hard work over the years trudging up and down that hill
in all weathers siting caravans, doing the
soup kitchen and putting on an exciting and
fun social.
We have all had a good laugh dressing up in 40’s gear and enjoyed the events and parades
in Pickering and other villages along the
North Yorkshire Moors Railway line.
Thankfully, it is good to know that everyone
will still be able to enjoy ‘Uncle Albert’s
Museum’ (aka Paul Simpson’s amazing war collection) at
Beck Isle Museum in Pickering.
Unfortunately, we are not sure what will become of that poor
wee innocent evacuee and her babies, so keep an eye out for her in case you see her roaming around Pickering next year.
Love, Jim, Fiona, Finlay and Freya Kerr
PLEASE READ
Many people are unaware that if their partner doesn't pay tax they can apply to
have £1060 of their tax free allowance transferred to the person who does pay tax and thus pay £212 per year less in tax. To do this you need to go
to www.gov.uk/marriageallowance and follow the instructions.
It is quite simple to do and if you are entitled to this your tax rebate
will be back dated to April 2015 It is not a lot of money but if
you are entitled to it why let the tax man have it? [found in another Centre’s Magazine]
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REEDNESS—OCTOBER
We have been to this venue for a number of years, both in August and
October and as a Marshal and as a Rallier and we still enjoy going.
Mainly for meeting with many long standing friends but also for the
lovely meal we get in the pub on the Saturday night.
There are now not as many boats going past the site as there used to be
but when one does go past there is a shout amongst the ralliers and many
of the men [or should I say Big Boys] go running up the embankment to
have a look.
The weather was quite good for the Friday night welcoming tea/coffee
and cake and we all raised our mugs in memory of Malcolm who used to
run the rally before handing it over to Paul with him & Doreen assisting.
Saturday dawned very wet indeed and we decided to have a relaxing day
in the van. Luckily the rain stopped in time for our walk to the pub for the
meal and was still dry on our return. Very sensibly Paul had Flag after the
meal in the warmth of the pub rather than risk the weather on Sunday
morning. This was followed by one of Paul’s infamous Quizzes which as
usual was much enjoyed with a lot of banter.
Paul and June were assisted by Andrew and Lynn Clarkson and to them
all go the thanks of all the ralliers. Janice Benson
POCKLINGTON CRICKET CLUB RALLY
October 30 - 1 November 2015
Rally Marshals — Paul and June Gillatt Ian and Val Brabiner
Thank you Paul, June, Ian and Val for giving us all a wonderful weekend away
with plenty of fun. The rally field was immediately opposite a new housing
estate, so for us nosey parkers it gave us an excellent opportunity of sneaky look around the show homes.
Later on after tea we met up in the clubhouse for drinks, a friendly
night all round as we switched from table to table playing “beetle” ,
Paul’s style, "i.e. the first player to construct a caravan.
Sandra Wright’s birthday celebration was also held on Friday evening, so oodles of cake was on offer with just a few
candles which Sandra managed to blow out with no spit!
Saturday nights flag kept our marshals very busy with a quiz, plus
serving food, a good old fashioned rabbit or chicken pie with dessert all home cooked by Judy Rickell in her CARAVAN. Judy’s cooking skills are
unsurpassed.
YES a lovely Halloween weekend enjoyable by all due to
Paul, June, Ian and Val’s hard work. Thanks from Jean Baker
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HALLOWEEN AT POCKLINGTON
It was two weeks in a row for Paul & June but this time they were assisted by Ian & Val Brabiner. A lovely small cosy rally with
chance to chat as well as play Caravan Beetle on Friday night. We were also
treated to cake to celebrate our Chairman’s 65th birthday [kindly made by Judy
Rickell in her van on the rally!]
On Saturday night we started the evening with a meal [cooked by Judy] with a
choice of chicken or rabbit followed by crumble and custard. Great! A good job there was no dancing as we were all too full. This was followed by Flag and
once again we had one of Paul’s Quizzes as well as a picture Quiz. All good fun,
again with a lot of banter and interrupted a few times by a malfunction of the Halloween decorations which would not stay where they were put!
[Might have to try super glue next year!]
Thanks to Paul, June, Ian & Val for another good rally. Janice Benson
DEFINITION OF AN AWNING — DIVORCE IN A BAG
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Our 100th Rally We were pleased to have the opportunity to celebrate our 100th Rally with our
good friends Judith, Paul, Mary and Len, together with all the other ralliers at Happy Valley on 17th May 2015. We toasted the occasion with an amazing,
unique, personalized, special cake, baked and designed by a lovely friend of ours.
Our caravanning days started 8 years ago at Thornwick Bay on 19th October 2007
and the Rally Marshals were Chris and Julie Wood and Co-Marshals our close
friends, Nicky and Richard Baker, who now live in Portland, Oregon. Our first rally nearly ended in disaster as electrics tripped and after enrolling help from
marshals and friends, checking fuses etc, it turned out my hairdryer had pushed
down the switch in the wardrobe.
Our so called friend Richard Baker, had us convinced that as New Ralliers we had
to make a speech at Flag, so when we were called up to be presented with our 1st
Rally Plaque, we nearly started to speak, but luckily Nicky Baker carried on
addressing the rest of the ralliers again. Freya was 18 Months old and Finlay was 5 years old. To this day we still have the same caravan, Elddis Jetstream, we would
be sad to part from it, too many memories.
Our 2nd Rally was Bonfire at Elvington on 2nd – 4th November 2007, but there
was an error made on the printing of the plaque and it was dated 2nd – 4th October
2007, so it looked as if our 2nd Rally was actually our first. The Rally Marshalls
were Paul & Judith Simpson (Chairman).
This bonfire was so large, that they nearly had to contact the fire brigade when the grass around the bonfire started to catch fire, but Fireman Paul Simpson and others
managed to beat it out.
We enjoyed 2 Rallies in 2007, 5 Rallies in 2008, 21 Rallies in 2009, 18 Rallies in
2010, 21 Rallies in 2011, 12 Rallies in 2012, 13 Rallies in 2013, 5 Rallies in 2014
and now 11 in 2015. We have had fun being Rally Marshals 7 times. Jim was on the Committee from
2010 to 2012 and throughout that time was Assistant Audio Officer, Assistant
Junior Liaison Officer, About Editor, Youth Group Liaison Officer, Tuck Shop, and Assistant Saleable Equipment Officer. Finlay was also part of the Youth
Committee for two years.
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Over the years, we have been lucky to meet lots of other lovely people from Yorkshire Pennine Centre, Lincolnshire Centre, Mid West Yorkshire Centre,
South Yorkshire Centre, North Yorkshire, and
Durham Centre
We reached our 50th Rally in May 2011 at Old Earswick with the Marshals Paul & Judith
Simpson.
We received the East Yorkshire 20 plaque in 2009 and The Fellowship plaque in 2011.
We have had a laugh dressing up as Cowboys and Indians for Cowboys Rallies,
Cheerleaders for Northern Centre’s at Kirkby Lonsdale, Grim Reaper, witches and skeletons for Halloween Rally, won loads of
competitions, made lots of new friends and above
all made lots of wonderful and fun memories.
Love from, Jim, Fiona, Finlay & Freya Kerr
A German walks into a bar and asks for a Martini. The bartender asks “Dry?”
The German replies “Nein, just one
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MIDDLETON WAR WEEKEND
We ran the 12th and final rally this year to co-incide with Pickering War Weekend. As always, it was an extra special rally with vans attending from 15
different counties ranging from Northumberland to Kent and everywhere
in-between. We also welcomed 18 families who had never been on a rally
before but had seen it advertised in the “temporary sites” section of the Club Magazine. This created many problems that normal rallies don’t have e.g. at one
point there were 6 x 12v batteries in our awning waiting to be charged!
Unfortunately, the rally cannot be run in the future as the field is now being
sectioned off with wooden fences so is no longer viable.
This was the first year that Mally & Doreen hadn’t been with us
so it was always in our minds how much we missed them. A
poignant tribute was paid to Mally at “Flag” by Jan Hicklin who
had attended all the 12 rallies and a framed photo was on
display all weekend. We’ve had quite a few “thank you” emails
and cards after the rally:-
“We want to thank you all very much for another most enjoyable
rally at Middleton. We appreciate all the hard work involved in running the rally and thank you all for making us so welcome
every time”.
Jan & Vic Hicklin (Autosleepers Owners Club, Chesterfield)
“Many thanks for running the Middleton War Weekend Rally. It just won’t be
the same”. Helen, Phil, Adam & Thomas Beasley
“We would like to thank you for a brilliant rally, and for your welcome and the way that you looked after us during our 5 day stay. Mary also gets a big thank
you. It was our first rally with the EYCC and one that leaves us with many happy
memories. It’s a pity this was the last rally at this venue”.
Pam & Bryan Nolan Brenda & Gerry Griffiths (Cheshire)
“Many thanks once again for another enjoyable 1940`s weekend,
Sadly, we learn that this will be the last one organised by Judith, Paul and
associated helpers because of the field usage which will be returned to livery for
horses. We have enjoyed making the journey from (Margate) Kent to Pickering. The town has such an atmosphere over the whole weekend. Special mention
must be made of Paul who helped us out in our hour of need with our leisure
battery. Should another location be found and organised by one or more
members of the Centre they can count on our support”.
Edwin and Jeannie Rosser (Kent)
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“Many thanks Judith to you and all your team, we had a fantastic two nights with you, only made even better by the generosity of Tony and yourself providing
a taxi service to and from the Show-field”. Margaret and Brian Beck (Lancs)
WE’LL MEET AGAIN!!!
Judith & Paul,
Mary & Len,
June & Paul
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE POSED THE
FOLLOWING QUESTION TO A GROUP OF 4 TO 8 YEAR OLDS
WHAT IS LOVE? HERE ARE SOME ANSWERS.—[ I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO JUDGE IF THESE ARE
REAL OR IF THEY ARE MADE UP]
When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You
know that your name is safe in their mouth
Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other
Love is what makes you smile when you are tired
Love is what is in the room with you at Christmas,
if you stop opening your presents and just listen
Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday
Love is when Mummy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken
Love is when your puppy licks your face even though
you have left him alone all day
Love is when my Mummy makes coffee for my Daddy and tastes it
before giving it to him, to make sure it is ok.
Love is when Mummy sees Daddy on the toilet and
doesn’t think it is gross.
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RALLY SECRETARY’S NOTES Hi All
The 2016 Brochure is at the printers and you
should receive it [if you have reregistered with the
Centre] by the middle of January. A way to check
if you are registered is to go on the Club website or
ring the Membership Dept at the Caravan Club.
I am now working on the 2017 Programme and I am looking out for some
new venues especially hard standing ones. If you know of any or think
you know of any, then please ring me or speak to me on the rallyfield
Wishing you all the best for 2016 Denis At the time of printing there are still three places left at the Burns Rally in
January. [15-17] Contact Richard Benson if interested 01904 709526
Don’t forget you can book 2016 E.Y. rallies from January 5th even if
the 2016 Brochure has not arrived. A list of 2016 rallies can be obtained
from me. Just send me your email address
asking for one.]
THE CENTRE IS RUNNING
SEVERAL HOLIDAY RALLIES IN
2016 SO PLEASE TRY TO
SUPPORT THEM IF YOU CAN.
BARN DANCE With Caller
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27th 7.30pm—11pm
IN WOODMANSEY VILLAGE HALL
BRINGYOUR OWN DRINKS
HOT
SUPPER RAFFLE
£6 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE
FROM THE TREASURER
& THE SOCIAL SECRETARY
“CLOSED—WHY?”
Why do people carry umbrellas?
Because umbrellas can’t walk!
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SOCIAL PAGE The Children’s party is only a week away if
you are reading this at Pickering. Probably not
too late to book if you ring Sandra now!
The party is for Children & Grandchildren
[aged 3 to 12 years] of East Yorkshire Centre members.
Tickets are £5 which is spent on the present from Santa.
The Dinner Dance went well and our guests enjoyed themselves. [p 11]
Our next function is the Barn Dance in February—see opposite page
After that comes the Informal Dinner & Disco at the Links Bridlington on
Saturday March 19th with a rally at Flamborough in conjunction with it.
There will be a bus to take you from the rally at a small cost per person.
Seasons Greetings to you all Joan
The price for the Informal is £19 [same as last year] BOOK WITH ME
The Menu is as follows:-
Starters
Pate served with barrel crackers
Home made vegetable soup served with crusty roll
Creamy Garlic Mushrooms
Traditional Prawn Cocktail
Main
Toast Top Side of Beef & Yorkshire Pudding
Chicken Breast stuffed with sage, onion and sausage meat
Poached Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce
Broccoli Three Cheese Bake (Veg)
Sweet
Apple Crumble and custard
Cheese cake served with fresh cream
Profiteroles
Ice Cream
THE RALLY AT
FLAMBOROUGH
WHICH CATERS
FOR THE
INFORMAL
DINNER, CAN BE
BOOKED WITH ME
FROM JANUARY
5th
Joan Baxter
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SPORTS REPORT Our last sports trophy was
awarded at the bonfire rally,
The Jim Wiffen Sports trophy
was awarded to Lewis Firth & Oliver Sweeney
for gaining the most points in children’s sports
at Chairman’s and Joint Yorkshire sports
combined. Well done boys keep it up.
Hope you all have a merry Christmas
and a happy new year. Matthew.
My Life with the Robson’s
My name is Grant and I got passed to the folks in a
Bailey Madrid—- plenty of room for me but had to share with a few sheep from various parts of the
country. I was pleased that the hand over from family
Hearty was quick as it was raining !!
9th August I then travelled to a quiet spot, a Rally in
Dalkieth, a lot of trees but no rain. Ted and Jan took me to a loud place with many street performers-“The Edinburgh Fringe”, we were pleased when it was
time to get seated in the Castle ready for The Royal Edinburgh Tattoo. Wow—
the bagpipes make my fur stand on end! Perfect evening, dry, no wind and great
fireworks.
13th August travelling south away from the water of Scotland (we hope) Richmond and Warwick Club sites were the weather was dry! Ted and Jan went
to visit the Castle in Warwick and Wetherspoons (no place for Bears)
17th August—Looe Club Site in the sun —-looking promising; it lasted 2 days
—my view from the caravan window was blurred with running water, new
friends visited us with many different accents—no Scots. Ted and Jan visited
lots of National Trust Houses so they kept dry
27th back up north away from the rain ?? to the only pub called Freke Arms a
CL great to visit the family in Swindon.
2nd September we visited Avebury Manor —a must for NT card owners. 4th
September home to York and to sit in the garden in the very welcome warm
SUNSHINE !!
10th September I was left at home whilst Ted and Jan went to Jersey-I have no
Pet Passport !
25th September I was passed on to my next Family, who live by the sea—-
Derek and Sue Brice [more from me later]
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YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE
I was delighted to be presented, at last year’s AGM, with a cheque for £4600 that had been raised throughout the year by East Yorkshire Centre in support of
Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The good news didn’t end there. Not only was this
more than had ever been raised for a Chairman’s Charity but Yorkshire Air
Ambulance was chosen as the annual charity for an unprecedented second year. So it was that I returned to collect another cheque this year which at £5,010 was
even greater than before. I cannot thank you all enough for your support and
generosity. Where will that money go? Quite simply it will save someone’s life. The last financial year (April 2014 to March 2015) has been an exceptionally
busy one for Yorkshire Air Ambulance attending 1326 incidents where people
suddenly and totally unexpectedly found themselves in a life threatening
situation. As a result 808 patients received expert care on scene before being conveyed to hospital by road and a further 596 seriously ill or critically injured
patients were flown to Major Trauma Centres.
Yorkshire Air Ambulance has some of the lowest overheads of any UK Charity which means that at least 84p of every £1 donated goes directly into the
helicopter rescue service. Even so simply to maintain and fly the two helicopter
Air Ambulances that took part in all those missions last year cost £4.4m which is equivalent to £12,000 per day
The generosity of the people of Yorkshire combined with prudent financial
management over the past few years means that in Sept 2016 YAA will take
delivery of a brand new helicopter costing £5.8m. This will be a replacement for the older of our two aircraft and will allow YAA to continue to serve the
community which supports it. The aircraft fly at 160mph and whilst distance
naturally affects the response time on average it takes just 10 minutes to reach a patient and 12 minutes to fly them to hospital.
I would especially like to thank Janice Benson for her hard work as Charity
Coordinator and hope that you will continue to support her and of course Richard in their fundraising efforts this year for Hull Royal’s Neonatal Unit.
Despite being Caravan Club members since 1988 Sue and I had never been
affiliated to a Centre until we attending last Year’s Charity Rally at Hutton
Cranswick. We have now managed four rallies and particularly enjoyed the Celebration Rally at Driffield Showground. It was nice to be able to arrange for
a visit from one of our helicopters but the unpredictable nature of the Emergency
Services means that you can never be sure what will happen so it was a great relief when Helimed98 arrived about an hour or so later than planned. That Rally
also had a display of new Caravans from Wandahome of Knottingley that
resulted in Sue & I buying a new caravan from them a few weeks later. Work
commitments will restrict the amount of rallying we can do but we do look for-ward to joining in the activities of East Yorkshire Centre whenever we are able.
David Hebden
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Travels of a little Bear
On the Burns rally in January, a Scottish Piper Bear was won by the
Grant team and was named Grant. The team were to each have Grant
for a period of time and to take it on their travels. We were passed the bear at the October Osbaldwick rally by Ted and Jan Robson to
keep till the 2016 Burns night. As the centre About is going to print for the New
Year edition we thought we would let you know where he had travelled for the
few week we have had him.
As he is staying in Bempton now, the rally at Staxton was only a short trip away
but he enjoyed his first rally with us. We couldn’t find room in our case as we
went to Lanzarote so he had to sit in our lounge keeping an eye on our
caravan. He had behaved very well whilst we were away and so we took him for a spooky weekend at Wykeham where he enjoyed trick and treating.
Last weekend we went to Spaldington but due to it being a wet day we could not
get a round of golf in. We are going to Holme on Spalding Moor next week and with Eggborough, Pickering, Xmas rally at Stockport with Cheshire centre and
then New Year at Driffield he is getting really excited with all the rallies
planned. At the 2016 Burns rally he will be going to stay with Mel and Anne who were
the Grant team leaders. These are just the bare facts. Derek and Sue Brice.
HUNMANBY, WYKEHAM & BONFIRE
On a cold and windy Friday afternoon we arrived at Orchard Farm Holiday Village. Mum and dad set up, while my brothers and I went to play on the park.
We had our tea, then we all went in the club house where Kevin put on a really
good disco, lots of prizes to be won for best dancers too....I never won tho...
The next day we met friends at Filey, our dog had a good run on the beach ,the
best bit was when we went to a fish shop & I had fish and chips .On the night we
went in the club house where I loved playing bingo, again I never won that too,
I really enjoyed this rally because after we had been to flag, me and my brother Robert went swimming—it was great we had the pool to ourselves.
I would like to thank Kevin, Annie and Bev and Craig for a great weekend .
I want my mum to book this one next year. Lewis Firth.
I was so excited to go on Witches and Ghouls of Wykeham, I had butterflies in
my tummy when we got in the car after school on the Friday night .When we got
there we had our tea, and then I went outside to play with my friends until it got dark. My mum took me to look in Steve and Maureen awning which was full of
Halloween decorations, it looked really good .
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On Saturday we all went for a really long walk with my friends, it was good fun....I went to the park with my brothers when we got back, it was a bit muddy
but good fun . After my tea I had to put on my Halloween costume, I was
Dracula. My mum put face paint on me, and Adele Sweeney sprayed my hair
red ,to finish it off I put in my glow in dark teeth...To my delight I was picked and I was a winner....I won a trophy and some sweets....I went around the
caravans and looked at them all with my mum and dad. Lots were decorated
nice. I went around the caravans trick and treating with my friend Oliver and I got lots of sweets. I really, really did enjoy this rally...And I came away with a
trophy to show my school friends. Daniel Firth
This is my favourite rally ,because I love the fireworks and food. Friday night I
helped my mum selling sausage sandwiches. It was fun and we sold lots of them.
Denis put on a fab disco on the night in the club house, and I enjoyed Sandra’s games. On Saturday I got up really early to play football with my dad and my
brother Lewis .It was cold ,but good fun because I scored a great goal . In the
afternoon I made a really funny guy Fawkes with Lewis and Daniel
Kath had pens and paper and newspaper to help make the guy...Night time was
the best. I had some of Jane and Maureen’s noodles. I loved them....and then I had two hot chocolates from Kath and Dave’s stall throughout the night. I loved
them ,they kept my tummy nice and warm on the cold night. It was time to
watch the fireworks...What can I say but brilliant lots of nice colours in the sky and lots of bangs....I helped Lewis on the hook a duck stall, and you won a toy.
I enjoyed taking the money. We all went in the club house later on, and I was
dancing with my friends Oliver, Nancy, Evie and Matthew...I liked this rally so
much seeing all my friends. Thanks to the all committee for a great weekend
you were all very busy. Robert Firth
SPALDINGTON THANKS TO THE MARSHALS
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IN THE AUTUMN EDITION I WROTE ABOUT GUY FAWKES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY JUNE & RAY SMITH [from Hollym] THAT TWO OF HIS
CONSPIRATORS— JOHN & CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT CAME FROM EAST
YORKSHIRE AND WOULD I WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO I LOOKED IT UP ON THE WEB! 16th JULY 2013
A sculpture commemorating East
Yorkshire's links to the Gunpowder Plot has
been unveiled. The 8ft tall statue of four of the plotters, including Guy Fawkes, has been
erected in Welwick near Patrington, to mark
the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Two of the conspirators, brothers John (Jack)
and Christopher (Kit) Wright, were born in the village. The sculpture, off the
B1445 near Plowlands Farm, was unveiled by Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley
and Holderness.
The Conservative MP said: "The Gunpowder Plot is a tale that we all know and
love and this statue is a stark reminder of the reality of an event that is now just a story we tell our children."Two of the men involved in the plot, Jack and Kit
Wright were brothers from Welwick and it seems fitting that their part in
shaping, or not as the case was, the governance of our country is commemorated
by the village." The fourth conspirator depicted in the steel sculpture is that of
Robert Catesby, the leader of the plot.
John Wright was born in 1568 and his brother Christopher Wright probably two years later in 1570.
Both of them went to St Peter's School in York,
which Guy Fawkes also attended.
The authorities saw the Wright brothers as dangerous
Catholics, although it is possible that John was not
converted until 1601. Both of them were arrested
under suspicion of conspiracy against the Queen in 1596 and, like Catesby and Tresham, they were involved in the Essex rebellion in 1601, and imprisoned.
They were jailed again as a preventive measure when Elizabeth was dying in
early 1603. John was the first to be initiated into Catesby's plans. Christopher was drawn into the plot later. After the discovery, both fled London with
Catesby and both were killed with him at Holbeach in Staffordshire. J.V.B.
A caller asked the Telephone Enquiries for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: 'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller: 'Yes. That's what it says on the label; Woven in Scotland '.
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EGGBOROUGH BANQUET
What a night ! Festive setting, festive music, festive food and festive people.
Thank you to Janice, Richard, Sandra, Trevor, Denis and to all the kitchen
helpers and waitresses, not forgetting Owen & family for the chocolates
A truly enjoyable night, despite the downpours!
It is hard work (believe me, I know) and without marshals there would be no
rallies to attend.. so keep up the good work. Chris Healey
I went to the cemetery yesterday to lay some flowers on a grave. As I was standing there I noticed 4 grave diggers walking about with a coffin,
3 hours later and they're still walking about with it.
I thought to myself, they've lost the plot!!
BONFIRE RALLY—DRIFFIELD
Susan and I had been looking forward to this Rally for some time, but the
horrible weather over the previous ten days made me worry a little.
We arrived early Friday afternoon with our muddy caravan. I was
immediately pleased that although we were on grass, the roadways were
hard, and our front wheel drive car had no trouble. We were soon set up
and meeting old friends.
Friday evening’s entertainment was indoors in the Green Room and was a
belated Halloween party for the children, who were obviously enjoying
everything. As the night went on we had a good time sharing stories and
the odd beverage with our East Yorkshire friends.
Saturday was spent in Driffield, looking at the shops and the inside of a
pub or two.
We then prepared ourselves for the evening, and what a lot there was to
do. There were so many different stalls selling a variety of food, drink,
tombola tickets and other stuff. Susan and I were soon quite full.
Food was followed by a brilliant firework display and then the lighting of
the bonfire.
Mustering our remaining energy we forced ourselves to revisit the green
room and had a great evening with friends, music & the occasional drink.
After a well attended flag, we had no bother getting off the
field and went home happy but tired.
A truly good rally – thank you once more East Yorkshire!
Susan & Peter Yorkshire Dales
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Pre Christmas Banquet and Dance—Eggbrorough
Many thanks for an excellent weekend, we really enjoyed ourselves.
Janice and Richard are a class act when the banter starts, neither one is
ever wrong and it’s very funny to listen to.
If you are hoping to shed a few pounds in weight this rally might be one
to avoid. We were entertained on Friday night with a supper and a quiz,
( we marked our own quiz but don’t tell Janice) still didn’t win even after
a bit of fiddling courtesy of Anne Claxton.
Doncaster came in handy for Christmas shopping on Saturday
Saturday night came with a full five course meal which once again was
cooked to perfection by Sandra & her crew. Brilliant teamwork with
excellent waitress service.
I sometimes wonder if East Yorkshire members are all going slightly
crackers. The late Pete Redman always blamed the glue used in caravan
construction for members actions.
Analysing Saturday night Denis got everyone on the dance floor, played a
record which caused everyone to carry out certain actions including
saluting, hands and arm movements, then feet and eventually sticking out
their tongues whilst turning around. Now if that doesn’t get you entry into
the nut house I don’t know what will.
To cap it all, this routine was led by our chairlady.
Thanks to you all for another enjoyable weekend Sue and John Dale
THE EGGBOROUGH RALLY MARSHALS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE RALLIERS FOR HELPING TO RAISE JUST OVER £60 FOR THE
CENTRE CHARITY. [NEO NATAL UNIT AT HULL ROYAL]
£42 WAS RAISED WITH THE RAFFLE OF A DOG [donated by Sue Dale]
AND A TEDDY [donated by Chris Healey]
The dog was won by Gill Bradshaw & the teddy was won by Sue Exley.
£20 WAS RAISED BY THE SALE OF VARIOUS CHOCOLATE SELECTIONS
which had been put together by Sandra’s grandson Owen with some help from
his sisters and his Mum. Owen was disappointed not to have been able to come
to the rally as he usually does but he had been picked to play for the Hull under
13 Ice Hockey Team at Bradford . He has been picked to play for the Northern
Conference Team which is a great achievement. GOOD LUCK OWEN!
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DENIS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION
TOWARDS THE SATURDAY EVENINGS ENTERTAINMENT WITH HIS
SELECTION OF CHRISTMAS DANCE MUSIC & HIS DISCO.
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PRE CHRISTMAS BANQUET—EGGBOROUGH
It’s always good to join East Yorkshire at Eggborough Village Hall, and this rally was no exception. As usual, everything was well organised. The rally
marshals had even arranged for handy pools of water to cool our hot tyres, and
give our dog something to play in.
After setting up, we were soon in the hall for a few games, a hot supper and a
chance to chat with friends old and new. I must admit, Richard knows how to
get the most out of a bingo ticket. We must have had five games out the single
piece of paper, but I still won nothing!
Saturday afternoon was cold, blowy and wet. But we still managed to have a
good afternoon when we had family visitors from nearby Goole.
Saturday Evening’s pre-Christmas Banquet was simply marvellous. The food
was wonderful, the service excellent and the after dinner music and dancing kept us all well entertained until close. Susan and I never fail to be amazed at what a
great rally this is.
My only regret is that after two days with EYCC, I am on cereals and salad for
four days to get the weight off again.
Thank you East Yorkshire for yet another memorable weekend.
We look forward to seeing you all again at New Year.
Best wishes to all this Christmas Susan & Peter [Yorks Dales]
Centre Registration Annual Renewal With so many of us paying by Direct Debit it is easy to forget that your Centre
Registration has to be renewed each year at the same time as your Club
Membership. Your new membership cards are sent out in the first half of the
month in which your subscription is due i.e. If 30th June is your renewal date
your cards will arrive around the 10th June.
You can renew your Centre Registration from the day your new cards arrive.
The most certain way to do this is via the Club website. Go to the Home page,
then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on My Membership, then this will take you to the log in screen. Once logged on click on “join or renew a
centre” Then follow the on screen instructions. For those members without
access to the Club Website, you can renew by telephoning membership services
or fill in and return the form attached to the covering letter sent with your new
membership cards.
The onus is on you, the members, to renew your Centre Registration which is totally separate from renewing your Caravan Club Membership.
Renew it or lose it
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LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE,
AND POSSIBLY THE CENTURY! This took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and
expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer
filed a claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires.' The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had con-
sumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued - and WON! Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was
frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company,
in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would
insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable 'fire' and
was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted
the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars that perished
NOW FOR THE BEST PART...
After the lawyer cashed the cheque, the insurance company had him arrested on 24
counts of ARSON!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against
him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and
was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine!
This story won First Place in last year's Criminal Lawyers Award contest.
[not sure if true but good story—Ed] sent in by John Dale
THIS COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN AMERICA !
FOR SALE
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Alde heating, Phantom tracker, Tyron bands,
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Complete with everything you would need including battery aquaroll and
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This van was fully serviced in May but has not been
used this year £10200 ono
Sale due to bereavement of my brother in law.
Can be viewed at Waudbys storage.
Contact John Dale 07855240245
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IS OUR SCHOOLING THIS BAD?
The following questions were set in a recent GCSE examination in the U.K.
These are [supposed to be] genuine answers (from 16 year olds)
Q. Name the four seasons. A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink
A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like
grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q. What causes the tides in the oceans?
A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a
vacuum. I forget where the sun joins the fight.
Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed.
Q. What are steroids ? A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q. What happens to your body as you age?
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q. How can you delay milk turning sour ? A. Keep it in the cow. (Simple !)
Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorised? e.g. The abdomen
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts—the brainium, the borax & the abdominal
cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs
and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A, E, I, O and U.
Q. What is the fibula? A. A small lie.
Q. Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean section'.
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome.
Q. What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor.(Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)
Q. What is a terminal illness? A. When you are sick at the airport.
Q. What is a turbine? A. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head
Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs are not Happy.
Bought some 'rocket salad' yesterday but it went off before I could eat it!
What did one ball say to the other ball? Nothing he just looked round.
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
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WARNING—THE THIRD “NILE” VIRUS IS COMING
It appears to affect those who were born prior to 1965... The Symptoms...
Causes you to send the same email twice. Done that!
Causes you to send a blank email! That too!
Causes you to send email to the wrong person Yep!
Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you.
Causes you to forget to attach the attachment Well darn
Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished Oh, no not again
Causes you to hit "DELETE" instead of "SEND And I just hate that!
Causes you to hit "SEND" when you should "DELETE “ Oh No!
IT IS CALLED THE “C” NILE VIRUS.
DID YOU KNOW? People can now sing the song Happy Birthday To You in public without fearing that they will have to pay royalties.
In September a judge in the United States ruled Warner/
Chappell Music Inc no longer owns the copyright on the
iconic song. The music publisher had previously collected
royalties on the track after buying the firm that owned the copyright in 1988.
The song's lyrics were first written down in 1911 and the music and words were
first published together in 1935. Under US law, copyright remains on a piece of music for 95 years after it is first published. It states anyone performing a piece
of music within copyright who is deemed to have an audience, has to pay the
publisher. Warner/Chappell's hold on the copyright was challenged by a documentary maker who was making a film about the history of the song. Good
Morning To You Productions Corp claimed that the track was "dedicated to
public use and in the public domain.
A US District Judge has now decided that the song's original copyright, obtained
by the Clayton F Summy Co from the song's writers, only covered the tune's
musical arrangement and not the lyrics. According to Guinness World Records, Happy Birthday To You has the most famous lyrics of any song in the English
language. The song is also sung in numerous other languages around the world.
I was driving this morning when I saw a parked RAC van.
The driver was sobbing uncontrollably and looked very miserable.
I thought to myself, that guy's heading for a breakdown.
An Asian fellow has moved in next door. He has travelled the world,
swum with sharks, wrestled bears and climbed the highest mountain.
It came as no surprise to learn his name was Bindair Dundat.
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THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE CHRISTMAS TREE The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree has been donated to the people of
Britain by the city of OSLO each year since 1947. The tree is prominently
displayed from the beginning of December until the 6th January. It has been
an annual gift to the people of Britain as a token of gratitude for British
support of Norway during the Second World War.
The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is typically a 50 to 60-year-old Norway
spruce, generally over 20 metres tall. The tree is cut sometime in November
during a ceremony attended by the British Ambassador to Norway, Mayor
of Oslo, and Lord Mayor of Westminster. After the tree is cut it is shipped to Great
Britain by sea. The tree is decorated in a traditional Norwegian style and adorned with
500 white lights. At the base of the tree stands a plaque, bearing the words:
This tree is given by the city of Oslo as a token of Norwegian gratitude to the people of
London for their assistance during the years 1940-45.
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS ON DECEMBER 25TH?
No one knows the real birthday of Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so why do we
celebrate it on the 25th December? The early Christians certainly had many arguments
as to when it should be celebrated! Also, the birth of Jesus probably didn't happen in the
year 1AD but slightly earlier, somewhere between 2BC and 7BC
The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336AD,
during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman
Emperor). A few years later, Pope Julius I officially declared that the birth of Jesus
would be celebrated on the 25th December.
There are many different traditions and theories as to why Christmas is celebrated on
December 25th. A very early Christian tradition said that the day when Mary was told
that she would have a very special baby, Jesus (called the Annunciation) was on March 25th - and it's still celebrated today on the 25th March. Nine months after the 25th March
is the 25th December! March 25th was also the day some early Christians thought the
world had been made, and also the day that Jesus died on when he was an adult.
December 25th might have also been chosen because the Winter Solstice and the ancient
pagan Roman midwinter festivals called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies Natalis Solis Invicti' took
place in December around this date - so it was a time when people already celebrated
things. The Winter Solstice is the day where there is the shortest time between the sun
rising and the sun setting. It happens on December 21st or 22nd. To pagans this meant
that the winter was over and spring was coming and they had a festival to celebrate it
and worshipped the sun for winning over the darkness of winter. The Roman Festival of
Saturnalia took place between December 17th and 23rd and honoured the Roman god
Saturn. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means 'birthday of the unconquered sun' and was held on December 25th (when the Romans thought the Winter Solstice took place) and was
the 'birthday' of the Pagan Sun god Mithra. In the pagan religion of Mithraism, the holy
day was Sunday and is where we get that word from!
Early Christians might have given this festival a new meaning - to celebrate the birth of
the Son of God 'the unconquered Son'! (In the Bible a prophesy about the Jewish
saviour, who Christians believe is Jesus, is called 'Sun of Righteousness'.)
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David Cameron the British Prime Minister, is being shown around a hospital. Towards the end of the visit, he is shown into a ward with a number people with
no obvious signs of injury or disease.
He goes to greet the first patient and the chap replies: "Fair fa' your honest
sonsie face, Great chieftain e' the puddin' race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm; Weel are ye wordy o' a grace as lang's my arm."
David, being somewhat confused (easily done) goes to the next patient and
greets him. The patient replies: "Some hae meat, and canna eat, and some wad
eat that want it, but we hae meat and can eat, and sae the Lord be thankit."
The third starts rattling off as follows: "Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, wi bickering
brattle! I wad be laith to rin an chase thee, wi murdering pattle!"
David turns to the doctor accompanying him and asks what sort of ward is this.
A mental ward? "No," replies the doctor, "It's the Burns unit."
THREE SISTERS
Three sisters age 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together.
One night the 96 year old draws a bath, puts her foot in and pauses.
She yells down the stairs, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?" The 94 year old yells back, "I don't know, I'll come up and see."
She starts up the stairs and pauses, then she yells,
"Was I going up the stairs or coming down?"
The 92 year old was sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that
forgetful." She knocks on wood for good measure. She then yells,
"I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."
PADDY AND MICK
Paddy and Mick were both laid off, so they went to the unemployment office.
When asked his occupation, Paddy answered, 'Knicker Stitcher.. I sew da elastic onto ladies' knickers and thongs..'
The clerk looked up Knicker Stitcher on his computer and, finding it classified
as unskilled labour, he gave him £80 a week unemployment pay.
Mick was next in and when asked his occupation replied, 'Diesel Fitter.' Since a diesel fitter was a skilled job, the clerk gave Mick £160 a week.
When Paddy found out he was furious.. He stormed back into the office to find
out why his friend and co-worker was collecting double his pay. The clerk explained, 'Knicker Stitchers are unskilled labour and Diesel Fitters
are skilled labour.'
'What skill?' yelled Paddy. 'I sew da elastic on da knickers and thongs, then
Mick puts 'em over his head and says: 'Yep, diesel fitter.' from John Dale
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MY LAST LOOK BACK AT OUR NEW YEAR RALLIES
I think it would be remiss of me not to mention all our assistant marshals
by name. I can do this because I have a little book in which I wrote all the
marshals names, all our fancy dress themes and all the games we have
played and dances we have done over the years. Some marshals helped us
for at least 2 years and some for a few more and some came back for a
second helping as you might say. Richard & I would like to thank them
all—alas there are some who are sadly no longer with us!
Our first helpers at St Peters School were Tony & Hilary Martin, then
Brenda & Mike Nicholson, Bob & Carol Hardy, Rob & Kate Woods,
Mike & Barbara Allan and Sue & John Dale [who were also the first ones
at Askham Bryan too along with John & Joan Spikings.
Then came David & Verena Firth, Michael & Ann Ritchie, Sue & Steve
Edwards, Peter & Jennifer Dibb, Stuart & Dot Smalley, Sandra & Trevor
Wright, Alan & Jean Thacker, Fred & Janet Hughes, Margaret & Brian
Danby, Angela & Tony Peacock, John & Muriel Bloom, Don & Jean
Tomlinson and Dave & Chris Healey [who were also the link to
Eggborough] where we also had Ann & Ted Robson, Brian & Margaret
Danby, Tim & June Norris,
Greg & Suzanne Clarkson and Sue
& Maurice Agar.
[Hope you have enjoyed this nostalgia trip
as much as we have] Janice & Richard
A blonde driving a car in America, became lost in a snowstorm. She didn't
panic however, because she remembered what her dad had once told her.
"If you ever get stuck in a snowstorm, just wait for a snow plough to come
by and follow it." Sure enough, pretty soon a snow plough came by, and
she started to follow it. She followed the plough for about forty five mins.
Finally the driver of the truck got out and asked her what she was doing.
And she explained that her dad had told her if she ever got stuck in a snow
storm, to follow a plough. The driver nodded and said, "Well, I'm done with
the WalMart parking lot, do you want to follow me over to Best Buy ?
Why did no one bid for Rudolph and Blitzen on Ebay? Because they were two Deer
What do you get if you cross a lion with snow? Frostbite
What does the Queen call her Christmas broadcast? The One Show
Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars? Because their days are numbered How did Mary and Joseph know that Jesus was 7lb 6oz when he was born? They had a weigh in a manger
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MORE CHINESE SIGNS—THE RABBIT, THE DRAGON & THE SNAKE
You are a RABBIT if you were born during the following dates:-
19th FEB 1939 to 7th FEB 1940 6th FEB 1951 to 26th JAN 1952
25th JAN 1963 to 12th JAN 1964 11th FEB 1975 to 30th JAN 1976 29th JAN 1987 to 16th FEB 1988 4th FEB 1999 to 4th FEB 2000
And 3rd FEB 2011 to 22nd JAN 2012
You are a DRAGON if you were born between:
8th FEB 1940 to 26th JAN 1941 27th FEB 1952 to 13th FEB 1953 13th FEB 1964 to 1st FEB 1965 31st JAN 1976 to 17th FEB 1977
17th FEB 1988 to 5th FEB 1989 5th FEB 2000 to 21st JAN 2001
And 23rd JAN 2012 to 9th FEB 2013
You are a snake if your date of birth falls
between the following dates:- 27th JAN 1941 to 14th FEB 1942
14th FEB 1953 to 2nd FEB 1954, 2nd FEB 1965 to 20th JAN 1966 18th FEB 1977 to 6th FEB 1978, 6th FEB 1989 to 26th JAN 1990
24th JAN 2001 to 11th FEB 2002, 10th FEB 2013 to 30th JAN 2014
THE RABBIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
LONGEVITY AND THE MOON. SOME
ASTROLOGERS IDENTIFY THIS SIGN
AS THE CAT, NOT THE RABBIT
BUT CHINESE ASTROLOGERS ALWAYS REFER TO IT AS THE RABBIT OR HARE.
THE DRAGON IS THE ONLY MYTHICAL ANIMAL IN THE
CHINESE ZODIAC, IN CHINA, DRAGONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH STRENGTH, HEALTH, HARMONY AND GOOD LUCK.
THEY ARE PLACED ABOVE DOORS OR ON THE TOPS OF
ROOFS TO BANISH DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS.
THERE ARE FEW ANIMALS WITH MORE SYMBOLIC ASSOCIATIONS THAN
THE SNAKE. CHINESE MYTHOLOGY HOLDS THAT A HALF HUMAN SNAKE
WAS THE FATHER OF THE CHINESE EMPERORS. IN THE WEST THE SNAKE
IS SEEN AS EVIL, BUT IN CHINESE ASTROLOGY THE SNAKE IS
ASSOCIATED WITH BEAUTY AND WISDOM.
Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the Chinese Calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal
translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations tradi-
tionally run from Chinese New Year's Eve, the last day of the last month of the
Chinese Calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR BIRTHDAY ETC IN THE ABOUT?
JUST EMAIL ME AT [email protected]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING
DECEMBER
7th MARK BROOKS 8th JEAN LUNN 17th JEAN BAKER 17th CHRIS HEALEY 60
18th TONY MARTIN 31st AMY SMITH 11
JANUARY
5th JOHN HOUSEMAN 14th FRED BRYAN 16th GILL BRADSHAW
22nd KATH YOUNG 23rd ANN BRYAN 24th PETER RICKELL
29th TREVOR WRIGHT 29th SUE BRICE
FEBRUARY
2nd JUDY RICKELL 75 3rd DAVE BRIGGS 6th ROBERT FIRTH [10] 15th MELVYN BALDWIN 17th SUE HOLROYD
20th PAULINE MARTIN 22nd GREG CLARKSON 65
26th VAL BRADY 75 28th ALAN BRADSHAW
MARCH
13th RICHARD BENSON 15th JAN ROBSON 19th JILL RATCLIFF
21st MAUREEN FARLEY 31st MARGARET LINDLEY
Please Note:- The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of
THE EAST YORKSHIRE CENTRE
MARGARET & JOHN HEARTY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL
WHO SENT THEM CARDS OR MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE ON
THE SAD LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER CARIN IN OCTOBER,
JUST A MONTH BEFORE HER 50th BIRTHDAY.
THE EAST YORKSHIRE CENTRE
WOULD LIKE TO SEND THEM AND
THEIR GRANDDAUGHTERS DEEPEST
SYMPATHY ON THEIR SAD LOSS
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SEASONS GREETINGS MESSAGES
JANICE & RICHARD BENSON
SEND THEIR BEST WISHES
TO ALL EAST YORKSHIRE
MEMBERS FOR A MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY
& PEACEFUL NEW YEAR
SUSAN & PETER FROM YORKSHIRE DALES
SEND BEST WISHES &
SEASONS GREETINGS
TO ALL THEIR EAST YORKSHIRE FRIENDS
CHRIS HEALEY WOULD LIKE TO SEND SEASONS GREETINGS & BEST WISHES FOR 2016 TO ALL HER
EAST YORKSHIRE FRIENDS
DONT FORGET TO LET THE VICE
CHAIRMAN KNOW IN GOOD TIME
WHEN YOU ARE COMING UP TO
CELEBRATING YOUR 100TH,
250TH, 500TH, 750TH OR 1000TH
RALLY SO THAT YOUR SPECIAL
PLAQUE CAN BE ORDERED!
ALSO IT IS NOW TIME TO PUT IN
YOUR FORM FOR THE EAST
YORKSHIRE 20 PLAQUE
[20 EAST YORKS RALLIES IN THE YEAR] & THE FELLOWSHIP
PLAQUE [10 EAST YORKS CENTRE
RALLIES PLUS 5 DIFFERENT
OTHER CENTRES RALLIES]
CONGRATULATIONS
TO DEREK & SUE BRICE
ON REACHING 1100 RALLIES.
A SPECIAL PLAQUE WAS
PRESENTED TO THEM BY TIM
I SAY THERE ARE 20 CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS IN THIS “ABOUT”
DO YOU AGREE?
The Grim Reaper came for me last night, but I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner
Talk about Dyson with death
I start a new job in Seoul next week I thought it was a good Korea move
My neighbour knocked on my door at 2:30 this morning. Can you believe that?
2:30 a.m! Lucky for him I was still up ... playing my bagpipes!
Bought some 'rocket salad' yesterday! Trouble is it went off before I could eat it!
John Hearty, Ray Smith & Brian Danby are to carry on collecting cans
on rallies for our centre charity. This carries forward the amazing work
that Malcolm Worsnop achieved for many, many years.
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COMMITTEE & THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
SANDRA WRIGHT - CHAIRMAN ,
NORTHERN REGION REP, NORTHERN CENTRES REP
RICHARD BENSON - TREASURER,
RALLY MARSHAL PRESENTATIONS
JANE MARCHANT - SECRETARY, MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
TIM NORRIS - VICE CHAIRMAN, PLAQUE OFFICER,
NORTHERN REGION REP, NORTHERN CENTRES REP
DENIS BRENNAN - RALLY SECRETARY, AUDIO EQUIPMENT OFFICER
JOAN BAXTER - SOCIAL SECRETARY, P.R.O., RALLY SUB COMMITTEE
ASSISTANT SALEABLE EQUIPMENT
JANICE BENSON - “ABOUT” EDITOR, CHARITY COORDINATOR,
CLUB MAGAZINE REPORTER
[email protected] [email protected]
STEVE FARLEY - WEB MASTER, SOCIAL SUB COMMITTEE
MATT FIRTH - SPORTS OFFICER
JOHN HOLROYD - SALEABLE EQUIPMENT OFFICER ,
SOCIAL SUB COMMITTEE
SHAUN JOHNSON- QUARTERMASTER
GORDON RATCLIFF—RALLY SUB COMMITTEE, YOUTH LIAISON
GARY RHODES– ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER
garyandsal@garyand sal.karoo.uk
DAVE YOUNG - MOTOR SPORTS OFFICER, 6* RALLY REP
BROCHURE COORDINATOR, ASSISTANT RALLY SEC,
ASSISTANT SALEABLE EQUIPMENT, RALLY SUB COMMITTEE
ALL OFFICERS ARE ON ALL SUB-COMMITTEES