East Yorkshire local and family history

 I was surprised to notice that it was May when I last wrote a blog post. That does not mean that I have not been looking at local history b...

  Blacktoft -  jetties and inns .  After a query about a Blacktoft family who were piermasters I thought I would put together a summary of t...

 This week we are celebrating VE day - Victory in Europe. The day was 8th May 1945, 80 years ago and there are a dwindling number of those w...

 It's Easter Saturday  and  I'm going out to lunch to celebrate a friend's birthday. Tomorrow we are having the traditional roas...

 I seem to have missed February with my blog posts - well it is the shortest month!! As I sit here at the computer I can see a pair of blue ...

 A Happy New Year to everyone. I do not know where December went but now we are in January 2025 and  the weather is decidedly wintry. This w...

 Now, in the last days of November, we have had a short spell of snow and frozen windscreens and today it's mild and windy. Since my las...

 And suddenly it's autumn. It has been wet, the leaves on the fig tree are coming off and many of our apples -Yorkshire Cockpits have fa...

Now we are in September and are eating and enjoying tomatoes, green beans and courgettes. The potatoes this year are not great but the fig t...

 After a busy few days including a lovely visit to Driffield show I am now trying to get ahead of myself and prepare a talk for Howden civic...