East Yorkshire local and family history

 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...

The weather is slowly improving and I have managed to get the grass cut and planted some courgettes outside. I am also trying to catalogue m...

On  Thursday June 6th 2024 there will be several events both nationally and locally to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D Day landing...

Late in 1943 workers began arriving in Goole to work on a project in numbers one and two dry docks.  Many were simply told to report for wor...

 It's now three weeks after Easter - and it is still cold and wet. Local farmers cannot get on to the land and are desperate for some wa...

 It is only a few days before Easter but it is still cold and wet and however much I want to get out into the garden it is impossible as eve...