East Yorkshire local and family history

Here are some more old photos of Goole people who made news in the town. Do add any comments about them. Thomas Snowden, grocer and cou...

I have in my collection of old photos many of Goole people who have in the past served as local councillors, town officials, ministers etc....

One of my projects this week has involved looking in more detail at the history of Selby. It has a beautiful abbey and stands on the River O...

A good number of years ago now I was a pupil at Goole Grammar School. The headmaster was Mr J L Latimer although he retired whilst I was the...

This weekend has been very hot and sticky and then last night the weather broke with the crashing and banging of a thunderstorm during the n...

Following on from my previous post about Staddlethorpe station here is another piece of  Gilberdyke  history. In the same file as before I h...

I have been looking through some files and have come across  a song, written by Gilberdyke teacher Mrs Jean Sellers on the occasion of the c...

Soon after writing about the mills at Barmby I had a message from Stuart whose ancestors were in fact the millers there at one time. His 3x ...

We went to Eastrington Show yesterday and enjoyed meeting several old friends. It was a cool day but dry and not windy like last year. The...

I am finding the history of Barmby on the Marsh fascinating at the moment. Whilst I have quite a lot of information on the village already,...