East Yorkshire local and family history

I am writing this entry on Hallowe'en although where I live we do not have trick or treaters as it is quite remote. When I was a child w...

Today I have sent my last correction to the printer and now all I have to do is wait for my book to become a reality. I have been working on...

This has been a busy week. My book about Goole is now in proof and should be, when I have made the corrections,  printed by the end of Octob...

I am writing a book at the moment about Goole, using lots of old pictures, dating from the 1930s and 40s. One of the pictures is of the Lep ...

In the WEA local history class I run in Goole - new members always welcome - we discuss all manner of subjects Goole related. This morning t...

This has been a busy weekend. On Saturday I went to the local history bookfair at Beverley which was held at the Treasure House. I had a sta...

Now that autumn is here with winds and rain it is time for the new term of WEA local history classes to begin. I teach three classes - one...

My friend Prudence Bebb, with whom I taught many years ago now, at Howden School, has recently published the latest in her acclaimed series ...

I have countless old pictures, many of them old press pictures but others lovely old pictures which people have given me over the years. The...

Now back from holiday and the temptation of the Hay on Wye bookshops I have plenty to do. The garden is becoming overgrown with all the rain...