East Yorkshire local and family history

The  junior school in Hailgate was built as Howden Council school and opened in 1912. Next year will therefore be the school centenary and m...

Yesterday was the last session of my Goole history classes before Xmas. We shall resume on Thursday 12th January 2012. It is a very friendly...

My new book about the history of Goole seems to be going well - I think that quite a few are being bought as Xmas presents. I have had qu...

One of the projects which the Howden WEA local history group which I teach has worked on is how Howden was affected by the Second World War....

I was pleased to see Fiona's comment about my previous blog entry describing how she remembered the SS Aire at Saltmarshe. I thought it ...

Today has been a typical dull, drizzly November day. I had hoped to take some pictures in Saltmarshe Park but the light was too poor. I ha...

This afternoon I have collected copies of my new book about the history of Goole from Broadleys, the local printers. I am very pleased with ...

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...