East Yorkshire local and family history

It has been a few days since I wrote anything here on my blog. Blame the lovely weather as I have been out in the garden tidying up and cle...

My friend Ken Deacon of Howden has just published a novel based on the crash of the R38 airship in 1921.  The airship, which was crewed by...

Yesterday I had a stall at the Goole hobbies exhibition. It was very busy and I met lots of people interested in local history. I had a scre...

Although we are not quite at the end of February today felt like spring was on the way. I was able to walk Molly without wearing a woolly ha...

Last night I was the speaker at the Laxton WI and had a very enjoyable time. The meeting was thrown open to any interested villagers and aro...

I have recently been asked whether I have any information about when Goole cricket club was formed. I have some pictures but not much about ...

My Goole students have recently been studying the shipbuilders of the town. We started by looking at the early builders such as John Gutteri...

I have been looking this week at various aspects of the history of Howden church and in particular some of the interesting people associated...

We are in the news at the moment with features on BBC Countryfile and the opening of David Hockney's new exhibition at the Royal Academy...

Amongst my collection of old photos are several which were taken from around 1900 - 1903 by members of the Wadsworth family. These small s...