East Yorkshire local and family history

Yet again it has been cold, wet and grey. There has been flooding in West Yorkshire and a local gardener I talked to said all his vegetables...

Well, I did go to Eastrington show yesterday but as the field was so wet the horse and cattle classes had been cancelled. It was not actuall...

I hope to attend Eastrington show tomorrow as I have done now for more years than I care to remember. Although these days I have no connecti...

We have been thinking for some time that my Howdenshire History website needed an overhaul. One of the main problems was that it did not hav...

I have just listened to news of flooding in Wales and have listened to yet another weather forecast of below average temperatures and heavy ...

Members of the Goole Civic Society have recently been compiling a list of 'local heritage assets' - buildings which are an important...

I recently saw in the Goole Times a picture of a Goole Old Boys rugby team but unfortunately no names were given. I immediately recognised...

Yesterday I joined students and tutors at The Lowther Hotel in Goole for a celebration get- together and tour of the famous murals. There we...

I have recently been looking at some fascinating pictures of the bridge at Newport showing it with several steam rollers parked on top of it...

I spent yesterday at the family history day at Goole Waterways Museum. Sadly we did not have many visitors. Some people, who had come for a ...