East Yorkshire local and family history

I have always enjoyed listening to those people I know who still use out local dialect quite naturally. And having been brought up in the ar...

It seems appropriate as we approach Christmas to have a look back at how the season was celebrated locally in times past. We are at present ...

I am hoping to clear up a minor mystery here. I have recently read  two books which include pictures of Goole where the coal hoists are desc...

Some years ago whilst reading the old files of the Goole Times for 1937 I came across some articles entitled 'Marshland of 70 years ago...

We spent yesterday in the Shire Hall at Howden , meeting people and selling copies of my new book about the history of Howden ('Howden, ...

I am writing this on the morning of 11th November, Remembrance Day and thought it would be right to include here a memorial to some of the m...

It is a lovely sunny November weekend and I have been out with Molly having a bonfire of hedge clippings and old cardboard boxes. Molly has ...

Just a reminder that there is a family history day in Goole library on Saturday 3rd November from 10am to 4pm. I shall be there, as will the...

Recently published is a fascinating booklet on the history of Holy Trinity church, East Cowick. Written by local historian Ken Sayner [for t...

I spent yesterday at the Local History bookfair at the Treasure House in Beverley. It is a popular annual event and I met many friends from ...