East Yorkshire local and family history

The turkey is out of the freezer, the Christmas lights are turned on and our guests are installed in the spare bedroom. Whatever is not don...

Now Christmas is around the corner I really think it is time to bring in my geraniums. Although today is the first day of December I still h...

It is now definitely autumn but I have been outside this afternoon giving the grass one last cut. It is unseasonably warm and so the grass i...

 I do not know how it has happened but it is a month since I wrote anything on my blog. It must be that it has been a very busy time with lo...

Yesterday was Heritage Day and we spent it at Eastoft which is on the edge of the Marshland or the Isle of Axholme, which ever way you want ...

Today has been sunny and fine and for the first time for a fortnight I have been able to sit outside with a cup of tea and appreciate the lo...

We are having a really interesting time at our exhibition at Junction in Goole. Tuesday was set up day when we hung all Pippa's pictures...

After a brief pause for breath we are looking forward now to our local history exhibition at Junction in Goole. I hope that lots of people w...

Now the excitement of opening our museum is over I have had time to complete a project which I began 3 months ago. After talking to my frien...

Today has been a lovely day as friends, many from my history classes joined with neighbours  to help us celebrate the opening of our small ...