East Yorkshire local and family history

Local history is taking a back seat at the moment as I am spending hours outside in the garden. It is the time of year when everything, incl...

Not too far from where I live is a  short lane leading from Skelton, near Howden, towards Saltmarshe. This is called Sarah Rhodes Lane and s...

I have been sorting out my old pictures and in particular the many relating to Goole ships and the docks. I must have hundreds and am trying...

At last I feel as if 'spring has sprung' although I prefer the Browning poem which encapsulates the feeling that at last the grey o...

Many many years ago I had a pony and rode around the lanes of my home village of Eastrington. In June it was always- and still is- Eastringt...

No sooner had I recovered from the Montague Mills exhibition than it was time to make the final arrangements for the First World War themed ...

Well, I did know that February was going to be busy but I never imagined how busy. And here we are in March already. The snowdrops are las...

It promises to be a busy February. After our exhibition in Goole only a few days later I am involved in organising a concert at Saltmarshe H...

Well  here we are in  January 2015 and it seems only a few minutes since I last wrote on Christmas Eve. Like everyone I found it was busy ov...

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...