East Yorkshire local and family history

Last Thursday,  June 18th, saw the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. Locally a small ceremony in the Howden ...

At last we are seeing some signs of summer. The sun has been shining and we were able to sit outside under a parasol and have a cup of tea. ...

Today I was talking to a friend about our new bees when the phone began to ring. Several people had been listening to Radio Humberside [ to ...

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...