East Yorkshire local and family history

It has been a difficult few weeks as my aunt,  Jean Sellers, nee Nurse, who was 89, has been ill and then sadly died. The funeral,  this wee...

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 ...