East Yorkshire local and family history

It has been a very varied week- a bit like the weather which too has ranged from sun, storms and frost. I was sad to see earlier in the week...

Much earlier in the year I wrote about our foray into beekeeping.  Over the summer our bees have been away to a site where they had access t...

I have had several lovely comments on my last post about our new chickens and so will try to keep chicken news up to date. They continue to ...

Last Sunday we acquired 12 new chickens. Since the fox took the last of our chickens earlier this summer  we have had none and I was wary ab...

On Saturday I visited Ellerker church which is near Brough in East Yorkshire.   I have visited before with my WEA history classes in July 20...

Last Friday I went to The Lowther Hotel in Goole where the official opening took place of the Reuben Chappell Art Trail. http://www.goolec...

It is Tuesday morning and pouring with rain. But this gives me time to catch up with my blog. It has been a busy few days and we have been...

After I had posted Elmit Cook's obituary I was contacted by another friend, Pauline Stainton of Goole. It was in fact she who  had ...

On my website we have a section entitled Goole Worthies. These are men and women with a Goole connection about whom we have information. Mu...

The death occurred recently of Dennis Hanson of Eastrington. He had lived in the village of Eastrington for much of his life but his name wa...