East Yorkshire local and family history

I suppose the weather today, Monday, is what we might expect for mid September- cool and drizzly. But with temperatures last week up in the ...

Although the weather is pleasantly warm it still feels autumnal. Our apple trees have varied as to how much fruit has set. The Bramley, Russ...

I am writing this sitting in the Junction at Goole. Our exhibition is now drawing to a close and after talking to visitors every day for a f...

Here we are at the end of July and over half the year has gone. We have picked our rasps and blackcurrants and the next fruit will be apples...

I was contacted this week by an American lady whose ancestors had left Goole to make a new life in USA in the 1850s. George Wright was a ri...

I am writing this morning in the hope that later today the weather may improve from an annoying drizzle to bright sunshine so that I can cut...

I had a lovely  evening last night giving a talk to the Boothferry history group about the streets of Goole. There was a good audience and I...

This morning I was awakened by the song [ is that the word?] of a cuckoo just outside my bedroom window. We used to hear them commonly in th...

At last it feels like summer and time for gardening and  barbecues. Last week I went on an evening visit to Wressle Castle. And what a won...

I have been busy over the last week giving talks and attending them. Last week I gave a talk at South Cave to the local history group of the...