East Yorkshire local and family history

I am writing this post on the day before Christmas Eve - i.e. Friday 23rd December. It is a quiet moment with mince pies in the tin,  turkey...

Last night I went to the Howden late night shopping event. It was a very pleasant occasion - it did not rain or snow and it was not cold. I ...

November has in many ways lived unto its reputation as a gloomy month. It has rained; the dykes are full and we have had frosts and fog. But...

I was recently contacted by an Australian descendant of Simon Hamer who lived in Goole in the early days of the town.
She knew something of...

In 1979 historian Dr David Neave wrote a book entitled Howden Explored.  In it he wrote about the town as it was with its many Georgian buil...

The village of Eastrington in East Yorkshire was where I was brought up and went to school. My mother's family, the Nurses, have lived ...

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...