East Yorkshire local and family history

I recently saw a postcard of a ship on its side [ probably not the correct technical term!] in what was described as Goole shipyard. The dat...

At last it has rained and the vegetables are beginning to grow in the raised beds. I am looking forward to the first boiling of our new pota...

I was doing some research on Balkholme recently, looking at the history of the flax mill there. I was interested to come across the story of...

Looking out of the window it is a lovely bright, sunny day but once outside it is obvious that there is a cold northerly wind - one of those...

Friday sees the opening of the new Howden Heritage Centre in what was the old HSBC bank in Howden Market Place. Under the enthusiastic leade...

Almost a month has passed since I last wrote here and a lot has happened in between. The snowdrops are now dying off and being replaced by d...

It is now February- but one of the coldest weekends of the winter so far. There is a cold wind and it is raining and dark. We have not seen ...

 It is a grey time of year but at least we were not flooded on Friday 13th. We received a flood warning from the Environment Agency and  wen...

Tomorrow my WEA history of Howden class restarts after the Christmas break and I am looking forward to seeing everyone again. We are beginni...

So it's 2017 and almost time to take down the tree.  We enjoyed our turkey and watched fireworks over the river on New Year's Eve. T...