East Yorkshire local and family history

Today we have been putting honey in jars after extracting it yesterday. A very sticky business but the  honey tastes delicious. It is a spri...

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...