East Yorkshire local and family history

It's the second of February - a month traditionally known as February fill-dyke. It is wet outside, our pond is full and the sky is glow...

My last blog post was a slideshow of Bridgegate going towards Cornmarket Hill. This one goes in the opposite direction, along Bridgegat...

I have recently upgraded my computer and have been playing with an application which allows me to create and save slideshows. Here i...

Christmas Day has been and gone and today the turkey was made into a pie. It has been snowing in the south of the country but here we have n...

It is Christmas Eve and I have just tidied up the kitchen, fed the chickens with some old crusts and am looking forward to a busy day of coo...

As I sit here there is still a bit of snow on the garden. Last winter we barely saw a flake so it was a great surprise on Thursday evening w...

Last week I was in Eastrington church singing the words 'Ere the winter storms begin' [from the harvest hymn  "Come, Ye Thankfu...

After reading my post about the Bennett family of Goole Harvey Tripp, editor of The Norseman, the journal of the Boothferry Family and Local...

It is definitely now autumn. The leaves are turning and coming off in the wind. And it is conker time. Although we no longer string them on ...

It's Sunday morning and September but I think we are a long way from an Indian summer. I had hoped to be outside this afternoon picking ...