East Yorkshire local and family history

 The leaves are coming off the trees in the garden and lying in a carpet on the ground. But I like walking on them and Molly likes snuffling...

 Next week is Remembrance Day and  I thought I would write a post about John [Jack] Stather Sherburn who died on October 11th 1918, exactly ...

 It's definitely autumn now and although the leaves are still on there have been one of two slight frosts. We have planted some garlic i...

To my surprise it is well over a month since I last wrote anything so a catch up is overdue. It has not been a great harvest of fruit this y...

 I know it is only August but somehow it feels autumnal - maybe because the last few days have been wet and chilly. I was encouraged on Frid...

 I am writing this on what is, I think, the hottest day of the year so far. I have been watering my tomatoes in the greenhouse and am hopefu...

 Recently on facebook I read a message about the Tutty family of Howden. I was interested as there seemed to be several  family connections ...

Another month has passed and we are still in partial lockdown - but  life still seems to be returning to a normal - we can shop, albeit with...

I am writing this post on Thursday morning and it is not raining.  This is so unusual that I feel the need to mention it!!! It has apparentl...

This is a fairly brief piece in response to a facebook post. I prefer to write as blog posts as facebook posts tend to get submerged quite q...