East Yorkshire local and family history

Random jottings about East Yorkshire local history and the countryside

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Howden history exhibition

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And quite suddenly it is autumn. The leaves are coming off the trees - Molly brings them into the kitchen and drops them as a present for us...
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Monday, 12 September 2022

Death of the queen

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 When I began to write this post I had watched the Queen, frail but bright welcoming our new prime Minister. Then came the shocking news of ...
Sunday, 24 July 2022

The Green family of Old Goole

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 Thank goodness it has cooled down and I  can water my tomatoes in the greenhouse only once a day. Every time I looked at them they were dro...
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Sunday, 26 June 2022

Howden pubs

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 Looking back the last post I wrote was just before we celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee - we actually ate our afternoon tea indoo...
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Saturday, 28 May 2022

Platinum jubilee

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 Everyone is looking forward to the events to celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee next week and so I thought I would look through my ...
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Thursday, 28 April 2022

Goole old bottles

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 I have just had a walk round the garden and not only is everything very dry but it is cold too. Definitely back to wearing a fleece weather...
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Sunday, 3 April 2022

The Clarkes of Knedlington

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 Now we are in April, the clocks have changed giving us an extra hour in the evenings and I have been transplanting rasp canes so that they ...
Saturday, 12 March 2022

Howden education, Howdendyke and Hook Road

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 Since my last post a lot has happened in the world. Covid seems to be something we are all learning to live with and instead we are all now...
Saturday, 19 February 2022

Snowdrops and Sandhall

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I am sitting at the computer looking at the garden trees swaying gently in the wind. I think that Storm Eunice concentrated her fury in the ...
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Saturday, 22 January 2022

Hook chapels

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 We are in a run of sunny, frosty weather, perfect for dog walking but not so good for the oil tank which will soon need re-filling. But we ...
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