East Yorkshire local and family history

Recently on facebook there was a discussion about the banking history of Howden. Some years ago I wrote an article about the banks which was...

Here we are in mid October and as yet we have not had to put the heating on - it cannot last but while it does it certainly saves on oil! I ...

 This weekend, 16th and 17th September, Howden civic society is having an exhibition in Gilberdyke Memorial Hall as part of the annual herit...

 The new term has begun and the weather is beautiful.  I belong to - and teach-  a history group in Skelton village hall. We met yesterday f...

 It's been a busy week but very enjoyable. On Tuesday the members and friends  of the local history groups I attend in Goole and Howden ...

 I began my post last month with a comment about welcome rain. Well,  now I think it has gone too far the other way. My friend has her birth...

 I am sitting here listening to the welcome rain. The garden was bone dry and everything was drooping. In particular the potatoes needed the...

 Yesterday I was glued to the television as I watched the Coronation ceremony. It was not so much the processions in the rain but the actual...

It's gardening time now and we have managed to get in some onions and potatoes. I still have tender stem broccoli and Swiss chard in the...

 Last week  was  International Women's Day and a local facebook post mentioned Goole born  film actress Dorothy Bartlam. Dorothy starred...