East Riding of Yorkshire

Storwood & The Popplewells

In the mid 2000s I clearly remember a telephone call from my mother when she shared with pride and incredulity…

9 months ago

Dick Hudson & Guinness World Record

Guinness World Record for Longest Place Kick, Rugby Union. Our great uncle, Richard "Dick" Hudson, was born and raised in…

10 months ago

Hudson’s of Bridlington

The Hudson family have been traced back as far as the mid-18th century and the towns of Bradford & Bingley…

2 years ago

William Porter & The Driffield Navigation

The Blue Bell Inn sits opposite River Head, at the northern end of the Driffield Navigation. The landlord in the…

3 years ago

Ralph Ryder & The Black Bear

"You can take a man out of Yorkshire but you cannot take Yorkshire out of a man." You can always…

3 years ago

Henry Loftus Wisker & Penal Transportation

Today, a convict ancestor is a matter of pride for Australians. It provides a connection to the earliest pioneer (and…

3 years ago

Joseph Henry Hudson & The Lords Feoffees

The Court Leet 1919, July 17th, the day after the Peace Pageant. The Court Leet was a local court set…

3 years ago

Ann Fussey’s Award for Respectable Servitude!

Our fourth great grandparents Ann SPROXTON (1797-1875) of Roos and Anthony FUSSEY (1784-1860) of Ryehill married in Sheckling cum Burstwick…

4 years ago

Wilfrid Hudson & Fortress Engineers

Wilfrid Hudson was born and raised in Bridlington, by Jane and Joseph Henry HUDSON, who ran a construction business in…

4 years ago

Nobby Clark & The Searchlights

Albert Wear Clark aka Nobby Clark was born 1921 in Darlington, County Durham, the third of nine siblings born to…

4 years ago

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