| |
|
| |
What's new? |
| |
February 13th 2011
As tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day it is
appropriate that SKEALS' Vice Chairman, Mike Welton should have produced
the new article which appears today which contains a wonderful photograph
of a Valentine's Day letter written 191 years ago.
Please click here to see this
article. |
| |
|
| |
February 3rd 2011
Following the sad death of Tom Graham, the
son of the co-founder of the Connor and Graham bus company, the Photo
Gallery for February contains a number of pictures of the company in its
early days.
Please click here to
visit the Photo Gallery |
| |
|
| |
January 5th 2011
Click on the link below to visit the
new article by Mike welton about the Humber lifeboat and the SKEALS
Exhibition and fund raising activities on behalf of the Humber lifeboat.
The article contains several pictures of the early days of the Humber
lifeboat.
Please click
here to see this Article |
| |
|
| |
January 2nd 2011
The first Photo Gallery for 2011 contains the
13 photographs from the SKEALS Photographic Competition which were used in
the calendar produced by the gas companies based ta Easington. Some of the
photographs had to be cropped to produce the calendar so those on the
Gallery are the original entries in the Photographic
Competition.
Please click here to
visit the Photo Gallery |
| |
|
| |
November 19 2010
Please have a look at the new format for the
Photo Gallery. The new layout allows you to view all twelve photographs as
thumbnails. Clicking on one of the small pictures will automatically show
a larger view of that photograph. There are then further options to go
either backwards or forwards through the large images. Each month will see
further collections added to the site but the existing thumbnails will
remain, enabling you to look back through previous months.
Please click here to
visit the Photo Gallery |
| |
|
| |
November 18 2010
A further post script has been added to the
Lifestyle Project of the Spurn Rangers. Come face to face with Kilnsea's
newest resident, the Hebridean ram which arrived at Kilnse on Tuesday 16th
November.
Please
click here to visit the Spurn Rangers page. |
| |
|
| |
| |
November 14 2010
After a very long wait, for which I apologise
as it was entirely my fault, the final entries in Mike Welton's Gravestone
Project are now on the web site. In all, 247 persons are mentioned by name
as being buried in the churchyard of All Saints' Church,
Easington.
Please click
here to visit this project. |
| |
|
| |
November 14 2010
A further post script has been added to the
Lifestyle Project of the Spurn Rangers. See the new wether vane purchased
with money made by the Spurn Rangers.
Please click here to visit the
Spurn Rangers page. |
| |
|
| |
November 2 2010
Following SKEALS' first Photographic
Competition held in Easingon Community Hall on Saturday 30th October, the
Photo
Gallery for November shows 12 of the entries which were of a very
high standard.
Please
click here to see the photographs. |
| |
|
| |
September 1st 2010
This month our Photo Gallery shows the
people of Easington at play at a number of events and visits that have
been aranged recently. Please note the typical Easington weather as the
sun managed to shine on all the events featured.
Please
click here to see this page |
| |
|
| |
August 23rd 2010
Read the account of our youngest contributor
to the Articles page. Abbie Jackson and friends have been working hard to
improve things on Spurn while taking part in the Humberside Police,
Lifestyle project.
Please click here to see this
page |
| |
|
| |
August 12th 2010
Following a visit in June 2010 by SKEALS'
members to Hedon to
view that town's historic collection of silver,
read Dorothy Smith's
account of the visit and learn a little of the
hidden history of
Hedon
Please click here to see this
page |
| |
|
| |
August 10th 2010
The SKEALS' exhibition featuring the 200th
Anniversary of Lifeboats at Spurn held at the beginning of August ,
coincided with the publication of SKEALS' third publication, Easington
Lifeboat A History 1913 - 1933 by Mike Welton.Deatails of this
publication can be seen by clicking on the link below.
Please click here to see this
page |
| |
|
| |
August 2nd 2010
This month the SKEALS Photo Gallery indulges
itself and shows 12 pictures from our own exhibition
held at the
Easington Community Hall to celebrate 200 years of lifeboats being
stationed at Spurn.
Please
click here to see this page |
| |
|
| |
July 4th 2010
|
| |
|
| |
July 4th 2010
This month our Photo Gallery shows twelve of the
lovely churches of Holderness. The photographs are the work of
SKEALS'
member, Brian Parker.
Please click
here to see the first photograph. |
| |
|
| |
June 2nd 2010
Our Photo Gallery for June is taken through the
lens of the camera of Robina Herrington who has kept her eye on the
progress of the new gas pipeline which is being laid across Holderness
from Easington to Paull.
Please click
here to see the first photograph. |
| |
|
| |
May 2nd 2010
Our Photo Gallery for May looks at some of the
ways visitors to the area and local resodents spend their time.
Please click
here to see the first photograph. |
| |
|
| |
April 3rd 2010
Our Photo Gallery for April covers the annual
charity cycle ride from Welwick to Kilnsea. Once again the entrants
dressed in a wide variety of costumes and a good day was had by
all.
Please
click here to see the first photograph. |
| |
|
| |
March 8th 2010
Look at the left navigation bar on our Home Page
and with any luck you should see a new heading, Publications. Follow this
link to a new page which will direct you to the books published by
SKEALS.
Please click here to see
our publications. |
| |
|
| |
March 1st 2010
In an attempt to warm the cockles of a few of
those hearts which must be tiring of this winter I have devoted the March
Photo Gallery to some of the butterflies I have photographed in our garden
in Kilnsea.
Please
click here to see these photographs. |
| |
|
| |
February 1st 2010
The Photo Gallery for February contains
twelve views from around Holdderness by Kilnsea amateur photographer Pam
Pearce.
Please
click here to see these photographs. |
| |
|
| |
January 9th 2010
A new article by Mike Welton about the
dedication of a Memorial at Holmpon in remembrance of the crew of an Avro
Lancaster bomber which crashed in 1944 at nearby Mill Hill.
Please click here to
read this account. |
| |
|
| |
January 6th 2010
Belatedly, an account of SKEALS' visit to
Bridlington on Tuesday 21st July 2009 by Gillian Granger.
|
| |
|
| |
January 6th 2010
Even more belatedly, a second account of
SKEALS' visit to Hedon on 1st October 2009 by Gillian Granger.
|
| |
|
| |
January1st 2010
The first Photo Gallery for the new decade is a
record of a walk along the Spurn peninsula by a visitor to Kilnsea from
Worcestershire who was recuperating from an operation.
Please
click here to see these photographs. |
| |
December 1st 2009
The Photo Gallery for December is a review of
some of the pictures featured in 2009 and finishes with a
photograph
taken at the 150th Anniversary celebrations of the Humber Lifeboat. Next
year, 2010 is the 200th Anniversary.
Please
click here to see these photographs. |
| |
November 2nd 2009
NEW PAGE
Photo Gallery - Past PicturesIn response to
requests we are pleased to offer a new page on our site which gives you
the opportunity to look at all the photographs that have appeared on the
New Photo Gallery page.
|
| |
NEW SKEALS PUBLICATION
The Journey Starts HereA history
of the Connor & Graham bus Service
For details of this book which was launched on Saturday 4th
July,Please click here for
details.
|
| |
October 31st 2009 - The Photo Gallery for November contains twelve new
photographs taken by Kev, Mel and Hannah Hewitt of Easington.
Please
click here to see these photographs. |
| |
October 27th 2009 - A report, by SKEALS' member, Dorothy Smith on the
visit to Hedon at the beginning of October.
Please click here to see this
report. |
| |
October 12th 2009 - A short article by Jan Crowther about the pendant
donated to the Easington and Skeffling Women's Institute by Captain
J.W.Duncan of 'Golden Hope', Skeffling has been added to our 'Articles
Page'.
Please click here to
see this article |
| |
October 1st 2009 - The October Photo Gallery contains 12 pictures
taken at the Craft, Collectors and Hobbies afternoon which was organised
by SKEALS and held in the Easington Community Hall.
Please
click here to see these photographs |
| |
June 26th 2009 - Following a most excellent talk given to the SKEALS
group by military historian Alan Williamson we have included an article
written in 2007 by SKEALS' member Mike Welton following the discovery of
what may be an observation post used by the Skeffling branch of the Secret
Army.
Please
click here to see this article |
| |
April 30th 2009 - Please read the article on Brown Tails by clicking
on the following link. Once again the caterpillars of the Brown Tail moth
are very much in evidence on the Spurn Peninsula. The hairs from the
caterpillars can cause severe skin irritation. Although this article was
written in 2007 it is still relevant in 2009.
Please click here to see this
article |
| |
March 30th 2009 - In 2005 at the time of the demolition of the old
Easington Village Hall, Jan Crowther and Diane Horncastle published a
booklet telling the history of the hall and containing pictures taken
through its almost 70 years history..
Please click here
to see this on going project. |
| |
January 2009 - Visit our 'Articles' page to read Pete Crowther's new
article on the coin collection of Easington resident, Gerry
Greensted.
Please click here
to see these photographs |
| |
There has been a number of new entries on our 'EASINGTON CHURCHYARD
GRAVESTONE PROJECT' page (See below). To visit this page please 'click
here' |
| |
|
| |
Following some sterling work by SKEALS' member, Mike Welton, we are
now able to show our 'EASINGTON CHURCHYARD GRAVESTONE PROJECT'. It is our
aim to photograph every gravestone in the churchyard of All Saints' church
and display them on the page with details of the inscriptions and any
other relevant material such as photographs, Parish Record entries and
census entries. To visit this interesting new page please 'click
here' |
| |
|
| |
A second item has been added to our visits page. Written by Dorothy
Smith, this new article tells of our visit to the lovely St.Germain's
Church, Winestead
Please click
here to read this new feature |
| |
|
| |
July 2008 - Read the new article by Mike Welton on the Reminiscences
Page about the Rocket Brigade.
Please click here to view "Is
he a new larker?" |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Our Contacts page now contains a link to a site called Dave McAleavy
Images. An excellent collection of photographs with a page dedicated to
Spurn.
Please click
here to visit this site. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
On our 'Articles' page read Richard Lusmore's article about the first
sixty years of Easington United Football Club, 'The Eastenders'.
Please
click here to view this article. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| |
|
| |
|