Virtual Ecologies: Chalk and Clay

In February 2025, the Virtual Ecologies project team delivered a ‘Chalk and Clay’ workshop at Champney Treasure House exploring the history of chalk in its relation to the unique geology of the East Riding. The work explored chalk as an industrial material, its relationship to the clay and alluvium deposits of the coast, and how […]

Discovering the History of Hull and East Riding’s Postal Workers

David Bean’s Local Postal History Project aims to preserve the rich history of Hull and East Riding’s postal workers. A retired postal worker himself, Bean has extracted vital records from Royal Mail, highlighting the contributions of past employees. His research, now available digitally, enriches local understanding of this significant industrial history.

Skidby Mill Oral History Project

Local Voices From The Past (Archive ref: DDX2310 . Now available on the Digital Archive) When looking at firsthand accounts from the past, it is the voices of the rich, or those living in the urban centres, that dominate. This gives the impression there was not much to say historically about rural life; but that […]

Reg Walker Video Collection

A Legacy For Beverley & East Yorkshire (Archive ref: DDX1486 . Now available on the Digital Archive) When I first began assessing the archives for items vulnerable to technological changes e.g. cassettes, discs, tapes etc, one of the first things I encountered was a substantial set of VHS video cassette tapes created by an amateur […]

A Journey Through Time: 70 Years of Archiving East Yorkshire

This year the East Riding Archives and Local Studies service celebrates seven decades of preserving the past!

Creativity Unwrapped

This year’s Heritage Open Days theme ‘Creativity Unwrapped’ was very evocative of the nature of archives. In the research room, we very carefully unbox and unwrap items from their protective packaging, and in the records themselves, the stories of creative personalities are revealed. To explore this topic, we highlighted the fascinating history of some of […]

OUR DIGITAL HISTORY NEED NOT BECOME A MYSTERY

USING PRESERVICA FOR DIGITAL CONTINUITY In this age of information superhighways and instant access to data on the internet, we’ve grown accustomed to expecting instant information on demand 24/7 and that it will always be there at our fingertips whenever we need it. We take for granted the idea of preservation and assume that, provided […]

EDIBLE ENGLAND

A Conservation perspective (from Kat Saunt) Heritage Open Days 2021 theme was Edible England and as part of my conservation workshop tours on Saturday the 11th of September I was able to talk about how many of the materials I use to conserve archive documents could – at a push- be described as edible. To […]

Pocklington – Tour The Town

Experience the Past with the ‘What Was Here?’ app Free to download on Google Play or the App Store (search ‘what was here’) I’ve strolled around the beautiful town of Pocklington many times before, seen it’s bustling centre and quiet winding alleyways around the churchyard, but never before like this. My walk in Pocklington, using […]

Take our Survey – ‘What Was Here’ app

Download the ‘what was here?’ app (free): Google Play Store (Android) App Store (Apple, iOS) take our survey http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/WhatWasHere Cast your mind back to the year before COVID-19 (feels like a long time ago doesn’t it) and you may remember we launched a virtual ‘time machine’. It was called the ‘What Was Here’ app, free […]