July 2018

27th July, 2018. Myxomatosis (myxy or mixy).

The picture above shows a rabbit (sorry picture upside-down – don’t know why) suffering from a viral disease called myxomatosis. When taking my dog on the Humber Bank and to the car-park at South Ferriby Sluice we encounter an active local wild rabbit population, but yesterday saw one suffering as above. Myxomatosis causes a lingering death across two […]

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25th July, 2018. Current ongoing research on Hull Parks (2)

Another interesting recurring issue across the three Hull public parks (s.p.b.) in the 1880s and 1890s was that of anti-social behaviour (although, of course, that term was not used) as recorded in the minutes of the Parks Committee. Wilful damage to park property, usually pulling off of flower heads or damage to shrubs and trees, was much

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11th July, 2018. Castles by the river, part 3.

The Northumberland Household Book compiled in the early 16th century provides lots of details about everyday life at Wressle and Leconfield Castles. Leconfield Castle was another of the Percy’s stately defended residences (Leconfield Castle has been discussed in an earlier blog in the context of Henry VIII’s Northern Progress). Dating from a time 100 years before

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