| Description | Contains chapters on:
Town and country life including life on a canal barge in the 1930s-1940s, Full Sutton village in 1947, growing up in Hull in 1930s, village life in Welton in the 1910s, life on Londesborough estate, snow and flood 1947 and 1953, the church at Cowlam, Methodist Sunday School anniversaries, whitsun parades in Goole in the 1940s, Howdendyke ferry in the 1920s, and Catfoss aerodrome in the 1930s
House and home including life at Barmston, life in Hull, killing the pig, home cures and remedies, and superstitions
Childhood and schooldays including life on an isolated farm cottage at Swine Carrs in the 1930s, growing up in Hull, visit to Bridlington in the 1930s, childhood games, growing up in Dunswell in the 1950s, life on a farm at Rudston, Bridlington High School memories
Work on the land including farming at Buttercrambe, farm life at Cottingham in the 1920s, threshing day, school days as a young teacher, the telephone comes to Hedon, the mole catcher, 'climming' on Bempton Cliffs, life in service and the village wheelwright
First and Second world wars including the first aeroplane near Rudston, the Second World War in Hull, life on Londesborough estate, war at Fangfoss, Nafferton Hall and prisoners of war, memories of Rudston, life as a landgirl at Rillington and a blitz wedding
Highdays and holidays including a year's events in 1921, May Day at Bishop Wilton in the 1930s, royal summers in the 1930s, Middleton Feast in the 1930s, Kilham Club Feast and annual trip and christmas at Buttercrambe |