"Goole,
A Pictorial History, Vol. 4" by Susan Butler was released in
Nov 2011 and is now on sale.
The book is available to buy from Chappelows'
newsagents' in Goole and Howden at a cost of £7.95.
It is also available to order through this
website - please contact me with your
order request. P&P is £1.50 to UK, or
£4.50 P&P airmail to US, Canada, New Zealand or South
Africa.
You can pay by cheque made payable to Susan
Butler (please inquire by email for my postal address) or by PayPal
(please use the email address given on my contact page).
"Goole, A Pictorial History, Vol. 4"
continues the story of Goole which I have looked at in the three
previous volumes.
Roughly speaking, the book covers Goole in the
late 1930s and 1940s. However, as the three previous volumes are
not now easily available (some come up occasionally on eBay) I have
not restricted myself too closely to those dates and the book stands
alone as a guide to some of Goole's earlier history as well.
Contents
Below is a list of the contents of "Goole, A Pictorial History,
Vol. 4" and a brief summary of each section.
Introduction - picture montage
of Goole before the war - including the opening of Ocean Lock, the
Goole Amateurs' production of Sally in 1932, Hedley Verity
visiting Goole and Harry Boom's shop.
Goole Grammar School - an aerial picture of the
school showing the air raid shelters. Also two pictures of staff
and 6th form pupils in 1940.
Goole Secondary Modern School
- a picture of the staff in the 1960s and a picture of the school.
Memories of life in Poets Corner
- memories by both Alf Fox and Harry Devenish of growing up in the
streets collectively known as Poets Corner (Tennyson Street, Spenser
Street, Gray Street, Byron Street and Milton Street). Pictures of
Boothferry Road, Laura Street, the sea scouts and Milton Street
from behind Timms' Mill.
Timms’ Mill - a summary of the early mill
history and a lovely old picture of the mill.
Aeroplane crash near Boothferry Road School -
old photo and details of the crash of a Hampden bomber on Dunhill
Road, next to the school.
ARP post on Centenary Road - old picture of a group
of ARP wardens outside their post.
Memories of Goole bombing - accounts of the bombing
of Goole in August 1942 with two pictures taken that day.
The Baths Hall - a nostalgic picture of the Goole
Baths Hall where so many events from dinners and dances to discos
and skiffle band competitions took place.
Shorts of Pasture Road - pictures of the Short
family and their shop and information about the bottling plant on
First Avenue. Also a picture of the Hill family of Swinefleet who
built farm carts.
Pasture Road - two pictures of early Pasture Road
and the shops.
Goole Times memories - information about the early
Goole Times and the memories of Ernest Butler who worked there,
working his way up from apprentice reporter to editor. Pictures
of the Goole Times building, the staff, of Boothferry Road and of
the Amateurs' production of Pink String and Sealing Wax!
Alexandra Street School - a picture of the school
where so many Goole children were educated.
Wellington bombers crash on Carlisle Street - two
previously unseen contemporary pictures of the scene in Carlisle
Street the morning after the crash in 1943.
Memories of North Street and the brewery - pictures
of Bamforth's shop and North Street, including the old brewery house
and what was later Eastons' builders' yard. Memories of the brewery
by John Turner, who lived there as a boy.
Goole market and the Hopley family - an old photo
of the front of Goole market showing Hopleys' stall and that of
Anthony White.
Aire Street and the Statute Hirings - old pictures
of Aire Street, The Sydney and the old Steam Packet with an account
of the Goole Statute hirings by Gilbert Barley.
Ouse Street shops and pubs - old pictures of Ouse
Street, The Crown and of the bakery premises of T K Willson.
The Lowther Hotel - an old picture of Aire Street
and The Lowther and information about its use in wartime.
An aerial view of demolished streets - taken in
the late 1960s, showing the cleared site where Ouse Street and George
Street stood.
Coronation Street POW camp - an aerial picture
showing the POW huts off Mariners Street as well as a picture of
the keys being presented to Mrs Gilding, the tenant of the first
new house in Chiltern Road.
Lep during the war - old photos of Lep premises
in South Street and the old Adelphi off Hook Road. Information about
the war work carried out there, assembling and salvaging military
vehicles.
Hook Road tank - a picture of the old First World
war tank which stood on Hook Road and the story of one man who crossed
the Ouse on a tank at Westfield Banks.
Goole shipyard and the Normandy landings - a picture
of female shipyard workers, a brief account of their work, a picture
of the SS Yokefleet in 1944, a picture of shipyard workers leaving
work in Swinefleet Road and a picture of the launch of the ship
Grebbestroom.
The dock fire of 1947- an impressive night time
picture and account of the Goole dock fire of 1947.
Richard Cooper Street in 1953 - two pictures of
the street party held to celebrate the Queen's Coronation with as
many people as possible named (also on the front cover).
Goole Town football team 1947 - a named team picture
taken at the beginning of the 1947-48 season.
As the book is a pictorial history of Goole, the main content is
the photographs. I have included over 80 old photographs of Goole.
Many of these can be seen on the old
photos pages of this website, in low resolution.
I have also used many memories of Goole people to
help me tell the story of the town including those of Alf Fox, Harry
Devenish, Albert Holmes, John Turner, Marie Watson, Ernest Butler
and Gilbert Barley.
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