Old Photographs and Old Pictures of Goole, Yorkshire

Goole: Boothferry Road, Whit Monday, 1906

Goole: Boothferry Road with Blackburns' clothing

Goole: Boothferry Road showing Anglesey House (now NatWest bank)

Goole: Market Square

Goole: Market Square with clock tower, lavatories, and Reno valet corner

Goole clock tower with Cinema Palace in background

Goole: Market Square with clock tower

Goole clock tower, with Miss Gleadow's and Frank Crapper's shops behind

Goole clock tower, with Carlisle Terrace chapel and Midland Bank in background

Goole: Procession passing York City & County Bank, later Midland Bank, now Wetherspoons.

Goole: Boothferry Road, with Woolworths' on left and Marks & Spencer on right

*Goole: Boothferry Road, with the Railway Hotel on the right (now Dorothy Perkins)

Goole: Boothferry Road. Edwardian procession, with station yard in background.

Goole: Boothferry Road, showing subway, level crossing, and Station Hotel.

*Goole: Market, showing Hopleys' fruit & game stall and Whites' ice cream stall

Goole: Boothferry Road with Sheppard's music shop in background

Goole: Boothferry Road, showing Station Hotel on right

Goole: another view of Boothferry Road, with Station Hotel on right

Goole: Boothferry Road, showing United Free Methodist Chapel on right

Mr John Cullimore of Rawcliffe, on Boothferry Road, Goole, with the former Glews' Furnishing Stores in the background at the corner of Jackson Street. Pre-1909.

Goole Workhouse (now site of Tesco), on Boothferry Road

Goole: view of Timms Mill on Boothferry Road

Goole: Timms Mill with sails on Boothferry Road, now on Morrisons site

Goole: Boothferry Road (early colour postcard)

Goole: Boothferry Road, looking towards level crossing from Goole Grammar School

Goole: Boothferry Road, 1950s, looking from Boothferry Road School towards level crossing

Goole: Greenawn Corner

Goole: Boothferry Road with workhouse on left and Dewings on right

Goole: Boothferry Road in 1908 with Streckers butchers' sign on left and Station Hotel on right

*Goole: children crossing Boothferry Road outside West Villa

Goole: Boothferry Road policeman outside Boothferry Road school

* Goole: Boothferry Road Station Hotel and bus

* Goole: Boothferry Road after being bombed in 1942

Crappers' butchers' shop, Boothferry Road, Goole

Crappers' shop, Boothferry Road, Goole. A different shopfront.

*Goole Times building, Boothferry Road. shown shortly after it was built

Goole: Lipton butcher's shop

Goole: Branson Bowles shop on Boothferry Road

Goole: Hackforth's, a well-known grocers' on Boothferry Road with cafe above.

Goole: Reno Valet Service (dry cleaning) on the corner of Boothferry Road/Stanhope St.

Samuel Hunter's shop, 5 Cross Ouse Street and 29 Ouse Street, Goole

*TK 'Teacake' Willson's bakery on Ouse Street, Goole

Timothy Knowles Willson's bakery on Ouse Street, Goole

J W Wood, paint shop, No. 61, Pasture Road, Goole

*Mr Edwin Short, Fish & Game Dealer, with his wife and son George, outside the shop at No.4 Pasture Road, Goole

Benefit Boot company shop in Boothferry Road, Goole

Goole: Bridge Street - paper wrapper showing premises of Fred Taylor

Goole: Eastman's butcher's, Boothferry Road, next to Altham's. Reginald Claybourn was manager; the butcher's boy was named Duesbury

Goole: Lionel Cawthorn, outside his pharmacy, believed to be Argyle Street

Goole: Eastham's shop

* Goole: Harry Boom's shop, now Thomas the Baker and Santander

Aire Street, Goole, looking towards North Street c.1905

*Aire Street, Goole, showing Sydney Hotel c.1905

Aire Street, Goole in the 1950s, showing Hopleys, Bevans, Glews, Barclays Bank etc.

*Aire Street, Goole, with the Lowther Hotel on the right

Goole: Bridge Street, with New Bridge Inn in the distance

Bridge Street, Goole, showing The Vermuyden on the right

George Street, Goole, shown in the 1960s

George Street, Goole, in 1966

Goole: Hook Road with Victoria pub on left

Goole: Hook Road houses

An early view of Hook Road, Goole

North Street, Goole, with old buses in 1920s

North Street, Goole, showing the Seamans' Mission in 1920s

*North Street, Goole, with Peacock Hotel on far left - 1920s

*North Street, Goole, showing Bamforths' and old Guinness advert in the 1960s

North Street, Goole - early 1970s view with advert for V. Butler, House Furnisher & Upholsterer

*Goole: Ouse Street in the 1890s, showing the market held here after Goole Market Hall had burned down

*Goole: the Baths Hall

*Goole: Pasture Road

Goole: Lep Transport depot on Fifth Avenue

Fleeman's Buildings, Goole, with Heron's Mill in background

Gordon Street, Goole, pictured in 1966

Jackson Street, Goole, showing Glew's furniture makers' building, c.1890s

Jackson Street, Goole, showing staff of Glew's, c.1890s

*Jackson Street in 1942 after bombing

36 Marshfield Road, Goole, known as 'Scotgate' house

Paradise Place, Goole, during its demolition

Queen's Avenue, Goole, seen from West Street in 1968

Queen's Avenue, Goole - another view in 1968

Rawcliffe Road, Goole

*Richard Cooper Street, Goole, showing street party

Richard Cooper Street, Goole - partygoers

Richard Cooper Street, Goole - more partygoers

Salisbury Avenue, Goole

St. Andrew's Terrace, Goole

St. Mark's Terrace, Goole

Stanley Street, Goole

Swan Street, Goole in 1968

Union Place, Goole, in 1968

Victoria Street, Goole, showing Yorkshire Bank in 1930s

Victoria St, Goole. Geese imported from Belgium by Messrs Hopley grazing in 1903.

Westfield Avenue, Goole

West Street, Goole, in 1968

Swinefleet Road, Old Goole

Old Goole: Swinefleet Road corner, looking towards the Dutch river

Heber Terrace, Old Goole

Don Street, Old Goole - 1935 street party

Goole Grammar School exchange, August 1953: shows Mr Kimber, Mike Marsh, Adrian Hopley etc.

Goole: J L Latimer, headmaster of Goole Grammar School

Goole Grammar School, class of 1959

Back from left: Malcolm Gardham, Richard Pearson, D Brewster, John Armitage, M Booth, Paul Thompson, Michael Holmes, N Blackledge
Middle: Ann Fysh, Alice Conyers, Ann Frankish, Tom Smith, Michael Wright, Colin Taylor, R Clarkson, Victor Bean, Katie Ward, Liz Barnes
Front: Janet Chatham, Maureen Throup, Yvonne Foster, Janet Garner, John Charlesworth, Miss Proudlove, Veronica Maine, Carole Anderson, Kathleen Lidster, Judith Ransome, Judith Shipley

Goole Grammar School, class of 1964 boys

Back row L to R - Paul Dobson, David(Gilly)Gilderdale, John Tomlinson, Richard? Baker, Richard Sellers, Steve Smith, Peter Butler, Richard Butler, ? Edmondson
Middle Row L to R - ?, ?, John (Spud)Taylor, Ernest (Ernie)Barwell, Phil Gosney, Dave Kime, Paul Mc Alinden, John Stephenson, John Greetham(Dormouse), Terry Woolhouse
Front Row L to R - Christopher Reid-Smith, Raymond Henson, Derek Laughton, Keith Burton, Arnie Chappell (Deputy Head), Brian Ibbotson, Brian Lockwood, Phil Thompson, Neil (Hawkeye) Hawksworth

*GGS sixth form 1940

Back row: Sykes, unknown, Norman Acaster, unknown, Margaret Lord, Enid Webber, unknown, Mary Lazenby, Joan Yeoman.
M iddle: unknown, N Mahalski, R Armitage, Mr J L Latimer, Miss Hunter, Barbara Firth, E Devine, Gladys Woodcock.
Front: John Hudson, Edward Drury, M Plewes, Mary Dudley

*GGS Staff 1940

Back: Mr Moore, 'Angus' David Turner, unknown games teacher, 'Bandy' Burrows, Mr Fletcher, Reg Martin, S Hopwood.
Middle: Mrs Cundall [games], Mr Gordon, Miss Billington [commerce/ school sec], Miss Cox, Miss E M Tyler, Mr Elliott [ history], Miss Roughton [ later Mrs Hargreaves], Mr England, Miss Maddison, Miss Brooks, Mr Calder
Front: Mrs Martin, Miss E M Venables, Miss Coghlin, ‘Jimmy’ Hart, J L Latimer (headmaster), Miss Hunter (languages and senior mistress), Mr L A Coxon, Miss A Brindley, Miss Johns.

Goole Rugby Football Team v. Bradford Trinity, March 1st 1884

First round - Yorkshire Challenge Cup
Result: Goole won by one try and 3 minor points to Bradford one try

Back: H W Wiseman, R Rosendale [umpire], J Kassell, T Procter
Middle: R G Bickerton, W V Spink, W A Tomlinson, E Brock, J McNally, W P Amery, W Kassell
Front: F Peacock [half], H T Bennett [captain, three quarters], A J Peacock [three quarter], G D Armitage [half]
Front, kneeling: G H Jones [back]

Goole Juniors Rugby Football Club 1895/6

Back from left: T Woad, T Fox, G Hill, B Maskill, C Alcock, F Greenwood, J Clark, A Calvert, C Southwell, E Bryars, T Chester
Middle : J Harrison, J Walker, A E Jackson, G Donelly, A Walker, J Grasby
Front: T Watson

Goole Juniors Rugby Football Club 1896/7

Winners of the Goole and District Challenge Cup

Back from left: T Chester [Hon. Sec.], C Southwell, J Hill, C Alcock, H Roland, A Calvert, F Deighton, J Cooke, J Walker, J Martin [touch judge]
Seated: J Bryars, G Donelly, A E Jackson [Capt.], T Ward, A Walker, J Grassby
Front, lying: T Watson

Goole Athletes Rugby Football Club 1896/7

Back: J Walton,G Saynor, A Tree, F Cowling, D Greenfield, F Armitage, F Woodhead, R Jackson, J W Tree, A Walker, A Thompson, T Lindsey
Front: J Gibson, J Needham, F Gill, J Mellard [Capt.], J H Earnshaw, T Sherburn, W Shaw, W Appleyard, H Watson, H Bateman, l Harrison, J Huntington
Front, lying down: H Everatt

Goole Town Schoolboys' Football Team 1908/1909

Pictured at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds, Goole

Back from left: E Westoby, J Brunyee, R Steel, G Cawthorn, A Hall, A Lee [Hon. sec.]
Seated: W James, H Storey, R Heslem, J Doubtfire, A France, E Smith
Front, centre: R Barker [captain]

Goole Associated Football Club 1913/14

Back from left: H Baxter, J Kay, H Bonser, P Howden, W Tate
Middle: S Boulder, W Hayton, J Johnson
Front: W Hewitt, J McInnes, H Ayre, C Fox, H Diamond

Goole Athletes Rugby Football 1919/20

League Cup Winners

Insets: T Howdle, H Ward
Back: E Huntington, J Campbell, R Tordoff, J Hobson, S Houghton [trainer]
Middle: R Grassby, T Armistead, H Stanley, E Guest, A Huntington
Front: J Nicholson, J Dunswell [captain]

Goole Town Football Team 1930

Winners of the West Riding County Cup April 1930

Top row from left: H Fawbert, F Panton, R Crawshaw, B E Haigh [chairman], L Henderson, W Donnelly
Third row: H James, J G Watson, A Earnshaw, A Greensitt, A England [treasurer], A P Bailey, H Henderson [team manager], R Plewes, Capt. J J barker [president]
Second row: E Albon [secretary & vice chairman], Stanley, Hart, King, Gilling [captain], Albrecht, Perry, J Moffat [assistant trainer], P Conroy
Front: A Robinson [trainer], Joburns, Jacques, Dixon, Howarth, Humphrey, Birks

Goole Schools Football Team (date unknown)

The following are identified as teachers:

Back row: Mr Northey [Alexandra Street School], unknown, the headmaster of Alexandra Street School, C B Fell [Boothferry Rd School], unknown, R Houghton, W Hepworth [National School], H E Chambers

Kneeling, front left: Scorah(?)

Goole Rugby League Club 1937

Team which played played Broughton Rangers on 13th February 1937 in the first round of the Rugby league cup

Back: Bingley, Thrudd, Hasling, Horon, Russell, Lawson, Jackson, Bedworth, Broom, Plant, T Mortimer [team manager].
Front: Raywood [assistant trainer], Johnson, Patterson, Brien, G Redfern [ vice president], Hayes, Maddox, Wilson, Raywood [assistant trainer].

* Goole Town football team, pictured in September 1947 at the beginning of the season.

Back: ?, Bob Charlesworth, J Curtis (captain), R Beales, George Sherwood, Jack Charnley, J Corbett, Percy Marritt (trainer).
Front: Bernard Goulding, F Pickles, Stan Kirk, Walter Porritt, Jock Brown.

Goole: Alexandra Street School football team 1967/8

  Standing, left to right: Philip Bristow, Paul Adams, ? Howard, Stephen Cross, Russell Noon, ?? Terry Spavin , Ken Punter.
Front: Mal? Gibson, Tony Proctor, Christopher Jackson, Rob Clark, Brian Marshall.

Goole Fire Brigade in May 1896

Pictured outside Goole's first fire station under the railway arches in Bridge Street

Back: Lord, Calvert, Worstwick, Ellis, E Rutter, H Cobb, Brignall, W Cobb, Hedley, Blanchard, Cooper, Grayburn, Wood, Coward
Front: W Rutter, Smart, Atkinson, Lt. Bruce, Capt. W E Grayburn, Supt. Harrison, Lt. Marsden, Allen, Gray

Goole: 'The Rustiques' chapel children in October 1913

Pictured with minister Rev. Bramwell Evens [back left], later known as 'Romany' on BBC Children's Hour. Also shown is Herbert Simms [front row, third from right]

Goole: Ted Newell's Dance Band

Ted Newell is shown seated at the front, with Fred Gray on extreme left. Other band members included Frank Sunderland (saxophone), Harry Mann (trombone) and Sid Nicholson (drums)

Goole Town Band in 1920

Brass band champions of East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire
Pictured in the garden between Mr Glew's house and Glews' cabinet works in Jackson Street, Goole

Back from left: W Morrill, H Appleyard, H Perrett, H Petman, S Colbridge, J Marritt, E Petman, E Marritt, J Denby, G Gravell [band secretary], D Johnson
Middle: G Sanderson, W Petman, G Tree, R Murphy, H Fish, T Smith, S Appleyard, W Woad, T Guest, F Gray
Front: C Pickard, S Aske, H Flatters, R Wilbe, G Perrett [conductor], J Haigh, T Rutter, A Pettinger, G Metcalfe [deputy conductor], G Snowden

Goole: Hospital staff, including Dr Harrison

Timms' Mill 25 year club lunch

Held at The Triton, Brantingham.
Members were presented with a 25 year club tie.

From left: Les Sweeting, silo foreman, Guy Davidson, mechanic, Reg Timm, Harry West, mill foreman, Mr Aitchison, Jacksons' manager, Charlie Ransome, flour packer, Freddie Warrilow, Cliff Penistone, Ted Spivey, driver, Eddie Needham. Front: Tommy Rowland, driver

*Goole Amateurs production of Sally in March 1932

Leading lady Freda Ellicott, later Freda Greenacre. The performances took place in the Tower Theatre. Produced by Philip Howley, musical director Ernet Johnson.

* Goole Amateurs production of Pink String and Sealing Wax, in the Carlisle Terrace schoolroom, February 1947

Back from left: Eric Gilderdale, Ernest Woodhead, Fred Hill, Colin Andrew.
Front from left: Pauline Caukill, Freda Dulson, Patricia Stapley, Patricia Donnelly, Rita Seltzer.

Goole St Paul's Players

Unknown date - production of Love's a Luxury. Please contact me if you think you recognise the cast and I will send a high resolution copy

* Outside 51 Chiltern Road in November 1946

Mayor George Shipley presenting the key to Mrs Emma Gilding, wife of Harry Gilding. In the pram is daughter Marlene, now Mrs Winter. Mr and Mrs Gilding had three older daughters, Pauline, Zena and Phyllis.
Several councillors and officials are standing at the rear. They are (not necessarily in the right order): Bob Black, Richard Jolley, Mr Kitwood, Alan Lazenby, Mrs England, William Moncaster, Mayoress Mrs Shipley, Mr Castle, Walter E Dulson. At the front, next to the mayor, is Vernon Hudson, housing committee chairman

Goole dockers

Believed to be at the opening of The Pool restaurant.

Clara Willson, nee Broadley, wife of T K Willson of Goole, and baby Arthur

Goole: William Hamond Bartholomew

Goole: Doctor William Eden Cass

Mr & Mrs Joseph Houghton, of 11, Fifth Avenue, Goole, pictured on their 62nd wedding anniversary in 1932

Charles Willson (in uniform), son of TK Willson and Clara

Clara and TK Willson, c.1888

Marinus Van Der Tak aboard SS Burma c 1912

Captain William Rockett lost on the SS Mersey in 1940

John Beeman Smithson. He was a chimney sweep, tinsmith and had a rag and bone yard in Estcourt Street

Captain John Smith of Fountayne Street, first master of the Goole-built ship Cyrille Danneels

Rev Stephen Oates,
local Primitive Methodist minister.
Born Burringham, Lincs in 1836. Died in Warwickshire in 1891.
His son Arthur Jackson Oates was organist at Carlisle Terrace chapel Goole.

Arthur Amery

Born 1864 at Whitgift he worked for many years for the Aire and Calder Navigation Co as graving dock foreman at Goole. He died in 1951

Goole: Thomas William Sutherby, captain of SS Calder which sank in April 1931

*Yorkshire and England cricketer Hedley Verity on a visit to Goole

*Mrs Ann Gooderidge of North Street in 1938

Staff of the Goole Steam Shipping Company in 1935

Pictured outside the company offices in St John's Street, Goole

Goole Concert party 1908

Pictured outside the Market Hall

Back from left: R Oxtoby, E Piercey, G W Norton, R P Bottomley, J Franklin, J Drackford, T Calvert, W Thornton, T Scholes, A Owen, R White, G Lupton, J W Crabtree,
Front: W Thornton, G Camplin, J T Haigh, J Brown, F Westerman, T Thompson, J H Stevens, J R Jennings, J Stevens, J H Carmichael, R W Cooper

*Goole ARP wardens

Pictured near the corner of Clifton Gardens and Centenary Road.

Believed to be
Back from left : unk, unk, Robert Parsisson, unk, unk, Charlie Hill
Front from left: unk, unk, Alf Waller, ? Stockdale, Ernest Millett, ?, Harry Charlton

Goole Board of Guardians

Pictured after their last meeting in March 1930 at Goole workhouse [aka 65, Boothferry Road]

Back row: F G Watson, E Dean, J Belton, F Taylor
Second row J W Halkon, J Morfitt, J Lawrence, A Knapton, GW Townend, J N Pindar, R B Shearburn, G H Cowling, R H Coulman, W B Roberts, C H Coggrave [clerk], P B Cory, workhouse master
Front: Mrs E Rushby, R Longhorn, C Sheffield, S G Bevan [chairman], H Dowdall, Mrs E Gelder, Mrs Kirby, Mrs Cory, matron

Goole hospital

Operating theatre staff

Left to right: Mrs Rutter, Nurse Agnes Marsden, Sister Tordoff, unknown

Riverside Bowling Club, Goole

late 40s/early 50s

Back row, far right: Isaac Hebdon.

Isaac was born in 1890 and married Louisa Smithson. He worked on the river, dredging sand for supply to local builders.

He worked with his father, also Isaac, who was a keel owner. Isaac jnr's 21-year-old brother Joseph drowned in 1891, when captaining the keel, together with his brother-in-law Smith Halliday, the landlord of the Blacksmith's Arms, Hook.

Police Sergeant J W Cooper

Picture caption on the back of the photo reads:

"Police Sgt J W Cooper retired after 26 years service in West Riding constaulary. He came to Goole in 1921 and for 7 years has been the ??ment officer for horses appointed by the Ministry of Agriculture."
He is possibly John William Cooper, police constable in 1911 in Batley and originally from Coxwold, b 1879. His wife was Mary and they had a daughter Florence, b.1908 in Morley. A Florence Cooper married a George Wood in 1927 at Goole.

Goole: St John's Ambulance Brigade May 1949

back from left: Sgt R F Adamson, Pte Joseph Horspool, Sgt J W Robertshaw

front from left: Sgt G A Hodgson, Supt A Bramham, ambulance officer E Aughty

Members of the 1st Goole Land Rangers, Goole, October 1950

Pictured on Goole Station with Ranger Captain Mrs Jowett and Commissioner Miss Whiting.

They were going to London to attend the All England Ranger rally at White City stadium. The Rangers were Daisy Gelder, Eunice Glentworth, Joan Ratcliffe, June Rowse and Alice Sparrow.

Goole: Carlisle Terrace Chapel

Goole: Boothferry Road Free Methodist chapel

Goole: North Street Chapel

Beulah Chapel, Old Goole

Goole: St John's Church and old vicarage

Goole: St. John's Church interior view

Goole: St Paul's Church, Weatherill Street

Goole Grammar School

*Goole Secondary Modern School

*Aerial view of Goole Grammar School, showing air raid shelters behind

*Alexandra Street School, Goole

Goole: Boothferry Road School soon after opening

New Bridge Hotel, Old Goole. Demolished 2008

The Lowther Hotel, Goole, with landlord Mr Louis Chatterton in pony and trap outside, early 20th century

The Lowther Hotel, Goole, after Zeppelin raid of 1915

The Cape of Good Hope, aka 'Top House', Goole

*The old Steam Packet, Goole

The Station Hotel, on the junction of Boothferry Road and Pasture Road, Goole

Burlington Hotel, Goole: The Burlington Outing Club in 1946

The Marshlands pub, Old Goole

Royal Hotel, Goole: The Royal Hotel Outing Club, pictured outside the Royal Hotel Vaults in 1938

Crown Inn, Goole: The Crown Inn Outing Club, August 1947