Welcome

This is an unofficial guide to all things Goole-related. For those of you who haven't heard of the place, it's not a search engine based in East Yorkshire, but a small town in Northern England full of Goolies. Goole is unusual because it's an artificial town, originally built to serve the Aire & Calder Canal. It is one of the few places in this country that knows exactly when it was formed. The Clock Tower marks the year, 1826, when Goole opened its doors (or should that be lock gates?)

Purpose of this site

This site was set up by an expat to see if anybody out there is interested in the town. Judging from the feedback, there is some demand. Hopefully, by browsing this site, it won't just be the people of Zlotow who've heard of the place.

Welcome to Goole Street Sign I do value your comments and contributions. I read all feedback, although I'm notoriously unreliable for replying to them. Most feedback is for lots more historical information. Being a sea-port, the goole genes have spread around the world and people are trying trace their ancestors. There is now a lot more of this, which hopefully will be of interest to people in the town as well.

You can now add comments yourself directly to the bottom of most pages. Please do this if there's any wrong information, or you want to expand or record your memories about something.

Of course any comments in this site are my own personal views. There other web sites, agencies and tourist information which should be read to get the true picture. Wherever possible, I've tried to add links to other relevant resources on each page. This site is aimed at people who have lived and left Goole and keep some affection for the place. Contrary to what this site may imply, it's not that bad a place (certainly no worse than any others) and personally, I'd rather come from a town with character than live in Milton Keynes.

Please send questions, compliments or complaints to feedback@goole-on-the-web.org.uk

What now?

If you're trying to track down relatives from the area then visit the genealogy page, it your ancestors sailed from the port then try the ships page, if you want to see where Goolies are around the world then dip into the Goole Gene Pool™, if you want to view feedback or even send some of your own then go to the emails page, if you've got a funny nose then try The Reedness Test, if you've ended up here because you can't spell then you probably want Google, otherwise feel free to browse or use the search box in the top-left.

This site has achieved one of its purposes and has acted as a catalyst for commercial Goole websites. These are listed to the right and should be consulted for more serious research.

Various images and documents which didn't make it to the main site but may be useful to people interested in the history of Goole and District can be found at the GOTW web-exhibition

Disclaimer

Remember that this site is completely non-commercial, was written firmly tongue-in-cheek and should be taken with a pinch of salt. If I make a light-hearted comment about syringes in parks, then it does not mean that national newspapers should quote the phrase out of context. If I have a WebCam and subsequently say that the pictures are hand-drawn by a primary school, then assume it's not for real. Be careful about using this material for radio phone-ins in case I've got my facts wrong.

Archived messages can be found with this link

Visitor Comments

Posted by Ken Thompson at 03/01/2008 14:11

Hi,I have to agree Goole has changed over the last 30 odd years or so,I was born in Goole in 1928 in Richard Coopers St,at 1 year old we went to live in Kingsway.At various years in the army when I was asked where I came from I always said,Goole near Doncaster,I was quite surprised when people said "Oh I know where Goole is," or I have heard the name. I have had some good times in Goole, it was one busy place. I was always pleased to get back to Goole on my leaves while in the army after some the places I was posted in. Goole had some of the best pubs around, the Station, Jacky Watsons, the Sydney, Burlington, and one of my favourites the Crown, but like most places things change, unfortunately not always for the better; and that goes for the country too I am afraid to say.

Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 05/01/2008 14:38

Hi. I was born in 1945 and lived in Goole until 1975. I now live in Scunthorpe. Occasionally I visit Goole cemetery to lay fowers on my parents grave. I never recognise nor seldom see any familiar faces. I can remember Gavin Briars and his brother Quentin at Kingsway School, ( I was there from 1953,) he was walking stiff legged, swinging his arms and pretending to be a zombie.
I remember also the Sherburn family. I was associated with them at the Goole Folk Club which survived long enough to cultivate young Chris into a fine entertainer. I am ashamed to admit that I have lost touch with many good friends that I once knew. I would imagine that like me, many left the town for better job opportunities.

Posted by corby bunting at 05/01/2008 18:24

Hello Ken Thompson. Although you are a little older than me. We seem to have trod the same ground regarding pubs. If you email me on bill@bunting.me.uk. I have photos that may interest you of pub outings The Crown 1947 which includes my uncle Harry Dunwell and his wife Mary. amongst others. Also Burlington 1944 or maybe 64. I have found many Thompsons in Goole . but I wonder if you have any memory of William b. 1894 who married my aunt Florence nee Bunting after her first husband Percy Shaw died in the Great War?

Posted by corby bunting at 07/01/2008 19:36

Ken. Another photo .Hull 1948 Signing on the SS Coulgorm for Aussie. You 17.5 Desmond Darragh 17.5 & Tommy Dunwell 16. get in touch

Posted by Christine Rickards at 07/01/2008 23:05

Seeing the name LeVogier this evening brought back memories of Maurice who I was at school with me for a time. He would have been born in 1938/9 and I think his mother was a Cawkwell. I'm unable to remember if it was at Alexandra Street School or the Grammar School. I wonder if Maurice was a relative of yours Geoff? My maiden name was Townsley and I grew up in Alexandra Street

Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 13/01/2008 13:36

Hello Christine Richards.
I have three brothers, Lawrence born in 1933, Maurice, born 1939, Philip born 1947. (Our maternal grandparents were Cawkwells.) Lawrence and Maurice attended Alexandra St. School then Goole Grammar School. Lawrence is retired and living in Thorne, Maurice is retired and lives in Doncaster with his wife Veronica,(nee Stubley.) Philip still lives in Goole.

Posted by liammoiser at 18/01/2008 14:29

i want to know if any one know rawcliffe bridge

Posted by Graham Ward at 28/01/2008 00:46

Was born in Goole, I think it was Southeren Street. Is this spelling right as I have Sat Nav now and would love to drive past......

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 28/01/2008 11:05

The spelling is Sotheron Street - DN14 5EY - between Carlisle Street and Victoria Street

Posted by Shaun Muzzy at 29/01/2008 22:17

I met a gal named Diane Smith who was in Goole and we chatted a bit on line. She was an awesome lady.. miss her friendship. Anyone know her, I would love to hear from her again. The Guy from North Idaho......

Posted by paul b at 30/01/2008 23:03

i love the goolies there better than the scousers. i wanna live down there but cant. im a wannabe goolien

Posted by phillip at 31/01/2008 06:57

Geoff I lived in Goole until 1960 re-your brother married to Veronica Stubley I used to have a girlfriend Mary stubley who I believe married and now (or did) live over here in the states.I still visit Goole once a year but cant see me returning permantly

Posted by corby bunting at 31/01/2008 09:23

Mary Stubley. Theres a name that brings back many memories. She worked at Tippings newsagents and we were very good friends. I often wonder what became of her.

Posted by Mikey at 31/01/2008 11:23

I have a modern Jive dance company called Dance Dedication www.dancededication.co.uk and I have brought this to Goole every Monday and Thursday night. We have a lot of locals turning up to have fun, socialise and get fit without even realising it.. ! I would love to see more people enjoying the dancing and creating more community relations as a result of this. Hope to see some of you there.
Please check the website for full details if you are interested or know of anyone who might be.

Thankyou
Mikey
www.dancededication.co.uk

Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 31/01/2008 13:26

Phillip, vaguely remember Mary Stubley. She married and went to the States to live. Seem to recall something about dry cleaning businesses and Los Angeles but can't be certain. They had a brother called Mike who may still live in Goole or Hook.

Posted by ginaroo at 02/02/2008 12:43

my boss mike is the best in the entire world (royal hotel)

Posted by corby bunting at 03/02/2008 18:53

I read these pages and its like going back in time. Almost 70 years in fact when I first attended Alexandra St. schoolWhen my class mates Lawrence Levoguer, Frank Depledge, Alan Dixon,Eric Holt, Geoff McGrath. I see their faces when I read articles written by possible siblings or children. This is an excellent website.

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Posted by geoff depledge at 08/02/2008 17:24

Corby can you tell me anything about Frank Depledge, he will certainly be related to me but I do not have any info on him. The only Frank I currently have was Frank Sherburn Depledge b1899 but I have no further details on him. He could I suppose be the father of the Frank you went to school with.

Posted by corby bunting at 08/02/2008 20:38

HI Geoff. I was assuming Frank was related to you. I did not think there could be many Depledges. All I know about Frank is that he was always around in the clique that I was with. John Appleyard, Los. Levoguer,Eric(Baggy) Holt,Barry Teal,Ronny Mell, Eddie Binnington and Alan Dixon. We were all in the same class. I cannot say where Frank lived.

Posted by Dorothy margrave at 11/02/2008 15:28

Hi there to anyone who remembers me .I lived in Rawcliffe and Goole before moving to Wakefield over 30 years ago.I went to Rawcliffe school and passed a scholarship to Goole Grammar in 1950.I also danced at Vera Skeltons school.I am still dancing today.If anyone remembers me please get in touch.It would be nice to hear from you.

Posted by brian sunderland at 17/02/2008 12:52

frank depledge is still alive and kicking he lives in immingham lincolnshire

Posted by geoff depledge at 17/02/2008 16:12

Brian, thats good news re Frank Depledge but I would like to get information about him, his mum & dad , wife etc to add them to the Depledge family tree any chance of your letting him know so that I can contact him.

Posted by steve baxter at 17/02/2008 22:20

Now live in Spain but still like to visit Goole. I left in 1994. still needs to change but so does a lot of other places. Old Goole Club is the best venue for social visits.

Posted by Andy at 27/02/2008 01:48

EARTHQUAKE!!!

Posted by Harold Tabiner at 27/02/2008 22:27

Hello All
This is the first post I have made on the 'Goole on the Web' site but I have kept an eye on it for quite a long time as I was born in Morley Street Old Goole during 1956.
I will mention some of the connections that have come up if you know what I meen but you will have to fill in the rest because of time.
Andy - the Earth quake rocked our house and many people were out in the street, ( I now live in Hull).
I remember the mother and toddler group at the parish church organised by Moira Leach and building them a play house when my two sons were young and attended the same with their mum.
I remember a ' Dutch' coaster blocking the river Don near Fisons with it's bows on one bank and it's stern on the the other.
Tom Puddings sinking near the middle bridge? on Bridge Street.
My granmother ( Lotti 'Charlott' Smith) organising trips to Skeggness using Bens Buses?? from Old Goole, I do not remember clearly can anybody help.
I remember watching the many launches of boats from the boat yard in Old Goole, especially the stearn trawlers.
But most of all I remember the Ballroom (Modern and Latin also Disco) Dancers of Goole who along with my sons (Jonathan and Russell) traveled the country along with their dance school and parents promoting Goole.
We had a great time.
All the best Harry

Posted by codger at 29/02/2008 22:29

Benny Sketcher buses were from Swinefleet as were advance buses n pidgeon sykes etc

Posted by Christine Rickards at 01/03/2008 18:28

Does anyone remember the Goole Brass Band or have relatives who played in it? I am trying to find out if anyone remembers Aaron Dales who I am pretty sure played in the band before 1950. Are there any photographs around anywhere?

Posted by sue watson nee collins at 02/03/2008 22:22

i was born in 1952 i have 1 sister ,maureen. we lived in woodland ave, our mums name was olive,our dads name was mick.Lou &ida taylor were my grandparents,clarice lumley,ida jackson,phyllis bottomley were my aunties they were a great familyunit. Iplayed with phyllis and carol jackson, and my cousins,judith,carol,&viv&sandra.We would all condregate at my nannas house on a sat afternoon &squeeze into the small kitchen where we would all enjoy putting the world to rights.Such happy days!

Posted by Ed Pollard at 04/03/2008 20:25

Hi Sue, I lived next door to Ida & Lou Taylor on Mount Plesant rd I remember your Mum, Clarice,Phillis Ida & Albert. I read an artical in the Goole Times about Albert I was able to get his phone number in Whiting NJ , my wife & I went down to see him had lunch together and a good long natter unfortunatly he passed away before we could meet again. Small World.

Posted by Jill Newsome nee Doubtfire at 14/03/2008 15:10

Been alerted to your page but not very computer literate! I think Charles Doubtfire was my Great grandfather too. I have pictures of my grandad Henry Doubtfire outside the station hotel with the ice cream cart in about 1945 and one of him as a younger man beside a market cross, possibly in goole - will ask my dad - Gordon Doubtfire and get back. I have two uncles still living - one in Goole who may be able to help too - Ron and Morris. some of family now in Canada. Doubtfires is no longer Doubtfires but still carries the name.

Posted by jennifer at 18/03/2008 21:14

Goole is so GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Clive Wood at 19/03/2008 09:33

Gday.
My name is Clive Wood and while i did not come from Goole I shipped out of there for about 5years in the late 50s early 60s.I now live in Perth WA.
I was wondering if you knew a girle named Mavis Morton who lived with her parents in a house alongside one of the locks on Goole docks.I used to go out with her and I have always wondered what became of her.
Regards.
Clive Wood.

Posted by Gary MASTERMAN at 26/03/2008 19:53

Hi Sue Watson nee Collins (2/3/08). I was born in 1952 as well and lived in Woodland Avenue, and I remember you and Maureen. I was playing cricket with Steve Foster near a garage between yours and his place when one of us, I don't rememeber who now, "slogged" the ball and it knocked the ice- cream out of your hand. If it was Steve he probably did it on purpose. I remember Maureen telling us about an episode of Perry Mason. The one where he lost his case. The things one remembers, eh!
Say Hello to Joe. I named my son after him.

Posted by Tony Duckels at 01/04/2008 11:31

Reply to ruth ashman:
Ihave traced a William Duckels christened on 14-03-1834 at Swinefleet.He is the the brother of John Clark Duckels born to John and Jemima. Is there a connection?

Posted by private at 05/04/2008 15:20

Karate Club monday evening 8pm till 10pm, little rascals traning area first avenue

adults and youths

children aged 7years upwards welcome

Posted by Rod Lumley at 10/04/2008 17:41

JOHN WARD were you my goalkeeper in the Boothferry Road team that won the Short Cup in 1963? Love to hear from you as I am at present in contact with Steve Harvey who is now in Canada.
ARTHUR KENDALL spent months trying to contact you for our 50 years on reunion in 2000. Where are you? We were in the same class at GGS.
I went to Boothferry Rd School as a child 1944-50 then to GGS 1950-57 -did a term teaching PE in 1958 when Peter (Sticky) Glew left. I also taught at Boothferry Rd 1960-64 & played rugby for the Old Boys.
Great memories of Goole - great place to grow up in.
Love to hear from anyone I knew. lumley.rod@homecall.co.uk

I recognise lots of names on this site

Posted by Monty Lowther at 10/04/2008 18:41

Hi all,

Does anyone remember Herbert Lowther from Eastrington who used to sail (as bo'sun I believe) on the Seaford and Beeding collier ships. He was occassionally accompanied by his wife Doris on the trips from Goole down to the south coast, or over to Dieppe.

I have a picture of the Beeding but none of the Seaford, can anyone oblige ?

Regards,

Monty

Posted by Ed Pollard at 12/04/2008 13:07

there's a few pictures of the Seaford on this site WWW.photoship.co.uk Ed

Posted by Steve and Judy Foster at 13/04/2008 18:28

This is the first time we have looked at Goole on the Web and find it really interesting. We were delighted to read from Gary Masterman, and Sue Watson,who Steve remembers playing cricket with between the garages and the ice-cream incident. Steve recalls very good times playing in the fields and trees,where the hospital is now. Gary Masterman, David Jackson, Phylis and Carol Jackson, Sue Collins and Maureen, Martin Howard. Steve believe it or not is still playing cricket for Goole Town. Its a shame walking down Woodland Ave now. Some of the houses, especially Steve's old house are in a real mess. Happy days remembered though.

Posted by Rod Lumley at 16/04/2008 17:48

For GEOFF LEVOGUER
Hi Geoff. I went to GGS with your brother Maurice. We were great friends. We were in the B class but both did, & hated, Latin. In order to not have to sit our 'O' levels, we had a competition to see who could get the lowest mark in the mock exams. I believe I won with 4%.
I tried to get him to our reunion in 2000 but failed. Give him my regards if you speak with him.

Rod Lumley (lumley.rod&homecall.co uk

Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 20/04/2008 13:34

Thanks Rod; will do.

Posted by dennis green at 21/04/2008 19:32

nice to see you are on the goole web site Steve and Judy, hope you have many happy times reading the messages. Goole luck in the forthcoming cricket season Steve.

Posted by Hamish at 22/04/2008 00:46

Sailed on both the Beeding and the Seaford, but must have been before your brothers time ,as the bo'sun on the Seaford was an old salt from Stornaway, and the Bo'sun on the Beeding was a guy by the name of Bill Johnson from Shoreham, he had been on her since her first trip, there' s a couple of good pictures of them both on the site-shipsnostalgia good luck H

Posted by corby bunting at 22/04/2008 10:00

To Steve and Judy Foster. I may be talking to the wrong people. But if your parents are June and Dennis, I believe we have met . At their home in Airmyn. We have a common interest in Koi. Were looking forward to dropping in as usual. The next time were up.If you are not these people. Welcome to the site anyway.

Posted by Ian Blee at 22/04/2008 19:35

to Geoff LeVoguer Hi Geoff remember doing some plumbing for me in 1967

Posted by Jackie Jeffery at 25/04/2008 16:54

Cain Squire one of my ancestors died when a crane fell on him at Goole Docks in 1855, he was a mate on the "Ann" of Dewsbury. I'm trying to find out more about him and his life on the "Ann".
Anyone with any information email me please on j.jeffery@stkentigernhospice.org.uk

Posted by corby bunting at 26/04/2008 17:14

Throughout the history of Goole we read of the efficiency of the Tom Pudding and hoist system for the loading of ships.But very little about the real heroes in this story. The Coal Trimmers .Ask the average man in the street and he would not begin to know what a coal trimmer is. A coal trimmer does what a miner does in reverse. In the old days given a handful of Tallow candles to go beneath the deck and shovel coal into voids so ensuring the ship has a safe voyage with no threat of cargo movement. After a shift,coughing up coal dust long afterwards, Like the miners.My grandfather James Arthur Bunting had two good friends in his brother in law Charlie Shipley and William "Tash" Spencely, The latter took over the young family of my grandfather when he died at the age of 44. My father and many more young men continued in this thankless job often taking home the residue of coaldust. Within and without. Things became easier with the so called "Self Trimmer" design of ship. But the job still needed the personal touch. I take my hat off to these unsung heroes.

Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 26/04/2008 18:28

For Ian Blee
Hi Ian, I remember you well. I recall the times when we were among a group of singles wandering round the Peacock, The Royal and Charlie Hailstone's Tavern.

Posted by ian blee at 27/04/2008 17:49

to Geoff LeVoguer, happy days those Geoff.i am single again unfortunately cally died 1998. Now go into Doncaster for a drink

Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 28/04/2008 09:13

To Ian Blee
So sorry to hear that Ian; Cally was such a lovely lady. If you,d like to chat further I'm at g.levoguer@ntlworld.com

Posted by steph mclaughlin at 28/04/2008 17:39

Hi to ken thompson ,just wondered if you knew any of my mothers family she was originally from richard cooper st.there was ivy, jose,mary,bert and bill marshall.they are all dead now so unfortunately no one left to give me the years they were there.my grandmother was anne who re-married and went to live in whitgift

Posted by Gary Masterman at 29/04/2008 00:33

Hi to Steve and Judy Foster. Delighted to hear from you too. Steve would often comment to the other kids that I bowled like Freddie Trueman; a real compliment coming from Steve. Steve was a good footballer, too. I remember that 0-0 Hull City friendly at the Pleasure Grounds in about 1967-68 when Hull was camped in the Goole half for 89 minutes. Steve would have broken away on the right wing and possibly scored a winner if their full back hadn't have rugby tackled him. No red cards in those days. Ran into Raggy Raywood last year, in Melbourne for the cricket. We had a great night of reminicences at Brian (Conk) Carter's place. I think Raggy enjoyed that more than the cricket. PS:Graham Skinner has my email address.

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 06/05/2008 23:59

Most of the postcards on this site now link to a web-exhibition which shows further details. (Click on a postcard to open the details in a new window).

Posted by Robert Ward at 07/05/2008 11:31

Stuart - the postcard links are superb, especially the high resolution button.

Posted by sue&joe watson at 25/05/2008 21:10

great to hear from gary masterman. me and my sister maureen remember great days playing out with you ,steve foster,phyllis&carol jackson,roy kitchen. joe says he remembers gary as a bloody good lad,and remembers gary hitting headmaster mr pattison when he tried caning him.joe still laughs at garys antics.hope aussie treats you well!

Posted by sue watson nee collins at 25/05/2008 21:28

to heidstra,s down under.I remember your mum dot heidstra,from when me and my mum olive collins worked with her at fine fare supermarket,goole.my mum died 2 years ago,we heard dot had died and was sorry.i remember her for being a hard worker and lovely and friendly.regards from sue watson nee collins

Posted by Mike Medden at 31/05/2008 07:34

I moved to Goole 20 years ago from London and I have both good and bad memories. Unfortunately Goole is not the place it was or could be, crime and drug abuse is on the increase and Humberside Police do nothing to combat the growing crime statistics or deal with the Gooligans. It's about time the Chief Constable resigned and we got someone in place who was capable of policing the area properly.

EYCC and the town councils continue to increase our taxes and then proceed to waste our hard earned money. The condition and maintenance of the roads and pavements is a joke and the services they supply are fourth rate.

Finally Tescos Stores are another major problem in Goole as they are destroying the majority of small local traders & businesses and they do not give a damn who they tread on to make money. The streets are littered with Tesco shopping trolleys, many of which are simply dumped in people's gardens and alleyways and despite numerous complaints they do nothing... Let's hope that Morrison's or Asda come to Goole very soon and they give Tesco's the bloody nose they deserve.

Apart for that Goole is great !!!

Posted by corby bunting at 03/06/2008 14:24

Hi Mike. I know and agree with all the remarks you are making are true. My wife and I left Goole over 50 years ago and coming up to my retirement 9 years ago we did toy with the idea of returning. The reason was based on memories. Memories we had of friends and places in and around Goole. Some of the friends have short memories and now only live for today. The places I enjoyed are gone. Wezzaks in my childhood. The Baths dancehall. The hustle and bustle of a once busy port and shipbuilding yard are no more. But returning to your remarks, I now live close to Southampton Water which comes under the New Forest District Council. With which we have the same problems as you . Also the police seem only interested in punishing motorists. So I live in an idylic spot you may think but we all have to face exactly the same problems you mentioned. But I also agree in your final remark. Goole IS Great !!!

Posted by Janet Hanley at 05/06/2008 20:53

I am looking for Marie Benson who had put an ad in goole times looking for the Hanley family with daughter Janet Hanley for who Jeff Anderson was looking for . I am Janet Hanley who found a piece of paper she had for a long time and now looking for help to find him.

Posted by Dave Christopher at 09/06/2008 20:51

Salt, Pepper, Gherkins and 'Gooleyes'

This site is a fine and fun piece of work, informative, educational and nostalgic. For me, the photos really bring back memories of riverbank rides, Hook Gala, old-time dancing lessons at GGS, 'games' on a bleak and windswept Western Road, the annual cross-country school run, the G and D, buying my first pint in the Buchanan at 14, as it will for many who grew up there in the seventies.

But were we really all so mad and happy in those days or was it just a myth? Time plays funny tricks, suppressing bad memories and exaggerating the good.

Take the town itself for instance - it was never beautiful, but was it really as ugly then as it is now? Maybe it's my imagination, but looking through the photos here what it so desperately needs is 'regeneration', as the term has it. Gateshead, a town which at one time wasn't so different to Goole, being northern, a port and in similar need of renewal, seems to have benefited enormously from lottery money and gained a series of stylish architectural projects. So why doesn't the council persuade Foster, Rogers, Alsop and co. to come up and do the same to Goole?

Just imagine - a Gherkin-style office block and shopping centre next to the salt and pepper pots, Hudson's Mill rebuilt and restored, turned into a fancy art gallery, reached by a chic new footbridge over the Aire. Docklands and Shuffleton could become the bohemian quarter, full of stylish converted warehouse apartments, indie clubs and cinemas, while the banks, bars, boutiques and restaurants would fight to attract the wealthy punters blowing in from the M62.

What price the Victoria Pleasure Grounds transformed into a vast indoor multisports / concert arena, and while we're about it, let's bring in a docklands light railway, or even an underground system to connect it all up - with a prize for the best provisional route map... And who needs an Angel of the North, let's have a big wheel - and call it the 'Gooleye' - down by the riverside!

Oh, dreamland! But seriously, here is a town desperately in need of some proper regeneration in the form of attractive urban architecture to lift the spirits and please the eye. The real strength of the town is its people; we surely deserve better than the town's planners and architects have bequeathed us.

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 09/06/2008 22:31

Has anything happened in the last 75 years in Goole? If so, please use the 'Goole Charter' link on the left

Posted by corby bunting at 15/06/2008 19:43

I have just returned from one of my many visits to Goole my home town. The town I remember as a child was always a place to be proud of. The immaculate parks with their well kept gardens were a feature I remember well and also the cemetery. How things have changed. Two years ago my wife and I visited the cemetery and discovered mass vandalism had taken place. Not as you may think by hooligans but council workers who had dismantled many graves Piling all the stones in a heap in the centre. Some I agree were becoming to lean at a dangerous angle. So needed attention. But my parents grave was of a low profile design and would never have caused injury. I was allowed to enter the cemetery with my car and equipment to do the neccessary repair. But whilst working there I had noticed the large ammount of Elder bushes growing out of the gutters of the chapel. I asked for a ladder for me to remove all this offensive shrubbery from this historic monument which welcomed visitors to a once beautifully kept place. My offer was declined and I was told it would be dealt with. I did hear much later the work was carried out . But last week I noticed there is Ash, Birch and Elder growing out of the steeple. I did not ask for a ladder this time

Posted by Robert Ward at 21/06/2008 12:19

That's a handsome group of fellows in the Goole Times this week, pictured at the Waterways Museum.

Posted by corby bunting at 21/06/2008 18:22

Hi Robert, I agree. Although I have not seen it yet

Posted by corby bunting at 22/06/2008 19:23

I have an appology to make to Gail and her partner. Regarding my outburst on the state of the parks and cemetery.Apparently I was well out of order. As these two people alone care for all of these areas. A mammoth task. I remember Gail has been very helpful when I repaired my parents grave.and I was not aware of all the facts when I penned my comments. I am very sorry Gail I know you are doing your best.

Posted by helen at 23/06/2008 23:18

hi, have posted this request on the docks page, although helpful replies still dont know the answer. can anyone tell me which dock was known as germany dock, have been sent a postcard of it but cant work out where it was.
thanks
helen

Posted by Darren at 01/07/2008 20:07

Just been browsing youtube and happened across a video of wartime recollections by a lady from Old Goole - no idea who she is but heres the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvR0M797kWk

Posted by DARREN SMITH at 02/07/2008 15:03

Goole Gift Campaign For Hero’s
A brief introduction

We have at the present over 15,000 British Servicemen & women serving in both Iraq & Afghanistan, unfortunately since hostilities started we has lost over 180 lives and this number is on the increase almost weekly.

Whether you agree with the deployment of troops to these two locations or not the fact of the matter is our troops serve out there without complaint with bravery and with a loyalty that is second to none.

We have the right to openly question the reason they are there and everything else about our country for that matter due mainly to fact that we have men & women like this who are willing to risk their very lives on a daily basis so we can live in a democratic society and sleep safely in our beds.

The conditions they are living in on the front lines has been likened to that of the First World War, with only essential supplies been issued to them.

The Goole Gift Campaign For Hero’s was originally formed in September 2007 as the Christmas Fit For Hero’s with an aim to send out small parcels to the troops filled with ‘home comforts’ such as toothpaste, sweets, coffee & books etc, items we take for granted but for the troops out there are impossible to get, along with messages of support. We managed to send hundreds of these boxes out and after a few weeks we were lucky enough to receive a few letters from the frontlines. It was then we realized how important these parcels were to the morale of our troops, so it was decided to carry on the campaign under the new name of the Goole Gift Campaign For Hero’s until the last member of our forces is out of these two god forsaken places.

Although the campaign is named the Goole Gift Campaign For Hero’s it is certainly not a local charity, we have troops from every part of the United Kingdom serving out there and we can almost guarantee you either know someone serving or know of someone serving out there.

We were lucky enough to get the support of many famous people and were honored in March 2008 when England Rugby Star Jamie Noon agreed to become Patron of the campaign and in June we were again honored when Lord Manton (The 4th Baron of Manton) agreed to be the campaigns second Patron.

As stated earlier we have over 15,000 troops out there and we fully intend to ensure every one of them receives a parcel from the campaign before 2009, and with your help we will do it.

Like us please be proud to support your troops!

PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE

www.gooleheroes.btik.com

Posted by Priscilla Laybolt (nee Shadwell) at 08/07/2008 11:41

I used to live and spent my entire school life in Goole. I now live in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. I was Priscilla Shadwell and am now Priscilla Laybolt. I lived there from 1929 to 1946. I would love to hear from someone from Goole. My last address was 52 Burlington Crescent, on the corner of Carlisle Street.

I would welcome any letters from anyone interested in writing.
I miss the walks on the top of the bank by the river.

Posted by TONY LUMLEY at 24/07/2008 21:54

Hi I used to live in Goole with my dad Steve and his mrs Libby most people know them both. When I was there I thought it was a lovely place to be a lot better than this place I moved to (Mansfield) this place is s*** Anyway would like to know if anyone could tell me how to get the issue of Goole Times where I was on the front page. I was only 18 months old when I slipped and fell on a knitting needle. I think my mum had taken me round to her friends house on the street where the Steam Packet pub is. That is all I know about it so if anybody can help me I would be really greatful thanks

Tony Lumley

Posted by jayne at 31/07/2008 23:16

hi,i wonder if any one can help me im looking for information or old fotos of the mariners arms on south st in old goole please get in touch if you have any memories thankyou

Posted by Ashley Barras at 23/08/2008 01:05

Born and bred in Goole. Born in 1968 lived in Goole until 1984 when moved to London. Currently living in Roehampton SW London. Went to Bartholomew and Goole Grammar but have lost contact with old mates over the years if anyone remembers me please say hello. Still visit Goole a couple of times a year to visit family. Really enjoy the site it brings back many happy memories.

Posted by john howard at 31/08/2008 21:32

i lived old goole duckell,s buildings at side of dutch river bridge opposite old storage tanks does anyone remember it. im looking for any old photographs from 1959 would love some of my father albert howard nickname yarbo if anyone has any i would love a copy also any photos of my mother who worked at old goole club for a while glass collecting we were a well known family but sadly i have not got any photographs as my sister had them but she died and every thing was thrown away including all photos before i got chance to retrieve them many thanks an old goolie x

Posted by john howard at 31/08/2008 21:39

hi jayne i used to use bottom house regular in 1977 upto it closing had may good night too glad brian has reopened it one of my old mates will be popping from hull soon for a visit and will pop in good luck and nice to here its open again xx

Posted by Annomous Goole Person at 06/09/2008 22:22

Goole need more features and better things to do. Even Howden known to be better then us.

Posted by Jack Newton at 18/09/2008 16:12

I was born at 42 Richard Cooper Street my parents were Albert and Olive Newton. My grandparents Maltus and Rose Hilda Gill lived at number 66.

We left Goole in 1942 to live in Grimsby.

Posted by elaine c acaster at 19/09/2008 00:14

hi, john howard,think i went to school with your sister kathleen, i remember where you lived,hard times in those days,i think your sister and her husband had an allotment behind my nephews house in elsie st, but i may be wrong,i left goole two years ago but it still pulls at my heart,i go home often as i can cos i just love the town,but it could be better,once a goolie always a goolie.

Posted by H allen at 24/09/2008 08:43

Hi anyone thats interested

I was born in goole and moved away and then always returned. I have been here 9years now and have frequanted the bottem house
now known as the first and last, nice place. I went to boothferry road school, modern school. Goole hasnt really changed over the years its still behind other towns

Posted by L Maddison at 27/09/2008 09:08

Hi, long time reader but first time poster. Just want to say what a terrible shame it is about the Nw Bridge pub being pulled down.

Posted by brian sunderland at 05/10/2008 15:16

re-jack newton.--my father in law william charles newton known as ,taggy, and your father were brothers they were brought up in cottingham street old goole with brothers jack,and harold and three sisters

Posted by jayne feasby at 16/10/2008 21:34

just discovered this site, its great! calling all goolies, did u start goole grammar school in sept 1968 or 1969? if you did then a reunion is taking place at the vikings on sat 14th march 2009. this is being organised by wreaksie and fling, please get in touch!

Posted by david watson at 22/10/2008 17:28

Just wondered if anybody can recommend a pub that does good food, i will be visiting this sunday. Great website.

Posted by elaine at 22/10/2008 23:36

hi try the vikings good pub,good food,enjoy.

Posted by david watson at 24/10/2008 18:58

Thanks Elaine, i will try that place.

Posted by Bob Calder at 27/10/2008 19:38

Hello, perhaps a long shot but I am trying to trace John Thomas Addy who attended Goole Grammar School in the 1960's.

Recently I have got back in touch with Stuart Stevens and Stuart Holt, school and then drinking friends from that period and we would all love to now find John who was one of our group. In those days I was known as Stewart rather than Bob.

It is many years since I have had any contact with John and it would be very much appreciated if anybody has any knowledge of his whereabouts; I believe it one time he was living in Ireland, possibly in the Dublin area.

Thanks

Bob (Stewart) Calder

Posted by PAUL CAMPSELL at 30/10/2008 21:39

Bob Calder.
If you are trying to trace John Addy, son of Bert and Ethel Addy,
he left Goole may years ago for Irish Republic and worked there for many years after marrying an Irish girl. Believe he may still be there. If I see any of his old mates I will ask if they know of his whereabouts and come back to you.

Posted by Stuart Holt at 03/11/2008 11:15

Thanks for that Paul, what were the three Stuarts in the 60s would be grateful if your friends could come up with something.

Best wishes,

Stuart (Holt)

Posted by Bob Calder at 03/11/2008 19:31

To echo Stuart Holt, thanks for your thoughts on John, all ideas very much appreciated.

Thanks

Bob Calder

Posted by PAUL CAMPSELL at 04/11/2008 00:26

Bob Calder:
Latest info is that John is presently in Australia for daughters wedding. Expected to return mid-November. If I can get contact details will pass to you.

Rgds

Posted by Stuart Holt at 05/11/2008 09:49

Paul

Many thanks for your assistance. If you could secure some sort of contact details that would be great.

I will, of course, post a message here if my own enquiries bear fruition.

Regards

Stuart (H)

Posted by Harold Dummer at 10/11/2008 13:43

Hi
I would like to thank the many people who replied to my request regarding the crash of Halifax L V 825 G at Rawcliffe on the 17 6 44 this also includes Janet of The Goole Courier once again Many Thanks

Posted by jayne at 17/11/2008 12:31

thanks for your response john howard i will tell bri, it will be nice for me to put a face to your name, so pop in bottom house old goole next time your visiting town, we also do meals an snacks now so anyone who fancys a change pop down, always nice to see new faces ! an to any soul and northern soul fans out there we hold these nights every 1st sat in month ,next one 6th dec

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 18/11/2008 23:54

Several people have asked for the location of Duckell's buildings and Couper Street in Old Goole. There's a new page, Reader's Answers, in the Feedback section which should provide a definitive answer

Posted by corby bunting at 25/11/2008 10:28

The day the bombs dropped on Goole is always a topic of conversation to the many people who witnessed it. My memory was of playing on the waste ground which was to become the fairground in Stanley St. Hearing the different sound of an aircraft above,looking up I saw through the low cloud the aircraft and four objects parting company from it. It was so high up if I had raised my hand I am sure it would have covered this aircraft. My Brother who was on leave from the navy dashed out, carrying me indoors then throwing me under the stairs. Many people have told of there whereabouts that day. Most are similar to my memories. But recently listening to a conversation between two men of a similar age to me. One recalled seeing the pilot grinning as he flew over and the other agreed recalling seeing his teeth. To me accounts like this should not happen. These men are messing with history. Like a well known Goole historian made a statement where in fact he got Dunkirk and D day mixed up. When approached on this error, is reply was simply, " I must have got it wrong" It all boils down to listening to newspapers and politicians. Who do we believe?

Posted by Bob Calder at 25/11/2008 17:06

Hi. Two things. Firstly the letter regarding "The Bottom House". Can somebody remind me what it's proper name is? I used to drink in there in the mid to late 60's when my parents were tenants of "The Top House" ( The Cape of Good Hope).

Secondly, looking at the map which shows Couper Street in Old Goole I wondered if a similar large scale map might show "The Cape of Good Hope" which was on the corner of Bridge and Doyle Streets. A copy of this would add interest to my family history database. I know that "The Cape" was demolished quite a few years ago with just a low wall still on the site.

Many thanks.

Bob Calder

Posted by ANDY THOMPSON at 29/11/2008 14:02

Does anybody have any pictures of a house in Goole called "the poplars"? My father Alan Thompson grew up there in the 1920's and it would be nice to see some photos of the place.

Posted by corby bunting at 01/12/2008 13:34

I remember a house on Hook Rd. called, 'The Poplars' because of the row of these trees along the back fence. The house was somewhere betwen East Park Bowling Green and the Bandstand.I seem to recolect also that it maybe the only house along there which had a lift installed. As a a child I could not resist the fine crop of Gooseberries which grew along the rear of the property and finished up tearing my brand new pants on the three rows of barbed wire which surmounted the high chainlink fence. Boy, was I in trouble that day

Posted by Nathaniel at 04/12/2008 10:58

I've lived in Goole all my life and, in geography we have been researching Goole and its facilities. Some interesting facts about Goole are Goole has the only working coal host in the town and the town's water tower is the biggest in England... inpressive is it not. This is the best town ever... i wouldn't live anywhere else!!!!!
Nathaniel
age 11
Goole
East Yorkshire

Posted by George Robinson at 05/12/2008 12:55

C. Appleyard.

Does anyone have details of this gentleman who was a producer of postcards of local shipping in the early 1900's, Charlie Hill has quite a few in his extensive collection.

A friend has come up with this, could it be the right man?

"Was it Charles Appleyard who was born in Hull in 1846 and who, in 1901, lived at 15 Gladstone Terrace, Goole. On the census return he is described as a Painter & Tobacconist!"

Posted by George Robinson at 07/12/2008 15:55

More on C. Appleyard

"I've been doing more research on Charles Appleyard, the Tobacconist. He was born in Hull on 6 March 1846, Married Sarah Ann Fillingham at Goole in 1871 and died in Goole on 19 February 1924, aged 77. His wife's father was William Fillingham, a Customs Examining Officer in Goole, born in Chatham in 1825."

Can anyone confirm that this was the shipping postcard publisher?

Posted by Stuart Holt at 09/12/2008 08:58

FAO Paul Campsell

Many thanks for securing John Addy's phone number (e-mailed to me by the Webmaster), it is much appreciated.
As an aside, I remember your name but cannot remember your place of work (back in the 60s). Was it IFA or Lep?
Best Wishes
Stuart

Posted by PAUL CAMPSELL at 10/12/2008 10:09

FAO: Stuart Holt.

Well Stuart you've got it spot on with IFA(later Humber Forwading). Worked there 1962-76. Can't place you though?

Rgds
Paul

Posted by PammyD at 11/12/2008 14:06

I lived in Goole for a short while in the late 60's. You know what it's like when you get older, you wonder how people have got on over the years.
I am looking for information on someone that I knew back then, his name is Geoff Grainger, he used to live on Jefferson Street, he had 2 little girls, I should think they will be in their forties now.

Posted by Stuart Holt at 11/12/2008 17:29

FAO: Paul Campsell

I moved to Holland Steamship Co (from Bennetts) when they opened in Goole along with John Addie, David Bingham & Trevor Matthews. One of your colleagues (Danny???) also moved there from IFA.

Hope this helps to refresh the brain cells...lol !!!

Stuart

Posted by Stuart Holt at 11/12/2008 17:32

FAO: Paul Campsell

Well, Bob (Stewart) Calder has phoned John Addie now and we have his e-mail address.

We (3) are in the process of sending him mails updating him on the last 40 years or so and are eagerly awaiting his response.

Stuart

Posted by geoff green at 11/12/2008 21:58

I am looking for any information about my Grandfather - George Edward Lea who was at one time Harbourmaster - also a member of the Aire and Calder Lodge (Freemasons). He was a merchant seaman all his life. He was a Steward of the Guild of Trinity House,Hull 1928/9. He died 14/05/1939. I understand. allegedly, that he was awarded the O.B.E. but have no information to confirm this - has anyone out there any information?

Posted by elaine at 12/12/2008 22:30

hi john howard, have found a school class pic, ur sister kathleen is on it,if u get in touch on here i will send u it,regards elaine

Posted by corby bunting at 15/12/2008 09:38

As a constant visitor to this website I would now like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year. Particularly Stuart, for due to his hard work in setting up this focal point for like minded people to visit.In like minded, I mean true lovers of Goole and its people. I feel Goole on the Web is the best thing that has happened to Goole in a long time. Well done Stuart.

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 24/12/2008 21:19

A Merry Christmas to all the contributors to the site. Look forward to more memories in 2009!

Posted by brian sunderland at 29/12/2008 21:12

f.a.o. bob calder
the correct name for the bottom house was the mariners arms.
the middle house was the dock tavern.----the top house was the cape of good hope.---- and the correct name for melodies was the railway tavern

Posted by mick walker at 29/12/2008 21:38

I always thought the Railway Tavern was "Charlie 'ailstones" on the main road, next to Burtons ?.

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 29/12/2008 23:55

I believe the Melodies pub on the docks was the 'Railway Hotel' and not the 'Railway Tavern' which was on Boothferry Road.

Look for related messages on the Pubs page around 23/04/2007 and 24/04/2007 and also a map of the dockland pubs on http://www.waterwaysmuseum.org.uk/downloads.htm

Open 'Review of the Year 2004' and scroll to pages 10 and 11

Posted by Rod Lumley at 31/12/2008 16:49

F.A.O. TONY LUMLEY
Don't know your age but I had an Uncle Steve (would be about 90 now), brother of my dad Fred Lumley. Uncle Steve moved first to Worksop but then lost touch with him. Any relation?

Posted by Kim White at 08/01/2009 19:36

Does any remember Sheila Murphy, she was born in Goole in 1934 and lived with her family in Jefferson Street. Her parents were Ivy & Frederick Murphy, she had 2 half sisters - Marion & Muriel Lawson and a brother Raymond Murphy. Any info gratefully recieved.

Posted by Justin Lancaster at 11/01/2009 22:30

Well, yet again Old Goole has had the filthy boots of Goole wiped all over it. I have to say bit by bit Old Goole is loosing its community and its heritage. The New Bridge was illegally destroyed to begin with and now St Mary's church has closed. I wrote a letter to the Goole Times venting my anger and disgust and in true Goole Times fashion it was altered into a nice little article that did not bear any resemblance to how I felt. Perhaps its time for an Old Goole newspaper? On one side I hate this town and its people but on the other its home and I keep coming back here. I have realised that it needs saving from itself!

Posted by sue at 26/01/2009 02:01

Hello I am a goolie born and bred although moved away when i was 25. I come on the site every so oft and have left the odd comment.
What i have noticed is that no one has mentioned the terraced houses that got knocked down but were situated across from the bookies and freezer shop. I am going back when i was in alex first school. the jackson family used to live in them back then. I have not been in the library in goole for many years but there was a mural painted on 3 large boards, i helped to paint that at st thomas center. There was a few of us and Amon Holiday was the chap in charge of getting it all started, it took weeks from start to finish, i was on the photo for the goole times when it was put up on the wall just across from the counter where you had your books stamped. Peter winton i remember you very well such a shy quiet lad, i used to live across the road near the shop on the corner. I remember joni, sally and robert too sally and robert were twins. Do you remember gina Hooginstra (sorry if i have spelt your name wrong Gina) there was the gould family, the Rook family marie and michelle dand. Those were the days of cobbled back lanes and playing on the waste land behind your house right up to the super market. old goole first school has been demolished, they are building houses on the waste land near the snicket(other end of the back lane from your house. New bridge in the middle of bridge street oh and the new bridge pub ivys and the wheatshief have all gone too. They may as well call it new goole its changing that much.

Posted by TREVOR FLETCHER at 29/01/2009 16:36

I was born in Goole,LIME TREE GARDENS,in 1944.I found your website a breath of fresh air.I now live in Manchester and believe me the people of Goole have a lot to be thankful for. The time i spent there,especially the sixties,i would not exchange for a gold nugget.I have been back on three or four occasions and the memories grow stronger each time.

Posted by a human being at 04/02/2009 15:23

people always criticise goole, and make it seem like a bad place. i have lived there since i was born and it is not such a bad place; such as other places in the country. every town has it's problems etc, so this is just a note to say leave goole alone, and make judgements once you have been there.

Posted by Bill Ligg at 04/02/2009 23:36

I was born in 1964 lived in Goole all my life and love the place so pick on some other town/city instead thanks

Posted by Ian at 08/02/2009 15:43

Ist Fab site --- I am looking for any Cretney family with a son called Danial. Any info would help

Posted by Jack Newton at 12/02/2009 23:24

Re Brian Sunderland.
Was your father my Uncle Billy with a son Kenneth and daughter Mary? Lived near Alexandra St School.

Posted by Corby Bunting at 15/02/2009 00:08

To Jack Newton . Your comment about Uncle Billy living near Alexandra St. School is ringing alarm bells for me. My grandfather Cook lived at no.3 Alexandra St. opposite the school His son my uncle Billy lived next door with his son,my cousin also Billy. This Billy had a wife and child . Billy, my cousin a driver in the army spent the duration of the war in a Japanese Consencration camp. My uncle Billy I believed finished up in Lime tree Gardens But I don't know of the other name you speak of.

Posted by brian sunderland at 17/02/2009 20:26

to jack newton
your uncle billy was my wifes father they lived at number one stanley street close to alexandra street school .
his children were kenneth known as young taggy who was a docker he is now dead---mary who married tricker hoier she is now dead---and my wife pamela who is still alive

brian sunderland

Posted by corby bunting at 18/02/2009 23:16

Brian Sunderland. Feel I must know you from the Alex. Didnt you live up Shuffleton way?I remember your wife as a child. But did not know her from the bottom end of the street. I have a photo sent to me by Pete Walker of a load of kids on a float. The Cookgirls and next to your wife is Jaquline Giles. I lived at 41.We meet up with Pete and family including Ada each time we come up. Were you not a big mate of Johny Appleyard? We also meet up with him and Janet. All this brings back many happy memories. you must be in my age group 74ish

Posted by brian sunderland at 19/02/2009 17:31

hello corby bunting
i attended boothferry road school then the modern school i lived down jefferson street and dunhill road my father was a butcher who had a shop down weatherill street with my grandfather.
my wife remembers being on a float with jaqualine giles there was also verena cook my wifes friend on the same float .
i knew johnny appleyard he worked at the shipyard same time as me i believe he is still around town.
yes i am in the same age group as you.----i do not remember you but are you related to jimmy buntng who is still knocking about town i think he had a sister jean
nice to talk about the old days and reminisce
brian sunderland

Posted by corby bunting at 19/02/2009 19:28

Hello Brian. After my last letter I realised I knew your name from I believe mutual friends in June and Denis Foster for I have heard them speak of you.I contacted Verena last year re. the amount of ex Stanley St.folk we have been able to locate through the internet. At the time she was urging her sister Dorothy to get a reunion underway.John Appleyard now lives in Nafferton. I have been in contact with Jean Bunting. Her father Jim is my cousin.

Posted by Corby Bunting at 02/03/2009 16:13

Can anyone help. I am trying to find information regarding the well known paper man "Pom". He once lived in Stanley St. with Ted ? Gina and her Aunt Em. Aunt Em being Pom's mother. This group then moved to Broadway for a number of years. Anything would be greatly appreciated

Posted by David Hunt at 14/03/2009 18:27

Hi all who read this just wandering if anyone could tell me any info on my Grandad. My mum as being trying to find him for many many years. His name Peter James he was born 1938 i think he had 2 sisters susan and ann and 1 brother michael james. his mum was jack james and mum beatrice raywood. just wanted to know if was still alive. cheers Dave

Posted by David Hunt at 14/03/2009 22:18

sorry i meant his dad was Jack James lol

Posted by Ruth Ashman at 21/03/2009 20:53

Reply to Tony Duckels: i think that my greatgrandad was william duckels b 1834 at swinefleet and brother to john b1830 and parentsjohn and jemima duckels. my grandad was albert henry duckels b1881 youngest son of william my dad was william henry b 1907 eldest son of albert. who were the parents of john b1805 ourgreat great grandad? were they thomas duckels b1781 a blacksmith in goole and mary potton b1780 ?

Posted by Bryan Avery at 22/03/2009 12:27

Hello Jill Newsome nee Doubtfire (March 2008 comment)
Hope you still visit this site?
Trying to find any link to the Doubtfires who came to Goole from London to the Doubtfires ice cream making family. Fairly sure there has to be a connection. Family tree available on Genes.

Posted by Kim White at 24/03/2009 10:35

To Ruth Ashman: I saw your post regarding the Duckles family born in Swinefleet. I'm searching my family tree and my GG Grandmother was Sarah Ann Duckles born 1924 in Swinefleet. She married William Laverack in 1844. I can't find any trace of Sarah's parents or siblings, do you know if Sarah might be related to your Duckels? Any info gratefully recieved, many thanks.

Posted by Ruth Ashman at 25/03/2009 11:50

to Kim White I dont have a Sarah Duckels but my gg grandad John Duckels had two brothers Joseph born Aug 1799 and Thomas b1802 both born at whitgift whose parents were Thomas Duckels and Mary Potton who were married May 1796 she could be a daughter of either of those?

Posted by Kim White at 27/03/2009 10:58

To Ruth Ashman: many thanks for the information Ruth. I will check it out. Best wishes, Kim

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 05/04/2009 22:52

Readin the letter posted by sue watson nee collins and Ed Pollard I lived in Wood land Avenue from 1949 till I left there in 1955 although my parents continued to live there uptill the 1980's. We lived in the old part of the street but new houses were being built at the end of the street by a local builder called Platt and Featherstone . I wonder if any of your readers remember people in the old part of the street
regards
Barrie P Spink

Posted by Ed Pollard at 06/04/2009 23:35

Hi barrie, I remember a few people on woodland Ave, Gabriels next door,bennetts & petersons further down. across the street Eric Depledge,captain Aaron lived up towards westfield Ave. Barrie your name rings a bell. my brothes name was Warwick.

Posted by corby bunting at 08/04/2009 09:10

To Ed Pollard. Hi Ed, you possibly don't know me but I would be interested to know of your brother Warwick. Is he still around?

Posted by John Depledge at 09/04/2009 14:29

I was also a resident of Woodland Avenue in 1962/64 at no. 1.
Eric Depledge as my uncle He was married to Vera Haigh whose family, some may remember, had a decorating business in town. Oppersite lived the Colliers he also was a ships captain. His wife was a Richardson. This family had a jewellers shop in Boothferry Road. Other people I remember was the Talbot family, Bob, David and Margaret, and Betty Hall. I expect others will come to mind eventually.

Posted by Ed Pollard at 14/04/2009 01:03

Hi Corby, I'm afraid Warwick passed away in 1984 just 46 yrs old, he was captain of crofton cricket club first game of the season and died on the field. he spent 7 years at sea and came ashore and moved to Wakefield. I dont think I know you Corby but I was at school with John Appleyard & Eddie Binington. best wishes Ed.

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 20/04/2009 23:38

Reading Ed Pollards letters I think that you must have been older that me, there was a family with your surname that lived in Woodland Ave around house number 21 or 23 next to the passageway to the Square. We lived at number 9 and at number 7 Captain Aaren lived, he was a master mariner on the Railway Boats, I wonder if you had a sister and was your mum a nurse as well?
Betty Hall lived at number 13 and at number 11 lived Mrs talbot who played the piano by ear. Across the road lived Mr and Mrs Ask and at the beginning of the street the Colliers lived. George Austin who I think owned the Carlton Cinema lived opposite and he was a Radio Amateur, he was one of the people who inspired me to enter into the electronics and radio world. At number 5 Mr and Mrs Lanton lived, hey had a son and a daughter, Mavis and Freddie. At number 15 lived Mr and Mrs Clair and their son John.
Will add some further comments later.

Posted by Corby Bunting at 27/04/2009 13:38

To Ed Pollard. Hello again Ed. Sorry to hear about your brothers early death. But it was my wife (Audrey Pearce)who saw your email and said Warwick was her first boyfriend. They went to confirmation classes together. Then later on a trip to a hostel on the East coast. She said it was rocky and I guessed Filey but I may be wrong. She often wondered what became of him. We have lived in Southampton for 52 years but visit on a regular basis I have just returned from two great weeks in Goole. Where we met up with old friends who are now spread around the area. We ate with John and Janet Appleyard at Driffield. At the moment John is into serious walking and is looking well. Regards Corby

Posted by andy o' donnell at 01/05/2009 22:33

hi all
i lived on dunhill road with dennis hodgson dave woodcock dave shipley and shaun n gary whitehead carl spilman on the corner the o; roukes in seavy rd remember dunhill road rowdies lads or even worse rainbow warriers at the 5 a side thanks to gary wood .
or sorry i forgot two names glenn sherburn and phil barrett
R.I.P LADS

Posted by kerry hill at 02/05/2009 19:25

hi corby my dad eric hill remembers "pom" he used to sell hull mail and the green paper outside the station or at the market.another chap harry day also did the same thing. my dad said pom used to walk funny.that is all he can recall about pom. just reading your messages from last year about photos from pub outings and ken thompson,des darragh and tommy dunwell signing on ss coulgorm. could he view the pictures if i contact you on your e-mail address

Posted by Corby Bunting at 03/05/2009 09:36

Hi Kerry. Please feel free to contact me and I will gladly send photo

Posted by Emma Laverack at 05/05/2009 13:19

A sad note to make that my uncle David James Laverack- son of Captain William Laverack and Joan Ella passed away on April 18th 2009 at the age of 60.
Thankyou to all who attended his funeral on the 1st of May

Posted by Ed Pollard at 12/05/2009 04:07

Hi Corby, small world,Warwick sailed out of Southampton on the Union Castle Line for a number of years, myself I lived in soton from 57 to 67 in portswood,Basset and Shirley I was on the Mary & Lizzy.I moved to New York in 68 been here ever since. Ed

Posted by Corby Bunting at 13/05/2009 10:00

Hi Ed. It certainly is a small world. We were married Dec. 57 and moved directly to Southampton where I was stationed at Calshot(Air/sea/rescue) with 9 months to do.We found a bedsit in Portswood with six other couples in the building. Moving in on New years Eve. The party we attended that nigt was a great ice breaker for we made many lasting friends. Audrey found work at a bespoke taylors in Six Dials. Denton, Katz. Their main customers were seamen. In those days I had many friends who were on the Mary, Lizzie,Union Castle and Banana Boats. I had worked with them ashore at my real job as Shipwright. But sadly they are now thin on the ground and we have lost touch.As you do

Posted by Corby Bunting at 14/05/2009 14:33

Hi Ed. Me again. I have just located your remarks 24/6/06. Now I am really intrigued. Can you tell me where you lived the day the bombs dropped on Goole?. My wife was in her granny Hall's house in Jackson St when all the windows caved in.did you know these people? Ted was a mariner but later worked at the shipyard. My wifes brother worked for Crappers on leaving school. but now lives down here. I feel I am now taking over too much of Stuart's space with all these questions. Please email me on. bill@bunting.me.uk

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 23/05/2009 00:11

Looking at Corby's remarks about the bombs falling on Goole during the war our neighbour, Mr and Mrs Briggs who lived at no 7 Woodlands Avenue told me that his brother was involved in the incident and I believe that he may have been killed by the bombs. I am sure that he said that there were a stick of bombs released by the plane and not just one bomb.
Regards
Barrie

Posted by Ken Morgan at 31/05/2009 20:25

Hi My names Ken Morgan and I married a girl called Gautry whose fathers ancesters immigrated to Goole from the Huguenot persecutions in 15th century France I wonder if there are still Gautry's that reside in Goole The name Gautry is derived from the Frence Gautier. my interest in finding this out is of Genoalogical for my sons

Posted by margaret audas nee hockney at 04/06/2009 21:00

Barry Spink. Not heard about you lately as Dorreen Ellis hasn't seen you. How are you managing to keep away from here?
Regards. Margaret

Posted by Corby Bunting at 04/06/2009 22:25

Hello Ken Morgan. I cannot help with your wifes ancestry. But your surname interests me in soving a mystery in my tree. I have recently discovered that my aunt Florence Vivien (nee Cook) married a Edward Morgan of Edingburgh St. in Goole in1909. I am told her first husband was a war casualty and as I am unable to find a death date for Edward he must have been that man. Do you have a Edward on your tree born about 1890ish? My aunt then married a Joseph Murphy in1920. Who died in 1929. Florence Vivien then married my Uncle Albert in1932. As far as I am aware there were no offspring from these marriages.

Posted by Ken Morgan at 06/06/2009 18:02

Hi Corby Bunting. Sorry but I can't help you in your little mystery as there isn't a Edward Morgan in my tree as far as I'm aware of from the 1800's but nice so to speak talking to you.

Posted by Corby Bunting at 07/06/2009 12:02

Hello Ken. Thankyou for answering my request. Even though it was negative.I have photo which says on the back Aunt Florrie with what looks like F.Murphy. But I now know as J. Murphy. A soldier. During the Great war she was a nurse who trained at Halifax but could have been sent anywhere. Although married in Goole to Edward Morgan and lived there also with no records on the war graves website it will remain one of many mysteries. However I wish you luck in you quest to find answers to your search

Posted by Corby Bunting at 11/06/2009 19:50

To Brian Sunderland. If your wife Pam would like to see a photo of her old house in Stanley St. Goto http://www.web-exhibition.net/details.aspx?id=1083

Pams house was the double fronted to the right of pic. Next door lived my Aunt Minnie Holiday with her kids Jean, Herbert and Alan, The grocers shop was Mrs. Ayres and Sweet shop. Mrs. Sherburns. Nightingales Butchers on the corner

Posted by Corby Bunting at 14/06/2009 09:22

Can anyone help. I would be interested to know any thing about The Goole and district Natural History Society . founded in 1967. Does it still exist?

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 23/06/2009 21:18

To margaret audas,
Hi Margaret, I was down in Goole on 11th and 12th of June 2009 and I did call on Doreen twice but she was not in both times, perhaps I should have given you a shout at the same time.
I suspect that Doreen was probably on holiday or visiting relations.
I only get down twice a year and will probably be down again in September. Will try and Email you at the last known Email Address.
Barrie P Spink

Posted by Bryan Eastwood at 05/07/2009 20:21

Ken Morgan. Hi Ken I remember a family of Gautry's livin on Western Rd in Goole in the early fifties. I went to school with David Gautry who will be 69 if still alive, his sister Dorothy died a few years ago, there was another sister Ann who would be about 71 by now, and I believe there is another older sister who is still alive and living on Dunhill Rd in Goole

Posted by Bryan Eastwood at 05/07/2009 20:25

To Ed Pollard. Nice to know you are still around Ed, you may remember me and my brother Keith who was a mate of Warwicks right up to his death. It would be nice to know if Val was still living.

Posted by Ed Pollard at 11/07/2009 02:04

Hello bryan. yes I remember you and Keith, I'm sorry to say Val passed away christmas eve 2007 where are you living now still in Goole? My regards to Keith, Best wishes Ed Pollard

Posted by Trevor Milner at 13/07/2009 20:18

In reply to a posting on the 26/06/08 by Peter (Pedro) Dootson.
Pedro I`am really sorry for not replying as I don`t live in Goole now. Its Leeds, someone at work gave me the posting you placed, but he gave me it on the 13/07/09. I didn`t even know about this web page, but there`s an old saying:- You can take a lad out of Goole, but you can`t take Goole out of the lad. I do call through every three-four weeks to visit the cemetery. It would really nice to hear that scottish voice again and meet up.

This part is to Ian Blee & Geoff Le Voguer and all the other lads who know me keep well and in good health.

Posted by ANNON at 29/07/2009 22:04

I,d Like to know what happend to all the people who used to live in the terreced houses in goole, 50% seem to be occupied by eastern europeans these days, And when you walk down the streets all the conversations going on seem to be any thing othere than english. Did I fall asleep and wake up in a diffrent space time continuem or somthing. Were has the Goole ive known as a child gone to. Even the old picture house come bingo hall of late falls away in to the past ,before our eyes. what ever will become of the place.

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 30/07/2009 23:23

To Ed Pollard,
Hi Ed, I am sure that i knew your brother Warwick. Did you live in Woodlands avenue and did you have a younger sister too. I am sure that your mother was a district nurse but you could confirm if I am correct or is my memory playing tricks on me.
Kind regards
Barrie

Posted by broadway at 31/07/2009 16:30

Annon.....your 100% correct, i dont live in goole now, but was shocked a few weeks past to walk down the st and not understand a word that was being spoken Rusian/polish/ Romania, when i was a kid the only strange accent was that of somebody from Rawcliff he he, its more like Gotham city these days than the goole of old it was never that great, BUT!!!, was far better than it is these days.. hey good thing some of the pubs are still ok.. all the old characters have left or passed onto the great goole in the sky...bloody shame..

Posted by ed pollard at 02/08/2009 12:49

Hello Barrie,yes to all your questions,I lived at 21 woodland Ave I left Goole in 57 moved to southampton then came to the States in 68 and lived in New Jersey since then. Best wishes Ed

Posted by andy o' donnell at 04/08/2009 21:13

hi just been watching the whit sunday parade vids, wot memories i used to get dragged every sunday to that shed they called a church on bridge street, old mrs barrett bless her used to take us never wanted to mind but she made you.
lived in dunhill road susan buttle used to come too if she got past the dog used to make our way there calling on the other kids with my white shirt elastic tie and my short pants he he

Posted by Fantastic Fred at 19/09/2009 12:02

Frank Sidebottom is coming to Goole!!! Friday November 27th at Vic Club! Get in!

Posted by jack newton at 03/10/2009 10:39

To Brian Sunderland

It would appear that your wife is my cousin, Uncle Billy was the brother of my father Albert.

For some reason my father always hated the name 'Taggy' and always said that he was no relation.

My family consisted of Joyce(deceased) Betty,Jack, Brian(deceased) Valerie,Barbara and Patricia. We all now live in the Grimsby Cleethorpes area.

Posted by Rod Lumley at 07/10/2009 12:21

Does anyone have any memory of or information about the old 'Allum Works', that were in Goole?

Posted by geoffrey middleton at 08/10/2009 20:43

to ken morgan ref gautrys family.
the names mentioned is my mothers side of the family there was kathleen (my mother) enid ,mary, annn, dorothy, david,
sadly kathleen , david, dorothy and enid are sadly no longer
with us but mary and ann are still living in goole . by the way the name is spelled gawtry if you need more info let me know i will try to help

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 08/10/2009 23:03

Hi Rod,
Reference the Alum Works I believe that it closed around 1953 and I just remember the big chimney being demolished. It was located next to the docks and near to the water tower.
I believe that they made powdered alum and rock alum. It was handy to know some one who worked there as he could supply you with a drop of either powdered alum or the rock alum. The powdered alum was used to treat mouth ulcers by rubbing it into the affected area and the rock alum was used to stop the bleeding if you had the misfortune to cut yourself when shaving. I believe that both these items are still available in the shops under trade names but are basically just Alum
REgards
Barrie P Spink

Posted by Rod Lumley at 14/10/2009 09:52

Thanks Barry. I was recently doing the Coast to Coast walk & at a B&B, the owner was very interested in the history of the mining of Allum in the Nth. Yorks area. He had found that a man in Goole, in the 1950's, had developed a new & cheaper system of processing the allum which led to the demise of the industry in Nth. Yorkshire. It triggered my memory of the 'Allum Works' so glad to get your info. that shows that at least my long term memory is still OK.
Best wishes to you.
Rod

Posted by brian sunderland at 14/10/2009 14:31

to jack newton
billy newton was always known as "taggy"all the years i knew him. his son ken who worked on goole docks was also known as "taggy" by everyone.
i have a photo of your grandparents sarah and isaac newton also other photos of the newtons .
if you contact me on briansunderland@talktalk.net i will get them to you
BRIAN

Posted by Jack Newton at 18/10/2009 15:55

much appreciated Brian, I lost many photos of my late family when I moved house.

I will email you.

Jack

Posted by Ivan Cloherty at 26/10/2009 20:07

Found this site whilst tracing vessels I sailed on and also vessels my father, also Ivan Cloherty sailed on, Spanning from 1927 to 1980,s. We caused a bit of confusion sometimes in Posterngate, when we were both home at the same time, a rare occurence

Noticed Corby Bunting mentioned a photo of "Coulgorm" signing on in Hull for Aussie in 1948. My father signed on the "Coulgorm" as bosun on 2.12.1948 in Hull and sailed for Aus, signing on again on 25.12 1950. Would it be possible to get a copy of this photo, I will gladly pay any expenses.

My own first ship out of Goole was 2nd mate on a yellow peril, "Speciality", just finished my apprenticeship with PSNC, learnt more in 4 months on that ship, than I'd learnt the previous 4 years deep Sea. When the tide is nearly the same speed as your ship you quickly learn how to navigate, especially when you are bucking the tide. Never steered three points off my charted course before, just to maintain the course line, had been used to 15/16 knotters.

. Sailed out Goole for a number of years (lived in Hull) Later went on to sail with Stephie Clarkes and Comben Longstaff coming ashore with Combens in 1964 as a superintendent, and maintained a close relationship with Goole for the next 9 years. We later took over managing the "Queen" ships and I remember Capt Flett well, a very nice man, never sailed with him, but (me)as a young "super" he gave me lots of advice and the benefit of his years which was greatly appreciated.

I am also trying to trace a photo of trawler "Swanland" H402 ex "Artic Rover" which I sailed on in 1952 as a 14 year old "pleasurer"! If anyone can help in any way it would be greatly appreciated

Nice to read all the comments, us collier men envied the Butterboat men (at times) it must have been nice to know that not everything on board had to be black. The comments from all certainly brought back some interesting memmories

Kind regards to you all

Posted by Corby Bunting at 27/10/2009 09:31

Hello Ivan. email me on bill@bunting.me.uk and I would be happy to send the photo

Posted by Hannah at 29/10/2009 20:42

This is an ace website. I like it. Keep up good work! =)

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 21/11/2009 23:23

I wonder if Shuffleton Streets still contributes to the site as I have not heard from the person for a long time and would like to make contact.
Kind regards to every one who reads the informaiton on this site
Barrie P spink

Posted by Johnty at 23/11/2009 13:15

Re Barrie Spink
Just noticed Shuffleton Streets on the Swinefleet on the web site, page 1.if thats any good to you. Obviously ST is still about.

Posted by goldenoldie at 24/11/2009 16:04

I can't get the Goole Times on line any more. I have been reading it on line for a few years now but it now comes back as unobtainable. Does anybody know what's going on. I am missing my weekly dose of Goole. This is a good website but its not the same thing.

Posted by corby bunting at 24/11/2009 19:10

Hello Goldenoldie. I am in the same boat. I was begining to think perhaps it was some thing I said

Posted by corby bunting at 25/11/2009 13:53

The Goole Times I have read of late. To me, seem quite depressing.There is an atmosphere of unrest centred mainly around the Polish contingent. I can ephasize with these people for throughout their history, living between waring nations. I can understand their need for a peaceful existance . I know what rejection fells like for when I left Goole 52 years ago my wife and I could not understand why the people we worked with down here in Southampton seemed so aloof and stand offish. We later found out why When in conversation they could not understand what we were saying! Of course over the years we are now bilingual. My wife found it harder to conform as speaking to and been answered to by our children in a Northern accent took time. I do lapse into my other tongue when excited, happy or drunk.
What really won me over to the Poles was when we visited Montecassino. Over the years I had read stories about what happened. Written by so called historians. I questioned why most of these stories differed. We had an excellent guide, a native who told us the true facts. The Americans never rebuilt the damage inflicted, as they promised. The Poles were the first ones up and suffered badly for that. We did a tour of the wargraves and by far the Polish cemetery stood out as being the cleanest and well kept. I and many others who have worked with Poles will know them for being the hardest of workers. So please give them a rest.

Posted by susan allen at 26/11/2009 07:28

Is any of our year at GGS interested in having a reunion? Pam Revell (Teale) and I are looking for puplils that were with us between 1962 and 1967? We are proposing a get together in Goole the last weekend in March 2010.

Posted by GORDON LAWRENCE at 26/11/2009 18:37

hi i used to love visiting my relitives in goole my mother was born and lived there with her 2sisters 3 brothers she lived in byron street her name was phyllis clark her mothers name was annis clark nee shipley, i never met my grandfather he passed before i was born he was knowen as nobby clark my mum moved to greenock scotland in1950 i was born 3 years later, her sisters were called mary and elsie her brothers bill,frank and john there picture was in the goole times after the war as being the first squatters in goole moving in a nissen hut, others followed the picture was back in again a couple of years ago.the last time i was in goole what a change i liked it as it was it had a character its lost that now

Posted by Fiona Moate at 01/12/2009 10:14

Yes, what has happened to Goole Times on line? It hasn't been updated since the summer. I am seriously out of touch with events in my old town.

Posted by Darren at 07/12/2009 14:05

The Junction? is that the building completed? All that plywood on the exterior...looks very very cheap.... and what state will it be in in a few years time? I dread to think. Along with the railway station a blot on the landscape on what was a very Victorian architecturaly interesting town.

Posted by Corby Bunting at 08/12/2009 09:06

Hi Darren. The Junction? Can you explain what and where it is. You may have noticed that some of us have been denied access to the Goole Times website and therefore know nothing of this place

Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 08/12/2009 11:44

Corby - try this link for the junction http://www.junctiongoole.co.uk/

Posted by Darren at 11/12/2009 16:24

Basically it is the old outdoor indoor market building...to be fair it is good inside and entertainment and the cinema are first class, just such a shame the outer building looks unfinished

Posted by Shuffleton Streets at 18/12/2009 19:12

still alive and kicking against the grain of Goole!
Who are you, Barry Spink?

Posted by Shuffleton Streets at 18/12/2009 19:55

On second thoughts, and this is probably going to upset all the ex-pats, Goole is not the place that the GT used to put online.
If you had to live here then you'd find the rose-tinted remembrances bore no relation to the reality. Sorry if this spoils things, but when we have to put up with the powers-that-be, and the propaganda sheets that perpetuate the rubbish the powers decide to inflict upon the place, you would not be sending Best Wishes this Christmas.

Just read the old MM stuff in GT, about life as we experienced it once upon a time c. 1930s and since, and you would know that kind of experience, of those hard-working families, is not the sort of life that Goolies live today.

We have to escape out of it, now and then if not more often, for another breath of fresh air, thankfully, in order to fight the fight on returning.

Save Our Streets, not by writing from afar, not by living in the sticks, but by examining the reality at close range. It is not a question of being old-fashioned or out of date. It's a knowledge that life elsewhere is not the same as it is here. That's why I stayed away from all the blogging. Read Goole Action Group stuff if you want to know what the beleaguered old folks are doing these days.

Posted by Corby Bunting at 18/12/2009 22:37

Whatever happened to THE PURPOSE OF THIS SITE IS...
This site is aimed at people who have lived and left Goole and keep some affection for the place.

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 18/12/2009 23:20

Hello,
Shuffleton Streets asks who I am. Just one of the many who spent some of his childhood years in Goole from 1949 till 1955 and regular visits after that to see my parents who lived in Goole till they both died a few years ago.
I still visit Goole and go down to see my brother who still lives in Airmyn
While I now live in Dumbarton in Scotland which is a town very similar to Goole, we had shipbuilding and have a river on which the town sits, the town has been extensively redeveloped and in my humble opinion spoiled. Most industry has gone and we are now just a town where commuters live and go to work in the big city 15 miles away. At least Goole still has some industry and appears to be a pleasant place to live.
My school days in Goole were good and it set me on the road to a good career so I have a lot to thank Goole for. I spent much time in the old part of the town as I used to work part time in a local shop located in North Street.
Regards
Barrie Spink

Posted by Barrie P Spink at 18/12/2009 23:26

To Shuffleton Streets.
On one of the sites you were asking about Oakhill Junction and I added a large piece about that on the Railway part of the site.
I spent many un-official hours there with the signal man in the box and wondered if you had known the gentleman.
Kind regards
Barrie P Spink

Posted by Geoff Depledge at 20/12/2009 08:17

Thats two ex Goolies that live in Dumbarton (actually just down the road at Cardross).

Posted by Shuffleton Streets at 20/12/2009 09:12

Seems I have stirred up a hornet's nest, but it is not aimed at anyone in particular, simply the angst of Goolies who whether or not there is industry are living alongside its effects. 24/7 for the grey warehouses needs. The fallout is there, not with individuals who lived in Goole and left. We all like to leave, as often as we can, if not for good. And thank goodness our families are gone too, for better opps. than Goole provides.
That means there's no-one who knows the town on a daily basis is aware of the grouses we hold against what is so difficult about it these days. Will return to the interesting past and the history in a little while.

Posted by shuffleton streets at 20/12/2009 10:21

Dumbarton is not unknown country to me, have passed through it or by it more than once, but never actually visited the town.
Have sent PM to disaffected old boy, who was not in my sights, after all we are "distant" relations.

Posted by gordon lawrence at 20/12/2009 15:11

if you drink whisky it probably came from dumbarton if you watched JACKIE STEWART racing he comes from dumbarton if you drove by it on either side of the Clyde you must have noticed dumbarton rock or you have had too much whisky

Posted by Corby Bunting at 23/12/2009 14:25

I have decided to call it a day and no longer wish to contribute to these pages. It seems like only yesterday when I began entering tentative questions and remarks. Because not being a native it was a question of being accepted back into a society I once loved. It is now time for me to remove the Rose tinted specs and cease looking over my shoulder to the past. The future of Goole is out of my hands.It is up to the Good people of Goole to get their act together. I owe Goole nothing. If anyone has read the stories I have penned in the past will know my views. My growing up in Goole was not unique. Other children had no respect for the Bobbies.Other children were deprived of a shot at the 11 plus.Merely because their parents would not be able to afford a school uniform. Labelled "Not Grammar School material" But what I have achieved has been by my own efforts. Minus the Silver spoon. I would like to offer a genuine wish to all the readers of this site. Especially Stuart who has undertaken to carry out this mammoth task . A Very Merry Christmas and a better 2010

Posted by Bill at 28/12/2009 14:51

Dear Corby Bunting, I hope you will reconsider your decision and not abandon this site. Your comments over the years have been much appreciated and you will be sadly missed. All the best whatever you decide.
Bill

Posted by Gail at 02/01/2010 15:02

I've lived in Goole twice so I've experienced the town both as a child, then as an ex-pat, then as a middle-aged person.

I was born and raised in Goole (Phoenix Street no less), leaving at 18 to go to university. My dad worked on the canals and my mum was a school dinner lady. That could never be described as a silver spoon background, yet I had a wonderful education at Goole Grammar School. The only privilege/advantage which contributed to my getting into that school was my parents' determination that I would have a more comfortable life than they'd had.
35 years after leaving I came back to live in Goole in a nice house, in a nice street.
Affordable housing seems to be the only mantra in Goole, but compared with the other parts of Britain I've lived in, Goole already has its share of that.
Aspirational housing that people would happily progress to is just as important if we want to keep a good social mix (including high earners) living here.

Places like The Junction are vital for the 'hidden' people of Goole, the ones who would rather go to a film, a play, a live concert than to a pub. There are still lots of us like that in Goole and we now have a new outlet to spend our money within Goole's economy.

The trouble with us quiet people is that we don't make the news and don't impact on the town's image .

Posted by Marjorie at 03/01/2010 23:11

hi just found this site its bril we left goole in 1963 now live in somerset has any one any information or photos of the old pow camp in centenary road my wife and her family lived there in nissan huts until the early fifties but we cant find out anything about it hope someone can help

Posted by gordon lawrence at 04/01/2010 19:34

marjorie my mum and dad were the first squatters at this camp i have a picture of them moving in taken by the goole times

Posted by observer at 05/01/2010 00:05

To Gail. I read your remarks with interest. But could you enlighten me on how your mother won a free scholarship to the GGS as you stated on 29/9/07 Schools page. Also what year would that be?

Posted by william at 06/01/2010 10:52

well i live in old goole but it needs cleaning, nobody cares about old goole except the council and governnment

Posted by goldenoldie at 11/01/2010 21:36

I'm trying to find an old schoolbook as used at GGS. Has anyone got a copy of 'A New School Geometry' by Latimer & Smith that they would sell or donate. Contact me via the webmaster if so. (I collect books of this kind) Thanks everybody.

Posted by jdr at 15/01/2010 21:32

I would love to be able to trace my dad's brother who he hasn't seen for many many years as a suprise for my dad. As he has often said he wonders where he is. All I have to go on is the brother who he is looking for is Alan Wheldrake aged about late sixties early seventies lived in Goole, met and think married a girl from Hull named Pat whose family owned some wet fish shops in Hull. We think they then emigrated to New Zealand but think that just lately could have moved back to the East Yorkshire or North Lincolnshire area. Please if anyone has any info please contact me . I would love to make my dad's dream come true.

Posted by Bird Fancier at 16/01/2010 14:22

Hi jdr. Your fathers name must be Ron . He will be about 77 . When I knew them they live in Estcourt St. next to the cut that lead to the old Library. I have no idea what happened to Alan.Only that on leaving school he went to sea. I can relate many memories of our childhood.but to do so will alert him to what you have in store for him. I hope some one is able to tell you where Alan is now. But perhaps at a later date if you can contact me through the webmaster. I can tell you more

Posted by jdr at 16/01/2010 21:21

hello, bird fancier thankyou for replying to my message. My dad as you said is ron and i am his youngest daughter.I dont live in goole now but visit quite often my mam and dad. I vaguely remember visiting as a child my nanna gugu as we called her (my dads mam when they lived down escourt street).I would be very grateful if you could give me any more info or perhaps know anyone who could help me in the search for my uncle alan my dads brother.were you a friend of my dads or alan and his other brothers les and eric or did you live down escourt st and thats how you know them. look forward to hearing from you, thanks jdr.

Posted by Bird Fancier at 17/01/2010 21:07

jdr.I've made may enquiries re. Alan. But the only person who I think will know is presently sunning themselves in Spain and I do not know when they mean to return. I only knew Ron and Alan. Chalk and cheese. Ron was quiet natured and introduced me to birdwatching at an early age. He being 2 years older than me made such a difference then. After the bombers crashed over Goole we made our headquarters in a office high up at the rear of Robinsons shop. Across the alley from their house. There was a Chesterfield settee and a large desk. Upon the desk was a lifesize cardboard cutout of Cardinal Wolsey. Who we all used to bow to on entry. It wasn't til sometime later we found out why he was in a furniture shop. He had come from Parish's shop. Being a logo for socks. Ask your dad sometime

Posted by Andy Wiffen at 17/01/2010 22:29

I was in Greenawn children's home from 1980 to 1984
As far as I am aware the home is used for social services at this present time
I had some good times in the home and I am hoping if any 1 else has been in the home they also get in touch
Some of the staff were good people Andy Bainbridge, David Dodd where are these people today

If any staff or kids from the home out there get in touch it would be great to catch up on old times.

Posted by jdr at 18/01/2010 19:12

hi.bird watcher.next time i ring or visit my dad i will mention to him about the furniture shop and the bird watching you mentioned and that i have had contact with you. will he know who i am talking about when i say your name (bird watcher).it will be nice to reminisc with my dad about the past. if your contact in spain returns and you find out anything about alan please let me know, much appreciated.jdr.

Posted by jdr at 18/01/2010 19:21

dear corby bunting, i have just read your last comment on the welcome page that you are giving up replying to this site.please rethink as i have left a message for you on the ships page before i had read your last comment 0n 23/12/09. I would hope that you could help me trace my uncle alan brother of ron wheldrake which you have previously mentioned in your messages that you were there friends.please please if you read this and think you can help contact me. jdr

Posted by MIKE BOOTH at 19/01/2010 14:04

Have just found this site. Regarding The Poplars, my Aunt owned the house, from when I'm not sure until her death in the early 60's. It was a beautiful house, the most prominent room I remember was the Billiard room. My parents were both born in Goole in the 1890's Haven't been there since about 1965. Moved to Western Australia in 1974

Posted by Robert Ward at 21/01/2010 17:36

GOOLE IS NOW ON GOOGLE STREETVIEW
You can start near Howden, "drive" across Boothferry Bridge into Goole, along Boothferry Road, Bridge Street, and past Swinefleet all the way to Scunthorpe, and return nearly all the way back on the wrong side of the motorway. It's fairly recent as there is no New Bridge inn.
Go to Google, click on "maps" top left, zoom in to Goole and the drag and drop the little man on to one of the blue areas that appears. If you've used it before you'll see they have added lots of new areas too. To move about click on the scene and use the arrow keys.

Posted by Tina marie Wright (maiden name) at 21/01/2010 19:21

Hi im trying to find out some information for the wright family that lived at 56 couper street old goole in 1919 onwards John and Jane Wright had 11 children. This is my great grandfather and i am trying to find out anything i can about him. Their must be alot of family living in goole that may know something or can help. I know my grandmother died in the 1980. also does anyone know where i can find out about any newspaper articles for 1929-1931. I would be grateful to here from anyone that knows my family thanks.

Posted by Moira Thomas at 22/01/2010 15:44

Seeking information about my Great Grandfather Thomas Alfred Buttle born 1854 at George St Goole.I believe he was a freight forwarding and shipping agent. At the time of his death in 1929 the family lived at 35 Clifton Gdns. I am particularly keen to find out what became of one of his sons-Arthur Edwin Buttle (my Grandfather) born in1881 Goole. The last I can find of him is in Llanelli-South Wales in 1922. Does anyone know what became of him as I cannot find his death record. Any information about this family would be very welcome. Thanks.

Posted by Frank Philpott at 30/01/2010 13:36

Hey do you want to know what it was like in Goole years ago? well check out Goole Action Group and look at the pictures and memories. See if your name is there or one of your family. Enjoy.

Posted by Frank Philpott. at 30/01/2010 18:44

To Jack Newton..There is a picture of your sister Joyce on G.A.G. You would know most of the group in Rc St 1933.

Posted by Julie at 31/01/2010 14:38

I have just began searching for the Clarks and Gooderidges of Goole for my daughters relatives.My ex partner who died recently was Adrian Thomas Clark, born July 1945, I don't know which school he went to but could have lived 70 Westbourne Grove as I have some old letters addressed there to his mother Olive Clark nee Gooderidge. She married Alan Thomas Clark in 1938 & their first married address was 10 New Close Lane. Olives father was Jack Gooderidge and worked at the docks but I don't know in what capacity. Olive was the May Queen (is that right?) some time in the1920s. I think her photo is in a fairly recent book about Goole. Any information much appreciated.

Posted by Patricia Spink at 07/02/2010 17:10

OLD GOOLE JAZZ BAND
Does anyone have any photos or memories of Old Goole Jazz Band in the 1930's and 1940's?. My Grandfather, William Spink, was the band leader for a while and I would love to find anything out about it.He wore a Union Jack suit, and most of his family was in the band.I have been sent photos of the band in the 1950/60's, but he had given it up by then.
Patricia Spink

Posted by Frank Philpott at 08/02/2010 18:32

Yes I remember the Jazz Band very well .I recall it being called Goole Town Prize Jazz Band. The memories are in my mind but no pictures or names, just the enjoyment of chasing after it.

Posted by ian blee at 09/02/2010 19:25

reply to julie. hi julie sorry to hear about adrian.i went to pasture rd school with him we were the same age he did live at 70 westbourne grove his mother olive was the centenary queen in 1936.his grand father goodridge lived in mond avenue.do not think there are any relatives left in goole.his mother was a rely nice lady . regards ian blee

Posted by Frank Philpott at 11/02/2010 04:05

Are you related to the Spink family I believe lived in Axholme St.One Spink was a D/R in a Royal Sigs Line Unit at Mingladon Airfield In Burma.

Posted by Anne Fisher at 12/02/2010 06:02

Hi Trevor. remember me Anne Fisher?
I lived in Lime tree gardens, with you.
My Brother Ernie, we left for Australia in 1957.
Pat Tasker, was our neighbor, Mr and Mrs Bel, David and John Gray who are still in Goole. I kept in touch with Mrs Gray until she passed away, also Ann and Stan Walton, i think your older brother was Neil. I also have a younger brother Mitchel, he was three when we left. My dad had the blue Austin 7. I have been back a few times to Goole and I also have cousins there.
What memories have you stirred?

Anne.

Posted by Patricia Spink at 12/02/2010 13:57

FAO Frank Philpott
Thank you for the info on Goole Jazz Band. I am pleased someone can remember them. My Grandfather, William Spink,leader of the band, lived in Broadway,Old Goole all his married life. He is featured on the Burlingtong Club outing photo, on the Goole Action Group website.The Spink family you mentioned I am not related to, as far as I know.
I would still like to know if there are any photos out there please?
Patricia Spink

Posted by John Smith at 20/02/2010 20:48

Does anyone have any old photos or information about The Sydney Hotel in Aire Street where my Grt Grandfather Joseph Heptonstall worked in the late 1800's. One of Josephs descendants married one of the Smith's who worked at Goole Grange Farm or Potter Grange in the 1930's. The world has changed alot since then I believe the Sydney has been pulled down, The farm has been burnt down and we don't know what has happened to Potter or is it the other way around?. It would be good to see what these places used to look like.

Posted by Stella Smith at 21/02/2010 00:50

I am trying to trace the Ryall (Lyall) family. I'd love to hear from anyone with any info. Especially Gail who posted a comment re the above in 2008.

Posted by ann walton at 21/02/2010 10:53

hiy anne fisher i have just been reading goole on the web it was nice to read about all the people in lime tree gardens i can remember you and all the neighbours sadly i lost my brother stan 12 years ago in a accident , he came to see your ernie when he was at sea,i see david gray and john when i out shopping,my son lives across from your cousin margaret and eddie.my mother who is now 87 remembers you all she calls them good old days she also remebers your car.

Posted by L Maddison at 02/03/2010 11:16

Does anyone remember the hut in Nidderdale which the Grammar school used to own? I would be interested to hear of any unusual experiences anyone had when visiting it.

Posted by Graham at 03/03/2010 22:58

That would be the hut on Walkers Farm next to the Farmhouse. We used to go there during the summer and host lots of children each week from the Batley area. It was a great place and fantastic to spend your summer there doing all sorts of things such as pot-holing, canoeing, hill walking, climbing, day trip to Scarborough, swimming in the River Nidd. It was just great to get away from Goole but mainly the family and spend your summer being independent and giving those kids the time of their little lives. Wonder if any of them remember their one week holiday camping in the field next to the Grammar School Hut. I remember walking along the ridge of a hill and seeing a Vulcan Bomber fly down the valley, it was almost beneath us and we could see the pilot!! Happy days.

Posted by Pauline Bolton (Reeves) at 06/03/2010 08:07

I have just found this site. I was born in Red Lion st Goole in 1956, I went to Pasture road school, then alexandra st school, then Secondary modern school between 1967 and 1971. I left Goole in 1974, to live in Bridlington where I still live. It would be good to hear from anyone who remembers me.

Posted by Ian Blee at 07/03/2010 17:17

FAO.pauline Bolton, i remember your mum and dad in red lion st my aunt and uncle lived in union place Harold and May blee.Your mother was Marie ,did your sister work in woolworths.Regards Ian Blee

Posted by Pauline Bolton (Reeves) at 07/03/2010 19:26

Hi Ian, I remember your aunt + uncle. I couldn't remember what they called the street that they lived on. It was at the back of barnards? wasn't it. The Jackson's lived in union place as well. My mum is 86 now and in a residential home, and my sister did work in woolies. I was in Goole yesterday visiting my mum.

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