Shops and Shopping Memories
This page was for an exhibition at Goole Museum in 2008. To contribute to the next exhibition, please use the Goole Charter link on the left-hand side.
Can you help contribute to a forthcoming exhibition on shops and shopping in Goole (in Spring 2008)? The exhibition will concentrate on the main shopping streets of Pasture Road, Boothferry Road, Aire Street and Carlisle Street, but will also cover areas such as unforgetable shop owners, the products and brands you used to buy and how shopping habits have changed over the years.
Do you remember the days before the big supermarkets and Internet shopping when you bought bread from the bakers and meat from the butchers? Was shopping down Boothferry Road better before or after pedestrianisation? Do you long for the days when shops were closed on Sundays? What items did you buy in the past but no longer need nowadays?
The museum volunteers are all 'touchy-feely' people and are particularly interested in showing 'things' such as adverts, carrier bags, purchases and photographs as well as recording your memories.
If you live locally and would like to volunteer to help put together the temporary exhibition, then please contact Patricia Petch, (Volunteer Co-ordinator) or pop into the museum. You can also email any old photos or other items of interest to feedback@goole-on-the-web.org.uk and they will be forwarded on.
Visitor Comments
Posted by Steve Palmer at 27/09/2003 10:00
I was amazed to look on your web site and see pictures of my Grandparents shop in Boothferry Road called Sheppards Music Shop. The shop was owned by my Great Grandfather and then his son. My Grandfather married the Saturday girl Alice and she ran the shop while Bert did repairs to the Pianos and radios that were sold in the shop. Bert died in 1958 but Alice lived for many years in Scarborough and only died in 1999 aged 92. How lovely to see a photo of the shop. My mother and father and sister still live in Goole and I return often to visit.
Posted by Geoff Depledge at 24/03/2006 20:50
Uncle Cyril Storr had a butchers shop on Pasture Rd. Auntie Vera Bateman had a pork Butchers shop on Aire St. I can remember her making sausages, back pudding etc.
Posted by Pedro at 25/03/2006 18:58
... incidently the grocer shop at the end of Phoenix St was Mrs Darley. The fish shop at the opposite side was Tommy Ramsker. And the sweetshop was Rollinson.
We used to go through the arch into Marshfield Rd to Dick Autys butcher shop most of the residents in Phoenix and Richard Cooper Street had credit with him paying at the week-end. Unfortunately during the war years he seemed to have nothing but corned beef and sausages :)
We used to go through the arch into Marshfield Rd to Dick Autys butcher shop most of the residents in Phoenix and Richard Cooper Street had credit with him paying at the week-end. Unfortunately during the war years he seemed to have nothing but corned beef and sausages :)
Posted by Pedro at 29/03/2006 22:04
... photographers shop in Mariners St by the North Eatern Hotel. Opposite was a garage and Seniors newsagents. Later Mr Kitwood opened his cafe on the corner. Moving there from the cafe on Goole station later having quite a large bakery business in town ...
Posted by David Lea-Jackson at 12/06/2006 13:39
... how about Mr Doubtfire who sold ice cream Mr Joy,he had a sweet shop in Jackson St and Mr Cowling he was the barber in the same street, not forgetting Charlie Gates the cobbler. One other name that comes to mind is Mr Drury. For many years this gentleman was my g/fathers steward and when my g/f retired Mr Drury went with him and I have an idea he opened a shop (second hand) in a street where you caught the blue & cream bus to Brid.
Posted by Bill Stewart at 18/09/2006 00:17
... reference to Annie Wilson shop in Carlisle Street jogged my memory. She was really nice and friendly to kids who went there - gave us advice, eg enjoy yourself while your young and sold us single cigarettes, this would be 61 or 62 I think, there was also a really nice sweet shop just up the street opposite the Tower cinema
Posted by Lorna Settle (should be Morton!) at 24/06/2007 00:07
My great great grandparents ran the Grocers shop at 42 Doyle Street in 1901. They had three sons Joseph, George and Harry. Harry was my grandfather who had a son named Eric but Eric's surname was Settle which was his mum's maiden name before she married Harry. Sadly Harry died in war after only being married 4 years. Does anyone have any info or photos of the Mortons or the shop? Would be very interested to hear from you.
Posted by Mark Crawley at 21/11/2007 15:40
... remember going to a shop called Donahues' for stuff for chemistry sets (no ban on kids playing with these sort of things then) and toys etc.
Posted by joanne watson at 13/01/2008 21:05
i lived in fifth ave in the early 70's and then, it had a lorry depot, and a lovely sweetshop/newsagents that sold those wonderful, triangular ice lollies. however, i seem to remember the shopkeeper to be very child unfriendly!
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 18/01/2008 13:45
Hi,
I remember Whiteheads sweet shop,(early '50s,) opposite the working mens club in Victoria Street. Mrs Whitehead usually served in the well stocked shop. Mr Whitehead kept a horse in a stable at the rear of the shop which backed onto the Tower Theatre. He used the horse to pull a small cart from which he sold bundles of firewood for 3d
I remember Whiteheads sweet shop,(early '50s,) opposite the working mens club in Victoria Street. Mrs Whitehead usually served in the well stocked shop. Mr Whitehead kept a horse in a stable at the rear of the shop which backed onto the Tower Theatre. He used the horse to pull a small cart from which he sold bundles of firewood for 3d
Posted by Fiona Moate at 21/01/2008 11:56
Does anyone remember this shop and know any more about it?
I grew up in Goole in the 1960s/70s. I remember going in the shop with my parents in the late 1960s. It was on the Grammar School side of the crossing gates and sold "things for men". It was very un Goole like and had quilted smoking jackets in a smaller than normal window. I think it also sold things like whisky, cigars, cigarette lighters and cigarette cases. I think it did a line in cravats and ties as well.
The people in Goole who I keep in touch with say I've imagined it.
I grew up in Goole in the 1960s/70s. I remember going in the shop with my parents in the late 1960s. It was on the Grammar School side of the crossing gates and sold "things for men". It was very un Goole like and had quilted smoking jackets in a smaller than normal window. I think it also sold things like whisky, cigars, cigarette lighters and cigarette cases. I think it did a line in cravats and ties as well.
The people in Goole who I keep in touch with say I've imagined it.
Posted by pedro at 21/01/2008 21:22
Fiona never saw any smoking jackets but remember a small shop in the area selling a mish mash of items inc smoking items.Whisky No it would have had to be licenced.It later became a small sweetshop.(now JustJents barber shop) Could this have been the one directly opposite the Goole Times.
Posted by pedro at 22/01/2008 00:13
God only knows how the shops made a profit with staff to pay etc. Grocers Hackforths (still smell the aroma of ground coffee) Lipton-Home and Coloniel- Meadow Dairy-Mellors -Maypole and others and these within a stones throw of each other.Before even going west of the crossing gates.
Posted by pedro at 22/01/2008 21:45
Correction I put Mellors as a grocer Should have said Melliars. Mellors I think was a bike shop. Other Grocers Ramsey-Gallons-Rudge oh so many not forgetting the Cooperative with your Divi number todays equivelent of bonus points at Tesco.I do remember paying shop bills on Fridays for my mum.And one would start all over again with credit for the following week.I myself buy very little at supermarkets still believe in supporting local business we still have some very good butcher shops in town and on comparing prices with the big fellas far cheaper.I guess Iam old fashioned (quote from my kids) I miss the personal touch.
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 24/01/2008 20:39
Hi, (1950s) I remember the Northern Clothing Co. shop on Boothferry Rd. It faced the old St.Johns Hospital opposite. Also The Cosy Carlton Picture House, (on the corner of Jackson St. I think,and Boothferry Road,) was run by Mr. Austin and ably assisted, among others, by one Billy King. It also had a well stocked sweet shop annexed to it. Further along past St. John's Terrace toward the Station Hotel, was a popular coffee bar called The Copper Kettle and a shoe shop whose name I can't quite recall.
Adjacent to the clock tower,(which still had its toilets,) between the Cinema Palace and the market hall was Peter Reads Jewellers, which I believe later became Andersons Jewellers. At the North Street end of the Arcade was a newsagents called Lee's. Through the Arcade into Victoria Street and opposite the Post Office, was Val (dry)Cleaners which was owned by a Mr. Smith.
Adjacent to the clock tower,(which still had its toilets,) between the Cinema Palace and the market hall was Peter Reads Jewellers, which I believe later became Andersons Jewellers. At the North Street end of the Arcade was a newsagents called Lee's. Through the Arcade into Victoria Street and opposite the Post Office, was Val (dry)Cleaners which was owned by a Mr. Smith.
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 25/01/2008 10:34
Correction to the above. The Jewellers should read Arthur Read. Peter was the son. There was also a daughter called Annette.
Maynards sweet shop was opposite The Cinema and the jewellers.
Maynards sweet shop was opposite The Cinema and the jewellers.
Posted by David Lea-Jackson at 25/01/2008 14:49
My memories go back some 60-70years to the time when Goole had gas lighting and you would see a guy riding around town with a long pole over his shoulder (nothing to do with the eventual twinning)he of course was the lamp lighter.
Pedro has mentioned Hackforths,I could never remember what was on the ground floor.Then there was Branson Bowles in Pasture Road,ladies fashion with the added attraction,for small boys that is,of Dinky Toys around the window base.
Moving back to Boothferry Road,Fiona is quite right about that "Little Shop" it stocked amongst other things Tootal ties and cravats of which I had a considerable number,I would'nt be seen wearing them today but there was a time!Another shop was Seltzers,just before Woolworths,Im not sure what they sold but have a feeling it was leather goods,not for the faint hearted
Pedro has mentioned Hackforths,I could never remember what was on the ground floor.Then there was Branson Bowles in Pasture Road,ladies fashion with the added attraction,for small boys that is,of Dinky Toys around the window base.
Moving back to Boothferry Road,Fiona is quite right about that "Little Shop" it stocked amongst other things Tootal ties and cravats of which I had a considerable number,I would'nt be seen wearing them today but there was a time!Another shop was Seltzers,just before Woolworths,Im not sure what they sold but have a feeling it was leather goods,not for the faint hearted
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 26/01/2008 12:55
Hi. I remember Mr.Seltzer well. I believe he was of Jewish extraction. His meticulously well stocked shop sold the latest swimming trunks, sports kits,air guns, (even leather goods) and all manner of knives. I bought my first pair of 'continental' football boots there. His shop sold Real Madrid football kits when Ferenc Puskas' magical side were the kings of Europe.
Posted by Fiona Moate at 27/01/2008 18:04
Glad you remember that shop David, can you remember what it was called? Maybe I imagined the whiskey, as Pedro is right, it would have needed a licence, possibly it was licensed. A 10 year old girl would not have cared; I just remember being a bit bored in there.
I remember Broadbent's shoe shop & Flower's on Pasture Road where my mother took me to buy sensible Clarke's and Start right shoes.
Dunderdale's butchers in Carlisle Street. I remember the painted pig on the glass door, the white picket gate and the curtain that divided the shop from the living quarters. The chitterlings that you had to order on Wednesdays, were one of the high-lights of my parents week, served with malt vinegar and salt and pepper. Their sausages were good too, I often get a craving for a Dunderdale's chipolata!
I remember Broadbent's shoe shop & Flower's on Pasture Road where my mother took me to buy sensible Clarke's and Start right shoes.
Dunderdale's butchers in Carlisle Street. I remember the painted pig on the glass door, the white picket gate and the curtain that divided the shop from the living quarters. The chitterlings that you had to order on Wednesdays, were one of the high-lights of my parents week, served with malt vinegar and salt and pepper. Their sausages were good too, I often get a craving for a Dunderdale's chipolata!
Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 28/01/2008 13:34
There are some links at the top right of 1930's adverts for some of the shops you've mentioned. Seltzer's mentions python, water snake and lizard skin goods, along with leads, whips, chains, rubber and leather for all purposes. Sounds a bit exotic!
Posted by David Lea-Jackson at 28/01/2008 17:15
Sorry Fiona,Can't put aname to that shop.Not living in Goole I too was surprised,pleasantly I might add,to find such a shop that was on a par to Dunns,found in London at That period in time.
Regards,
David.
Regards,
David.
Posted by pedro at 28/01/2008 22:20
On the corner of Argyle and Carlisle Streets was Beumont grocers (now I think a cash n carry) Opposite was the butcher and next door Harold Bell the gents Taylor further along Carlisle was Tom Hewsons ladies hats (Tom&Co) With Vincent Butler Furniture next door.Opposite was Mr Goodworth newsagent (now Chappelows).Corner of Southerern St Mr Norman had the off license and not forgetting Harry Bonser finances (still I believe in the family).The less fortunate would get a club cheque from Bonsers enabling them to buy goods from Seltzers or Northern Clothing and pay it back weekly or even catch the workmans train to Hull and shop with it at Edwin Davis store in Bond St. The town of Goole also had a Bon Marche and Pasture Rd had Edmund Gibbins Furniture.
Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 28/01/2008 22:48
A reader has sent in a 1937 list of shops in Goole (see top-right link).
Posted by Bill at 28/01/2008 23:52
Fiona, that painted pig on the glass door always amused me, I have a photo of it.
Posted by Robert Ward at 29/01/2008 16:40
The 1937 list of shops does not include every street. There are other shops I know then existed in Dunhill Road, Parliament Street, Manuel Street and Phoenix Street, to name just a few. In particular, though, I must put in a mention of my Grandad's firm, Foster and Tetley, which was a men's and women's clothing shop in Church Street from 1930 to 1963, and then Aire Street until it closed in 1982. As well as the shop, at least half the business was done travelling round the villages.
Posted by Robert Ward at 29/01/2008 16:48
re Foster and Tetley - the Church Street shop can be seen momentarily at the very end of the video of the railway station and town centre, on the welcome page.
Posted by Bill at 30/01/2008 18:34
Robert, I do well remember Foster and Tetly. My Mum must have had some kind of saving account there. Just before Whitsuntide each year she'd take me and my sisters there for our new 'rig-outs'.
Bill
Bill
Posted by Robert Ward at 30/01/2008 21:58
Bill - it wouldn't be a savings account, it was probably because many of F&Ts customers paid weekly by instalments, at no extra cost, as this started in the days before signed credit agreements or charge cards. They maybe weren't the trendiest or cheapest of places, but I think they provided a needed service, and also clothed lots of farm workers when they only got paid once a year. They hardly ever had any bad debts either. It wouldn't stand a chance now.
Posted by Fiona Moate at 31/01/2008 10:51
My Father was apprenticed to Foster & Tetley after he left school. He told me he used to cycle around all the big farms around Goole Fields & Swinefleet Common measuring up farm workers for clothes they got at Michaelmas. This was the traditional time for hiring farm servants; they had a suit, overalls & boots.
Posted by geoff depledge at 01/02/2008 19:34
I remember Storrs (florist) on Carlisle St my auntie Vera (neeStorr but no relation) did their books for a number of years.
Then there was Butlers Furniture shop also on Carlisle St, the Butlers lived in Garth Lane, Hook as a 5 year old and later at about 10 Elaine Butler was my first "girl friend".
I also seem to remember a shoe shop near to Storrs and Butlers. Am I imagining this and its x-ray machine for seeing how your shoes fitted.
I can recall the sweetie shop on Kingsway (my mums family lived in it before it became a shop) and opposite Darleys that was a magic place to a young boy, even in the 50's it seemed a relic of past years. Then there was the chippie round the corner (great fish and chips). These have all been previously mentioned by Pedro
Then there was Butlers Furniture shop also on Carlisle St, the Butlers lived in Garth Lane, Hook as a 5 year old and later at about 10 Elaine Butler was my first "girl friend".
I also seem to remember a shoe shop near to Storrs and Butlers. Am I imagining this and its x-ray machine for seeing how your shoes fitted.
I can recall the sweetie shop on Kingsway (my mums family lived in it before it became a shop) and opposite Darleys that was a magic place to a young boy, even in the 50's it seemed a relic of past years. Then there was the chippie round the corner (great fish and chips). These have all been previously mentioned by Pedro
Posted by pedro at 01/02/2008 22:02
Opposite Storrs on the corner of Carlisle and Burlington Cres was Colbridges shoemaker and repairs.Dunno about a xray machine but he certainly made work boots and leather clogs :)
Posted by geoff depledge at 02/02/2008 11:53
My Uncle Frank Storr had a shop (he was an electrician) which sold electrical equipment, radios, sewing machines etc, at 19 Bridge Street.
I have a receipt for a sewing machine he sold to a Miss E M Driffill 98 Centenary Rd (later to marry Arthue Storr my Uncle) on 17 Nov 1934 for £16.10s.0d if a copy is of use for the museum please contact me (geoffdepledge@hotmail.com)
He was later landlord of the Dock Tavern.
I also have a receipt for the wedding reception for 44 guests of the above Miss Driffill Aug 25 1939 for the sum of £12.8s.3d from the Station Hotel, again if this is of use please contact me.
I have a receipt for a sewing machine he sold to a Miss E M Driffill 98 Centenary Rd (later to marry Arthue Storr my Uncle) on 17 Nov 1934 for £16.10s.0d if a copy is of use for the museum please contact me (geoffdepledge@hotmail.com)
He was later landlord of the Dock Tavern.
I also have a receipt for the wedding reception for 44 guests of the above Miss Driffill Aug 25 1939 for the sum of £12.8s.3d from the Station Hotel, again if this is of use please contact me.
Posted by pedro at 02/02/2008 14:02
Geoff I would suggest reciepts and such are donated to Goole library museum and thus kept for future generations of the town
to peruse.
to peruse.
Posted by Fiona Moate at 02/02/2008 16:35
I remember Colbridges, but I think I might be too young to remember an X-ray machine. A friend of mine who grew up in Coventry remembers having his feet X-rayed when he went for shoes as a young boy. They did exist, so it is likely there was one in the shop in the late 1950s/early 1960s. It must have gone when I started getting shoes because my Mum was so obsessed with correctly fitting shoes I'd have been in there!
Many of the staff who operated these devices contracted cancer from the radiation.
Many of the staff who operated these devices contracted cancer from the radiation.
Posted by David Lea-Jackson at 06/02/2008 12:33
When thinking of Hackforths my thaughts went back to the fire station which was behind Hackforths,Stanhope St I think.Some years ago when last in Goole I was looking for petrol I saw that the old station was at that time a tyre fitting centre.
During the war i recall being enthralled by the sight of a bright red engine with brass fittings and solid tyres sitting in the station,by the side of which was a drab looking AFS Fordson fire truck,complete with trailer finished in battleship grey.I can only hope that the red beast ended up in a museum.
During the war i recall being enthralled by the sight of a bright red engine with brass fittings and solid tyres sitting in the station,by the side of which was a drab looking AFS Fordson fire truck,complete with trailer finished in battleship grey.I can only hope that the red beast ended up in a museum.
Posted by Robert Ward at 07/02/2008 10:53
Fiona - thanks for those memories - my Dad used to mention Fred Moate from time to time.
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 11/02/2008 17:18
I recall a cobblers shop near Bob Leggot's Haidressers in Carlisle St. Believe he was called Wally Earle. Also, George Botley had a sweet shop in North Street next door to us. He used to run coach outings and would give us kids a free bag of sweets. We lived at No 37 in what had been Richardsons shop. The shop front remained boarded up though while my parents were tenants. Fred Bamforth's cycle shop was on the corner of North St. and Cross North St. He also had storage space further along on the next block. Wrightson General Smith shoed horses in a cellar workshop next to this. He eventually moved to the opposite side of the road between Northern Dairies lockup and Townend Garage which I believe was owned by Easthams. Next to the Dairy lockup on the other side, was a joiners shop whose name I cannot recall.At the rear of the Dairy lockup, (North St. access,) was Mobbs Coal Merchants complete with stables for the dray horses.
Between Icon Heppenstall Brewers, (which later was Claude and Frank Eastons Builders yard) and a workshop, was a vacant plot of overgrown land. The workshop was used by a plumber I believe, called Ken Morrill. By Sylvanus Baxter a local decorator and also Alan Pidd another plumber, although at different times.
Between Icon Heppenstall Brewers, (which later was Claude and Frank Eastons Builders yard) and a workshop, was a vacant plot of overgrown land. The workshop was used by a plumber I believe, called Ken Morrill. By Sylvanus Baxter a local decorator and also Alan Pidd another plumber, although at different times.
Posted by Fiona Moate at 12/02/2008 17:51
I think the carpenter might have been Tom Smith who was my Great Uncle.
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 12/02/2008 19:24
Fiona
Tom Smith did use this workshop at one stage I believe he may have done work for a local builder at the time, Maybe Geo. Farmery. I was trying to recall an earlier user.
Tom Smith did use this workshop at one stage I believe he may have done work for a local builder at the time, Maybe Geo. Farmery. I was trying to recall an earlier user.
Posted by Martin Schultz at 14/02/2008 23:34
My Grandfather, Philip Seltzer, was the owner of Seltzers Leather Store. I recall visiting the shop when I was a child. It was a shame that the shop was forced to close in the 70's when the lease expired and he then went to run the Sports Goods Department in Northern Clothing until he retired.
My Mother who lives in Hull has photographs of the shop if anyone is interested, please contact me.
My Mother who lives in Hull has photographs of the shop if anyone is interested, please contact me.
Posted by Miriam Schultz at 15/02/2008 11:03
My grandparents owned and ran 'Seltzers' Every saturday we went from Hull by car with our mum to collect my grandparents........it was the weekly treat. The shop was an Alladins cave! The right hand side of the shop went from waist height to almost the ceiling in stepped shelves covered in toys of all shapes ,sizes and price range! The end wall was the same stepped shelves with horse brsses and household ornaments and the left hand wall was filled from floor to ceiling with sports goods........fishing rods and tackle tenis rackets and all sorts of balls! golf, football, tennis etc. My grandad also would re-string tennis rackets in the back of the shop with 'catgut' of course I though it was really cats guts! They also stocked guns I think and shot. My aunt and uncle had a hairdressers shop but I'm not sure of the name of the shop or which street it was in. Their names Leah and Johnny Burkoff........my aunt is still alive at 86 but unfortunately she is in a home in Hull. I can find out further details from my mum photos etc. if you want to get in touch.
Posted by Miriam Schultz at 15/02/2008 11:12
My aunt and uncles shop was 'Seltzers' hairdresser's in Pasture Road.
Posted by Audrey Amphlett at 06/03/2008 18:51
My great grandfather was Charles Doubtfire who made and sold icecream. I think that was in Pasture Road. He certainly lived in Pasture Road. Would appreciate any information about him.
Posted by Tony Jackson at 24/03/2008 12:44
There were two gents outfitters on Boothferry Road as I recall. One next to Milners called COOPERS, which also sold wines and spirits, and directly opposite was DONALD PARISH'S. This would be in the early 60's. Anyone remember them?
Posted by Kathleen (Kay) Lidster at 24/03/2008 21:05
Nice to see the Station Hotel in the photo above. My father was manager there in the mid '50s. They were happy days. My bedroom was on the second floor, with bars on the window (don't know why!)and overlooking the railway crossing. I used to play with friends up on the flat part of the roof, and, don't tell anyone -- spit on the people passing by! I remember the lovely sweet shop round the corner on Pasture Road -- can't remember the name, but I would often buy a bag of those little chocolate discs with the coloured sprinkles on top. There was a bicyle shop almost next to the hotel, and the owner frequented the hotel bar often - can't remember his name.
Posted by Fiona Moate at 25/03/2008 16:23
Thankyou Tony Coopers is the men's shop I have been wondering about. You are right it did sell spirits and things like cigarette lighters and smoking jackets. Knew I hadn't imagined it!
Posted by David Lea-Jackson at 30/03/2008 15:45
Audrey,
I made mention on this site some time ago that I recalled your G/G father and his ice cream van.This was when I was a very small boy,possibly before the war,baring in mind the food restrictions.
As far as I can remember his van was cream and red and could be found parked off the road in front of the Market Hall in the area where the outside stalls were tobe found.
As towns go Goole was always compareably small,every one knew everybody(if they did'nt they soon made it their business to resolve this situ) as it happened my mother and her parents were on speaking terms with Mr Doubtfire,my mother actually lived in Pasture Road before the war and for a short period after the war started.This was next to Tomlinsons fish and chip shop.
Memories from another age Audrey but I hope of interest.
Regards,
David L-J
I made mention on this site some time ago that I recalled your G/G father and his ice cream van.This was when I was a very small boy,possibly before the war,baring in mind the food restrictions.
As far as I can remember his van was cream and red and could be found parked off the road in front of the Market Hall in the area where the outside stalls were tobe found.
As towns go Goole was always compareably small,every one knew everybody(if they did'nt they soon made it their business to resolve this situ) as it happened my mother and her parents were on speaking terms with Mr Doubtfire,my mother actually lived in Pasture Road before the war and for a short period after the war started.This was next to Tomlinsons fish and chip shop.
Memories from another age Audrey but I hope of interest.
Regards,
David L-J
Posted by pedro at 01/04/2008 22:05
Doubtfires as us Goolies are aware are still in business and parking in the same market area. My earliest memory of the old man as a child was him plying the streets his transport most colourful, one could liken it to a merry go round it had barley stick uprights on four corners painted bright red with a large gold and yellow canopy above. He would announce his presence by ringing a very large brass bell. Needless to say Doubtfires still sell the best icecream in town as vouched for by my grandkids on visits to Goole.
Posted by Tony Jackson at 02/04/2008 19:45
Kay,
The bicycle shop owner you mentioned who frequented the
Station Hotel would be Claude Bamforth. He played dominoes
regularly in the 'mens only room' with a group of friends which included Bill Abdy, who had the butchers shop on the corner of Gordon Street.
The bicycle shop owner you mentioned who frequented the
Station Hotel would be Claude Bamforth. He played dominoes
regularly in the 'mens only room' with a group of friends which included Bill Abdy, who had the butchers shop on the corner of Gordon Street.
Posted by codger at 02/04/2008 23:13
Mid 50s next to station? Wasnt Bamforths in North Street
A bike shop near Station Hotel wouldnt that be Seagull Smith
A bike shop near Station Hotel wouldnt that be Seagull Smith
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 06/04/2008 13:32
Fred Bamforth's bike shop was in North Street, later taken over by his son Kevin who developed it to sell and rent t/v etc: He was married to Noreen Moon whose mother and father had a milk delivery round and lived in Cecil Street. I remember Claude Bamforth with his bike clips and flat hat. I believe he was Fred's brother.
Posted by Kay Lidster at 08/04/2008 21:54
I do remember Claude Bamforth being in the Station Hotel, and I thought it was Bamforth's shop on Pasture Road, but I can hardly remember what happened yesterday, never mind 50 years ago!
Posted by Robert Ward at 10/04/2008 09:19
Wasn't Donaghues a bike shop as well?
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 10/04/2008 12:41
Donoghue's had a thriving family bike business on Pasture Rd. It was on the same side of the road as the Baths Hall.Believe it was on the corner of one of the avenues. Claude Bamforth had a smaller business at the Boothferry Rd. end of Pature Rd.
Posted by Robert Ward at 11/04/2008 09:28
Bike shops - the strange things one thinks about - my second bike came from Heaths in Aire Street, about 1960.
Mike Marsh's book, Growing Up in Goole Volume 3, p56-57. remembers lots of shops in Goole in the 1950s.
Mike Marsh's book, Growing Up in Goole Volume 3, p56-57. remembers lots of shops in Goole in the 1950s.
Posted by codger at 11/04/2008 20:35
I remember Donoghues in Bridge St Old Goole prior to opening in Goole
Posted by older codger at 16/04/2008 22:16
remember John Willie Theaker directly opposite Goole Shipyard
Good buisness with all those yard workers bycycles needing repairs.
Good buisness with all those yard workers bycycles needing repairs.
Posted by brian sunderland at 17/04/2008 16:48
regarding claude bamforth he lived in dunhill road in the first house before the bend . he was first of all a postman then he had a shop at the boothferry road end of carter street where the polish shop is now, he used to repair boots and shoes he always had a collection of numerous cigarette cards stuck on the wall.
when i was eighteen years old i used to go in the mens only room at the front of the station hotel with my father stanley sunderland (butcher) who played dominoes with claude bamforth
george hawksworth (fruit and veg) and tommy atkinson who had a fish and chip shop i think it was down edinborough street.
their wives had to wait in the green room while they had finished when they joined them
when i was eighteen years old i used to go in the mens only room at the front of the station hotel with my father stanley sunderland (butcher) who played dominoes with claude bamforth
george hawksworth (fruit and veg) and tommy atkinson who had a fish and chip shop i think it was down edinborough street.
their wives had to wait in the green room while they had finished when they joined them
Posted by Gary MASTERMAN at 22/04/2008 15:23
I went to school in the 60's with Donoughue's son, don't recall his name, though. I thought the shop was on the west side of pasture Road (opposite side to Baths Hall), unless that was Bamforths. There was a similar shop, though much smaller,
Posted by Gary MASTERMAN at 23/04/2008 16:19
...between the British Legion and Sixth Ave along Pasture Road, I think, and if my memory serves me correctly, it also was called Donohue's, though no relation to the other one. He also sold toys and parafin. I remember falling in love with this Dinky toy in the shop window in 1957, when I was five. I went home and told mum that it cost 6s.11d. When it turned out that it was, in fact, 16s.11d she wouldn't buy it for me. I never really got over that. After getting home from Pasture Road school on a snowy winter's afternoon Mum would send me back to that shop with an empty gallon can to buy parafin. It's not much fun walking home along slippery pavements, carrying a full gallon can with frost-bitten hands when you're five years old. I never really got over that, either.
My uncle ken now has an electrical/hardware shop just up the road from there near the intersection of Fifth Ave next to the fish & chip shop. Hi Ken!
PS: Does anyone remember "Hubey's", a little shop at the corner of Fourth Ave and St Andrew's Tce. Is it still there? Or did it get pulled down along with all those terrace houses, which included the one I grew up in until I was eight.
My uncle ken now has an electrical/hardware shop just up the road from there near the intersection of Fifth Ave next to the fish & chip shop. Hi Ken!
PS: Does anyone remember "Hubey's", a little shop at the corner of Fourth Ave and St Andrew's Tce. Is it still there? Or did it get pulled down along with all those terrace houses, which included the one I grew up in until I was eight.
Posted by old codger at 28/04/2008 22:33
Donoghues same place. across the road was seagull smiths bike shop now discount cycles. only five avenues the sixth street is Marlborough Ave.Hubys now a private dwelling.St Andrews Terr pulled down and rebuilt with new appartments
Posted by old codger at 28/04/2008 22:38
gary if your dad was Don Masterman I worked with him I used to live in 5th ave up to 1960.
Posted by Gary MASTERMAN at 05/05/2008 02:18
Thankyou, old codger. Fancy forgetting the 6th street was Marlbourough Ave. Well, I supose it has been 39 yrs. So, you left 5th Ave in 1960, eh! You don't happen to remember a tired and frost-bitten 5 yr old carrying a can of parrafin resting on your front wall do you? Well, that was me and Don Masterman is indeed my dad. Do you have another name I can remember you to him?
Is Elite's (pronounced Eelights) still across the road from the old Bath's Hall? And there was a cake shop on the corner of pasture Road and Fourth Ave. It was owned by the Elwood family. I went to school with their son, Nigel. I remember wolfing down 6 day old cakes for sixpence after a Saturday morning swim before going home to fish and chips.
Is Elite's (pronounced Eelights) still across the road from the old Bath's Hall? And there was a cake shop on the corner of pasture Road and Fourth Ave. It was owned by the Elwood family. I went to school with their son, Nigel. I remember wolfing down 6 day old cakes for sixpence after a Saturday morning swim before going home to fish and chips.
Posted by Andrew O'Donnell at 29/06/2008 15:55
some great letters you fellow goolies
yes i rember the baths out for some cheap bread at ellwoods, which by the way i live next door to them in western road.
did u ever spend the after noon on the river bank highlight of the weekend and did anyone go to sunday school with mrs barrett in bridge street.
yes i rember the baths out for some cheap bread at ellwoods, which by the way i live next door to them in western road.
did u ever spend the after noon on the river bank highlight of the weekend and did anyone go to sunday school with mrs barrett in bridge street.
Posted by john howard at 11/09/2008 03:34
tommy dunderdale butchers in bridge street near cape of good hope best butchers in old goole and donague bike shop near by too my first bike three wheeler with stableisers and thick tyres wow great days
Posted by john howard at 11/09/2008 03:45
were was doyle street
Posted by old codger at 13/09/2008 22:28
Doyle st down to the old gas works.your mate chris at the cape was on the corner
Posted by Keith at 10/10/2008 08:33
Anyone remember Scotty Drury's second hand shop and Smith's radio shop off Aire Street.
Posted by David Lea-Jackson at 11/10/2008 23:29
Keith,
Ref "scotty drury"and his secondhand shop.I remember my g/father taking me to see Mr Drury in his shop when I was a small boy. I understood from my g/f that Mr Drury was his steward onboard the LOWLAND. I hope I'm right,his shop was in the same street that bus left for Brid.
Regards,
David L-J
Ref "scotty drury"and his secondhand shop.I remember my g/father taking me to see Mr Drury in his shop when I was a small boy. I understood from my g/f that Mr Drury was his steward onboard the LOWLAND. I hope I'm right,his shop was in the same street that bus left for Brid.
Regards,
David L-J
Posted by pedro at 14/10/2008 21:15
I remember both shops very well.Mr Smith used to hang all the loud speakers from the trees on Hook road prior to the church service for the whit-walks in riverside gardens.Mrs Smith in the shop would sell/buy or exchange all your comics and used books etc.Scotty one could buy a zinc bath to a wardrobe (probobly called antiques nowdays:)
Posted by Bob Calder at 25/11/2008 17:30
Lots of shops still on Bridge Street between the two bridges in the 1960's.
As mentioned previously the cycle shop and the butchers. The butcher's put dripping on their sandwiches, something I thought disgusting as a 14 year old!! Their was also another butchers next door to The Cape, in fact my bedroom when living at The Cape was directly above the shop complete with delicious smells of their meats cooking.
Next to the butchers was a fish and chip shop, but we only got them from there ocassionally as they weren't very nice, they were better in old Goole!! Also in that block there was a barbers shop and a grocers.
Also on Bridge Street was a men's outfitters (on the corner of South Street and Bridge Street), catering for the sailors and dockers mainly I seem to remember with next to it a bookies and a post office. Near to the Vermuyden was a newsagent (I think) and a sweet shop (I think).
All full of character but alas all long gone.
An excellent web site, thanks to all.
Bob Calder
As mentioned previously the cycle shop and the butchers. The butcher's put dripping on their sandwiches, something I thought disgusting as a 14 year old!! Their was also another butchers next door to The Cape, in fact my bedroom when living at The Cape was directly above the shop complete with delicious smells of their meats cooking.
Next to the butchers was a fish and chip shop, but we only got them from there ocassionally as they weren't very nice, they were better in old Goole!! Also in that block there was a barbers shop and a grocers.
Also on Bridge Street was a men's outfitters (on the corner of South Street and Bridge Street), catering for the sailors and dockers mainly I seem to remember with next to it a bookies and a post office. Near to the Vermuyden was a newsagent (I think) and a sweet shop (I think).
All full of character but alas all long gone.
An excellent web site, thanks to all.
Bob Calder
Posted by Beryl Shelley at 01/12/2008 19:02
came across this geat website and was surprized to see my family name mentioned. Mr Joy who had a sweet shop in Jackson st was my uncle.Does anyone remember my grandads cobblers shop I think it was near Manuel st . His name was Harry Joy and I believe he looked after the football boots of Goole Town.
Posted by Glynne Hughes at 09/12/2008 20:48
Bridge St Western side
Arthur W G GRINGLEY, saddler
Bert DOUGHERTY, butcher
THOMPSON and Co., grocers
Harry Edmund GOWLAR, Fried fish shop
Alfred ABREY, butcher,
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, public house
Kenneth Foster WORK, chemist
Tommy Dunderdale Butcher
Donaghue Cycle shop
Bridge St Eastern side
VERMUYDEN HOTEL, public house
DIMBERLINE and GODDARD, shopkeepers
Jem William GARNER, Electrical etc
Frank JOIINSON, hairdresser
Edward LEACEY, clothier
Miss E COULT, confectioner
Frank STORR, wireless dealer
Arthur WHITAKER, Newsagent and POST OFFICE
Arthur W G GRINGLEY, saddler
Bert DOUGHERTY, butcher
THOMPSON and Co., grocers
Harry Edmund GOWLAR, Fried fish shop
Alfred ABREY, butcher,
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, public house
Kenneth Foster WORK, chemist
Tommy Dunderdale Butcher
Donaghue Cycle shop
Bridge St Eastern side
VERMUYDEN HOTEL, public house
DIMBERLINE and GODDARD, shopkeepers
Jem William GARNER, Electrical etc
Frank JOIINSON, hairdresser
Edward LEACEY, clothier
Miss E COULT, confectioner
Frank STORR, wireless dealer
Arthur WHITAKER, Newsagent and POST OFFICE
Posted by Glynne Hughes at 14/12/2008 20:06
To Beryl Shelley.
There was a Tom Joy who had a bootmending shop in a wooden hut on Swinefleet Road Old Goole, opposite the shipyard offices.
Kids to and from school often stopped for a yarn with Tom or a warm-up in cold weather, He burnt all his leather offcuts on his stove and you could smell it hundreds of yards away.
Is he another relative?
There was a Tom Joy who had a bootmending shop in a wooden hut on Swinefleet Road Old Goole, opposite the shipyard offices.
Kids to and from school often stopped for a yarn with Tom or a warm-up in cold weather, He burnt all his leather offcuts on his stove and you could smell it hundreds of yards away.
Is he another relative?
Posted by Patsy Gill at 02/02/2009 23:32
I remember Fiona's Dad and I remember he had some contact with amateur dramatics in Goole. After the crossing on the left hand side was Crapper (butchers) Coggraves or what it then called Helmsley's Chemist. Another butcher Sutherlands, Riches - bakers, Wendy Wool Shop and Coopers that sold men's clothing - quality stuff and booze. My mother used to pay into a Christmas club and talk to Mrs Cooper for hours. They lived on Airmyn Road and had a daughter who worked in the library. Also the fish and chip shop which is still there was run by Mr and Mrs Fletcher - no relation to Joe Fletcher who was keen on football and had a grocery shop down Pasture Room. Does anybody remember the two or perhaps three hairdressers shops that were run by the Dawson family.The web site has brought back many happy memories of childhood.
Posted by beryl Shelley at 04/03/2009 23:10
to Glynne Hughes. Thanks for the information about Tom Joy I believe he was my Great Uncle.My grandads practical boot and shoe repairers was in Marcus st I have got a business card of his which must be 1910-1920 as he died in 1921
Posted by Chris Ingleby at 18/06/2009 11:15
Ref.Claude Bamforths shop in Pasture Road,Claude was a gentleman caller to my gran,Ivy Rowley,Parliament Street,I remember him as a tall polite man,my 1st bike(a small wheeled Moulton) came from his shop.My paternal grandad,Claude Ingleby had a printing shop across the road to Bamforths on Pasture Road,It was very old fashioned even then 1958 ish,but had some amazing printing presses ang guillotines,regards and congrats on the site my memories (and tears ) come flooding back.
Posted by Chris Ingleby at 18/06/2009 11:31
Anyone remember the Copper Kettle,Boothferry Road ,my gran would take me for a milk shake on a sat morn as a treat in the late 50s
Posted by Graham Theaker at 22/06/2009 23:48
To old codger - John Willie Theaker who had the bicycle shop across from the Shipyard in Old Goole was my Grandfather. I remember the shop well from the 1960s and visiting him in early 1970s at his home in Morley Street after he had sold the shop only to find I had been sent there by my Dad to cut Granddads hedgerow whilst he was out at the Old Goole Working Mens Club!!! I would cycle there from Northway and work all afternoon then cycle back home after seeing John Willie in from the club and fall asleep in his chair. He died in 1976 (June or July). I am sure that I inherited my like for bicycles from both him through my Dad (Walter Theaker died 1996).
Posted by Bill at 03/07/2009 20:16
Chris, yes, the Copper Kettle enjoyed a certain notoriety in the days when coffee bars were a new phenomenom with a dodgy image. They were often frequented by teddy boys, loose women and beatnik intellectuals, not that they were many of the latter in Goole. Sometimes, on the way home from GGS in the very early 60's, I would sneak in for a coffee and feel very daring, if out of place. Maybe it had become a bit more respectable when you went with your Gran. I also remember that there was a Chinese restaurant a few doors away, the first restaurant to which I ever took a girlfriend (Cheryl I think) for a meal. Felt pretty sophisiticated then! Oh, the innoncence of youth.
Posted by tracy partington at 28/07/2009 15:45
wow i remember a lot of those shops liptons, bakers, freeman hardy willis, boots,shoppers paradise, goole times, yorkshire electricity board, and i remember it before it was pedestrianised. marks and spencers also when the wetherspoons was a bank and the market when they had the outside bit at the back of woolworths and the trucks used to park at the back of woolworths in the week when no market on
i also remember althams at the other end of boothferry road and the cinema with the sweet shop next door with all kinds of sweets oh yeah those were the days they were brilliant hey memories
i also remember althams at the other end of boothferry road and the cinema with the sweet shop next door with all kinds of sweets oh yeah those were the days they were brilliant hey memories
Posted by broadway at 30/07/2009 16:48
What about Maynards, Burtons, the cafe in the Arcade, dunderdale's the butchers with the singing daughters.
The small record shop in the arcade think it was the only one in goole..the laundry with the pull-down fire escape on the back you could ride on.and the best chippy in town top of Edinburgh st northern dairy,and the famous Blue line rattler used to run to rawcliff, could hang on teh back on ya roller skates get a lift to school..
The small record shop in the arcade think it was the only one in goole..the laundry with the pull-down fire escape on the back you could ride on.and the best chippy in town top of Edinburgh st northern dairy,and the famous Blue line rattler used to run to rawcliff, could hang on teh back on ya roller skates get a lift to school..
Posted by geoffrey middleton at 07/10/2009 18:44
can anyone remember that hut on bridge street that all the dockers used to to for dinner also does anyone remember that cafe down aire street going down towards lowther bridge on left hand side used to go in there for bacon butties on a friday night .
i dont live in goole now but surely do miss the place .
i dont live in goole now but surely do miss the place .
Posted by geoffrey middleton at 09/10/2009 14:33
who remembers back in the late fiftys the marshland on swinefleet road can anyone remember my uncle ernie kreamer he was a regular at marshland pub he was always telling jokes or playing dominoes , does anyone have any information on him if so please reply to this and i will send you my email address .
thanks
g.middleton
thanks
g.middleton
Posted by David Lloyd at 16/10/2009 16:05
Yes I remember the cafe in Aire Street - I think they called it the Globe Cafe? By the way Geoff, I saw another post where you said you worked as a driver's mate at Littlewood's Lemonade in First Ave - I don't recall the name but I also worked there for a while around 1969 - my brother Richard was also there for a few years in the early sixties. Remember Golly Thompson, Lionel, Arthur and Mad Tommy the driver's?
There was also another bike shop at the bottom of North Street next to the Peacock pub which had a repair shop in the cellar beneath. I used to go there and help the old guy mend bikes - I'm sure it was also Donogue's. I went to school with one of the sons - Peter.
There was also another bike shop at the bottom of North Street next to the Peacock pub which had a repair shop in the cellar beneath. I used to go there and help the old guy mend bikes - I'm sure it was also Donogue's. I went to school with one of the sons - Peter.
Posted by Polo at 21/10/2009 20:05
David, the bike shop was Bamforths not Donagues. Both companies had shops in Pasture Road if I remember correctly. I remember Peter Donague also. I think his brother Mike ran the bike shop. Donagues also had a shop on the left of Bridge Street going into Town from Old Goole just before the second bridge which his dad ran. Had my first three wheel bike from there. Happy days.
Posted by Joyce at 13/11/2009 13:21
Do any of you 'oldies' remember a cobblers shop- I think in Alexandra Street,which my father Jack Alcock had I think in the late 1930's. He had been left the business by his uncle Clayton Alcock. Could have been in the part of Alexandra St where Eastgate now stands. Any relatives left?
Posted by Elaine Barrowcliffe at 15/12/2009 21:52
Can anyone please tell me where Goole Co-operative Society was?
My late Grandfather worked in the Haberdashery Department from the late 1940's until his retirement in the early 50's.
I live in the Midlands but have very happy memories of visiting my Grandparents in Goole many years ago.
My late Grandfather worked in the Haberdashery Department from the late 1940's until his retirement in the early 50's.
I live in the Midlands but have very happy memories of visiting my Grandparents in Goole many years ago.
Posted by Alan Anderson. at 27/12/2009 20:12
To Elaine Barrowcliffe regarding the Co-op in Goole.
Hello Elaine,I came to live in Goole in 1950.The Co-op was very popular with many shops spread through- out the town and local villages.
The Head Office was in Red Lion St. .the first on the left of Pasture road and Included a very big shop on the ground floor.The clothing department you refer to was on Boothferry road ,on the same side as and between Gordon St and Jefferson St.It was a department store,quite Impressive.If you stood with your back to the Railway gates looking out of town you would see the shops on your left about 100yds away.The building is still there but now split into seperate shops. I hope this helps.Alan.
Hello Elaine,I came to live in Goole in 1950.The Co-op was very popular with many shops spread through- out the town and local villages.
The Head Office was in Red Lion St. .the first on the left of Pasture road and Included a very big shop on the ground floor.The clothing department you refer to was on Boothferry road ,on the same side as and between Gordon St and Jefferson St.It was a department store,quite Impressive.If you stood with your back to the Railway gates looking out of town you would see the shops on your left about 100yds away.The building is still there but now split into seperate shops. I hope this helps.Alan.
Posted by Bill at 11/01/2010 19:59
I remember my mother taking me to the Co-op Head Office in Red Lion Street once or twice a year to collect something she called the 'diddleum'?. Which I guess involved cashing in some kind of loyalty stamps. Does anyone else remember this, it would be late 50's early sixties. Also our milk was delivered by the Co op milkman and instead of paying him with money we paid with special copper tokens previously bought from the Co op - which seems like a pretty sensible idea
Posted by Stuart (Webmaster) at 11/01/2010 22:23
You can see some Co-op Milk Tokens from the Further Resources link at the top-right of this page
Posted by c.a at 13/01/2010 23:57
so many shops to remember. What about Ballon Yeast store in Aire Street? My grandad went to the hut in Bridge St for meals as he was skipper on Barges in Goole.there was Garners Cafe off Aire Street.I remember Huby's my grandparents lived nearby.Does anyone remember the corner shop near the old Bus Depot (Burlington crescent) nearly opposite Edinburgh St. Also the shop on the corner of Fifth Ave( not Pasture Road end) .There were shops on nearly every street corner in the 50s and 60s and you could buy everything on Boothferry Rd and Pasture rd. Arcade Gowns let you pay weekly to get the latest fashions. Peter Halls music shop was very popular too.this website brings back a lot of memories.
Posted by Alan Anderson at 15/01/2010 22:10
Reference Bill's posting on 11.jan 2010. and the Co-op Head Office.Hello Bill, the refund you got from being a 'Member' of the Co-op was called the 'Dividend'.I'm not sure how often you could draw it out, maybe twice a year.I'm almost certain my Mums dividend number was 1163. which you quoted every time you made a purchase at any of the Co-op shops. The 'Diddleum' you refer to was like a Christmas savings Club run by various people in the town.One such person was a Mr. Bramham.I think ?It was great to know you had something to draw just before Christmas even though you had probably struggled to make the payments through the year!No Credit Cards in those days!!Alan.
Posted by jackie haines at 16/01/2010 09:44
I am trying to trace family members from Goole.My Mothers maiden name was SHEPPARD, her Mother was Leonora Sheppard married to THOMAS SHEPPARD.
Is anyone aware of a Bill Bateman,possibly from Goole also.I would greatly appreciate any information, my E-mail address is
jackiehaines@live.co.uk.
Is anyone aware of a Bill Bateman,possibly from Goole also.I would greatly appreciate any information, my E-mail address is
jackiehaines@live.co.uk.
Posted by C.A at 16/01/2010 11:30
re the coop divi I remember my mum shopping at the coop and receiving her divi Also Mr Bramham gave out club cheques that you could use at various shops, One being the Northern Clothing where Hargreaves is now.Some corner shops also gave credit like the ones in Poets corner and Brian Cannon in his shop off Carlisle Street.They were a help in hard times.
Posted by Frank Philpott at 01/02/2010 03:56
I remember my mother drawing her divi once a year. YOU HAD TO SAVE ALL YOUR PURCHASE CHECKS. My brother and I were outfitted for school at the Northern Clothing Co. every year. Stores I remember.. Crappers the butcher...Sheppards for records...Curry`s for bycycles. Home & Colonial..Maypole...Elite in Pasture Rd..Miss Appleyard for Toys...Batty`s in Aire st for Cigarrettes. Leggets for hair cuts...Branson Bowles for Hornby Trains....Gleadows for Lucky Turnovers and miss Steeles for Palm Toffee.
Posted by Christine Rickards at 14/02/2010 19:43
Does anyone remember Antonio White's ice cream parlour.My mum told me about the delights of ice cream when I was growing up inn the war... I was so disappointed when it re-appeared.
I lived in Alexandra Street and there was an ice cream parlour at the back of our lane... possibly next door to Dunderdales. They did wonderful milk shakes and iced drinks.
I lived in Alexandra Street and there was an ice cream parlour at the back of our lane... possibly next door to Dunderdales. They did wonderful milk shakes and iced drinks.
Posted by Christine Rickards at 14/02/2010 19:49
Someone wrote that they were the grandson of Mr Theaker who ran the cycle shop in Old Goole. I was bridesmaid for Eileen Freer who married someone called Theaker and I'm unable to remember his name. Eileen's sister Violet was my best friend until she died.
Eileen's boyfriend was able to get us more than our fair share of fireworks when they became available. I'd love to know what happened to Eileen because after her mum and Violet died we lost touch. Violet married Barrie Cooledge..
Eileen's boyfriend was able to get us more than our fair share of fireworks when they became available. I'd love to know what happened to Eileen because after her mum and Violet died we lost touch. Violet married Barrie Cooledge..
Posted by Frank Philpott at 15/02/2010 04:44
The name Antonio White is familiar. There was also many barrows and bicycles with ice cream. Then came the Walls Bicycles with frozen fruit bars. One in particular came up the back way in 3rd Ave. He used to get the kids round him and he wrote a number down and you had one chance to guess it. If you did you got an ice cream free. He was very popular.
Posted by Christine Rickards at 15/02/2010 06:47
Old age and memories.
It was Alan Theaker who married Eileen Freer. They went to live in Leeds where Alan I believe was an accountant.
It was Alan Theaker who married Eileen Freer. They went to live in Leeds where Alan I believe was an accountant.
Posted by Frank Philpott at 16/02/2010 15:40
There is a reference to Antonio White on Goole entertainment Memories. Juggie 24.4.2007.
Posted by brian sunderland at 25/02/2010 23:34
re anthony white
i remember anthony whites ice cream parlour well it was down ouse street he also had an ice cream cart on goole market his daughter irene still lives in goole.
also down ouse street was scottie drurys second hand shop also smiths electric and radio shop there was also a pub called the crown a lady and gentleman played piano and drums on a saturday night i believe the drummer was tommy bidder there was other shops down ouse street but i cannot remember there names
i remember anthony whites ice cream parlour well it was down ouse street he also had an ice cream cart on goole market his daughter irene still lives in goole.
also down ouse street was scottie drurys second hand shop also smiths electric and radio shop there was also a pub called the crown a lady and gentleman played piano and drums on a saturday night i believe the drummer was tommy bidder there was other shops down ouse street but i cannot remember there names
Posted by Patricia Spink at 27/02/2010 14:13
Co-op Managers
My mum, Marie Spink, nee Watson, worked at the Co-op in Red Lion Street in the 1940's, and remembers the following managers. Percy Street, Cliff Hebden, Escourt Street, Claude Hawksworth, Marshfield Road, William Wright, Carter Street, ? Cawthorne, Wetherill Street, ? Bygrave, Pasture Road, Charlie Whittaker,Red Lion Street, George Ligg, Shoe Shop, Morris Edmondson,Coal Manager Herbert Scutt, Dairy manager Charlie Humble, Pasturising plant manager Alf Harrison.
My mum, Marie Spink, nee Watson, worked at the Co-op in Red Lion Street in the 1940's, and remembers the following managers. Percy Street, Cliff Hebden, Escourt Street, Claude Hawksworth, Marshfield Road, William Wright, Carter Street, ? Cawthorne, Wetherill Street, ? Bygrave, Pasture Road, Charlie Whittaker,Red Lion Street, George Ligg, Shoe Shop, Morris Edmondson,Coal Manager Herbert Scutt, Dairy manager Charlie Humble, Pasturising plant manager Alf Harrison.
Posted by Chris B at 02/05/2010 19:35
Hi
My great grandmother worked for a while at the North Eastern Hotel on Boothferry Road. It seems that it was whilst there she met her future husband John Richardson a widower and Jeweller. At the time of their marriage in 1917 Johns address is 3 Roseville Terrace in Pasture Road . Johns father was Philip Richardson, also a jeweller so I think it was a family business. I appreciate that this is outside living memory for most but I don't know when the business closed. John was 58 at the time of the marriage and I have been unable to trace his death certificate but he may have carried on working for a while.
Does anyone remember a jeweller in this area - I assume that Roseville Terrace is a section of Pasture Road
Chris
My great grandmother worked for a while at the North Eastern Hotel on Boothferry Road. It seems that it was whilst there she met her future husband John Richardson a widower and Jeweller. At the time of their marriage in 1917 Johns address is 3 Roseville Terrace in Pasture Road . Johns father was Philip Richardson, also a jeweller so I think it was a family business. I appreciate that this is outside living memory for most but I don't know when the business closed. John was 58 at the time of the marriage and I have been unable to trace his death certificate but he may have carried on working for a while.
Does anyone remember a jeweller in this area - I assume that Roseville Terrace is a section of Pasture Road
Chris
Posted by zoe at 11/05/2010 18:30
Can anyone remember the 'You are here' map on Boothferry Road. It was a large blue box with very stiff buttons which made lights come on inside to show where places were. It was outside the Halifax/at the end of Belgravia. Can anyone tell me what happened to it, or does anyone have any pictures please?
Posted by Denise at 13/05/2010 23:27
Down Ouse Street when I was growing up, there was a cafe, I think called Garner's, there was a grocery shop on the corner of Ouse and Aire Street and Mr and Mrs Arrowsmith took it over when the previous owners left and then I think someone called Ledger took over from them. 'Tea Cake' Willson was also down Ouse Street, best bakery for miles. The buses to Marshlands and beyond used Ouse Street as their terminus. Can anyone remember a butcher's down Aire Street, not Oldridges, as a child I called it Mrs. Bacon's but wonder if it was really called Batemans.
Posted by Pauline Stainton nee Reddall at 14/05/2010 20:18
Chris,
John Richardson died 1923 (Q4) aged 65 years. The Richardson family were well-known clock & watch-makers. Roseville Terrace is marked on the 1911 census as Westfield Ave. Have a look on the stonework on the older houses - names were usually engraved over doors etc.
John Richardson died 1923 (Q4) aged 65 years. The Richardson family were well-known clock & watch-makers. Roseville Terrace is marked on the 1911 census as Westfield Ave. Have a look on the stonework on the older houses - names were usually engraved over doors etc.
Posted by Alan at 17/05/2010 14:33
Does anyone remember Balloon Yeast stores on Calder Street.
My cousin Christine Goodworth worked there.
An odd name for a shop?
My cousin Christine Goodworth worked there.
An odd name for a shop?
Posted by June Makin at 20/05/2010 11:59
My parents Bill and Frances Leggott both had shops in Carlisle Street, dad was a barber and mum had a wool shop. I remember Dunderdales and there was a great sweet shop just opposite. Dad had one of the wooden shops along that stretch in the 1940's until they moved to 30/32 around 1949 when I was 2. I remember a furniture shop - Robinsons I think, a shoe shop, garage and a grocers where bacon was sliced for you, butter patted into a slab and sugar weighed and put into dark blue bags. Can't remeber the name of the lady who ran it - wish my memory was better!
My uncle had a butchers in Pasture Road - John Claybourne, another uncle, Fred Evans had a tobaconists near the clock tower and a third, Alf Cowling had a coal business in Marshfied Road. The library was just across the road from where I lived until it moved to it's current location. Would love to hear from anyone who remebers me.
My uncle had a butchers in Pasture Road - John Claybourne, another uncle, Fred Evans had a tobaconists near the clock tower and a third, Alf Cowling had a coal business in Marshfied Road. The library was just across the road from where I lived until it moved to it's current location. Would love to hear from anyone who remebers me.
Posted by Gerald Brooksbankger at 20/05/2010 20:17
This is for Denise, who was asking about a Butcher on Aire Street. If you go to the 1937 list of shops you will find that there were three in Aire Street one of whom was called Bateman.
Posted by geoff depledge at 21/05/2010 08:20
Denise
you would call the butchers Mrs Bacon as it was a pork butchers. George Bateman died around 1950 but my Aunt Vera ran it herself for many years
you would call the butchers Mrs Bacon as it was a pork butchers. George Bateman died around 1950 but my Aunt Vera ran it herself for many years
Posted by sueb at 26/05/2010 22:22
Does anyone remember Gunns fish & chip shop at the top of Gray St, where you could get fish patties, chips and scraps. The Miss Golding's little sweet shop, where they had a penny tray, all the sweets on it cost no more than one penny, it latter became Carol's at the top of Byron Street. I think there used to be a Co-op shop on the corner opposite the Buchannan pub which Sid Chappell ran? There were other small shops all along Whetherill Street, a butchers shop near St Pauls church and hall. A lot of these shops have long since been changed into homes, and St Pauls demolished and swallowed up by Timms Mill, which in turn has been demolished and when I last visited was still a waste land. I remember them as a small child living in Gray Street with my parents.
Posted by Frank Philpott at 02/06/2010 20:45
Hi June Makin, I always had my haircut in Leggats from when i was a kid and so did my brother and Dad. I am talking the 20`s and early 30`s. I did mention Leggats on GAG
Posted by Frank philpott at 06/06/2010 15:50
Re Grey Street . Did you know the Harrisons at number 2 ?
Posted by brian sunderland at 08/06/2010 23:22
re sueb
regarding weatherill street there were a whole lot of shops down there. my grandfather and father ran the butchers shop opposite saint pauls church --sunderlands. between milton street and byron street there was a fish and chip shop and mrs beamsons fruit and vegetable shop. goldings was on the other corner of byron street. george blackbourn had a sweet shop on one corner of grey street and on the other corner was gunns fish and chip shop . as mentioned there was a large co-op shop on the opposite corner to the buchanan pub a bit further down weatherill street frank monroe had a general grocery shop on the corner of spencer street .
through the side street past the buchanan on the corner of jackson street there was alf wallers hairdressing shop jack hagues grocery shop and tommy mcgraths taxi and sweet shop on three corners a bit further along was charlie gates boot and shoe repair shop
regarding weatherill street there were a whole lot of shops down there. my grandfather and father ran the butchers shop opposite saint pauls church --sunderlands. between milton street and byron street there was a fish and chip shop and mrs beamsons fruit and vegetable shop. goldings was on the other corner of byron street. george blackbourn had a sweet shop on one corner of grey street and on the other corner was gunns fish and chip shop . as mentioned there was a large co-op shop on the opposite corner to the buchanan pub a bit further down weatherill street frank monroe had a general grocery shop on the corner of spencer street .
through the side street past the buchanan on the corner of jackson street there was alf wallers hairdressing shop jack hagues grocery shop and tommy mcgraths taxi and sweet shop on three corners a bit further along was charlie gates boot and shoe repair shop
Posted by Pauline Bolton at 11/06/2010 22:35
I worked for Jack and Jean Hague in Jackson street when I left school in 1971. They also had a taxi business which they ran from there. My wages were £4.80 a week.
Posted by trev hardwick at 14/06/2010 20:30
hi to gary masterman just spotted your mention of huby/s shop in fourth ave my mum moved next door to the shop when she was 5 in 1911 her family were called abson she is now 103 years old she has told us some really funny stories about the things that happend in fourth ave years ago i was born in pasture rd after mum moved there in 1944 we now live in iisomerset no one has mentioned eli procters bread shop in pasture rd any one remember the poster he allways had up on the wall ? and what was the name of the shop on the other side of pasture rd where mum used to send me for curd
Posted by brian sunderland at 15/06/2010 00:00
to trev hardwick
i used to work for cyril kershaw delivering milk he had about the fourth shop on the left hand side down pasture road coming down from boothferry road he used to make and sell curd from his shop.
the only abson i knew was eli abson who lived down gordon street he always had a black patch on one eye. he used to go fishing for eels in the river and kept them in a bucket in his back yard
brian sunderland
i used to work for cyril kershaw delivering milk he had about the fourth shop on the left hand side down pasture road coming down from boothferry road he used to make and sell curd from his shop.
the only abson i knew was eli abson who lived down gordon street he always had a black patch on one eye. he used to go fishing for eels in the river and kept them in a bucket in his back yard
brian sunderland
Posted by trev hardwick at 22/06/2010 19:55
hi brian i asked mum about eli abson as i have never heard of him she said he used to do a lot of poaching and that he was my grandad benjamins step brother all the absons lived in gorden and cross gorden street
Posted by Gerald Brooksbank at 22/06/2010 21:59
Mr Goulden had a chip shop, but where? I remember it as being at the Kingsway end of Queensway but I have been told it was actually in Richard Cooper Street. Is my memory that bad?
Posted by CA at 24/06/2010 18:21
HI ALAN I REMEMBER BALLON YEAST STORES IT SOLD PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING HENCE THE NAME
ALSO FOR THOSE WITH WEATHERILL STREET SHOPS MEMORIES MRS GUNN ALWAYS SAID TA LOVE WHEN YOU PAID FOR YOUR CHIPS PATTIES AND SCRAPS AND JEAN HAGUES MUM SOLD PIES PEAS AND GRAVY FROM HER BACK DOOR IN TENNYSON STREET THEY THEN OPENED UP THE FRONT ROOM AS A SHOP BEFORE MOVING TO JACKSON STREET
ALSO FOR THOSE WITH WEATHERILL STREET SHOPS MEMORIES MRS GUNN ALWAYS SAID TA LOVE WHEN YOU PAID FOR YOUR CHIPS PATTIES AND SCRAPS AND JEAN HAGUES MUM SOLD PIES PEAS AND GRAVY FROM HER BACK DOOR IN TENNYSON STREET THEY THEN OPENED UP THE FRONT ROOM AS A SHOP BEFORE MOVING TO JACKSON STREET
Posted by broadway at 09/07/2010 10:33
what about the best, butchers in goole, Jim nightingales a true gent, fantastic pork pies, excellent sausages, could just eat one..
Posted by David |Lea-Jackson at 14/07/2010 15:12
Following on from Brians comments(8th of june).As a very small boy in the 40's I remember spending hours in Charlie Gates shop fascinated by the way he could cut and shape leather for soles and heels from large sheets of leather he had in the shop and the knives he had were something else,truly a craftsman the like of which are hard to come by today.Charlie lived with his wife next door to another shop owner a delightfull man by the name of Mr Joy (Joy Boy) sweets and newspapers.Happy Days!
David L-J.
David L-J.
Posted by helen lloyd at 19/08/2010 23:21
does any one know what was sold at the shop owned by George Botley 35 North st, the list on the website just says shopkeeper. the shop was owned by Charles Simpson a french polisher ( my gt grandad) then by his daughter & son in law Maud & George Botley
also what was the shop called
thanx helen
also what was the shop called
thanx helen
Posted by Geoff LeVoguer at 29/08/2010 11:46
George Botley was a southerner, (Londoner I believe,) he and his wife sold sweets and ran the occasional coach trip to the seaside. He walked with a limp and used a stick. They kept a rather noisy dog in the back yard. Their daughter Maud, married a Herbert Morrit and in the early 70s lived in Cecil Street.
Posted by Julie Mccann at 30/08/2010 23:26
Chris I noticed a mention of John Richardsons..... a family business of jewelers/ watch and clock makers? I am really interested to find out the name of their shop and when and why the shop closed? How long was it established for? Was there a daughter called Madge and a relative named Tibb? Many thanks
Posted by Julie Mccann at 30/08/2010 23:37
Hi Chris
I noticed your reference to John Richardson. Do you know the name of his shop and if the family business in watch and clockmaking was long established? Also does anyone know of Madge Richardson who left Goole in the 1920s with Tibb. Many thanks
I noticed your reference to John Richardson. Do you know the name of his shop and if the family business in watch and clockmaking was long established? Also does anyone know of Madge Richardson who left Goole in the 1920s with Tibb. Many thanks
Posted by helen lloyd at 02/09/2010 01:20
thanx Geoff, for the info, i remember Maud who lived down cecil st.
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