Local history exhibition

I am writing this sitting in the Junction at Goole. Our exhibition is now drawing to a close and after talking to visitors every day for a fortnight we are dismantling it tomorrow,  Saturday. We must have had hundreds of people who have come to look not only at old pictures of hospitals which was our theme this year but at wartime memorabilia and old pictures of Goole, Howden and the surrounding area.

Pippa Stainton has her beautifully restored pictures framed on the walls and is pleased to have sold several. Gilbert Tawn and I have been kept busy printing out copies of the photos on the display boards - many to people who recognise their younger selves at school, at Hook Gala or as trainee nurses for example.

I have been surprised at how far afield our visitors have come from - the Midlands, the North and London as well as from Goole of course, Howden, Barmby, Thorne, South Cave and many other local villages.

We have helped with family history, military records and found pictures of obscure parts of Goole. In all it has been a very rewarding couple of weeks - but I cannot deny I shall be pleased to spend a bit more time walking Molly and tidying up the garden next week.

This view of Goole railway bridge in winter has been popular

This view of Goole market place in the snow has also been very popular and we have sold several prints of it.
Get in touch if you would like a print of either picture!