Boothferry Family and Local History group

07/03/2026

The next meeting of the Boothferry Family & Local History Group will be on Monday 9th March when David Scrimgeour will give an illustrated talk on how Goole prepared for and celebrated its first Centenary in July 1926 with a very impressive pageant in a time of economic depression and just after the General Strike.

The venue is The Courtyard, Boothferry Road, Goole at 7pm. Members free, visitors £2.

07/02/2026

The next meeting of the Boothferry Family & Local History Group will be on Monday 9th February when Tony Saxton will show some of his collection of photographs of Goole buildings highlighting some of the more interesting architectural features.
The venue is The Courtyard, Boothferry Road, Goole at 7pm. Members free, visitors £2.
Here is one of Goole's lovely features - where is it?

07/11/2025

In a change to the advertised speaker the next meeting of the Boothferry Family & Local History Group on Monday 10th November will be a talk by Rachel Walker on "Dutch Engineers to Dam Removal: Restoring Salmon to the Don Catchment."

The venue is The Courtyard, Boothferry Road, Goole at 7pm. Members free, visitors £2

The picture is the frozen Dutch river in 1962. Hopefully we will not see it like this!

01/09/2025

Our next meeting will be on Monday 8th September when John and Margaret Clark will give a illustrated talk on the Battle of Flamborough Head which took place in September 1779 during the American War of Independence.

John Paul Jones captain of the "Bonhomme Richard" engaged and captured "HMS Serapis" but his vessel was so badly damaged it later sank.

13/08/2025

After Alex Ombler's talk on Monday evening about Dr Cass here is a bit more information. Just click on the link

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10/08/2025

Thanks to everyone who visited us at the successful hobbies exhibition on Saturday

And a reminder that our next monthly meeting is on Monday 11th August when Dr. Alex Ombler will give an illustrated talk on Dr. William Eden Cass who was Goole's first doctor. Born in 1801 he made two voyages on whaling ships before settling in Goole where he remained in practice until just before he died in 1890.
The venue is The Courtyard, Boothferry Road, Goole at 7pm. Members free, visitors £2.

We have pictures of many aspects of Goole life. Here is one for you to identify.

01/08/2025

Our exhibition at Junction is finishing tomorrow. We have had a great time meeting lots of people interested in different aspects of the history of Goole and have tried to answer their queries. Here are a few

When was Fountayne street built?- answer not sure but people were living there by 1915. Was it built we wonder in stages or all at the same time?

Have we any pictures of Aire street in its heyday? Yes a lot

Have we a picture of the house next to the police station and courthouse where the superintendant lived/ Not found one so far

What do we know about Benjamin Tysack and his wife the former Catherine Greig who are buried in Hook churchyard. We found that Benjamin was connected with Webster and Bickerton and Catherine's father worked at the alum works. They lived for a time in Orchard House Hook. More to find out.

But although the exhibition is being taken down tomorrow you can still ask us questions as we are at the hobbies exhibition and our next monthly meeting is on Monday 11th August when Dr. Alex Ombler will give an illustrated talk on Dr. William Eden Cass [pictured] who was Goole's first doctor. Born in 1801 he made two voyages on whaling ships before settling in Goole where he remained in practice until just before he died in 1890.

The venue is The Courtyard, Boothferry Road, Goole at 7pm. Members free, visitors £2.

28/07/2025

Come and see us - 10am til 2pm every day this week in Junction. If it happened in Goole we probably have a picture of it!!!
Where are these girls now?

24/07/2025

We have had lots of lovely visitors to our exhibition in Junction [access through the cafe]. Particularly popular are the albums of old school photos but there is lots more to see, videos of ship launches and groups of nurses and Burtons staff to list a few.

Open tomorrow [Friday], Saturday and all next week from 10am - 2pm

21/07/2025

We are now all set up for visitors to our exhibition at Junction open from 10am to 2pm every day for the next two weeks.
Come and look at lots of old pictures of Goole and area, ask about Goole in the first world war and the area's waterways heritage. We can help with family history and we have hundreds of school pictures to look at. See you there.

18/07/2025

A busy few days ahead. Not only are we having a stand in West Park on Sunday but Monday sees us in Junction setting up for our summer exhibition.

We open on Tuesday at 10am and there will be plenty to see. Our friends the Goole First World War Research Group and the Yorkshire Waterways Heritage group will also be there. The exhibition runs from Tuesday 22nd through to 2nd August every day from 10am to 2pm [ not Sunday 27th].

Come and recognise your self on old school photos and see how Goole has changed. Bring your own photos too for us to look at - and perhaps copy.

16/07/2025

We are very proud of our new roller banner No excuse now about how to get in touch!!! Click to see full size.