Goole Built: The Story of Goole Shipyard
An exhibition of photographs and memorabilia from Goole's largest shipyard, Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company Ltd.
Welcome to the Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Society
An exhibition of photographs and memorabilia from Goole's largest shipyard, Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company Ltd.
Celebrate 200 years of heritage and history, with this showcase of Goole on film. Goole Civic Society is showing historic films of Goole at Junction, Goole as its launch event for the town’s bicentenary celebrations. Sourced from several collections, including the Yorkshire Film … Read More
From Waterways to Railways: a Journey Through Britain's Working Past. David Scrimgeour will be delivering his presentation: Yorkshire's Watermen: Illuminating their lives through genealogy.
Presentation: Goole in 1926 - Celebrating the first 100 years David Scrimgeour explores what was happening in and around Goole in 1926, the year of the centenary of the opening of the town and docks in 1826. Despite the economic … Read More
The Yorkshire Society is running the 2026 Yorkshire Heritage Summit Symposium and Exhibition on 25 March 2026 at Barnsley. The morning session, the Symposium from 10am to 12 noon, includes multiple speakers on topics related to Barnsley and Yorkshire heritage … Read More
Annual General Meeting. As a registered charity YWHS holds a meeting every year to conduct the formal business of the Society with supporters present. This meeting is for those who have registered as supporters of the Society by midnight on … Read More
A collection of objects relating to Goole over its 200 year history.
The historic Humber keel, Comrade, should be visiting Goole for the Waterways Heritage Weekend, subject to her being able to escape her present berth at South Ferriby. HKSPS members will certainly be present to explain what they are doing to … Read More
On Saturday 18 July, a flotilla of over thirty waterways’ vessels will navigate around Goole Docks, emulating what happened two hundred years earlier in 1826 at the opening of the Knottingley to Goole canal and the port and town of … Read More
Save this weekend for a gathering of canal boats with entertainment, food and drink, to mark the 200th anniversary of the official opening of the Goole to Knottingley canal and the port and town of Goole. Boat owners are invited … Read More
Formed in 1997, Goole Model Boat Club occupies a site on South Dock, Goole, where many years ago a pond was built for the club members to exercise their fleet of impressively turned out model craft. The club meets every … Read More
This is a display of silver and silver plated trophies, c.1930-1990, from the Goole Wheelers and Goole Vermuyden Cycling Clubs, now both defunct. Also on display with be a c.1890 Penny Farthing that has travelled some 40,000 recorded miles, a … Read More