Heritage Open Days 2013 was another success for Goole Civic Society, arranged by the Society's Chair Margaret Clarke. The event started with the launch of the Goole Civic Society Awards, attended by local dignitaries, which will feature in a separate blog post. The pictures below show some of the events that were arranged for the weekend.
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| Members utilised one of the town's market barrows to advertise the weekend and to hand out heritage trails. |
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| The Civic Society, Local Historians (including Susan Butler and Gilbert Tawn) and 'Business in Goole' combined together to produce 'Then and Now' posters for the local shops. |
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| Goole High School pupils researched famous people from the town for an exhibition and after being exhibited in the school was displayed in Goole Library. |
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| Famous people from Goole by Goole High. |
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| Famous buildings of Goole made by pupils of Goole High. |
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| Goole library also contributed to the weekend by displaying local archives and a history of Goole's first (now demolished) Free Public Library. |
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| Goole Mariners exhibited a selection of their archives in their rooms at the Goole Conservative Club. |
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| A small selection of the material collected and written by Goole Mariner Brian Masterman. |
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| The Lowther Hotel, Goole, housed local historians. |
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| Where members of the public could search for and identify pictures. |
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| The Lowther Hotel also ran tours of the extensively refurbished Grade II* listed hotel, including a rare set of George IV murals. |
Thanks must also go to the Goole Parish Church for opening to the public over the weekend.
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