DNfourteen Magazine

28/03/2025

20/03/2025

SAVE GOOLE HOSPITAL!

Services at Goole & District Hospital are currently under threat. Please join us at a public march through Goole town on Sunday 13th April.
We will leave the Market Hall Precinct at 12 noon, going down Pasture Road, Westfield Avenue and finishing at the hospital.
Please tell all your friends and family and join us at any point on the route.
Your support is invaluable.
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25/02/2025

Goole artist’s paintings reunited after 45 years

Goole Museum has a large collection of paintings by the Pierhead Painter Reuben Chappell who was born, lived and worked in the town until 1904, when he relocated to the port of Par in Cornwall to continue his work.

All of Chappell’s works were painted for captains and crews of the many vessels that docked in both ports who wanted portraits of their ships. In his lifetime it is reckoned he painted over 12,500 ship portraits. Many of the surviving paintings remain with the families of these old sailors, and Goole Museum often have visits from people who want to know more about the artist who painted for their fathers, grandfathers or great-grandfathers.

The Museum was recently contacted by Goole resident Barbara Ecborough about a pair of “Fair” and “Foul” watercolours of the schooner Mount Blairy of Plymouth, which were painted in 1925 for Stanley Marshall, a 21-year-old deckhand from Hull.

Marshall met Reuben Chappell on the dockside at Par Harbour in Cornwall and accepted Chappell’s offer to produce portraits of his ship. Chappell, as usual, asked if he wanted the ship in a calm (Fair) or rough (Foul) sea and Stanley said he wanted both. After he’d purchased the paintings a couple of days later, Stanley carefully rolled them up in oilskins and put them away in a drawer.

In 1969 Stanley, now retired from a life at sea and living in Airmyn, heard a Reuben Chappell exhibition was to be held in Goole Library. He remembered he’d bought two paintings all those years ago and found them still rolled up in a drawer. He had them framed and gave them to two of his daughters, Barbara and Gwyneth. The story of the newly discovered paintings made it into the Goole Times on 27 December 1969.

Barbara, who has the “Foul” painting, attended a talk on Reuben Chappell by Goole Museum Curator Dr. Alex Ombler in August 2024, and then contacted the Museum to see if we could make copies of the two paintings and a newspaper cutting from 1969 about their discovery.

In November 2024, the two paintings were reunited at Barbara’s house in Goole where her sister Gwyneth had brought her “Fair” version from her home in Doncaster. Museum Custodian Richard Young was invited to visit and photograph the two works together.

Richard said, “After chatting to Barbara and Gwyneth it’s clear they dearly love their “Reuben Chappells”, and the paintings provide a wonderful link to the memory of their father.

‘’This story of two of his paintings clearly shows how several Reuben Chappell’s surviving works are still cherished by the families and descendants of the sailors who commissioned them many years before. We are always interested in hearing people’s stories about him and if you own a Reuben Chappell painting or have a story to tell about him, we’d love to hear from you.”

Councillor Nick Coultish, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism, said: ‘’What a fantastic story, to hear of these paintings by a local Goole artist reunited after 45 years is truly wonderful.

‘’Our community has a strong connection to the docks and seafaring, it’s great to know that people can stop by Goole Museum to learn more about their rich history, possibly contributing some stories of their own.’’

The Goole Museum’s collection of Reuben Chappell’s works is on public display and can be viewed Tuesday to Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 9am – 4pm. Entry is free.

There is also a Reuben Chappell Art Trail around Goole and copies of the accompanying booklet can be picked up at the Museum.

For more information about Goole Museum and to get in touch please visit: https://eryc.link/goolemuseum

28/01/2025

Please click on the link below to view the current February 2025 edition of the magazine:

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24/01/2025

06/01/2025

You can view the current edition (Dec 2024 / January 2025) of the DNfourteen Magazine online by clicking the attached link.

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01/10/2024

The 17th East Yorkshire Business Expo takes place tomorrow - Wednesday 2nd October - Open from 10am to 4pm - at The Conference Centre, Mercure Grange Park Hotel, Willerby HU10 6EB
Free Entry • Free Parking • Free Seminars • Free Speed Networking
Please come along and meet the regions most dynamic speakers and businesses - It's a great opportunity to grow your business!

25/08/2024

Wondering what's on in Goole?
Come and join us at another free event in Goole. We're joining active communities and East Riding Leisure at their Goole What's On community event at Goole College.

There will be plenty for you and the kids to do as there will be free activities and taster sessions taking place from numerous services and organisations such as ourselves.

30/07/2024

Youth bus launches twilight sessions this summer

A new youth bus will be running twilight youth sessions in Hessle and Howden over the summer holidays, as part of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, in partnership with Humberside Police, will be providing a range of fun activities for young people aged 11 and over on benefit-related free school meals.

Outreach workers will lead activities from DJ workshops, multisport with Hull FC to street art workshops, dance workshops and wrestling in sumo suits.
The youth bus was developed as part of the Barnardo’s collaboration project with East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Voices Mean Choices. Young people, parents/carers and partners from a range of organisations were involved in the designing of the concept “Our Place” to offer a safe place for young people to come to.
Councillor Victoria Aitken, Cabinet Member for children, families and education said: “These sessions offer a fun, free way for young people to come together, in safe spaces.
“Young people have been involved in developing the youth bus concept and the designing of the bus, as well as the activities that will be running. Thanks to everyone who helped with this Our Place project and I know young people will enjoy all it has to offer this summer!”

Inspector Matt Wilson said: “We are really pleased to be joining forces with the council to help deliver these fun and exciting activities over the summer holidays.

“This is a great opportunity for young people to come together with friends and exercise, express themselves creatively and enjoy something to eat as well. It’s going to be a really fun summer and I hope to see lots of young people coming along and making the most of the brilliant sessions that are planned.”
Parents can book funded places for young people who are in receipt of benefits-related free school meals, and go to an East Riding school. There are also places on all programmes for pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), regardless of their free school meal status. During the summer holidays, parents will be able to book up to 16 funded places. Food will be provided at each session.

To book onto the sessions:
• Hessle, Thursday evenings: 3.30pm to 7.30pm - https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/jki5bYi2UpTWeOkRtaee
• Howden, Wednesday evenings: 3.30pm to 7.30pm - https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/iLCmk2EslERg3jOoQGT2
For more information got to: http://www.activeeastriding.co.uk/holiday-activities-and-food

20/07/2024

Looking for something to do tomorrow in Goole….

20/07/2024

The sun is finally shining! Who fancies a Summer Day Trip to Clifton Park on Wednesday 28th August? Pick up from The Courtyard at 09:00. Please email [email protected] to book 🤩🥳🚌🌞🌸🥪🍓🧃🚍⛲️🏞🎢
*Please note bookings cannot be confirmed without payment, seats are available on a first come first served basis at £11 per person

06/06/2024

We still have space at The East Yorkshire Show for more vehicles at this year's show - book your vehicle in by telephoning Jane on 07502 456979

25/04/2024

Beverley Vintage & Retro Fair - This Saturday 27th April from 10am to 4 pm in Beverley Minster. Come and grab a bargain!

Over 70 exhibitors/traders selling a wide variety of Vintage, Retro, Handmade, and upcycled products.

Live entertainment:
Maggie Hush/vintage vocalist
Boogie Bugle Babes/vintage singers
DJ Murray (BeverleyFM’s Vintage Radio Show)
Dancing all day, and pop-up cafe.

Admission is £3 on the door
Under 11’s - free
No unaccompanied children.
Raising Funds for Beverley Minster.
Sorry No Dogs.