Author name: Richard Clarke

The map extract above focusses on the ‘entertainments’ section of Pickering Park in the inter-war years. As with the ‘Recreation Ground’ (see yesterday’s map extract) Pickering was forward thinking in providing ‘tennis ground’ and ‘bowling green’ from the outset whereas the three other municipal parks in Hull had had to incorporate bowling greens particularly into […]

The image above is an extract from a 1920s O.S. 25inch map showing Pickering Park. By then the boating lake, with six islands, this more than in East Park, had been dug (s.p.b.). Christopher Pickering before the Great War had always wanted the digging of this lake to be done by unemployed workmen at the

Following yesterday’s consideration of Pickering’s Whaling and Fishing Museum the above photo shows part of the main gates to Pickering Park, these ornate wrought iron gates funded by Christopher Pickering himself. Pickering Park was Hull’s fourth municipal park (Pearson, East and West Parks being the earlier three). In 1909 there were many discussions between Mr.

Another of the old booklets I recently purchased from Hull History Centre (s.p.b.) is entitled ‘Museum of Fisheries and Shipping, Pickering Park, Hull (illustrated catalogue)’, published 1915 and written by Thomas Sheppard (s.p.b.). The first illustration is a photo. of the building funded by Christopher Pickering initially as a reading room and then as a

Having finished, for the moment, consideration of Myton, and before going on to Sculcoates, I will draw attention to the above. For a while now Hull History Centre has had a table near the reception on which unwanted stock are being sold at very reasonable prices. Some of these items are booklets published back in

Although the words ‘Myton Ward’ are clearly marked on the 1928 detailed O.S. map it is hard to find the word Myton appearing in any context on today’s equivalent except for Myton Street, the short street immediately west of the new Bonus Arena. To the north of Myton Ward in 1928 was ‘Botanic Ward’, this