The recent history of Goole's architecture and heritage is 'another' Goole building has been demolished. Over the past year the former Customs House, Stanhope Street, and St Mary's Church ,in Old Goole, have both been demolished and very soon it looks as though the former South Street Chapel and First and Last Pub will follow suit. However, demolitions in the town do not always reach prominence and more recently a rather interesting building has been demolished to make way for the expansion of Goole High School. The building in question is the former Goole Health Centre on Bartholomew Avenue. Although a relatively modern building it is worth a second look. The building consisted of two parts a small clinic area dating to the 1930s, and a larger block added in the 1950/1960s. The architectural features of the 1930's building can be found in an article in the local paper:
"Goole’s new build child welfare centre, which has been built at a total cost of £2,780, is almost completed and will be officially opened shortly.
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| Goole's New Child Welfare Clinic (Goole Times 14.10.1938) |
The centre, which will take the place of the existing one in the maternity home, has been built near to the Hospital at the end of Bartholomew Avenue behind the Memorial Gardens, and is designed primarily for children between the ages of one and five in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health. In addition, it will be used for nursing and ambulance classes and as first aid station in A.R.P. work.
The building has one storey and is of modern design. There is a large assembly and lecture room 45 feet by 20 feet, rooms for doctors and nurses in which children will be treated, a store room for milk foods, a special room for toddlers and indoor accommodation for perambulators in wet weather. There are also two bathrooms which have been included in the scheme under A.R.P. so that people caught by mustard gas can be decontaminated.
The interior has been designed to give the maximum amount of air space and light, and is heated by concealed radiators which fit flush with the wall, supplied by a self-circulating system."
Therefore what would at first to be an unimposing structure is actually a modern public building designed to conform to Ministry of Health regulations for childcare and more importantly included A.R.P facilities, which were being prepared a full year before the outbreak of the Second World War. Therefore it pays to take a second look at a building.
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