The Carnegie Heritage Centre are putting on an exhibition showing the railways coming into Hull.

The Exhibition is taking place on Saturday 25th February and will be open from 10.00am to 4.00pm

We hope to have maps, photos and memorabilia on show as well as a miniture railway which will be of interest to both children and adults alike.

If you have photographs or memories of traveling to Withernsea on the train please come in beforehand and we can add them to the exhibition.

A history of Hull's Second public park, written and produced by Paul Gibson to raise funds for the Carnegie Heritage Centre.

This short history of Hull's West Park discusses the park from its inception in the 1860s, through to the present day 'regeneration' of the entrance.

Illustrated throughout, with 30 photographs and maps, it is an A5 booklet of 24 pages. Printed in black and white, on quality paper, with a full colour cover it contains many views of the park never before seen in print.

Associated buildings, such as the Carnegie Library, KC Stadium, and the City Police Fire Box No.6 are all described, as well as features in the park that you will never have known about until now. Also discussed are the park's many sporting facilities, and its past relationship with Cricket and Hull City to name but a few.

This booklet can be obtained from the Carnegie Heritage Centre for £3.00 or through this web site with £1.00 added for postage.

The second volume of Hull Then & Now has almost sold out - so if you don't have a copy - get one now. Hull Then & Now 2 has more pages, more old images (over 300) and more text. The images are once more taken mostly from the personal collection of Paul Gibson, who has again been commissioned to write and design the book on our behalf. The book has proved very popular and was Waterstones' best seller for several months.

In volume two you are taken on a circular route around the city, beginning at the most requested area The Avenues. The other chapters of the book are Prince's Avenue (including the Dukeries and Pearson Park), St John's Wood & Newland Avenue, Newland & The Cottingham Road, The Road to Stoneferry (including Cleveland Street, Wilmington and the Groves), Market Gate, Low Gate & High Gate (three old town streets in detail), and Myton (with images from North and South Myton). The introduction features an appreciation of a very important person in the history of our centre - Joseph Hirst - Hull's first City Architect, and designer of the former Carnegie Library.

The book is produced to the same high standard as volume one, and measures 240 mm by 220 mm, with 180 pages. By purchasing a copy of the book you are also helping us to preserve a unique, Grade Two Listed building for the people of Hull. The book is priced at £16 and can be posted around the world by using the Paypal facility above.

Books can be be collected from the Heritage Centre on Monday afternoons 1.30 until 3.30 and from 9.30 until 3.30 on Tuesdays and Fridays. They can also be collected from The Bindery, located within the Carnegie Heritage Centre any week day between 8.30 am and 11.30 am. Copies are also on sale at Waterstones in the city centre, the Hull History Centre, the Hessle Bookshop, and Clements Newsagent on Prince's Avenue.

The official book launch took place on Saturday 31 August 2010. Our special guest was Mrs Audrey Howes, the grand-daughter of the architect of our building Joseph Henry Hirst. We thanks all of you who came for a glass of wine, cup of tea or just to buy a book and chat with the author who is seen here with the Lord Mayor and other guests. 

The Carnegie Heritage Centre was proud to be associated with the Larkin With Toads event, celebrating poet Philip Larkin who had strong links with Hull. Our toad was designed by Carnegie Heritage Centre volunteers, working with artist Lynne Hutchinson. We were sponsored by Hull CIB.

The design was based upon features of our building such as the original leaded glass panels, and our timber framed tower. 

The toad sat outside our centre for 10 weeks as part of the city-wide event, and was then sold at auction along with the other toads.

Following professional advice regarding the future plans of the Carnegie Heritage Action Team, the trustees decided to incorporate the organisation. This enables the charity to adopt a legal form, more in keeping with our ambitions, and in particular our ability to own or lease land and property in our own name.

The process has resulted in a new name and a new charity number. Our official name is now Carnegie Heritage Centre Limited, although we will continue to use Carnegie Heritage Centre as our everyday operating name, as this is how the public and our members have come to know us.

The trustees are unchanged and we have simply adopted a legal form which is more in keeping with both our long term commitments and long term aims.

In June 2009 the Hull & District Philatelic Society joined us at the centre and will be using our building as their base; their meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of every month. A social evening was held in June when the society invited our members to one of their own meetings and we all got to know one another well.

 'THE CARNEGIE HERITAGE CENTRE - A BRIEF HISTORY' by our volunteer Paul Gibson. The 12 page booklet is printed in full colour on high quality paper and is A5 in size (15 cm x 21 cm). The informative text is illustrated with several historic photographs of our building, the former Carnegie Free Library, as well as an illustrated historical summary of Hull's few surviving original library buildings, and their current situation.

Please buy a copy when visiting the centre - the booklet has a minimum sale price of just £1 but any donation over and above that figure will help our cause even further. As with all of our publications, the total proceeds go directly to the charity and help secure the future of our building.

Following a well received talk to the Hull Civic Society in January 2009, our chairman Liz Shepherd accepted a Civic Society Good Mark Award for the Carnegie Heritage Centre. The award was given for "rescuing the building and preserving its place in the community as the Carnegie Heritage Centre". Malcolm Sharman of the Civic Society is seen here presenting Liz with the award - well done everyone!