From Dock to Garden: The 1930s Development of Queen's Gardens (Stories from the Strongrooms)

In this month’s edition of our ‘Stories from the Strongrooms’ we look at the 1930s development of Queen’s Gardens. This is particularly relevant now as a £4.3m transformational city centre scheme is underway to refurbish Queen’s Gardens, improving public access and incorporating modern eco-friendly features as well as serving to create a link between some of the city's key maritime heritage sites. It is part of the much larger Hull: Yorkshire's Maritime City project, a cultural regeneration scheme in the heart of Hull's city centre that will protect and celebrate 800 years of Hull's maritime heritage.

All of the photographs in this video are taken from a fascinating album of photographs that was presented to the Chairman of the Queen's Dock Committee, Sir W. Alfred Gelder in October 1935. As part of the city's archive collection (Reference: C DMX/39), this album charts the original scheme to transform what was once the largest dock of its kind in the country into a green space.

A useful source guide which relates to the development of Queen’s Dock and Gardens that will help you to identify relevant books and documents as well as photographs, illustrations and postcards held at the Hull History Centre can be found at: http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/r....

Discover more about the Hull History Centre, the work we do and the collections held within our walls over on our website: www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk