This is all that remains of the Salvation Army Citadel on Anlaby Road, a crumbling door step. It stood next to the ill famed New York Hotel and was known universally as the Ice House because they had stored ice in it before fridges and what have you. I remember it as a Sally Army charity shop in the mid 1980's and that moved elsewhere in 1989 and demolition quickly followed but not until the obligatory arson attack. (Hull's motto: "Burn in haste, bulldoze at leisure!") The only reasonably good picture I can find of how looked is here though I'm sure there must be many others around. It was registered as a mission hall in 1883 and had seating for 2,500! (Those were the days). During WW2 it became a part-time synagogue for Hull's Old Hebrew Congregation as their place had been bombed as was the custom in those days. The new place is much smaller but the road on which it stands was renamed Ice House Road just to keep the memory going.
Rather sad, I think.
ReplyDeleteRemember going to Hull Ice House Citadel from Scunthorpe Citadel in the 1960's used to go over about twice a year I think was only thinking about it today as I met someone in one of our Christian shops whom I haven't seen since I was a teenager so must be about 50 years since I was there. So sad to see, our own citadel was pulled down a few years ago to make room for a new shopping centre and transferred to the smaller but newer branch in our town.
ReplyDeleteSpent many years at the Icehouse during the 1960s and 1970s as a member of a salvation army family.
ReplyDeleteTragic that there is nothing left of this wonderful building with its impressive gallery and numerous stairways and halls.
Such great memories only in the mind now
We used to travel regularly to The Ice House from Malton S.A. Corps in the late sixties and early seventies. They held mid-week Thursday night ' Holiness ' meetings. I remember fondly many of the people, the annual Youth Councils. Made many friends there but didn't manage to stay in touch over the years. Happy days. (Mike Williams, revatstour@btinternet.com)
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