I went to Hull in April 2019, a planned pub crawl after an away day at the football. One of the best nights ever – its a lovely old city centre, the streets were bustling, the people were friendly and we finished by sitting beside the Humber with a pint of local beer on the go. Good times.
darren
3 years ago
There’s more than a hint of truth in this. But maybe it’s just the aspect. Sitting on the North Sea, facing the cold east. Teesside has some of the same mordant, deadpan perversity that people outside don’t really ‘get’ until they’ve been there a while. Like my native Teesside, it gets a stinking rap, until people actually go there and see that it’s rich and vibrant and fun in lots of unexpected ways. I spent bit of of time there for work reasons and while getting there could be a bit of a trek (you don’t just pass through), being there was good.
arthur brogard
3 years ago
I’m from Hull…. half a world away and 20 years away now… it’s a great place. always was. always will be. but tell no one. keep it a secret. Hull doesn’t want or need any outsiders…
And find those bastards that took away all the paintings of the old trawlers that used to hang in all the pubs, way back when… and get them back..
The cobbles came to Hull from Jarrahdale in West Australia around 1839. Jarrah is a very hard timber, used as railway sleepers too. I read this in a Sunday Newspaper Magazine while living in London. I am a Hessle Road lad, later Priory Road but on retirement went to live in Jarrahdale, a historic Milltown. I have searched the internet for a copy of the article or other evidence without success. Can anyone help?
Amen! Keep Ull for ullians! We don’t have or want multiculturalism. We are 90% ethnically English and therefore have none of the issues you see around the country today with race related violence and clashes of culture.
Great city, great people, a true independent city state in spirit at least
A B
3 years ago
I spent three years there at the University in the 1970s.
I thought the city was great and the people really friendly.
Some places just seem to get a bad rep
and then that just sticks.
Benjamin Jones
3 years ago
Interesting article about a city I’ve only ever frequented the Football Stadium and the Humber bridge. I need to put this right, large cities ‘tucked away’ are always worth a visit for their individuality. That we may not to three strange places fall; From Hull, from Hell, from Halifax, ’tis this, From all these three, Good Lord, deliver us. 😉
Paul Ridley-Smith
3 years ago
London 0 Hull 4 – Housemartins 1986. That it means the Housemartins were the (self described) 4th best band in Hull is clear, but does the 0 mean they were absolutely nowhere in London or that there were no good bands in London at all? I always thought the former – but if Hull truly does brim with talent maybe I’ve been wrong all these years….
J J
3 years ago
There is something of a perpetual Dunkirk spirit in Hull. It was actually heavily bombed in the war. It was major port for many years. The people ‘get on with it’ with regardless. Generally tolerant, but ‘dont take the piss’. The best of British, perhaps.
J J
3 years ago
There is something of a perpetual Dunkirk spirit in Hull. It was actually heavily bombed in the war. It was major port for many years. The people ‘get on with it’ regardless. Generally very tolerant, but ‘dont take the pi**’. A sense of collectivist solidarity yet fiercely individualist all at the same time. The best of British, perhaps.
Roger Watson
3 years ago
Wonderful article. We came to Hull from Edinburgh 21 years ago – leaving behind a pokey 4-bedroom house and moving to a spacious 6-bedroom house here for a price that would barely have got us a room up North. Maybe that tells you something about Hull but we’ve never regretted it and don’t intend to leave. It’s a city of poets and artists and musicians. The Avenues area is superb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wi… and Hull it is full of surprises.
carolstaines8
3 years ago
I know Hull well….but clearly not well enough! There are some bright spots in Hull, but the overwhelming atmosphere in the city is dour. The first time I stopped off to do some early evening shopping in late autumn, I found it a gloomy, threatening city and never ventured back outside of broad daylight. Hull Truck theatre is good, Hymers College is a decent school, The Deep worth one visit and the Horkstow pavements in the museum are great. Other than that, the best thing is the Humber Bridge, your way out.
Only part right. It is a great city and worth regular visits from Leeds where I live. You forgot to mention the Ferens Art Gallery, one of the best outside London, the splendid Old Town that meanders down to the water, the stunning Walter Crane stained glass In the Minster, the Marina ( yes in Hull!), lovely on a summer’s day, rather a good Waterstones as well.
You are right on a couple of things Carol. 1) you clearly don’t know Kingston-upon-Hull very well do you! 2) Please don’t cross that bridge then, don’t bother visiting again, we can do without your negativity and the couple of quid you spent. TIA
Was in Hull February. Walked up Walliker Street, over the footbridge and mingled with the resigned locals exiting the KCom after a 1-5 tonking by Brentford. The looks on the fans’ faces suggested they knew where they were heading. Had a few pints up Newland Avenue way (No sign of Heaton in The Grafton) then back down the main drag into town. Couple in The Sandringham, then train home. Eerily quiet for early Saturday evening. Just like any other post-industrial northern town. I’ll go again though when I’m ready.
ianholls62
3 years ago
Great descriptive article. Spent most of my adult life living in Kingston upon Hull; Beverley Road, Chanterlands Avenue, the Dukeries & latterly the Avenues. Wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else but appreciate other cities & towns offer their own twist on living and people. Embrace it, don’t belittle it!
Philip Nicholson
3 years ago
I was born in ‘Ull but had the good sense to leave when I was 9. The only time you’ll hear the letter aitch is when they pronounce the actual letter as ‘haitch’ and still the only place in the country where you can buy a Curker Curler.
Roland Ayers
3 years ago
Apparently not only does Hull have cream phone boxes, it still has K8 cream phone boxes. I do like a K8.
I went to Hull in April 2019, a planned pub crawl after an away day at the football. One of the best nights ever – its a lovely old city centre, the streets were bustling, the people were friendly and we finished by sitting beside the Humber with a pint of local beer on the go. Good times.
There’s more than a hint of truth in this. But maybe it’s just the aspect. Sitting on the North Sea, facing the cold east. Teesside has some of the same mordant, deadpan perversity that people outside don’t really ‘get’ until they’ve been there a while. Like my native Teesside, it gets a stinking rap, until people actually go there and see that it’s rich and vibrant and fun in lots of unexpected ways. I spent bit of of time there for work reasons and while getting there could be a bit of a trek (you don’t just pass through), being there was good.
I’m from Hull…. half a world away and 20 years away now… it’s a great place. always was. always will be. but tell no one. keep it a secret. Hull doesn’t want or need any outsiders…
And find those bastards that took away all the paintings of the old trawlers that used to hang in all the pubs, way back when… and get them back..
And get those who stole our wooden “cobblestones”
The cobbles came to Hull from Jarrahdale in West Australia around 1839. Jarrah is a very hard timber, used as railway sleepers too. I read this in a Sunday Newspaper Magazine while living in London. I am a Hessle Road lad, later Priory Road but on retirement went to live in Jarrahdale, a historic Milltown. I have searched the internet for a copy of the article or other evidence without success. Can anyone help?
Amen! Keep Ull for ullians! We don’t have or want multiculturalism. We are 90% ethnically English and therefore have none of the issues you see around the country today with race related violence and clashes of culture.
You must be very proud of your ethnic homogeneity.
Is there reason not to be?
Great city, great people, a true independent city state in spirit at least
I spent three years there at the University in the 1970s.
I thought the city was great and the people really friendly.
Some places just seem to get a bad rep
and then that just sticks.
Interesting article about a city I’ve only ever frequented the Football Stadium and the Humber bridge. I need to put this right, large cities ‘tucked away’ are always worth a visit for their individuality. That we may not to three strange places fall; From Hull, from Hell, from Halifax, ’tis this, From all these three, Good Lord, deliver us. 😉
London 0 Hull 4 – Housemartins 1986. That it means the Housemartins were the (self described) 4th best band in Hull is clear, but does the 0 mean they were absolutely nowhere in London or that there were no good bands in London at all? I always thought the former – but if Hull truly does brim with talent maybe I’ve been wrong all these years….
There is something of a perpetual Dunkirk spirit in Hull. It was actually heavily bombed in the war. It was major port for many years. The people ‘get on with it’ with regardless. Generally tolerant, but ‘dont take the piss’. The best of British, perhaps.
There is something of a perpetual Dunkirk spirit in Hull. It was actually heavily bombed in the war. It was major port for many years. The people ‘get on with it’ regardless. Generally very tolerant, but ‘dont take the pi**’. A sense of collectivist solidarity yet fiercely individualist all at the same time. The best of British, perhaps.
Wonderful article. We came to Hull from Edinburgh 21 years ago – leaving behind a pokey 4-bedroom house and moving to a spacious 6-bedroom house here for a price that would barely have got us a room up North. Maybe that tells you something about Hull but we’ve never regretted it and don’t intend to leave. It’s a city of poets and artists and musicians. The Avenues area is superb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wi… and Hull it is full of surprises.
I know Hull well….but clearly not well enough! There are some bright spots in Hull, but the overwhelming atmosphere in the city is dour. The first time I stopped off to do some early evening shopping in late autumn, I found it a gloomy, threatening city and never ventured back outside of broad daylight. Hull Truck theatre is good, Hymers College is a decent school, The Deep worth one visit and the Horkstow pavements in the museum are great. Other than that, the best thing is the Humber Bridge, your way out.
Only part right. It is a great city and worth regular visits from Leeds where I live. You forgot to mention the Ferens Art Gallery, one of the best outside London, the splendid Old Town that meanders down to the water, the stunning Walter Crane stained glass In the Minster, the Marina ( yes in Hull!), lovely on a summer’s day, rather a good Waterstones as well.
Can’t join on on the great city claim.
The Ferens Gallery was the highlight of my stay in Hull.
“Hymers College is a decent school”
But in my day (c50 years ago) they were crap at rugby
You are right on a couple of things Carol. 1) you clearly don’t know Kingston-upon-Hull very well do you! 2) Please don’t cross that bridge then, don’t bother visiting again, we can do without your negativity and the couple of quid you spent. TIA
You just keep on defending it, Ian!
No mention of the local Prescott mafia.
Nobody dare.
Was in Hull February. Walked up Walliker Street, over the footbridge and mingled with the resigned locals exiting the KCom after a 1-5 tonking by Brentford. The looks on the fans’ faces suggested they knew where they were heading. Had a few pints up Newland Avenue way (No sign of Heaton in The Grafton) then back down the main drag into town. Couple in The Sandringham, then train home. Eerily quiet for early Saturday evening. Just like any other post-industrial northern town. I’ll go again though when I’m ready.
Great descriptive article. Spent most of my adult life living in Kingston upon Hull; Beverley Road, Chanterlands Avenue, the Dukeries & latterly the Avenues. Wouldn’t choose to live anywhere else but appreciate other cities & towns offer their own twist on living and people. Embrace it, don’t belittle it!
I was born in ‘Ull but had the good sense to leave when I was 9. The only time you’ll hear the letter aitch is when they pronounce the actual letter as ‘haitch’ and still the only place in the country where you can buy a Curker Curler.
Apparently not only does Hull have cream phone boxes, it still has K8 cream phone boxes. I do like a K8.