Well done Hull, I just hope they didn't waste £millions wining and dining spivs and spiv politicians.
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I'm still laughing but my thumbs are hurting now. I guess its slightly better than making Teesside City of Culture. But only because I wouldn't have as far to drive. Do you mean the actual City of Culture, or just a place full of mouldy houses? Now that I could believe
Fifty "Facts" about Hull which are true/not true All/most/some pubs in the Old Town are linked with the River Hull/Old Harbour/Holy Trinity Church, for the purposes of smuggling King Billy gets off his horse and goes for a drink in the King Billy pub when he hears Holy Trinity Church clock strike midnight (this is true). King Billy gets off his horse and goes for a drink in the pub when the clock strikes 13 (this isn't true). The sculptor of King Billy committed suicide when he realised he'd left off the stirrups (King William is depicted as a Roman Emperor, who didn't wear stirrups) Holy Trinity Church is the largest parish church in Britain (a meaningless statement, but one which most people repeat - one needs to define whether what is meant by "largest" - by area, size, volume, size of parish....) The Land of Green Ginger is where.... (choose your own favourite explanation and defend it against all-comers) Hull is a small fishing village at the end of a railway siding You need a passport to go from East Hull to West Hull or vice-versa. Although why anyone should feel the need to go to East Hull is beyond me, you only have to come back again Hull = Hessle Road = The Fishing Industry The plotting chamber in the Olde White Harte is where...... (sorry this is so utterly boring I can't bear to finish the sentence) The Old Town has been renovated/refurbished/restored (it's actually been almost totally destroyed and a cardboard cut-out put in its place) The Marina is anything to do with the people of Hull (well do you know anyone with a yacht?) Holy Trinity Church is built on foundations of sacks of wool Hull is called Hull We have the only white telephone boxes in the country (actually I'm cheating, that is true) The Docks/Queens Dock/Queens Gardens was the first dock built in Britain The Humber Bridge is the longest..... (I'm probably cheating again, but not for very long) There was ever a place called East Yorkshire (no, don't stir that up again.....) Hull people chose willingly to live in multi-storey blocks of flats Hull gas lots of famous writers, musicians, poets, pop groups, actors - and all of them knew Philip Larkin/The Housemartins/Maureen Lipman - or are Philip Larkin/The Housemartins/Maureen Lipman The Fishermen's Memorial statue was holding a fish in his hand The Amy Johnson statue is ugly/doesn't look like her/and anyway is modern so we don't like it Robinson Crusoe ser sail from Hull (surely this must be true, isn't there a statue of him in Queens Gardens?) Hull has two rugby teams and if you support one of them I-don't-know-which-one-I-know-nothing-about-this-sort-of-thing you can't eat bacon? The local newspaper is called the Hull Daily Mail No-one except academics can write local history Hull has a Labour Party The pub The Black Boy in High Street (which of course has/has not a secret tunnel linking it with the Old Harbour/Holy Trinity Church for the purposes of smuggling) is so named.....whichever story you're told its probably not the reason (and it's definitely nothing to do with black slaves/slavery) Wilberforce Monument was built on foundations of cotton wool (I don't understand this one myself) East Hull is "the Christian side of the river" Reckit and Colman's built Garden Village The Civil War started in Hull Greater Hull includes the natural suburbs of Bilton, Anlaby, Willerby, Kirkella The streets of Hull are paved with FISH! Princes Quay is a REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTRE Any ghost story associated with a pub - eg: The Oberon (not true but good for business The "Ghost Estate" Beverley High Road Wincolmlee is anything to do with an old woman "winking and lying" Hull's seed crushing industry/paint making businesses were developed as a direct result of the whaling industry Beware of the date given for the last whaling voyage of Hull's last whaling ship Prefabs last 10 years Joseph Rank was born in The Mill pub The Oberon Pub, Queen Street, dates back to Shakespeare's times (this must be true it's on the Marina Heritage Trail audio cassette) The railway lines ran to the former M.S. and L.Railway Station in Nelson Street (former Humber Ferry booking office) Bransholme is in East Hull Hull is a city of cyclists (so where's the network of cycle paths?) The new Victoria Dock Estate is a maritime village 'Halfpenny bridge' was demolished in the 1930s The Guildhall is called the Town Hall (look at the entrance gates)
