150 Facts about Hull.
Friday, 24 January 2014
Fact 4. The largest privately owned shipping company in the World.
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Thomas Wilson Sons Ltd, or the 'Wilson Line', was founded in 1840. Thomas Wilson had first started as a ship owner with other partn...
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Fact 3. First ferro-concrete bridge in Great Britain.
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When is a bridge not a bridge? When it is the first ferro-concrete bridge in Great Britain! The low laying land of Holderness was partl...
Saturday, 18 January 2014
Fact 2. Andrew Marvell Poet and MP. Son of Hull.
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Andrew Marvell was not the inventor of American comic books. But a Metaphysical Poet and MP for Kingston upon Hull. He was born to the ea...
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Monday, 13 January 2014
Fact 1. Birth of Hull.
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Believe it or not, Hull is a new town! First there was Meaux Abbey that was set up by the monks from Fountains Abbey in 1151. After fina...
Saturday, 4 January 2014
New Year, New Blog.
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It is now three years until the start of Hull's year as City of Culture. I am not a native of the city but both my parents, and their p...
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