Sunday, 23 February 2014

Fact 7. Hull's first 'port'.

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Hull's first port is called the Old Harbour or the Haven. It stretches from it's meeting at Sammy's Point where The Deep Aquari...
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Friday, 14 February 2014

Fact 6. Amy Johnson, aviation pioneer was from Hull.

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Amy Johnson was born in Hull on 1st July 1903. Her maternal Great Grandfather, Jack Hodge, had been Sherif and Mayor of Hull in the 1860. H...
Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Fact 5. England's smallest window.

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The window, said to be England's smallest, can be found at the George Hotel, The Land of Green Ginger in Hull. The window is about 10...
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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...