Monday, 26 May 2014

Fact 20. Hull was the first place to give mass Polio vaccinations.

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Polio is short for poliomyelitis which is spread by nasal and oral transmission and infected feces. The infection spreads to the digestive ...
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Sunday, 18 May 2014

Fact 19. Hull City, Kings of Europe!

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Hull City were founded in 1904 but not early enough to register with the Football league so they only played friendlies for their first sea...
Sunday, 11 May 2014

Fact 18. There is one of the Seven Seas on High Street.

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By the end of the 19th Century Hull had become the largest seed crushing area in the country. The business was undertaken by brokers travel...
Monday, 5 May 2014

Fact 17. Hymers College nearly didn't get built due to a technicality.

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John Hymers was born on Ormesby in North Yorkshire in 1803. He went to local school and then Sedburgh and then Cambridge University where ...
Sunday, 27 April 2014

Fact 16. Television's Lord Peter Wimsey was born in Hull.

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Ian Carmichael was born in Hull in June 1920. His father was an optician and was partner in a shop on George Street in Hull that sold jewel...
Monday, 21 April 2014

Fact 15. Hull is famous for the 'pattie' and Bob Carvers chip shop.

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Hull is home to Bob Carver Fish and Chip shop that started business over 125 years ago in 1888. This is the third Generation in the busines...
Sunday, 13 April 2014

Fact 14. Hull is home to God's House..

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There had been a a religious house to the north of the walls of Hull since the time of Edward I (Late 13th Century). In the 14th Century th...