Monday, 29 September 2014

Fact 39. William de la Pole was the first Mayor of Hull.

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William de la Pole was born some where between 1290 and 1295 at the trading port of Ravenser. This was on a previous manifestation of Spurn...
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Sunday, 21 September 2014

Fact.38. Hull saw 2.2 million trans-migrants.

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In the late 19th and early 20th Century there was mass migration from Scandinavia, mainly Denmark, Finland. Germany, Norway and Sweden, and...
Thursday, 18 September 2014

Fact. 37. Hull's third dock was Junction Dock.

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When Humber Dock was built the Act of Parliament allowed for a third dock to be built when trade reached a certain level. A new Act was pas...
Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Fact.35. Sir Titus Salt assisted Hull's Sailors Orphans .

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In 1837 the Sailors Orphan Institute in Waterhouse Lane gave clothing  and offered education to orphans of those lost at sea  and on the Ri...
Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Fact 34. Capt. Bligh's HMS Bounty was built in Hull.

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Blaydes North End Shipyard on the River Hull was the birth place of HMS Bounty. They also had a yard at Hessle Cliffe where the Humber Brid...
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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Fact 33. Gerald Thomas directed all 31 'Carry on' films.

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Gerald Thomas was born in Hull and studied medicine at Bristol and London. During the war he joined the Royal Sussex Regiment and serve...
Sunday, 17 August 2014

Fact 32. The oldest secular building in Hull.

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Other than churches The Old Grammar School South Church Side, just by Trinity Square is the oldest. It was built in 1583 as a school. ...
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