Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Fact 42. Hull is twinned with Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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Cities are twinned to stimulate and foster commercial, educational and cultural links and the twinning of Hull with Freetown was instigated...
Monday, 13 October 2014

Fact 41. Hull Fair is probably the largest travelling fair in Europe.

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The second Friday in October is always the start of Hull Fair. The date is awaited eagerly by all in the area as the Walton Street area by ...
Saturday, 4 October 2014

Fact 40. The Spiders from Mars were actually from Hull.

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On 6th July 1972 pop music changed for ever when Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie) and the Spiders from Mars performed on 'Top of the Pops...
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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...