Thursday, 19 February 2015

Fact 60. Girl from Hull was first UK Eurovision entry.

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The UK did not enter the very first Eurovision song contest that was held at Lugano in Switzerland in 1956. They did however participate th...
Friday, 13 February 2015

Fact 59. First dock to the east was Victoria Dock.

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The last of the town docks which followed the old line of the city walls, was Junction Dock that opened in 1825. Trade continued to increa...
Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Fact 58. The first bank in Yorkshire was in Hull.

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A Robert Pease was a merchant in Hull and doing well. He had the important role of Chamberlain for Hull. It was his job to collect the taxe...
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Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Fact 57. Winston Churchill visited hull in November 1941.

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As I am sure you will have heard this week is the 50th Anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill and his burial. Much is being made...
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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Fact 56. The largest unspoiled railway station in the UK.

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Paragon Station, Hull as it is today. The station opened as Hull Paragon Street and then became Hull Paragon and later just Hull. Most rec...
Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Fact 55. Smith and Nephew medical equipment company is from Hull.

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Thomas James Smith was born in 1827 in Whitfield Northumberland, and trained as an pharmacist at a dispensing chemists in Grantham. In 1855...
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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Fact 54. Statue for MP of 32 years.

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Charles Henry Wilson was born in Hull 22nd April 1833 into the family of Thomas Wilson who had started in shipping in 1822. That company be...