Open Bridges - A River Full of Stories

This film, A River Full of Stories is part of the Open Bridges project featuring a trip down the River Hull on board MV Syntan with interviews telling real stories of life on the river in its heyday, filmed on board the motor barge Syntan, sloop Spider T and in Hull Maritime Museum. Visit the Open Bridges website to find out more about the whole project: openbridgeshul...
Interviews in order of appearance: Janet Anderson (nee Webster), John Whittles, Keith Eastwood, Neville ‘Killer’ Pinder, Tom Fry, John Drury and Dave Allam, Dave Allam and Nev Pinder, Glyn Holt, Dave Allam and Nev Pinder, Iain Campbell, Keith Eastwood, Trevor Branton, Geoffrey Shipman, Keith Eastwood, Allan Lister, Karen Walker and Linda Bragg (nee Hubbard), Keith Eastwood, Trevor Branton and Vic Shirtliff, Norman Hardy, Tom Fry, Ted Moore, Ann Smith, Keith, Trev and Vic and John Dean.
A River Full of Stories book, website, films and exhibitions tell stories of life on and around the River Hull over the years. The book (available from UK libraries) is brimming with memories, stories, anecdotes and over 200 beautiful photos of life on the River Hull. All sorts of tales of working life, skills, dangers, mishaps and side lines, family life, women's tales of families growing up on barges on the river, leisure time on the river since the 1930s. There are fascinating contribution from dozens of Hull people, river workers, artists and photographers.
Open Bridges made history when for the first time all 13 of the bridges over the River Hull in the UK’s City of Culture 2017 raised, swung or closed simultaneously splitting the city of Hull in two at 20:17 hours on 22nd September 2017. Historic vessels sailed down the river, met by 21st century tugs, to the sound of a new musique concrète work by composer John Stead.
Film by Humber Film Creative Community, edited by Philip Codd
Open Bridges is an independent Hull based project, concept and management by Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard loudhailer.net/