Excellent video. Thanks for the upload. My grandparents used to tell me about what Hull City centre was like before the second world war destroyed it. (Including my grandfathers engineering works, which was wiped out overnight by the German air force!). I've seen a few photos, but some of these show areas I've never seen before - at that particular time. The city centre did indeed have some beautiful streets, lined with impressive architecture, statues, markets and a traditional tramway. The city was a very large and successful fishing port. There were several docks in the East and West with associated industries such as ship building and engineering works. Hull had a city centre to be proud of, that truly reflected its success as a city at that time. My Grandmother came over from Liverpool to live on Lansdowne St. from about 1914 onwards in a terraced house. (My Great Grandfather worked for Crawfords biscuits who had opened a depot there.) Of course all those terraced houses were later knocked down to make way for the Royal Infirmary...
I was born in Hull, June/43. Delivered at a private residence on Adas Terrace by a mid wife. I often wonder how things would've turned out had we not emigrated to Canada.
Thank you for a trip down memory lane. I remember using the old buses with conductors but as I was only young then the rest is new. It was sad to see the effects of bomb damage and I wasn’t aware that Hull had been bombed more than anywhere else, including London.
Correct. Even at the time, the heavy damage inflicted on Hull by the Luftwaffe was kept quiet by the government. (In an attempt to keep morale as high as possible.) Not many people realise that places like Coventry got off lightly when compared to Hull. ruclips.net/video/s_UjFOlREgA/видео.html
I think they should have incorporated the trams system and kept it, imagine that instead of the bus lanes it would have been a lot better as time progresses and helped towards this greener city stuff. Hard to think Hull looked like this now everything is gone or been pulled down. Replaced with hotels or flats and empty shops that when get filled it's either a hairdressera, barbers or coffee shop then Christmas decoration shops for about a month near Christmas to be empty again.
Video's fabulous, but one thing strikes me, Ha! Free flowing traffic everywhere. No bollards, high kerbs, traffic islands, bus lanes, blocked off streets! If only the Council would open them all up again!
Why on earth did so much of this get knocked down I imagine some needed to be knocked down because it once became unsafe but nowadays everywhere seems to be a construction site that never get finished.
- I live in w.hull & Suffer TERRIBLY with "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"/Fibromyalgia/ME (Total Exhaustion) & Its (Almost) Impossible to get a Good 'personal assistant'/help,etc here.... :) Apart from Sandra & Graham Carter... :)
Excellent video. Thanks for the upload.
My grandparents used to tell me about what Hull City centre was like before the second world war destroyed it. (Including my grandfathers engineering works, which was wiped out overnight by the German air force!).
I've seen a few photos, but some of these show areas I've never seen before - at that particular time.
The city centre did indeed have some beautiful streets, lined with impressive architecture, statues, markets and a traditional tramway.
The city was a very large and successful fishing port. There were several docks in the East and West with associated industries such as ship building and engineering works.
Hull had a city centre to be proud of, that truly reflected its success as a city at that time.
My Grandmother came over from Liverpool to live on Lansdowne St. from about 1914 onwards in a terraced house.
(My Great Grandfather worked for Crawfords biscuits who had opened a depot there.)
Of course all those terraced houses were later knocked down to make way for the Royal Infirmary...
I loved it,it brought so many memories back to me.Thank you so for putting it altogether.
glad you enjoyed it tx o)
I was born in Hull, June/43. Delivered at a private residence on Adas Terrace by a mid wife. I often wonder how things would've turned out had we not emigrated to Canada.
Thank you for a trip down memory lane. I remember using the old buses with conductors but as I was only young then the rest is new. It was sad to see the effects of bomb damage and I wasn’t aware that Hull had been bombed more than anywhere else, including London.
Correct.
Even at the time, the heavy damage inflicted on Hull by the Luftwaffe was kept quiet by the government. (In an attempt to keep morale as high as possible.)
Not many people realise that places like Coventry got off lightly when compared to Hull.
ruclips.net/video/s_UjFOlREgA/видео.html
Thanks for posting/sharing
Wow! Hull was so very different before the Second World War! Thanks for sharing this great video.
I think they should have incorporated the trams system and kept it, imagine that instead of the bus lanes it would have been a lot better as time progresses and helped towards this greener city stuff.
Hard to think Hull looked like this now everything is gone or been pulled down. Replaced with hotels or flats and empty shops that when get filled it's either a hairdressera, barbers or coffee shop then Christmas decoration shops for about a month near Christmas to be empty again.
The ticket office in Paragon station. Lovely building , now we go ugly glass.
Video's fabulous, but one thing strikes me, Ha! Free flowing traffic everywhere. No bollards, high kerbs, traffic islands, bus lanes, blocked off streets! If only the Council would open them all up again!
Really nice seeing the state our city was in during the war. Can remember a lot of these bomb sights as a child
Why on earth did so much of this get knocked down I imagine some needed to be knocked down because it once became unsafe but nowadays everywhere seems to be a construction site that never get finished.
Do you think they will ever finish building Hull ?
why did i search this up
Nostalgia maybe? The way things were!!! March 2021 🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤🙏
We need more bike lanes NOT
- I live in w.hull & Suffer TERRIBLY with "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"/Fibromyalgia/ME (Total Exhaustion) & Its (Almost) Impossible to get a Good 'personal assistant'/help,etc here.... :) Apart from Sandra & Graham Carter... :)