As someone who was born and raised in Hull but has been away for 35 years, I'm gradually rediscovering the old stamping ground and with greater interest than in my youth, with many thanks to your assistance...
Excellent video. Beautifully presented, thoroughly researched, absorbing and entertaining. A heartfelt (and I do mean that) thanks for sending a message that not everyone will agree with. Victorian society ended up turning a corner when even the rich began to feel doubt and guilt. They began building projects for the poor from their own pockets, in limited cases. Upon that point, we are actually at a place where we are worse than those times, where the very rich clearly feel everything but guilt. Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. And repeat it we shall.
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. And as my partner asked when looking at the Sculcoates map with the workhouse - "is this the past, or the future?". A timely reminder.
Thank you for this video it brought many memories flooding back to me. For my first ten years my family lived on Bournemouth Street as my father worked at Needlers as a delivery driver. Some of tahe photos my mum still has from this time, late 50s/early 60s, things were very rough and we children really did look like ragamuffins. I remember the cemeteries being our playground and "swimming" in barmy drain, we had to throw stones at the rats to clear them away before we were brave enough to go in. There was a car wrecking company besides the paint works with cars piled 5 high on top of each other and a favourite pastimes was climbing up them and jumping from pile to pile. How we survived is a miracle. Playing out in the streets for hours with no adult supervision, eventually you would get a message from a passing kid that "your mam's shouting" and home you'd go hoping that it was for dinner and you weren't in trouble. Again many thanks for your production. Steve Small ex of 32 Bournemouth Street
Strange fact about the picture house bombing was the film being shown was the Charlie Chaplin film the great dictator somebody must have tipped off the luftwaffe. My birth certificate has drypool on it.Thank you Jamie & kate as usual for really great videos about our city and East Yorkshire.
Ha, I was saving that little fact for a video on going to do about the National Picture Theatre and the plans for protecting it! Glad you're enjoying them :)
@@hullhistorynerd I did because i started quoting it myself and had to laugh when you did it. Really enjoyed this. Learnt a lot about my hometown keep up the good work!
As a Lambert St lad, this video brought back all sorts of recollections from the area. Spent hours exploring around the factories, graveyards and scrapyards around Air street as a lad on my push bike. Remembering well the cooling tower coming down. Working at Rosedowns my journey to work often meant Wincomlee and Fountain road. Lastly recall drinking in The Golden Ball on Air Street managed by Ken Wagstaff.
I was born down Duesbury St in the 70s and have recently started to look back into the history of the area I grew up in (I left Hull in my teens), Sculcoates was my playground from Princess ave to Air street including that graveyard. I always thought it was an odd place abandoned and surrounded by factories (I remember Needlers being right next to it). This documentary is great and very well put together, it's really helped paint a picture of where I'm from. Thank you for your work here, I've now subscribed and watching through the rest of your vids!
I moved to the East Riding in 2007 and when to Wyke College. Dad would drop me off at his office just east of the river and cycle up to college every day. Used to come back via Stepney for a change and got a puncture more than once from the broken glass. Still, good memories and I miss living around Hull and spending time in the city. Also I'm fascinated with the history so when I saw you over on Martin's channel I couldn't resist. Excellent videos so I'm having a bit of a binge - thank you for making such great content.
Informative and interesting as always. Though I have no connection with Hull, the place just fascinates me more than anywhere else in the UK. Whilst looking into my family tree, I did find a relative who was born at sea and christened in Hull, perhaps there’s something in that?
A fantastic education for me about Sculcoates that I know of but have never been to. The presentation with the narration with the many difficult facts of poverty with the high production values is very impressive. I believe that I can now understand why my Great Grandparents left Sculcoates for Sydney, Australia in the 1880's and where I live. I am standing on their shoulders and I am very thankful.
Top work as usual. This one was close to my heart, having recently lived on the newer development off Sculcoates for the last sixteen years. I was always fascinated by its history. I was particularly interested in the old power station, as that's where my house was situated. At the time there was scant information, only really building a true picture after the Britain from Above project filled in the gaps for me. It was also close to my heart, because both my mum and her sister, were left in the Beverley Road Workhouse when my grandma couldn't afford to feed them anymore. My mum was nine, my auntie younger still. Several weeks later, she returned for them. It was the story I heard growing up, that scared me the most.
Oh wow, yeah, a spell in a workhouse would certainly terrify anyone. As I say in the video, it was all too easy with the fickle tides of business for a working family to find themselves destitute and sent to the poorhouse. And the power station holds a real place in my own heart, forming my very earliest memories as a toddler. The sound of the turbines spinning up, the sight of the concrete cooling tower, the looming menace of the black wood frames of the wooden tower that cast a shadow over the house we lived in, and the bizarre, Terry Gilliam-esque hotchpotch sight of the power station itself from the back bedroom window, next to Needlers, those are memories so old that they are iconic in my mind, and haunt my dreams sometimes!
@@hullhistorynerd I believe it's a gift, having a place imprint on you, scars and all. They weave themselves into the tapestry or our lives, so that we may look upon them as our older selves and still see them in vivid colour.
Another fantastic episode, I’ve been addicted to everything you’ve done (except the trains, but I will give them a go!) Love your humour and easy manner in front of the camera, and your knowledge in local matters is unrivalled. Born in London in the early 70’s but adopted to Cottingham at 6 weeks, I still love to watch items relating too, not only my village, but the wider local area. My Dad is 86 years old and I have introduced your productions to him, he loves them and gives his first hand commentary, from his own recollection. Mate, if your ever in Beverley, I’d love to buy you a pint! And by the way….I’m watching this in Gran Canaria on my holidays!! Well done pal, keep it going!
Fantastic video. When I lived on Grafton the Sculcoates graveyards were a regular dog walking destination. I remember immense feelings of sadness when walking around the paupers graves, lifted by inhaling the vapours from Needlers. The scent would change depending on what flavour was being made.
Went to your talk today on the subject of hull fishing industry....me & my partner spoke to you afterwards...just to say a big thank you for taking time out to do this for the people of hull it was brilliant and very interesting and educational...keep up the excellent work and hope to see you again.... brilliant 👍
It was originally just so I could reach out and bore other people than my long suffering kids with interesting railway history facts, but it's certainly grown beyond that for me! Thanks for coming today, it's always lovely to meet other local history buffs!
Thank you so much for this video! All of my family is from Hull, and I, too, was born there. We emigrated to Canada in the late 60s. I have been doing our family history; everyone lived in Sculcoates. Many of them worked as oil mill laborers. It makes me sad to know that so many of my family were poor. Life must have been very hard for them. Thank you
Really enjoyed this. My husband’s grandma and family lived in Sculcoates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rowlands Terrace, St Paul’s Street in 1901, and some were in the workhouse in 1911. I found this walk around the area really helpful in trying to imagine their lives. I love the way you put such a wealth of material over. Such an apparently easy style which must mean so much research in advance!
Your opening words about Sculcoates being a place familiar if you're doing family history absolutely rang true for me. Then you went on to explain how the Poor Law Union (and, hence, the Civil Registration District) was created from seventeen separate parishes. Everything fell into place for me then. What you can't get from a website or a book, though, is the correct way to pronounce "Sculcoates", and that, as a well as a vast amount of fascinating history, is what you bring to your subject. (And thanks for teaching me how to say "Hessle", too.)
Very interesting vid,thanks. Im from the Princess ave area. I remember an old story about that graveyard on Air street, that a body had been dug up and laid out on the wall outside on Air Street. Nobody did anything about it and it laid there for weeks and weeks before it was removed. I remember as a kid in the 70s beeing dared to go in the graveyard,it was super scary.
You know what, im happy to see you making videos still. Saw you first 2-3 years ago on the selby railway and im glad your still making videos. Keep up your work mate your amazing👍
Another fantastic video. My late grandad grew up on Fountain Road in the 30s and regailed us of tales of his youth, swimming in Barmston Drain, scrapping with boys in other local street gangs using bin lids as shields and the like and running over the railways lines to avoid the local bobby on the beat. My wife and I explored the grave yards on Sculcoates Lane a number of years ago and were both amazed at the variety of interesting graves nestled away amongst the undergrowth and saddened at the sight of the workhouse graves. Thanks for your continually excellent content of our great city and surrounding area.
Hi I have a relative buried at Sculcoats church yard . It’s where you are standing in your video. I would love to chat about this and any information you may be able to give help us . His name is Bridge frodsham an actor who came to Hull from York. Thankyou
Lived on Machell Street directly opposite the hydraulic power station for over 20 years but moved away 3 years ago so was nice to see that area again and learn some of its history thank you
Thanks so much for making this video (and others). I live in Kent, although my family comes from East Hull. I'm writing our family's history and value videos like yours for the walkabout and background information. When I started researching in 1980 I was disappointed that so much of the old Hull had disappeared and continued to disappear, so the occasional original building, gateway or wall is very valuable. The village I live in suffered from the widening of the main road, the last building to go was 14th century but its antiquity didn't save it from the modern motorcar. I'll find your gofundme page. [PS. You've got a great voice!] Cheers, Caroline.
Very enjoyable, my great grandfather was born in Sculcoates. All ways wondered why I couldn't find the place when searching maps. Now I know. Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad I could help! My own interest in Sculcoates was sparked from family tree research, it encouraged me to look more deeply into the history to see and understand where my ancestors lived. I'm glad it's also helping others to do the same!
Just wanted to thank you for another brilliant video. I haven't lived in Hull for 25 years, yet watching your videos I know more about Hull now than I did when I lived there! Keep up the good work. IMHO you have a gift at making such engaging content. Greetings from Switzerland.
Hi, just wanted to echo many of the comments below. What an absolutely epic piece of work ; so glad I came across you. Looking forward to whatever next you do. Thanks (thumbs up)
Luckily there's a whole back catalogue of videos for you to catch up on if you check out my channel, plus, of course, plenty more videos to come next year. I've already made and uploaded the next one in this series, on the Lost village of Drypool!
As a young lad in 1963, I well remember living in Ryde Street at the Mayfair cinema end. I also clearly remember the wooden cooling towers plus the 'modern' block built tower that dominated the end of the street. We moved there from Grafton Street and I can tell you it were right posh! I remember Dad telling me it cost £2000.00! That was an absolute fortune then! My gran used to live in a court house until she died in 1968 but I can't quite remember where it was. Having done research on my family tree, I did notice a lot of family lived and died at Sculcoates. Perhaps the Joseph Smith gravestone you stood by right at the start is one of them! I was born in Drypool, as was my daughter. Thanks for doing this, it all reminds me of where I came from and that really is good thing!
Many of my own ancestors also lived in Sculcoates, on both sides of the family, it's been especially fascinating for me to uncover the lives and times that they experienced!
Another extrememly well researched and perfectly presented video. I was totally gripped by your coherent, flowing narrative. Thirty-five minutes flew by before I knew it. As you point out at the very beginning of the story, anyone with a family history in Hull has ancestors who were hatched, matched and dispatched in Sculcoates. My father's family lived in the Fountain Road area, and one of my aunts was at the National Picture Theatre the night it was hit. I live a few thousand miles away now and I get a little nostalgic watching your videos. Don't ever stop doing them.
You conjure an impressive 'In Search of the Dark Ages' vibe with your production values. The knowledge and passion you have for your subject shines through and your music choices are locked in that classic early 80s electronic style. Love it. I'm not even from Hull but, I'm hooked.
What a brilliant bit of history ! I've been finding out about my Sculcoates ancestors, and have learnt more about the area watching this than trawling for 4 days on the interweb ! Some are in the Sculcoates Lane Cemetery, somewhere, they do have a headstone, but I've not seen it. I sadly live in the south. The Metcalf family lived in Newtons Court number 4, near Machells Street, they were mainly shipbuilders, rivetters, beer house keepers. Four of the Metcalf's , George Metcalf 1797-1855, his wife, Ann, 1797-1868, and daughters Eliza and Sophia are named in Find A Grave, sadly no photo. My 2nd great grandfather Robert Plummer owned the Junction Dock Tavern in 11 Castle Street , I'd love to find out more about my Hull roots !😃
Glad you enjoyed it, my goal is to bring to life these areas and the people who lived there so that those places and parishes on birth, death and wedding certificates actually mean something to people and give them an idea of how their ancestors lived, so if I'm doing that, that's great!
My ancestors lived in Sculcoates. One of my Gt Grandfathers William Motson died in the Workhouse there in 1847. So interesting to see the area. My family eventually went to Teesside in 1910 for work. My Grandfather was born in Hull 1905. He was Charles Arthur Motson. Thank you for this Video.
I lived off Scully lane from 1947 to 1969 before leaving Hull. brought back lots of memories some good some not so, still enjoyed the tour, thanks for that
You have a wonderful series of videos. My own exploration of hull in the late 70s during my annual visits I was quite gob smacked by the juxtaposition of ‘scrapyards and glue factories’ and derelict graveyards.
yet another fascinating look at the history of Hull .. Sculcoates however is close to my heart. I was born down Bournemouth St off Sculcoates lane in the late 1950s and lived there until it's demolition in the early 1970s. The 3 cemetaries, tanyard, Barmy drain etc etc where we all played and enjoyed life growing up .. ahh .. the memories 👍
Great video. Born down Northumberland Avenue, I've played & walked down most of these streets & I still live in the area (Princes Avenue). I'll be checking out your other video's.
Started watching these videos last year when I was about to make my first journey to Hull as my partner lives here. Ive loved learning all the history about this place! Made me fall in love with it more! Thankyou for your time making these videos!
I've just discovered this video and I'll certainly be exploring the others. I like your relaxed but knowledgeable style and the strong thread of social concern. It's also nice to hear a local accent. I spent my teenage years growing up in North Hull and Cottingham. Whilst I wasn't very familiar with the riverside area of Sculcoates, Beverley Road played an important role in my development, you might say. Oddly, our GP was on Beverley Road and I learned to swim at Beverley Road Baths. Most significantly, the Haworth Arms, at the junction with Cottingham Road, was the centre of my social life during my 6th Form years.
Interesting. I'd wondered about the info on various family historic information, but also grew up in and around hull and have lots of family connections to there too. Must go back to Hull and the area and visit and have a look at the place again.
Absolutely brilliant, been doing my family tree for 3 years, most of them from Hull and never moved away from the Hessle road area. I noticed Sculcoates being named on a lot of the births and marriage certificates, which struck me as odd as I knew that was a Beverley rd area, just shows how massive an area it came under. Also had some in the workhouse, fascinating stuff and excellent videos, thank you.
That’s so interesting! I grew up down Sculcoates Lane in the 1970s - Granville Villas in fact which you show in the film. I went to Sunday school at the church just opposite!!! I used to play in those graveyards at the end towards Air Street :) :) Thanks for this film - I’ve always loved this side of Hull
Thank you for such a well researched video. I stole my wife away from Hull in the early 80's when I was in the RAF at Cowden. It brought back a lot of memories for her and a lot she was ignorant of, like Stepney station. Looking forward to more presentations, thank you.
I'm glad see that work is happening on the old cinema. This looks promising. The churchyard is amazing. Quite a few memories here for me, and well done YOU once again! 👍❤️
Great video,very interesting.I do family history and my Gt Grandparents on my Father's side came from Hull.Had many happy hours looking round graveyards here in Liverpool and other places.
Fantastic and very enjoyable video. Great presenting skills that come across with your enthusiasm and knowledge for your local area. Keep up the great work, I love to watch your videos.👍🙂
Great , used to live down Heatherington Place , Air Street , brought back loads of good memories 👍🏻 lol, also watched it with subtitles , funny how it translates our Ull speak “ south kurts” 😂😂
My family in the 1850’s-1950’s all lived in Sculcoates. Brilliant video. Also: Both my grandparents lived in the Charterhouse. They loved it there! And, my great grandfather’s death certificate says his place of death was ‘167 Beverley road’ - the address of the workhouse. Even in the mid-1900’s, people didn’t want to be recorded as dying in the ‘workhouse’, such was the stigma. I despair of the current politicians who seem to be taking us back to the Victorian era. And lastly: I’m currently writing an Art History MA dissertation on the ‘Bankside Gallery’. I like it; I understand not everyone does!
I've heard good things about the Charterhouse and the work they do. And yes, it seems that we are in dire straits when both Labour and Conservative politicians struggle to see who can be the worst to poor people :(
@@hullhistorynerd well funny enough i was born in Glasgow, (old monklands) Parkhead, Shettleston area but my mother got me out of there to Alness 25 miles north of Inverness. now in hull...lol, long story. just a wee fact when you google Shettleston the first thing you get is a picture of a church and that church was my very first disco at age 9...or so..lol, anyways it will take me a wee while to get through all your uploads...lol,
@@kaywalker4433 I briefly lived in Glasgow when I was doing some staff training back in the 90s, I loved the place. I was staying in the West End, just off Byers Road in one of the big old tenement buildings. The thing that always grabbed me about the city was the sheer architectural beauty once you raised your eyes above the level of the shop fronts. Absolutely stunning, and evidence, like Hull, of the huge amount of money that was once in the city.
@@hullhistorynerd yeah, the sandstone buildings, absolutely stunning. anyways thanks for the partial history lesson of hull i enjoyed every minute of it.
Interestingly, I was born and raised in Hull, leaving at the age of 25 to study in Manchester and then moved to the West End of Glasgow in 2017. Its interesting how paths converge 🙂
Another excellent piece of important work, I appreciate and enjoy watching your videos that are very well presented, you bring fun into learning history, thank you.
Hello, this is an amazing video - you are a true museum worker who preserves historical heritage. I am preparing a research report on a poem written in 1813 by the vicar Richard Patrick. Thank you
I passed by the Sculcoates cemetery as a young boy many times and never knew there was a Church nearer the river. So overgrown I wish I could go there and clear some of the overgrowth, but I am old and live in Newcastle.
Amazing what the algorithm turns up. My dad was born in Hull in 1938 and evacuated out into the country near Hedon, he's lived out here in NZ since the 60's but we still have family there. His oldest sister still lives in Hedon, I haven't been there since the 1990's but thought even back then it wouldn't be long before Hedon got swallowed up by Hull
It's still holding its own, but then Hull's population has been about level for the last few decades, and it's industries have mostly declined. These days it's mostly the suburbs on the west of the city that are growing as they attract commuters looking for cheaper places to live than the M1 corridor!
Thank you for making and sharing this video. My Dad was born in Sculcoates at the turn of the 20th century. My daughter has done some research into the area and your videos are always a source of information. Thanks again, keep up the good work.🙃
I'm researching my family history which has led me to sculcoates. This is a fantastic resource and a really interesting watch. Thanks so much for creating it - I look forward to checking out your other videos!
Really good video I was born 1956 18 Bournmouth st we swam in lecky played in both grave yards one we called saky the one with the small workhouse graves at the bottom of the graveyard
I love this video. I live just down the road from where you filmed most of these clips and I love how I am now able to walk down the street into town and know history about the buildings we all take for granted. Thank you
That very feeling is why I loved looking into history in the first place! It puts everything into a new context and makes you appreciate things all the more!
My dad used to swim in Barmston drain as a 10 year old and contracted diphtheria from it. A lot of my ancestors have sculcoates on their birth certificate etc. Really interesting. Cheers.
Sculcoates had a power station in 1964 where I used to use their canteen when I was doing my Yorkshire Electricity Board apprenticeship training at their depot in Clough Road .
It did, and one of my very earliest memories is of the cooling tower at the end of Ryde Street. We lived in the very end house, in the shadow of the big old rectangular wooden cooling towers, and we lived there when they were demolished. Our landlord very kindly moved us into the upstairs flat when a tide of rats that had lived in them swarmed down the street afterwards!
Well you've just taken me back a few decades. I did quite a part of my apprenticeship in Sculcoates. John L Seaton, Akzo, Needlers. I also remember the cemetery on Air St being cleaned up in 84 or 85, seeing the workers in early hazmat suites, the story was there were potentially plague victims buried there.
Great video again. Your observations of the historic treatment of the poor and now are sadly spot on. Hopefully the good people of Hull will continue to be trouble makers and stand up to this.
thanks again for a wonderful insight into Hull and then it could be the history of any place. The themes are universal and you communicate them wonderfully. I have no links with Hull but it was a fascinating engaging history.
Thankyou! I try really hard to use Hull as a case study, so whilst the details might be local, I'm really opening the lid of themes from Victorian and early 20th century England in general. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks HHN! I have ancestors on both sides of my family associated with Sculcoates. Fascinating history presented in your own unique, informative and entertaining style as slways and very professionally put together. Great stuff!
I did notice many of my ancestors from the 1800’s were from Sculcoates, so always did wonder about it. I was going to visit the very terraced house one of them lived in and was gutted to learn the terraces were demolished a couple of months earlier. I didn’t know it was a village. Very interesting video!
Oh no! Bad timing! But I am glad if this helps shed light onto the history of the place a little for you. I too have many ancestors who were born or died around Sculcoates, it seems to have had a lot of people living in it!
@@hullhistorynerd like all your videos, it’s helped massively as there was so many questions I’ve never been able to answer for our area and now I know because of you 😊 thank you!
These videos are easily good enough to be on national TV, you are one of the best presenters and narrators out there.
As someone who was born and raised in Hull but has been away for 35 years, I'm gradually rediscovering the old stamping ground and with greater interest than in my youth, with many thanks to your assistance...
I’d say these videos are worthy of being played in one of the museums - well done mate - really enjoyed watching
I'd say national TV.
Excellent video. Beautifully presented, thoroughly researched, absorbing and entertaining. A heartfelt (and I do mean that) thanks for sending a message that not everyone will agree with. Victorian society ended up turning a corner when even the rich began to feel doubt and guilt. They began building projects for the poor from their own pockets, in limited cases.
Upon that point, we are actually at a place where we are worse than those times, where the very rich clearly feel everything but guilt.
Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. And repeat it we shall.
Sculcoates, the bane of family historians: just Brilliant. The Hull I remember (from 60 years ago) plus so much more. Thank you.
I was born in Hull 1955 at the end of South Boulevard - left in 1965 for Australia. This documentary is so well put together. Thank you.
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. And as my partner asked when looking at the Sculcoates map with the workhouse - "is this the past, or the future?". A timely reminder.
Very well expressed. I couldn't agree more! 👍
Thank you for this video it brought many memories flooding back to me.
For my first ten years my family lived on Bournemouth Street as my father worked at Needlers as a delivery driver.
Some of tahe photos my mum still has from this time, late 50s/early 60s, things were very rough and we children really did look like ragamuffins.
I remember the cemeteries being our playground and "swimming" in barmy drain, we had to throw stones at the rats to clear them away before we were brave enough to go in. There was a car wrecking company besides the paint works with cars piled 5 high on top of each other and a favourite pastimes was climbing up them and jumping from pile to pile.
How we survived is a miracle.
Playing out in the streets for hours with no adult supervision, eventually you would get a message from a passing kid that "your mam's shouting" and home you'd go hoping that it was for dinner and you weren't in trouble.
Again many thanks for your production.
Steve Small ex of 32 Bournemouth Street
Lovely memories thankyou for sharing a slice of lived history!
Strange fact about the picture house bombing was the film being shown was the Charlie Chaplin film the great dictator somebody must have tipped off the luftwaffe. My birth certificate has drypool on it.Thank you Jamie & kate as usual for really great videos about our city and East Yorkshire.
Ha, I was saving that little fact for a video on going to do about the National Picture Theatre and the plans for protecting it! Glad you're enjoying them :)
So reminded me of... The Final Speech front The Great Dictator.
I'm impressed you got a shot of Stepney station without the crackheads!
Love your videos
Futurama reference when you discussed Henry setting up his ownn church. YOU LEGEND 😅
Glad somebody spotted it!
@@hullhistorynerd I did because i started quoting it myself and had to laugh when you did it.
Really enjoyed this. Learnt a lot about my hometown keep up the good work!
As a Lambert St lad, this video brought back all sorts of recollections from the area. Spent hours exploring around the factories, graveyards and scrapyards around Air street as a lad on my push bike. Remembering well the cooling tower coming down. Working at Rosedowns my journey to work often meant Wincomlee and Fountain road. Lastly recall drinking in The Golden Ball on Air Street managed by Ken Wagstaff.
I was born down Duesbury St in the 70s and have recently started to look back into the history of the area I grew up in (I left Hull in my teens), Sculcoates was my playground from Princess ave to Air street including that graveyard. I always thought it was an odd place abandoned and surrounded by factories (I remember Needlers being right next to it). This documentary is great and very well put together, it's really helped paint a picture of where I'm from. Thank you for your work here, I've now subscribed and watching through the rest of your vids!
I moved to the East Riding in 2007 and when to Wyke College. Dad would drop me off at his office just east of the river and cycle up to college every day. Used to come back via Stepney for a change and got a puncture more than once from the broken glass. Still, good memories and I miss living around Hull and spending time in the city.
Also I'm fascinated with the history so when I saw you over on Martin's channel I couldn't resist. Excellent videos so I'm having a bit of a binge - thank you for making such great content.
Welcome to the channel, and I'm glad you're enjoying what you see!
Informative and interesting as always. Though I have no connection with Hull, the place just fascinates me more than anywhere else in the UK. Whilst looking into my family tree, I did find a relative who was born at sea and christened in Hull, perhaps there’s something in that?
A fantastic education for me about Sculcoates that I know of but have never been to. The presentation with the narration with the many difficult facts of poverty with the high production values is very impressive. I believe that I can now understand why my Great Grandparents left Sculcoates for Sydney, Australia in the 1880's and where I live. I am standing on their shoulders and I am very thankful.
Top work as usual. This one was close to my heart, having recently lived on the newer development off Sculcoates for the last sixteen years. I was always fascinated by its history. I was particularly interested in the old power station, as that's where my house was situated. At the time there was scant information, only really building a true picture after the Britain from Above project filled in the gaps for me. It was also close to my heart, because both my mum and her sister, were left in the Beverley Road Workhouse when my grandma couldn't afford to feed them anymore. My mum was nine, my auntie younger still. Several weeks later, she returned for them. It was the story I heard growing up, that scared me the most.
Oh wow, yeah, a spell in a workhouse would certainly terrify anyone. As I say in the video, it was all too easy with the fickle tides of business for a working family to find themselves destitute and sent to the poorhouse.
And the power station holds a real place in my own heart, forming my very earliest memories as a toddler. The sound of the turbines spinning up, the sight of the concrete cooling tower, the looming menace of the black wood frames of the wooden tower that cast a shadow over the house we lived in, and the bizarre, Terry Gilliam-esque hotchpotch sight of the power station itself from the back bedroom window, next to Needlers, those are memories so old that they are iconic in my mind, and haunt my dreams sometimes!
@@hullhistorynerd I believe it's a gift, having a place imprint on you, scars and all. They weave themselves into the tapestry or our lives, so that we may look upon them as our older selves and still see them in vivid colour.
What a brilliant film about a forgotten area of Hull. Loved the end music btw!
Another fantastic episode, I’ve been addicted to everything you’ve done (except the trains, but I will give them a go!) Love your humour and easy manner in front of the camera, and your knowledge in local matters is unrivalled. Born in London in the early 70’s but adopted to Cottingham at 6 weeks, I still love to watch items relating too, not only my village, but the wider local area. My Dad is 86 years old and I have introduced your productions to him, he loves them and gives his first hand commentary, from his own recollection. Mate, if your ever in Beverley, I’d love to buy you a pint! And by the way….I’m watching this in Gran Canaria on my holidays!! Well done pal, keep it going!
Fantastic video. When I lived on Grafton the Sculcoates graveyards were a regular dog walking destination. I remember immense feelings of sadness when walking around the paupers graves, lifted by inhaling the vapours from Needlers. The scent would change depending on what flavour was being made.
Went to your talk today on the subject of hull fishing industry....me & my partner spoke to you afterwards...just to say a big thank you for taking time out to do this for the people of hull it was brilliant and very interesting and educational...keep up the excellent work and hope to see you again.... brilliant 👍
It was originally just so I could reach out and bore other people than my long suffering kids with interesting railway history facts, but it's certainly grown beyond that for me! Thanks for coming today, it's always lovely to meet other local history buffs!
Thank you so much for this video! All of my family is from Hull, and I, too, was born there. We emigrated to Canada in the late 60s. I have been doing our family history; everyone lived in Sculcoates. Many of them worked as oil mill laborers. It makes me sad to know that so many of my family were poor. Life must have been very hard for them. Thank you
Really enjoyed this. My husband’s grandma and family lived in Sculcoates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rowlands Terrace, St Paul’s Street in 1901, and some were in the workhouse in 1911. I found this walk around the area really helpful in trying to imagine their lives. I love the way you put such a wealth of material over. Such an apparently easy style which must mean so much research in advance!
Your opening words about Sculcoates being a place familiar if you're doing family history absolutely rang true for me. Then you went on to explain how the Poor Law Union (and, hence, the Civil Registration District) was created from seventeen separate parishes. Everything fell into place for me then. What you can't get from a website or a book, though, is the correct way to pronounce "Sculcoates", and that, as a well as a vast amount of fascinating history, is what you bring to your subject. (And thanks for teaching me how to say "Hessle", too.)
Hehe, glad to have helped!
Very interesting vid,thanks. Im from the Princess ave area. I remember an old story about that graveyard on Air street, that a body had been dug up and laid out on the wall outside on Air Street. Nobody did anything about it and it laid there for weeks and weeks before it was removed. I remember as a kid in the 70s beeing dared to go in the graveyard,it was super scary.
You know what, im happy to see you making videos still. Saw you first 2-3 years ago on the selby railway and im glad your still making videos. Keep up your work mate your amazing👍
Fantastic video, a timely reminder of how hard things could be, you'd think that we could learn from the past but sadly that's clearly not the case.
Another fantastic video. My late grandad grew up on Fountain Road in the 30s and regailed us of tales of his youth, swimming in Barmston Drain, scrapping with boys in other local street gangs using bin lids as shields and the like and running over the railways lines to avoid the local bobby on the beat.
My wife and I explored the grave yards on Sculcoates Lane a number of years ago and were both amazed at the variety of interesting graves nestled away amongst the undergrowth and saddened at the sight of the workhouse graves.
Thanks for your continually excellent content of our great city and surrounding area.
I was shocked by how tiny those gravestones were, bearing in mind several people were buried in each one. A tragedy, where a life means so little.
Enjoyed this film, thank you. As a kid i can remember swimming in that warm water :) Well done. John.
Hi I have a relative buried at Sculcoats church yard . It’s where you are standing in your video. I would love to chat about this and any information you may be able to give help us . His name is Bridge frodsham an actor who came to Hull from York. Thankyou
I'm afraid I don't have any info on individuals, Hull History Centre would likely be a much better source to find information!
Lived on Machell Street directly opposite the hydraulic power station for over 20 years but moved away 3 years ago so was nice to see that area again and learn some of its history thank you
Thanks so much for making this video (and others). I live in Kent, although my family comes from East Hull. I'm writing our family's history and value videos like yours for the walkabout and background information. When I started researching in 1980 I was disappointed that so much of the old Hull had disappeared and continued to disappear, so the occasional original building, gateway or wall is very valuable. The village I live in suffered from the widening of the main road, the last building to go was 14th century but its antiquity didn't save it from the modern motorcar. I'll find your gofundme page. [PS. You've got a great voice!] Cheers, Caroline.
Very enjoyable, my great grandfather was born in Sculcoates. All ways wondered why I couldn't find the place when searching maps. Now I know. Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad I could help! My own interest in Sculcoates was sparked from family tree research, it encouraged me to look more deeply into the history to see and understand where my ancestors lived. I'm glad it's also helping others to do the same!
What a fantastic trip back in time loaded with interesting facts an true stories, nothing Nerdy about this production..very well made, thank you..
Thank you once again Mr. Nerd and greetings from Leipzig. From our prefab in Froghall Lane, Beverley Road was our route into town on the 19 bus.
Just wanted to thank you for another brilliant video. I haven't lived in Hull for 25 years, yet watching your videos I know more about Hull now than I did when I lived there! Keep up the good work. IMHO you have a gift at making such engaging content. Greetings from Switzerland.
Hi, just wanted to echo many of the comments below. What an absolutely epic piece of work ; so glad I came across you. Looking forward to whatever next you do. Thanks (thumbs up)
Luckily there's a whole back catalogue of videos for you to catch up on if you check out my channel, plus, of course, plenty more videos to come next year. I've already made and uploaded the next one in this series, on the Lost village of Drypool!
Fantastic film your stuff is so enjoyable and interesting👍
As a young lad in 1963, I well remember living in Ryde Street at the Mayfair cinema end. I also clearly remember the wooden cooling towers plus the 'modern' block built tower that dominated the end of the street. We moved there from Grafton Street and I can tell you it were right posh! I remember Dad telling me it cost £2000.00! That was an absolute fortune then!
My gran used to live in a court house until she died in 1968 but I can't quite remember where it was. Having done research on my family tree, I did notice a lot of family lived and died at Sculcoates. Perhaps the Joseph Smith gravestone you stood by right at the start is one of them! I was born in Drypool, as was my daughter. Thanks for doing this, it all reminds me of where I came from and that really is good thing!
Many of my own ancestors also lived in Sculcoates, on both sides of the family, it's been especially fascinating for me to uncover the lives and times that they experienced!
With Hull being '' Just up the road '' from me I love these videos..... Thank you.
Another extrememly well researched and perfectly presented video. I was totally gripped by your coherent, flowing narrative. Thirty-five minutes flew by before I knew it.
As you point out at the very beginning of the story, anyone with a family history in Hull has ancestors who were hatched, matched and dispatched in Sculcoates. My father's family lived in the Fountain Road area, and one of my aunts was at the National Picture Theatre the night it was hit.
I live a few thousand miles away now and I get a little nostalgic watching your videos. Don't ever stop doing them.
No need to worry about that, I've got videos planned out over at least the next 2 years! And plenty more ideas on top of that!
@@hullhistorynerd That's good to know. 🙂
Exceptional History Video-Doc....
You conjure an impressive 'In Search of the Dark Ages' vibe with your production values. The knowledge and passion you have for your subject shines through and your music choices are locked in that classic early 80s electronic style. Love it. I'm not even from Hull but, I'm hooked.
What a brilliant bit of history ! I've been finding out about my Sculcoates ancestors, and have learnt more about the area watching this than trawling for 4 days on the interweb !
Some are in the Sculcoates Lane Cemetery, somewhere, they do have a headstone, but I've not seen it. I sadly live in the south. The Metcalf family lived in Newtons Court number 4, near Machells Street, they were mainly shipbuilders, rivetters, beer house keepers. Four of the Metcalf's , George Metcalf 1797-1855, his wife, Ann, 1797-1868, and daughters Eliza and Sophia are named in Find A Grave, sadly no photo. My 2nd great grandfather Robert Plummer owned the Junction Dock Tavern in 11 Castle Street , I'd love to find out more about my Hull roots !😃
Glad you enjoyed it, my goal is to bring to life these areas and the people who lived there so that those places and parishes on birth, death and wedding certificates actually mean something to people and give them an idea of how their ancestors lived, so if I'm doing that, that's great!
Brilliant second watch ❤
Good grief! So many childhood memories, thank you so much.
My ancestors lived in Sculcoates. One of my Gt Grandfathers William Motson died in the Workhouse there in 1847. So interesting to see the area. My family eventually went to Teesside in 1910 for work. My Grandfather was born in Hull 1905. He was Charles Arthur Motson. Thank you for this Video.
I lived off Scully lane from 1947 to 1969 before leaving Hull. brought back lots of memories some good some not so, still enjoyed the tour, thanks for that
You have a wonderful series of videos. My own exploration of hull in the late 70s during my annual visits I was quite gob smacked by the juxtaposition of ‘scrapyards and glue factories’ and derelict graveyards.
yet another fascinating look at the history of Hull .. Sculcoates however is close to my heart. I was born down Bournemouth St off Sculcoates lane in the late 1950s and lived there until it's demolition in the early 1970s. The 3 cemetaries, tanyard, Barmy drain etc etc where we all played and enjoyed life growing up .. ahh .. the memories 👍
Many thanks I just hope the councils recognise the valuable work you are doing and support you financially take good care
Ha, that would be nice! Sadly nothing yet though!
Love these videos - perfect compliment to family history research
Great video. Born down Northumberland Avenue, I've played & walked down most of these streets & I still live in the area (Princes Avenue). I'll be checking out your other video's.
Welcome to the channel, and I hope you enjoy the other videos!
Started watching these videos last year when I was about to make my first journey to Hull as my partner lives here. Ive loved learning all the history about this place! Made me fall in love with it more! Thankyou for your time making these videos!
Really enjoyed watching. What an amazing history tour. Thank you.
I've just discovered this video and I'll certainly be exploring the others. I like your relaxed but knowledgeable style and the strong thread of social concern. It's also nice to hear a local accent. I spent my teenage years growing up in North Hull and Cottingham. Whilst I wasn't very familiar with the riverside area of Sculcoates, Beverley Road played an important role in my development, you might say. Oddly, our GP was on Beverley Road and I learned to swim at Beverley Road Baths. Most significantly, the Haworth Arms, at the junction with Cottingham Road, was the centre of my social life during my 6th Form years.
Interesting. I'd wondered about the info on various family historic information, but also grew up in and around hull and have lots of family connections to there too. Must go back to Hull and the area and visit and have a look at the place again.
Absolutely brilliant, been doing my family tree for 3 years, most of them from Hull and never moved away from the Hessle road area. I noticed Sculcoates being named on a lot of the births and marriage certificates, which struck me as odd as I knew that was a Beverley rd area, just shows how massive an area it came under. Also had some in the workhouse, fascinating stuff and excellent videos, thank you.
Amazing video, great work
This video brought back so many memories of Hull. Really great work.
Fascinating Hull. A fantastic & educative video about that particular area of this great port city. Thank You Very Much
Fascinating video filled with facts, information and a sad reality check! Great work from you both, thank you!!
What a great video, made with a real care for social history as well as history itself.
That’s so interesting! I grew up down Sculcoates Lane in the 1970s - Granville Villas in fact which you show in the film. I went to Sunday school at the church just opposite!!! I used to play in those graveyards at the end towards Air Street :) :) Thanks for this film - I’ve always loved this side of Hull
Great video as always. This needs to be seen by so many more people. In fact everyone that lives in the area.
Thank you for such a well researched video. I stole my wife away from Hull in the early 80's when I was in the RAF at Cowden. It brought back a lot of memories for her and a lot she was ignorant of, like Stepney station. Looking forward to more presentations, thank you.
I'm glad see that work is happening on the old cinema. This looks promising. The churchyard is amazing. Quite a few memories here for me, and well done YOU once again! 👍❤️
I'm actually visiting the old cinema to interview the people in charge of the renovations, so there'll be a special episode coming on it soon!
@@hullhistorynerd Looking forward to this then! I wonder what the future holds for this wonderful building. Cheers! 👍
The live talk at Rooted and the video compliment each other perfectly. Great story.
Great video,very interesting.I do family history and my Gt Grandparents on my Father's side came from Hull.Had many happy hours looking round graveyards here in Liverpool and other places.
Fantastic and very enjoyable video. Great presenting skills that come across with your enthusiasm and knowledge for your local area.
Keep up the great work, I love to watch your videos.👍🙂
Great , used to live down Heatherington Place , Air Street , brought back loads of good memories 👍🏻 lol, also watched it with subtitles , funny how it translates our Ull speak “ south kurts” 😂😂
Super work.. well done again .
so professional and captivating. !
My family in the 1850’s-1950’s all lived in Sculcoates. Brilliant video.
Also: Both my grandparents lived in the Charterhouse. They loved it there!
And, my great grandfather’s death certificate says his place of death was ‘167 Beverley road’ - the address of the workhouse. Even in the mid-1900’s, people didn’t want to be recorded as dying in the ‘workhouse’, such was the stigma. I despair of the current politicians who seem to be taking us back to the Victorian era.
And lastly: I’m currently writing an Art History MA dissertation on the ‘Bankside Gallery’. I like it; I understand not everyone does!
I've heard good things about the Charterhouse and the work they do. And yes, it seems that we are in dire straits when both Labour and Conservative politicians struggle to see who can be the worst to poor people :(
my grandmother died there too
am a white settler to hull from Scotland and this new series was excellent...will be having a look back at your other older uploads.
Welcome to Hull! And Scotland is beautiful, from the lonely Highlands to the faded majesty of Glasgow.
@@hullhistorynerd well funny enough i was born in Glasgow, (old monklands) Parkhead, Shettleston area but my mother got me out of there to Alness 25 miles north of Inverness. now in hull...lol, long story. just a wee fact when you google Shettleston the first thing you get is a picture of a church and that church was my very first disco at age 9...or so..lol, anyways it will take me a wee while to get through all your uploads...lol,
@@kaywalker4433 I briefly lived in Glasgow when I was doing some staff training back in the 90s, I loved the place. I was staying in the West End, just off Byers Road in one of the big old tenement buildings. The thing that always grabbed me about the city was the sheer architectural beauty once you raised your eyes above the level of the shop fronts. Absolutely stunning, and evidence, like Hull, of the huge amount of money that was once in the city.
@@hullhistorynerd yeah, the sandstone buildings, absolutely stunning. anyways thanks for the partial history lesson of hull i enjoyed every minute of it.
Interestingly, I was born and raised in Hull, leaving at the age of 25 to study in Manchester and then moved to the West End of Glasgow in 2017. Its interesting how paths converge 🙂
Another excellent piece of important work, I appreciate and enjoy watching your videos that are very well presented, you bring fun into learning history, thank you.
Loving these videos mate please keep them up
Hello, this is an amazing video - you are a true museum worker who preserves historical heritage. I am preparing a research report on a poem written in 1813 by the vicar Richard Patrick. Thank you
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I passed by the Sculcoates cemetery as a young boy many times and never knew there was a Church nearer the river. So overgrown I wish I could go there and clear some of the overgrowth, but I am old and live in Newcastle.
Amazing what the algorithm turns up. My dad was born in Hull in 1938 and evacuated out into the country near Hedon, he's lived out here in NZ since the 60's but we still have family there. His oldest sister still lives in Hedon, I haven't been there since the 1990's but thought even back then it wouldn't be long before Hedon got swallowed up by Hull
It's still holding its own, but then Hull's population has been about level for the last few decades, and it's industries have mostly declined. These days it's mostly the suburbs on the west of the city that are growing as they attract commuters looking for cheaper places to live than the M1 corridor!
Just seen your channel and watched this one. Very interesting and well presented. Ive subscribed and will watch the rest 😊
Thank you for making and sharing this video. My Dad was born in Sculcoates at the turn of the 20th century. My daughter has done some research into the area and your videos are always a source of information.
Thanks again, keep up the good work.🙃
I'm researching my family history which has led me to sculcoates. This is a fantastic resource and a really interesting watch. Thanks so much for creating it - I look forward to checking out your other videos!
Hope you enjoy and get a more complete picture of the place your ancestors lived and worked!
Really good video I was born 1956 18 Bournmouth st we swam in lecky played in both grave yards one we called saky the one with the small workhouse graves at the bottom of the graveyard
I love this video. I live just down the road from where you filmed most of these clips and I love how I am now able to walk down the street into town and know history about the buildings we all take for granted. Thank you
That very feeling is why I loved looking into history in the first place! It puts everything into a new context and makes you appreciate things all the more!
My dad used to swim in Barmston drain as a 10 year old and contracted diphtheria from it. A lot of my ancestors have sculcoates on their birth certificate etc. Really interesting. Cheers.
good to see you back ,thanks lad
Great episode! Thanks for all your hard work. This is the first I've watched but will check out all your other work. Cheers, Chris.
Another gem HHN . You don’t disappoint 😀
Sculcoates had a power station in 1964 where I used to use their canteen when I was doing my Yorkshire Electricity Board apprenticeship training at their depot in Clough Road .
It did, and one of my very earliest memories is of the cooling tower at the end of Ryde Street. We lived in the very end house, in the shadow of the big old rectangular wooden cooling towers, and we lived there when they were demolished. Our landlord very kindly moved us into the upstairs flat when a tide of rats that had lived in them swarmed down the street afterwards!
@@hullhistorynerd LOVELY VIDEO !!!!!! You somehow catch the spirit of the past and the lives of people who lived then !
Well you've just taken me back a few decades. I did quite a part of my apprenticeship in Sculcoates. John L Seaton, Akzo, Needlers. I also remember the cemetery on Air St being cleaned up in 84 or 85, seeing the workers in early hazmat suites, the story was there were potentially plague victims buried there.
That was brilliant, I’ve learned loads about my home in this video. Thanks for making it.
Fascinating video, informative about an area very close to my heart! Keep the good work!
Great video again. Your observations of the historic treatment of the poor and now are sadly spot on. Hopefully the good people of Hull will continue to be trouble makers and stand up to this.
thanks again for a wonderful insight into Hull and then it could be the history of any place. The themes are universal and you communicate them wonderfully. I have no links with Hull but it was a fascinating engaging history.
Thankyou! I try really hard to use Hull as a case study, so whilst the details might be local, I'm really opening the lid of themes from Victorian and early 20th century England in general. Glad you enjoyed it!
Well presented and well researched as an avenues resident I really enjoyed this!
Thanks HHN! I have ancestors on both sides of my family associated with Sculcoates. Fascinating history presented in your own unique, informative and entertaining style as slways and very professionally put together. Great stuff!
I did notice many of my ancestors from the 1800’s were from Sculcoates, so always did wonder about it. I was going to visit the very terraced house one of them lived in and was gutted to learn the terraces were demolished a couple of months earlier. I didn’t know it was a village. Very interesting video!
Oh no! Bad timing! But I am glad if this helps shed light onto the history of the place a little for you. I too have many ancestors who were born or died around Sculcoates, it seems to have had a lot of people living in it!
@@hullhistorynerd like all your videos, it’s helped massively as there was so many questions I’ve never been able to answer for our area and now I know because of you 😊 thank you!
Looking forward to this series keep up the good work
I'll be starting work on the next episode on Myton as soon as I've finished the forthcoming episode on the Whitby and Pickering Railway!
Your videos are absolutely fantastic,
Great bit of local history and very well presented 👏.
Brilliant storytelling! Thank you