Fourny père et fils

Here's another piece of classic Victorian cemetery furnishing, the broken column. In this grave lie Jules and Hector Fourny, ship surveyors in Hull during the early nineteenth century. Jules Fourny came to Hull from Boulogne to make his fortune. They must have been successful as graves like this don't come cheap.

Vicar Lane

Did the vicar actually live down Vicar Lane? I don't suppose I'll ever know. This narrow lane runs from Holy Trinity Church to Castle Street near to Burnett House which I showed you two or three days ago.

Church Lane Staithe

A staithe is an old english word for a landing place or wharf. This lane led at one time to the church and still would if they hadn't put a carpark and some shops in the way.

Trinity Market

Trinity Market, better known as the Indoor Market, was built at the beginning of the last century and has about 50 stalls when times are good. This is the view from Market Place, round the corner there's a tower structure which I showed before.
Nearly all old markets that I am aware of have attendant public houses and this is no exception. The Blue Bell is practically part of the market and the Old Corn Exchange is the white building on the left.

Burnett House, Castle Street

Here's a fine example of how to waste money. The building above had stood empty for years and was derelict as you can see below. Clearly nobody had any need for the building. So pull it and down and build something that might be useful? No, you can't do that; you've got to keep our glorious heritage. You must spend thousands repairing the years of neglect, bring it back to how it was when it was built. So, money spent and building repaired you find tenants to use the building? No, it stands empty, just like before, for over four years. When it was derelict it at least served as home for pigeons, now it's just an empty useless building that nobody wants.

Premier

This is the first building of the redevelopment of Hull's riverside, the so-called Boom development. It's a hotel standing all by itself in a wasteland. I took this picture in October last year and have only just noticed that it's actually multi-story carpark with a hotel stuck on top. I think it's a fairly ugly thing, big and blue; and quite what those poles sticking out of the side are for I cannot even begin to guess.

The Royal Hotel

Sometimes called the Station Hotel, the Royal sits in front of Paragon Station on Ferensway. It was built in 1851. In 1990 I watched as one of the biggest fires in Hull destroyed the inside of the building. No-one was killed or seriously injured and within two years the place had been rebuilt.

If you're interested there's a website here