Linking the Gods to Humanity

Sitting high above the entrance to the central library is this little statue. I think it's meant to be the goddess Iris, a messenger of the gods. Homer ( the Greek one not the fat yellow American one) says "And now Iris, fleet as the wind, was sent by Jove to tell the bad news among the Trojans"; bit of a come down, then, to be stuck in Hull

Licenced to chill

I admire the understated modesty of this store. 

What's that?

You can find out here.

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Blame It on the Bossa Nova

There will be no more salsa nights at Pier Luigi's since it closed in October last year, a victim of the recession and the banksters' greed. I passed it the other day and this was the only sign of the once thriving Italian restaurant on Princes Avenue. The builders had moved in and were busy 'doing up' the place.

The Albert Memorial

If you scroll down to yesterday's posting you'll see a statue of a young Queen Victoria looking slightly to her left no doubt trying to glimpse her beloved Albert who stands fifty or so yards away and hidden by some shrubbery. The plaque is a fine example of Victorian oleaginous sycophancy. The statue was erected in 1868, seven years after the one to Queen Vic. You'd have thought they'd have put them closer together, poor old girl must have a crick in her neck after all these years.

Park Shots

 With temperatures well above average the park is a good place to take your granny for a walk,

 or go for a ride on your bike,

or catch up with the latest news and gossip.

Boom Town

A recent report stated that one in four shops in Hull were closed. Here on King Edward Street half the shops on this side are closed and showing no sign of being opened in the near future. To darken the economic skies further nearly 900 well paid engineering jobs are to be lost at a nearby BAE factory. North Hull has the highest ratio of jobseekers to opportunities in the country. Still to come the effects of the government's austerity measurements....Oh yeah, Hull is booming.
Something brighter tomorrow... jam perhaps.