Hull and Hereabouts

If you have a super-duper memory you will recall seeing the self-same store way back in 2012 . Back then the threat was of redevelopment...

...Followed a muck cart and thought it was a wedding. I seemed to have timed my arrival in town on Saturday for the ceremony of the ...

It's been a bit of dry spell for this blog;  here's a little something to be going on with. It seems the new fashion is to dispa...

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis...

You know how it is: the neighbours have gotten a bit rowdy and done a bit of damage to your neighbourhood but, well, we've all got t...

I've never heard anyone IRL, as they say, call these ATMs maybe a hole-in-the-wall or cash machine but never ATM. Anyhow all these...

Like any town or city these days the Kulturstadt has its share of homeless and down-on-their-luck folks sheltering in doorways or under...

I suppose I could have used this for this month's theme of photographing the photographer. This guy had a serious amount of kit and ...

At the junction of Jameson Street and South Street stands this little gem of Edwardian baroque revival. It was built in 1903 and is, of ...

Ah the wonderful game inspires all sorts to demonstrate their ball skills (or lack of them) in the oddest places. Somehow I don't th...

Here is the eastern end of Jameson Street with the canopy of the now empty BHS store that used to shelter those waiting for buses. Where...

Here's the newly paved over junction of Jameson Street and King Edward Street taken a few weeks ago when the the orange lurgy was st...

The new trees and seats on Jameson Street have ground level lighting so you don't bump into them in the dark... did you know that so...

I read a report in the esteemed local newspaper that, according to the equally esteemed Sunday Times, Hull is to be included for the fir...

There's often someone trying to earn a few pennies busking on an accordion at this spot on Jameson Street. The quality of performanc...

Actually these lights are being thrown out as part of the grand makeover. There was a small heap of them outside BHS. I hope they're...

If it were done when 'tis done , then 'twere well. It were done quickly ... I hope yesterday's post did not give the imp...

In the bad old days Jameson Street had paving, a few trees, a scattering of seats and a row of street lights. Now, after the expenditure...

They say if you stare this mural for long enough (in my case over thirty years on and off) you can see 'Hull' spelled out by the...

Those familiar with the current state of the town's highways may appreciate this unsubtle attempt at visual irony ...