Hull and Hereabouts

Railway Road in King's Lynn does not as you might think head to the railway, no, it runs teasingly close but keeps away from the station...

Sometimes I think places try too hard to get the people in; take this light show on the Customs House for example. Is it really necessar...

I knew that the light show in town was going to be a dull affair, I'd read what folk had said about it on social media. Still nothin...

`A poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every twenty-fifth of December!' The fortnight of 'festive' indolence is u...

... a lot like mid-November . I don't know which is the more disappointing, misleading and tawdry. The tinselly fake-snow eight wee...

You can if you like just look at the picture of the pretty lights on Ferensway and move on. I'm going to prattle on about the City ...

Over last weekend and to the annoyance of many gridlocked motorists Castle Street was blocked off and the new footbridge (which we last ...

The Fisher Fleet just after sunset with a bit of a tide to reflect the lights and ghostly almost invisible ducks quacking to themselves ...

A town crow, blacker than ever, treats the Saturday afternoon shoppers and carousers with utter disdain before swooping down on a discar...

While I was posting about King's Lynn the so-called festive season came and went and New Year too; seems so long ago now. Anyhoo ......

Early October in this town can mean only one thing: Hull Fair. Yes it's that time of year again when the air is filled with the dist...

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...

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...

So here's some old flats on Porter Street all lit up as an arts project called "I Wish To Communicate With You" for some ...

I showed the pleasures of the far end of this delightful place a while back (OK five years ago, who's counting?). It looked like thi...

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers and sponsorship from local shops Cottingham puts on a decent display of seasonal lights considering i...

There you go; tree, lights and an illuminated fountain. Who says I don't do Xmas?

It's that time of year for silly window displays. Here we have some seemingly drunken winking mannequins tottering over to starboard...

I took this back in December and somehow forgot about it. This is the Venn building at the University, in daylight it looks like this . ...

In a operation to delight the gloomy Grinch, Cottingham's seasonal lights were switched on in strictest secrecy on the other day....