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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2013 11:30:48 GMT
I see that the winner is -
Hull!
Wow, with John Prestcott that should be good.
(I spent 2 years of my life on and off in Hull and both loved and loathed it simultaneously)
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Post by jimshoo on Nov 20, 2013 14:02:09 GMT
What was that saying - save me from Hull Hell and Halifax
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Post by starlilolill on Nov 20, 2013 20:35:52 GMT
Personally I am delighted that Hull won. They have put their heart and soul into the bid and the people have really got behind them.
Hull has a lot going for it already but has had lots of problems over the years - high unemployment being one of them.
It is steeped in history and has already made huge strides in the arts and music.
Great shopping too!
I wish them well for 2017.
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Post by scorp on Nov 21, 2013 17:14:04 GMT
I get Hull and Grimsby mixed up...
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Post by starlilolill on Nov 21, 2013 20:49:36 GMT
I wouldn't say that in either place if you want to get out unscathed!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 10:32:11 GMT
Don't get me wrong, I liked Hull as well, it was just the job I was doing at Saltend which was hell. Cold wet and stressed a lot of the time. It was at the time when there was still a fishing fleet. 7000 men at sea for 3 weeks at a time and home for 3 days. Anyone thinks they can drink never saw that lot in action in some of the pubs. I was young and single  And there were 7000 men at sea most of the time.........  |
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Post by ARENA on Nov 22, 2013 12:56:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2013 15:13:06 GMT
Looks a tad more attractive that Hull!
Was it Latvia that had prohibition for a long time, same as Finland where there were more drunks per square mile than anywhere on the planet?
With the exception of bars in Hull full of Icelandic fishermen. Happy carefree days.......
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Post by jimshoo on Nov 23, 2013 10:43:00 GMT
Sounds like a bit of a disaster with their shopping centre collapsing!  |
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Post by goldielox on Nov 24, 2013 15:57:12 GMT
Bad news for the builders.
(haven't much time to post now)
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Post by brynmawr on Dec 9, 2013 20:27:52 GMT
What was that saying - save me from Hull Hell and Halifax My first reaction was The Dalesman's Litany :- From Hull and Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver me but it appears you're going way further back, through A Litany of St. Omer's written in 1682 about Lord Halifax to The Beggar's Litany of around 1600, a warning against the ready use of the gibbet in Halifax :- From Hull, Hell and Halifax, good Lord deliver us To keep it on topic, I'm not sure whether there's that much culture in Hull but popular culture appears to think not :-) |
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Post by ARENA on Dec 10, 2013 9:32:31 GMT
My friend Nicky Wood was part of Leicester's ECC team (failed).
Here she is with some of her unbelievable sand sculptures.
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Post by jimshoo on Dec 10, 2013 9:36:54 GMT
Wow fantastic - and the sculptures! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2013 11:22:11 GMT
I used to drive through Leicester on my way back from Norfolk.
I don't know if it is still there but ther used to be a tall chimney I passed which looked vaguely phallic.......
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Post by ARENA on Dec 10, 2013 11:48:27 GMT
I'll ask Nicky |
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And there were 7000 men at sea most of the time......... 
