Keeping the memories alive…
I just wanted to mention this art installation because this is the kind of thing that I hope the City of Culture year will leave as a legacy – community spirit. There is an estate just off the City Centre, Thornton Estate. It has a reputation for drugs, dodgy dealings and prostitution and most of us know little about it but that. However, as in most places, there are also plenty of good people living …
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In years gone by, Humber Street, being adjacent to the Humber Dock was home to the Fruit Market where all the fruit and vegetables would be unloaded from ships into the warehouses of the fruit merchants and the greengrocers would go there to buy their wares. Over the past 6 or 7 years, some of the creative folk of Hull have been migrating towards the area, leading to an organic growth. One of the first …
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As well as The Ferens, we popped into the Maritime Museum to see the Bowhead exhibition. The blurb read: “Get up close and personal with a Bowhead – also known as a Greenland Right Whale – in this lifelike audio visual installation, commemorating the city’s whaling heritage. Bowhead has been created by the University of Hull and Hull School of Art and Design, showcasing the best of the city’s emerging talent in music and games …
Read moreI think I’ve visited the City centre more in these first three months of 2017 than I have in total over the last 5 years. I’m absolutely loving seeing so many people enjoying the city and what it has to offer. We had a good wander around one weekend at the beginning of February visiting among other places, The Ferens art gallery which has had a multi-million pound refurb. It re-opened in January to a …
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The exhibition Lines of Thought has been at the Brynmor Jones Library at Hull University between 3rd January and 28th February 2017. It was previously at Poole in Dorset at the end of last year and will go on to Belfast after leaving us. Being one of only three venues to host this prestigious exhibition, I felt that as the venue is literally 10 minutes walk from our house, we really should make the effort …
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