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During Hull's year as UK City of Culture the Maritime Museum played a prominent role in the opening three-month season entitled Made in Hull. At the opening event during the first week the building was one of three in Victoria Square which had multimedia projections displayed on them, attracting over 300,000 visitors. [ 14 ]
Hull and East Riding Museum: Hull: East Riding: Archaeology: website, artifacts and recreations of Iron Age, Roman and Viking life Hull Maritime Museum: Hull: East Riding: Maritime: Arctic whaling, maritime trade, fishing industry Humber Car Museum (Allan Marshall) Hull: East Riding: Automobile: Collection of Humber cars, closing 2018 [1] RAF ...
The associated almshouses, [6] the former museum (as of 2011 a boxing club), [7] and a related pumping station, [8] are all listed buildings, as are the original iron park gates, [9] which are one of the few early 20th century ornamental iron structures in Hull to have survived the Second World War drive for scrap iron. [10] [11]
Queen Victoria Square is a public square located in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. [1] The square is dedicated to Queen Victoria, and contains numerous buildings including Hull City Hall, the Maritime Museum and Ferens Art Gallery. [2] A statue of Queen Victoria, designed in 1903 by J. S. Gibson also stands in the square, [3] and is ...
Lillian Bilocca (née Marshall; 26 May 1929 – 3 August 1988) was a British fisheries worker and campaigner for improved safety in the fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries" – a group of fishermen's family members. Spurred into action by the Hull triple trawler tragedy of 1968 which claimed 58 lives, she led a direct ...
Hull Fair is Europe's largest travelling funfair, [2] which goes to Kingston upon Hull, England for one week from 5 pm on Friday [3] to 11 pm of the Saturday eight days later, encompassing 11 October each year. The fair is open every day between these days except Sunday. Unlike small local fairs, Hull Fair attracts rides, attractions, and ...
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Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [2] It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea and 37 miles (60 km) south-east of York, the historic county town. [2]