18 Ways it’s not Dull in Hull: 1. The boiled sweet was invented here. 2. In 1984, Hull City chairman Don Robinson took his team to NASA’a US Base and said they would be the first team to play on the moon. 3. Phone boxed are white and not red thanks to a municipally-owned telephone system 4. Its home of The Deep, the world’s only submarium. 5. It’s the birthplace of Lemsip, Bonjela and Gaviscon 6. Don’t wear green in Hull, its seen as an unlucky colour thanks to fishing superstition 7. In the 17th Century, criminals were tied to gibbets in the Humber estuary and left to drown. This inspired the line in 1622 poem the buggar’s litany: From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good lord deliver us. 8. The Humber Bridge’s huge towers are further apart at the top than the bottom because of the curvature of the Earth 9. Hulls most celebrated resident is late poet Philip Larkin 10. Sinitta is Hull City’s most famous fan 11. Public toliets with marble urinals are a tourist hotspot 12. Hull didn’t have a street party for the royal wedding 13. The siege of Hull kicked off the English civil war 14. Its home to the world’s largest Yorkshire pudding factory, Aunt Bessie 15. Hull City is the only football club in the premier league that you cannot colour any letters in. 16. Hull fair is 700 years old 17. More than a quarter of the population is under 20 18. 95% of houses were hit in the blitz
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:33:11 +0000