Since my previous post has been shared and seen by over 50,000 people, here are some more facts about the UKs City of Culture 2017? • Hull is said to have been the place where the English Civil War started in 1642 - in the Plotting Parlour above Ye Olde White Harte pub to be precise • J Arthur Rank was born in Hull and served as chairman of Rank Hovis McDougall, Ltd as well as Rank Organisation, which built Pinewood Studios and dominated the British film industry • Englands smallest window can be found in The George pub on The Land of Green Ginger • The fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe set sail from Queens Dock in Hull (there is a plaque in Queens Gardens to commemorate this) • In 1989 Hull became the first city in the UK to have an all-digital telephone system • In 1982, Hull became the first city in the western world to twin with a third world city - Freetown in Sierra Leone • Actress Maureen Lipman, musician Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals), TV weatherman Alex Deakin, actress Debra Stephenson, writer Derren Litten (Benidorm), actor Roy North (Mr Roy from Basil Brush) and musician Mick Ronson (Ziggy Stardusts Spiders from Mars) were all born in Hull • Hull singer Patricia Bredin was the very first UK representative in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1957 • Golden Pages (a forerunner to Yellow Pages) was first published in Hull in 1954 to celebrate Hull Telephone Departments golden jubilee • Hulls Holy Trinity Church is the largest parish church (by area) in England • Mike Stock (of Stock, Aitken & Waterman), Beirut hostage John McCarthy, musicians Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl), film director Anthony Minghella, poet Roger McGough, actress Sally Lindsay (Coronation Street), TV presenter Sarah Greene (Blue Peter, Going Live), Labour politician Roy Hattersley and Radio 1 presenter Mark Chapman all graduated from Hull University • The pattie originated in Hull. It is a flat cake with a potato, sage and onion recipe, battered and deep-fried So now you know - even more!
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:00:00 +0000
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