Last month, when we released our Hull Mixtape, along with clips and extracts from our workshops and oral histories, you told us that you’d like to see more posts like this, sharing snippets from the stories we are collecting in our project. This week, we’re delving into one of our most-discussed topics – shops and Read More…
Updates & Blog Posts
“East Is East And West Is West”: Narrating Life Stories of Hull Through the East-West Divide
In this latest blog post, Charlotte delves into one of the most prominent – and controversial – themes of our research, the notion of an East-West divide in Hull. Covering rugby rivalries, cultural differences, and storytelling frameworks, this post explores how people use ideas about East Hull and West Hull to structure narratives of their Read More…
Our Hull Mixtape
Following on from our appearance on BBC Radio Humberside earlier this month, and our blog post on Hull’s music history, here’s our Hull Mixtape. Made up of a mix of songs, artists, and musical places shared with us through our oral history interviews, workshops, and on social media. Some are artists ‘from’ Hull, some relate Read More…
Hull & Me: James Greenhalgh
In this blog series, we talk to people about their connections to Hull and what the city means to them. In this post we’re chatting to our very own Dr James Greenhalgh, Project Leader for The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull. First things first – tell us a bit more about you. I’m Read More…
‘The first band I nearly saw…’: Telling Hull’s Story Through Music
Ed Ullyart’s mural on Clumber Street, and The Polar Bear. Photos courtesy of Charlotte Tomlinson. History and heritage are embedded in the built environment of cities in lots of ways. Through Blue Plaque Schemes, for instance, which celebrate and commemorate important people who came from that place or shaped it. Or through street names Read More…
Hull & Me: Ann Jepson
In this blog series, we talk to people about their connections to Hull and what the city means to them. In this post we’re chatting to Ann Jepson, one of our wonderful oral history interviewees and a real champion of our project. We chat about moving to the area, trying new things, Hull’s chattiness, and Read More…
Hull & Me: Leigh Bird and Esther Johnson
In this blog series, we talk to people about their connections to Hull and what the city means to them. In this post we’re chatting to Leigh Bird and Esther Johnson about the power of place and the importance of the ‘Three Ships’ mosaic. Photos courtesy of Leigh Bird and Esther Johnson. Thanks for chatting Read More…
‘I’m Trying To Walk Through Hull In My Mind’: Walking As A Historical Methodology
“I’m trying to walk through Hull in my mind and think, where would we have gone and been?” This is how one of our research participants described narrating her life story in a recent oral history interview. We were sat at her dining table, in her home a few miles outside Hull, but as Read More…
Hull & Me: Paul Schofield
In this blog series, we’re talking to people about their connections to Hull and what the city means to them. In this post we’re chatting to Paul Schofield, Hull’s award-winning tour guide who has been leading tours of the city for more than three decades. Thanks for chatting to us! First things first – tell Read More…
Hull & Me: John and Janet Bark
In this blog series, we’re talking to people about their connections to Hull and what the city means to them. In this post we’re chatting to Janet Bark and John Bark, two people who’ve taken part in our workshops and oral history series. You can listen to the recording of them answering our questions, or Read More…