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from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

A TIMELY reminder from Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrea, MD, Canadian Army, 1872-1918, that on November 11 we shall commemorate Armistice Day. It is a reminder that this beloved nation of ours gave its valued young in the battle to ensure democracy would live on. It is presented particularly to young people as a reminder that their forebears’ efforts ensured they themselves could…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Friday, October 10

Hull Fair is here again,

It’s an annual delight,

People dashing everywhere,

Some are in mid-flight.

Loud music, flashing lights,

Rides that take you to great heights.

Side stalls and food galore,

No matter how often you go, you always want more.

The week is up,

The trucks depart,

Can’t wait for nex year’s to start.

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Tuesday, September 23

From raptured tanks into the sea

Crude oil spews its misery

From stranded hulk seeps poisoned strife

Which takes its toll on feathered life.

The tanker leaks her dark despair

Tainting the depths beyond repair

Around her in the tortured sea

Feathered forms flap helplessly.

Black oil now calms, the restless sea

Clouding her depths of misery

Her tainted…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Monday, June 9

Poets are being sought to enter a competition to have their work published in a national book. The National Poetry Anthology picked 290 winners from different towns last year, but has so far not received enough entries from people in Hull. Editor Peter Quinn said: "We want the new edition to include a winners from every town and village in the Mail’s circulation area." Anyone interested…

Poem by Doreen E. Hampshire, Hull, from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Tuesday, June 3

The city of Hull was deserted today,

As our football team was playing away.

Hull City (the Tigers) have done Hull proud,

And all the supporters are cheering so loud.

They were in London, one Saturday,

Gone to play the Wembley way.

"Come on you "Ull", you won’t let us down,

You have the support from all over the town.

Hull…

Poem by Dean Martin, Lyric Close, Hull. from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Wednesday, June 4

The Streetlife Museum of Transport,

Showing vehicles of a bygone age,

Back in history men and women,

Were on a low, hard-working wage.

There’s the William Wilberforce House,

We learn how slaves’ lives were spent,

Until this political man campaigned,

Abolishing slavery, a landmark event.

Then the Hull and East Riding…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, April 19

I’m waiting for answers

About my broken window panes.

I’m afraid to go out after dark

Or walk the country lanes.

I’m just a pensioner, you see,

There’s lots of us around,

We’re waiting still for answers,

But as yet none’s been found.

My rent and poll tax are in order,

I have no debt – on credit cards,

My wheelie bin is unattended,

My bike’s been…