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I’m taking my leave of this forum. I don’t know what HDM had in mind when they built this site, but I bet it wasn’t this. Perhaps some of the posters should have their own blogs or websites. It’s easy to do and free. But on this forum, they are confirming all the predjudices of the rest of the country about Hull. Anyone who wants serious discussion, by the way, will find lots of country-wide forums out there. Maybe I’ll check back in 3…

Latest comment by EdddGeee 2 months ago

" I wanted to ‘Come out to show them’, in fact." sorry it’s taken a while to reply will, i’ve just…

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a report showing what people consider to be an acceptable standard of living. See: http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/010708.asp I find it interesting and, based on my own experience, sensible. Do others agree with what are considered essentials and what are luxuries?

Latest comment by TheEmperor about 1 month ago

As I am working full time, no, that standard of living is not acceptable to me. I don’t even consider…

Has anyone actually seen any foxes in the city centre. I was pretty sure I had one some time ago – it’s a distinctive noise – and bin bags were torn open. But have there been any sightings? If so, where?

Latest comment by Anng 2 months ago

(My original post should have read "I heard one" – must proofread more carefully!) I would expect…

In the BBC website’s coverage of the david Davis resignation (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7451879.stm) there’s an interesting sidelight on what the rest of the country considers to be Hull’s boundaries. Willerby, according to this, is in Hull, and is part of "the more affluent area of Hull". Well, we all know that it is really, but try telling that to the boundary commissioners!

Latest comment by Bazza12 25 days ago

then when we got drunk on a friday night, people would say.. those "mash get smashed!"

This building, now converted into flats by a housing association, was for many years a sailors’ home. Many people will remember it as the Flying Angel Club. I have not been able to find out what it was like inside before its conversion. Does anyone have any memories of it in the 1950s, 1960s or earlier?

Latest comment by MikeCovell 3 months ago

So there is quite a lot of info missing as to what was initially were.

It’s such a shame that certain…