Hull

Ibby · 11-21-2006, 09:15 PM

I really want to go back to the UK and hit up London, Liverpool, and Hull.

Thing is, I know very little about Hull except that its where the Spiders from Mars are from.

Ever been? What's it like? nice place? interesting? fun?

DanaC · 11-22-2006, 05:34 AM

It's flat. Very very flat.

I bought my dog from a breeder in Hull.

Griff · 11-22-2006, 03:19 PM

good little hockey player though

zippyt · 11-22-2006, 10:02 PM

Heres ya a map of hull
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...=100000&addr1=

Ibby · 11-22-2006, 11:25 PM

I can find maps and stuff, i even took a virtual tour, but I wanna hear about it from people who've been there.

DanaC · 11-23-2006, 02:57 AM

Can't say as it's my favourite town.....bit bland....bit flat.

JayMcGee · 11-23-2006, 06:49 PM

The Wicked Stepdaughter went to Hull Uni, and I've visited Hull several times on business trips. It's a northern town - cold and windswept, the wind coming in straight off the North Sea, bearing upon it the signature smell of Hull - rotting fish, for it is also a large fishing port.

The town has all the characteristics of any Uni town - cheap & nasty student housing mixed in with muncipal architecture of that peculiarly British style of pretentious gothic. Places of note around Hull are the Deep ( sea-world on steroids), the Humber Bridge and a large sandbank known as Sperm Point.

Saving Graces? It's flat.....

King · 12-08-2006, 09:58 PM

I've never been myself, but has been voted Britain's most "Crap Town." Go to Manchester instead.

Beestie · 12-08-2006, 10:02 PM

I heard its pretty flat. Oh, wait. That was in this thread. Never mind.

zippyt · 12-08-2006, 10:03 PM

so whats up in Manchester ?????

Sundae · 12-09-2006, 03:54 AM

Hull is often referred to (amusingly) as Hell. I suppose it would be an interesting place to visit from a foreign perspective but it's rather a grim place from a UK perspective. Boarded up houses, litter on the streets, legions of unemployed sitting round all day drinking in pubs with filthy tables, obese children raised on chip butties and alcopops....

Meh - I haven't been there in about 6 years now, but I found it thoroughly depressing. I do find the local accent strangely attractive though

DanaC · 12-09-2006, 07:00 AM

Manchester is a really cool city. It's quite cosmopolitan ( though not as much as London) and is a favourite with students. Lots of really good bars, clubs, museums, galleries etc. It has a thriving indie music scene and lots of theatres. It was an ancient Roman fort town (chester comes from caester) and on the outskirts there are some good archaeological digs.

The Hull accent is lovely

Though I also think the manc accent is.

Hull is an unpleasant place......Nearby York is much nicer.

Undertoad · 12-09-2006, 09:03 AM

I drove through Hull, Canada once. It's very nice.

skysidhe · 12-09-2006, 09:33 AM

I only know that the Saskatoon in the Saskatchewan providence is all flat. So says a friend of mine from there. I always figured the rest of it matched the landscape of our states since it shares the same continent?

Pangloss62 · 12-09-2006, 09:50 AM

Hull, Massachusetts. Birthplace of the Coast Guard. Home of Nantasket Beach.

11-21-2006, 09:15 PM	#1
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Hull I really want to go back to the UK and hit up London, Liverpool, and Hull. Thing is, I know very little about Hull except that its where the Spiders from Mars are from. Ever been? What's it like? nice place? interesting? fun? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-22-2006, 03:19 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	good little hockey player though __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-22-2006, 10:02 PM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Heres ya a map of hull http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...=100000&addr1= __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

11-22-2006, 11:25 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I can find maps and stuff, i even took a virtual tour, but I wanna hear about it from people who've been there. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-23-2006, 06:49 PM	#7
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	The Wicked Stepdaughter went to Hull Uni, and I've visited Hull several times on business trips. It's a northern town - cold and windswept, the wind coming in straight off the North Sea, bearing upon it the signature smell of Hull - rotting fish, for it is also a large fishing port. The town has all the characteristics of any Uni town - cheap & nasty student housing mixed in with muncipal architecture of that peculiarly British style of pretentious gothic. Places of note around Hull are the Deep ( sea-world on steroids), the Humber Bridge and a large sandbank known as Sperm Point. Saving Graces? It's flat..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

11-22-2006, 05:34 AM	#2
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	It's flat. Very very flat. I bought my dog from a breeder in Hull.

11-23-2006, 02:57 AM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Can't say as it's my favourite town.....bit bland....bit flat.

12-08-2006, 09:58 PM	#8
King Conquistador Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Everywhere Posts: 259	I've never been myself, but has been voted Britain's most "Crap Town." Go to Manchester instead. __________________ "I've shot you, Jeff. With a bullet made of Scottish finance regulations."

12-08-2006, 10:02 PM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I heard its pretty flat. Oh, wait. That was in this thread. Never mind. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

12-08-2006, 10:03 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	so whats up in Manchester ????? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-09-2006, 03:54 AM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Hull is often referred to (amusingly) as Hell. I suppose it would be an interesting place to visit from a foreign perspective but it's rather a grim place from a UK perspective. Boarded up houses, litter on the streets, legions of unemployed sitting round all day drinking in pubs with filthy tables, obese children raised on chip butties and alcopops.... Meh - I haven't been there in about 6 years now, but I found it thoroughly depressing. I do find the local accent strangely attractive though __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-09-2006, 07:00 AM	#12
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Manchester is a really cool city. It's quite cosmopolitan ( though not as much as London) and is a favourite with students. Lots of really good bars, clubs, museums, galleries etc. It has a thriving indie music scene and lots of theatres. It was an ancient Roman fort town (chester comes from caester) and on the outskirts there are some good archaeological digs. The Hull accent is lovely Though I also think the manc accent is. Hull is an unpleasant place......Nearby York is much nicer.

12-09-2006, 09:03 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I drove through Hull, Canada once. It's very nice.

12-09-2006, 09:33 AM	#14
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I only know that the Saskatoon in the Saskatchewan providence is all flat. So says a friend of mine from there. I always figured the rest of it matched the landscape of our states since it shares the same continent?

12-09-2006, 09:50 AM	#15
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Hull Hull, Massachusetts. Birthplace of the Coast Guard. Home of Nantasket Beach. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

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