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Where Hull's unique accent comes from - and why everyone else speaks English wrong
People
Even the rest of Yorkshire don't get us - and that's because our city developed in a very different way
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Dozens of classic Cadbury's Easter eggs from the 80s, 90s and even further back
Easter
From Freddo to Curly Wurly - these pictures from the Cadbury's archive will stir up memories of Easter past!
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The forgotten disaster now hidden by a car park in Hull city centre
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Eight people, including a six-year-old boy, died when a former refinery collapsed
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Nostalgic photos that will take you back to the 90s cafés and restaurants of Hull
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Old trawler haunts, floating restaurants and pink Corvettes - Hull had it all in the Nineties
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The Hull street name we have been saying wrong for almost 200 years
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Old maps and documents all record a different name for local thoroughfare
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Hull's favourite fish and chip shops down the decades in brilliant pics
Fish and chips in Hull
From Bob Carver's legendary stall and the Gainsboro restaurant, to award-winning venues of the 90s and 00s
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Fantastic photos take you back to the best restaurants and cafes in 80s Hull
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These photos are sure to bring back some memories and get your tummy grumbling for a long-lost dish
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All 73 shops in Princes Quay when it first opened in 1991 - three of them are still there today
Princes Quay Shopping Centre
Popular brands such as Top Shop, Miss Selfridge and The Gadget Shop have disappeared along with others you may have forgotten
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Unearthed pics show once-thriving Whitefriargate - and the incredible business that still survives
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There once was a time when the street hustled and bustled with shoppers
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Stunning colour photos from the 1970s of housing estates around Hull
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These images from the Hull Daily Mail archive take us back to where people lived in the city - and in some cases still do - around half a century ago
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Take a trip around the streets of Hull as they were in 1971
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We head back to the start of a decade that brought immense social and economic turmoil to the city
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When Hull was named UK's 'worst city' in controversial book
Hull City Centre
The Idler Book Of Crap Towns hit national headlines when it was published in late 2003 - but Hull's top ranking was characteristically shrugged off by locals
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A tour around Hull city centre 20 years ago when it was named UK's 'worst town'
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See how Hull was when it was branded Britain's worst place to live - was it really that bad?
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Amazing pics capture noughties nights at Heaven and Hell club in Hull
Nightclubs in Hull
Venue was demolished in 2021 amid plans for apartments and shops
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How Spring Bank used to look in 27 pictures as masterplan highlights history
Spring Bank
Hull City Council is hoping to revitalise Spring Bank, with markets, pavement cafes and 'traditional-style' shopfronts
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How Castle Street looked before the A63 - complete with a lost 'little' bridge
A63
Incredible pictures show the development of the A63 in central Hull
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The grand East Yorkshire hall that became part of a prison
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Everthorpe Hall has an intriguing and notorious past
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See people and places around the Hull area in 1987
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From Bun In The Oven to the height of the video rental age - head back to the Hull area in 1987
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Four-mile ‘Headscarf Hustle’ heading for the Humber Bridge on Mother’s Day
Humber Bridge
The event will pay tribute to Hull’s Headscarf Revolutionaries and raise funds towards a statue in their honour
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'Last-gasp' rescue mission for gigantic Blackburn Beverley plane as Fort Paull future to be decided
Museums
A £60,000 appeal has been launched to rescue and preserve the world’s only surviving example of the transport plane
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Faces from the famous Hull pub where women had to fight to get in
Bars in Hull
Ye Olde White Harte is known for its history - and was once the last bastion of 'men-only' pubs in the city
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Incredible colour pics from the 1970s show how much Hull has changed
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Crystal-clear photos from the Hull Daily Mail archives capture everything from the lost shops of Whitefriargate to the building of the Prospect Centre
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The legend of the dragon of the Yorkshire coast - and the surprising truth behind it
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Filey Brigg said to have been formed by skeleton - and real dinosaur bones were found nearby
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The weird and controversial things banned in Hull
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From cream scones at council meetings to goldfish at the fair, there's been some odd stuff that has been given its marching orders over the years
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