The places where you used to meet your friends in Hull before mobile phones
How many of these popular haunts do you remember?
Long before the days of the internet and mobile phones, meeting up with your friends required a little more preparation, and a lot more faith - once you'd arranged your place and time, that was it!
Hull's landscape has changed a lot over the years, and as a result, so have the most popular meet-up spots. While teenagers today might congregate outside the train station, or head into St Stephen's to wait for their friends, the picture 20 or 30 years ago was a whole lot different.
Whether you met your friends at Fletcher's fountain, outside the popular deli, or took to the White Rose Café to catch up with your chums, everyone in the city had their preferred spot. From outside Woolies to beside a newspaper stand, we take a look at some of Hull's most popular meet-up locations and see how they compare to today.
How many of these six popular spots do you remember from your youth? Let us know in the comments below!
One of the most popular meet-up spots from Hull's past, the 'blue box' newspaper stand outside the old bus station was the perfect place to wait after getting off the bus. Even after it turned yellow, people still referred to it as 'blue box'!
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Woolworths was another popular meet-up spot, with generations of friends meeting each other at the nearby bus stop on Prospect Street. The city centre hasn't quite been the same since Woolies went bust in 2008!
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Another popular choice was the old C&A department store, with one lady saying that the main reason was 'so you didn’t get wet if it was raining.' The shop in Ferensway closed in 2000, and the building is now occupied by Sports Direct
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