6th April 1908. View shows Bridge Court, situated off Bridge Street, nestled between Nile Street and Trafalgar Street. This area of dense housing was designated as an 'unhealthy area' due to insanitary conditions. Image courtesy of Leeds Libraries.

dominating daily life. Yet conditions were harsh, and the district gained a grim reputation for its sweatshops. As prosperity grew, many families moved north to Chapeltown, and by the late 1930s much of the Leylands had been swept away in slum clearance. #WorkingClassHistory #YorkshireHistory

Netherhall, house and stable block, Wawne Road, Hull, 1804 and 1873 Henry Bedford, a Hull banker, purchased the Sutton Hall site in 1804 and probably built the house around 1810. After 1846 it became known as Netherhall and was extended and altered in 1873. The pro…

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Clare House and 8–13 Baker Street, Hull, 1810* 8–13 Baker Street, formerly Clare House, is a Grade II listed terrace of four houses built around 1810, making it one of the earliest surviving domestic groups in the area. Built in yellow brick wi…

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Former Yorkshire Bank, 45 Market Place, Driffield, 1966 This wonderful 1966 building, a former bank in Driffield, is built in a box style, with flat‑roof, a rectilinear and utilitarian brick design with large plate‑glass windows to maximise street visib…

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Holly Bank, 36 Wawne Road, Sutton, Hull, turn of the century Holly Bank, No.36 Wawne Road, is an attractive turn of the century vernacular detached house, built by 1909, but probably earlier. It has a cream façade which is strengthened by crisp white quoins,…

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Rose Down and Thompson Ltd, Cannon Street, Hull, 1909 his building, added in 1909, exhibits characteristics of early 20th-century industrial architecture. The structure is composed of red brick with stone detailing, including horizontal stone bands th…

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John Whitaker Ltd, Crown Dry Dock, Tower Street, Hull, Mid 20th Century Premises of John H. Whitaker (Holdings) Ltd., Crown Dry Dock, an internationally renowned fuel transportation company, operating a fleet of inland barges and sea-going tankers in UK and European wa…

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New Adelphi Club, 89 De Grey Street, Hull, 1984 (and late Victorian) The New Adelphi Club, in De Grey Street, opened in October 1984 in a converted Victorian terrace house that survived a Luftwaffe bomb during the Blitz. It was founded by the late Paul “Jacko” Jacks…

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Former Jeweler, Victorian Shop, 46 Savile Street, Hull, 1872 The 1774 Dock Act, had a provision that the Dock Company must create a new road as part of the docks. That road would eventually link and encircle, the docks and link Beverley Gate, and North Bridg…

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The Junction Dock, (Prince’s Dock/Quay) Hull, 1829 AI Junction Dock, now known as Princes Dock, was built between 1813 and 1829 to connect Hull’s Old Dock (Queen’s Dock) with the Humber, forming part of the city’s growing dock system. Designe…

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Former Garage, Dunya Food Store, 154 Beverley Road, Hull, 1970s* The building at 154 Beverley Road currently housing Dunya Food Store, has undergone various transformations over the years. Originally, this site was part of a larger commercial and residential dev…

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East Hull Fire Station, 410 Southcoates Lane, Hull, 1932 The former East Hull Fire Station, built in 1932, is a modest and otherwise fairly typical example of its type, constructed in red brick with stone or concrete banding. The front elevation is organ…

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East Hull Fire Station, 410 Southcoates Lane, Hull, 1932 The former East Hull Fire Station, built in 1932, is a modest and otherwise fairly typical example of its type, constructed in red brick with stone or concrete banding. The front elevation is organ…

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Samuel Smith’s, now a House, Thoresby Street, Hull, 1906 The street itself was laid out around 1900 and the corner shop itself opened in 1906 as Samuel Smiths. The side wall has been painted and bears a painted history of the business. Beyond that I do n…

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Former Craigland, now The Apollo, 1082 Holderness Road, Hull, late Victorian* Originally known as Craigland, this late Victorian house stood at No. 1082 Holderness Road and is now the Apollo public house. The property once formed part of a substantial estate, but by the 1930…

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White Hart Hotel, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, 1904 TheWhite Hart Hotel, designed by Freeman Son, and Gaskell of Hull in 1904, is a three-story Renaissance Revival-style building with brick, ashlar, and roughcast construction, featuring sham timber-…

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The Grandale (former Jar in Hand) Sutton Park, Hull, 1971 The Grandale pub, built in 1972 as the Jar in Hand in Bransholme, Hull, is a post-war estate pub exemplifying the functional, mid-20th-century British design. Its low-rise, brick-built, rectangular…

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brunswick House, Strand Close, Hull, 1890 Former Higher Grade Board School, then a College of Commerce, nowCouncil offices. 1 of only 3 Higher Grade Schools built to accommodatechildren staying on after the compulsory school leaving age of…

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The Tranby Croft Tower, Royal Baccarat Scandal, Kirk Ella, 1874 Standing like a sentinel between Kirk Ella and Anlaby, the Tranby Croft Tower is a striking remnant of a grand Victorian estate with a story as tall as its walls. Built in 1874 as part of the elabo…

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Balcon Cafe, 147 Beverley Road, Hull, mid Twentieth Century* I do not have a great deal of information about this building on the corner of Beverley Road and Margaret Street. I believe it used to be the Ringside Pub, the Fountain Club, and the also the Unity…

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April 30, 1986 - The Northern Echo Yorkshire - Another fanzine is profiled, Private Who.
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The New Trinity Club, 261 Southcoates Lane, Hull, unknown* The New Trinity Club on Southcoates Lane in Hull is a modest community building whose recorded history is limited, though it has operated under this name since at least the start of the 1960s when …

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Subway Street, Fish Smoking House, Hull, 1890* A now-rare example of a once familiar Hull building type, this previously derelict and fire-damaged smokehouse is one of only nine known survivors. Built around 1890 (unconfirmed source) for Gilchr…

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St Andrew’s Close, Paull, East Yorkshire, 1968 Named after the nearby church, this road was developed in 1968. The late sixties suburban architecture is simple, boxy and composed of mainly semis. The houses display a uniformity in spacing and p…

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Malt Shovel, 583 Anlaby Road, Hull, late 1950s The Malt Shovel at 583 Anlaby Road in Hull. Architecturally, it’s a modest two-story red brick building with a tiled roof and residential-style sash windows above. The ground floor features flat co…

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Church of the Sacred Heart, Southcoates Lane, Hull, 1927 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church on Southcoates Lane was built in 1926–27 as a memorial to Father William Finn, a Hull-born priest who was the first British military chaplain killed in the First …

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St Ninian’s and St Andrew’s Church, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull, 1932 St Ninian’s Presbyterian Church on Chanterlands Avenue was opened in 1932 and designed by architect J.F. Parkinson in a style that blends Gothic elements with early 20th-century ecclesiastical desi…

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Former Museum of Fisheries and Shipping and reading room, Hessle Road, Pickering Park, Hull, 1912 This single-storey brick building, now an amateur boxing club and formerly a fishing museum, was designed by Joseph H. Hirst for trawler owner Christopher Pickering, who reportedly had a strong inf…

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Warehouses, Chocolate Factory Studios, 330-338 Wincolmlee, Hull 1890-1900* The former warehouse at 330–338 Wincolmlee in Hull, now The Chocolate Factory Studios, combines a tangible industrial past with layers of local folklore. Legend suggests that accused witches were o…

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St John’s Parish Church, Newland, Clough Road, Hull, 1833 St John’s Parish Church, Newland, Hull, was consecrated on 23 September 1833. It was built by Avison Terry, a prominent evangelical layman and twice mayor of Hull, who funded the project through pu…

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