My Grandparents are from Hull and they both lived there during the war. I've heard stories my whole life about what life was like during the war in Hull. I was always so annoyed that nobody besides the people in Hull knew what was going on and they were bombed as much as London.
The reason why no one knew about what was going on in Hull, apart from the people who lived there, was because any national reporting of the devastation being done to the city would have been discovered by the Germans and they would have known how successful their bombing campaign was being and also the impact it had on Hull - which was not only a domestic port but also a supply port for Russia. Have a news blackout, call it a "North East Coastal Town" and the enemy don't know how effective their campaign is being.
I love Hull. I’m born there. Hessle Rd. Hull is a city. Not a town. I left Hull many yrs ago, but my heart remains there. “Hessle Rd Hessle Rd I’m proud of Hessle Rd”
hessle road was great for shopping , most of it demolished in the 60's ..today druggies, rapists, drunk drivers, gangs and not one shop worth going into to...not even safe to walk down on your own.
The devastation from the bombing can still be seen in central Hull - look at the enormous open space south of Albion Street, an area the size of 2 or 3 football pitches, it's still empty 80 years after the bombing and they're only just planning to build on it now.
I grew up in Hull in the 60's. There were still gaps between buildings with unused land even then. As a boy I would make rows of houses in the sand at the sea-side then throw stones at them and make good the damage. Was I working something out of my system?
I was born in Hull 1946 my dad's family were all from that area . Strickland does anyone still live there . who may be my relation Norma read Strickland ?
can you imagine generation snowflake coping with that level of genuine trauma? Look at the dignity these fantastic people display when they share their experiences, which by any standard were horriffic. No self pity or "I'm the victim"
@@RHR-221b Fair enough, but to counter my argument seemed too ignorantly lost on them. Comparing western kids today to those of the world war are on complete different scales of environment. Of course that’s the reason for the youth being more open and free to express themselves is because they didn’t have to suffer as much as previous generations who risked their lives for this very moment we live in. Those kids back in the war had no choice but to deal with the situation they were in. If you take those kids back then and have them in this younger generation then they would be like the snowflakes you’re on about. Futue te ipsi
That was very sad, it's the spot where Barclays Bank now is, to the right of City Hall in Queen Victoria Square. The building comprised a huge tower that was visible from north Lincolnshire and the rest of the building was long, tall and made up of red terracotta brickwork. If it was still there it would have a preservation order on it and it would be one of the grandest buildings in the north of England. A parachute mine hit the building, largely destroying it, but the large tower remained undamaged - however because the rest of the building was gone it was viewed that the tower was unsteady on its own - so it was demolished the next day. I heard about all the people dying who were sheltering in the basement, many tragically drowned from the huge amount of water the fire brigade shot at the building to try and douse the flames. RIP to them.
Why do you say a north East coast town, has its was ww2 HULL never gets mentioned, even after the war, NORTHERN EAST COAST TOWN.. no its hull Kingston upon Hull.
You can understand the deception though. Couldn't give the Luftwaffe any indication that their raids, particularly the docks, (and it was the docks they were after) had been in any way successful. I don't have any issue with the deception and the misleading headlines. Had they said "Northern East Coast City" that could only be Hull. A "town" could be anywhere... Same is true of the bombing of Coventry. They knew the raid was coming because they'd deciphered ENIGMA, but couldn't let the Germans know, so the raid had to be allowed to go ahead. Cruel possibly, but what was more important was the bigger picture. German knowledge of their wonderful Enigma hurdy-gurdy being cracked could have lengthened the war by months if not years...
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My Grandparents are from Hull and they both lived there during the war. I've heard stories my whole life about what life was like during the war in Hull. I was always so annoyed that nobody besides the people in Hull knew what was going on and they were bombed as much as London.
90% of hull was bombed and it was the second most bombed city
Churchill ordered a news blackout...
The reason why no one knew about what was going on in Hull, apart from the people who lived there, was because any national reporting of the devastation being done to the city would have been discovered by the Germans and they would have known how successful their bombing campaign was being and also the impact it had on Hull - which was not only a domestic port but also a supply port for Russia. Have a news blackout, call it a "North East Coastal Town" and the enemy don't know how effective their campaign is being.
I love Hull. I’m born there. Hessle Rd. Hull is a city. Not a town. I left Hull many yrs ago, but my heart remains there. “Hessle Rd Hessle Rd I’m proud of Hessle Rd”
hessle road was great for shopping , most of it demolished in the 60's ..today druggies, rapists, drunk drivers, gangs and not one shop worth going into to...not even safe to walk down on your own.
My Mother is 91 now and over the years has told me many stories of the War and being sent away like many other children’s evacuated
My Grandma was born and lived on Studley Street and recalls this raid well. Bless them all.
I watched another video on Hull and it said that for cities the size of Hull, Hull was the most bombed city.
"They sowed the wind, and now they're going to reap the whirlwind..." Sir Arthur `Bomber' Harris.
My home city to see it then and see it now !!!
The devastation from the bombing can still be seen in central Hull - look at the enormous open space south of Albion Street, an area the size of 2 or 3 football pitches, it's still empty 80 years after the bombing and they're only just planning to build on it now.
Hull got a flogging but the RAF and USAF redesigned Hamburg, Dusseldorf, and Cologne amongst others...
I grew up in Hull in the 60's. There were still gaps between buildings with unused land even then. As a boy I would make rows of houses in the sand at the sea-side then throw stones at them and make good the damage. Was I working something out of my system?
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@@RHR-221b Please explain
I was born in Hull 1946 my dad's family were all from that area . Strickland does anyone still live there . who may be my relation Norma read Strickland ?
Hope you’re still well and found any information on this
MY GRANMA ELIZABETH MULLIGAN
WAS THERE, MY MUM WAS A CHILD.
I live here and my god, I would’ve hated to live in the early 40s
can you imagine generation snowflake coping with that level of genuine trauma? Look at the dignity these fantastic people display when they share their experiences, which by any standard were horriffic. No self pity or "I'm the victim"
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@@RHR-221b Fair enough, but to counter my argument seemed too ignorantly lost on them. Comparing western kids today to those of the world war are on complete different scales of environment. Of course that’s the reason for the youth being more open and free to express themselves is because they didn’t have to suffer as much as previous generations who risked their lives for this very moment we live in. Those kids back in the war had no choice but to deal with the situation they were in. If you take those kids back then and have them in this younger generation then they would be like the snowflakes you’re on about.
Futue te ipsi
My dad was fireman i
I dont know if its true...there were so many deaths that they filled the swimming pool.
at the end, HULL THE GOOD OLD DAYS....are you joking...
Dad told me of the night the Prudential building was bombed. The cellar was full of women from the offices sheltering from the raid.
That was very sad, it's the spot where Barclays Bank now is, to the right of City Hall in Queen Victoria Square. The building comprised a huge tower that was visible from north Lincolnshire and the rest of the building was long, tall and made up of red terracotta brickwork. If it was still there it would have a preservation order on it and it would be one of the grandest buildings in the north of England. A parachute mine hit the building, largely destroying it, but the large tower remained undamaged - however because the rest of the building was gone it was viewed that the tower was unsteady on its own - so it was demolished the next day. I heard about all the people dying who were sheltering in the basement, many tragically drowned from the huge amount of water the fire brigade shot at the building to try and douse the flames. RIP to them.
Why do you say a north East coast town, has its was ww2 HULL never gets mentioned, even after the war,
NORTHERN EAST COAST TOWN..
no its hull
Kingston upon Hull.
You can understand the deception though. Couldn't give the Luftwaffe any indication that their raids, particularly the docks, (and it was the docks they were after) had been in any way successful. I don't have any issue with the deception and the misleading headlines. Had they said "Northern East Coast City" that could only be Hull. A "town" could be anywhere...
Same is true of the bombing of Coventry. They knew the raid was coming because they'd deciphered ENIGMA, but couldn't let the Germans know, so the raid had to be allowed to go ahead. Cruel possibly, but what was more important was the bigger picture. German knowledge of their wonderful Enigma hurdy-gurdy being cracked could have lengthened the war by months if not years...
Hull is a. City not a town
Its both i think.
Hull was classified a city in 1897. You're classified as one or the other - never both @@lesleybarrow8906