This whole area is lucky to have you. you give so much time and attention to the videos and the stories that they are a pleasure to watch. I come away from each video with a richer understanding of the area I am from which makes me appreciate this area so much more, your videos are genuinely brilliant!
That's awesome, thankyou! I feel the same as I'm learning and researching, and I just enjoy sharing what I've found, so I'm really glad if I get to pass on some of that excitement!
My wifes from Hull, she's recognise all that you talk about, Personnal stories give contxt even life to places, hearing your story is as much interesting as the places you talk about. Looking forward to more.
My birth certificate is stamped with drypool so this video is special to me too. Jamie do not worry and think people are not interested in your family history it means we get to know you better and your roots.I remember a funny story about the rugby teams fc & rovers i was delivering new fords on trade plates in 1978 from king George dock and got a lift with a lorry driver just to break the ice after a short time i said i see hull fc won last night? Next thing the brakes went on and i thought we had hit a dog or person and the driver said right get out my family has been rovers fans for generations i thought he was joking but no he threw me out thats when i first knew about the rivalry between the two banks of Hull but i was born on the east side haha.
My parents had a newsagency in Durham street and we lived in Durham street. We came to NZ in 1953 and I've been back several times. Our house was still standing but the one we were joined to had been demolished. This video brought back a lot of good memories for me, familar names and a familiar accent. My Yorkshire accent is still recognisable even though I've spent 70 years in NZ. You can take the boy out of Hull but you can't take Hull out of the boy. I'm living proof.
@Kirk M Much had been destroyed, the block and terrace where our shop was had gone, realistically it all looked ready to be re-developed. It certainly felt a bit weird but I would't say spooky.
I was born in a house down Newcomen Street, and moved to James Reckitt Ave when i was 10. My paternal grandparents lived down James Reckitt for many, many years, my dad having been born there. The house was originally owned by my great grandparents, with my grandad born there as well. My grandma being born down nearby Astoria Crescent. She is still alive today, and still tells a story of the old dairy farm that a lot of Ings estate was built on. One night, the cows escaped, and one found its way into their garden. My grandma saw it and told her dad, who didnt believe her and beat her for lying... only then to see it himself! On my maternal side, my grandparents lived on Newcomen Street for many decades, with my mother, and grandmother being born in the house, having been owned by my great grandparents since it was built! My grandad told me stories of watching Savery and Watt Street being built on the old farm there. So yes, i agree, it is a big community for so many people. At least 4 generations of my family history all from one small area of East Hull, centred around Holderness Road.
Brilliant as ever. Liverpool lad (old man) been living in Hull for 20 years or so and I look forward to every one of your videos as they come out. You're everything TH-cam should be
Another excellent piece of history of my home town, I used to travel around that area as my grandparents live in Bilsby Terrace in Durham Street, Thanks for bringing back those memories.
Love this, so interesting! As a 'Family History Nerdette' I was delighted the video took the ending it did. Born Arundel St, and still living elsewhere 'on Road and my ancestors rooted round Bucky Street for years it really resonated. Thank you, great job!
Brilliant video and story telling , something you seem to do well so keep it going . Being born and growing up in east Hull there are so many things in this video I can relate to. My childhood was in Drypool and playing on Victoria dock was one of many things we use to do . Apart from the many corner shops , Holderness Road and its shops supplied us with nearly all the things needed . The most important thing to me , which you mentioned was the community . This community was was ripped apart during the house clearances of the 1970s . A big thank you to you and all involved in this production
A consummate storyteller. HHN makes history live. That last extended piece to camera was a tour de force for getting to the point and tying all the loose ends up without stopping and starting. That narrative could be applied to so many communities, but when it's your community that makes it so real and personal. I have lived in Hull only for 50ish years but your videos have really made the city live for me. Keep up the good work.
Thankyou! It's not often I do something completely adlibbed, I've usually got a script to reference, so I was a bit worried that it might come across as rambling and vague!
i love the past, i'm only interested in the past, 99.9% of everything now is sterile and souless, whereas the past, thinking back to childhood are the things that formed who i am. The buildings that grab my attention are the derelict, neglected or untouched. I feel what yiz sayin bruv Everything the 'property developers' touch turns to sterile, sameness, souless. I've just bought a very cheap place, but it's old and surrounded by older and some ancient, across the river in north lincs and i love the area, lots of quirky villages with wobbly walls. I'm apprehensive about Hull and Grimsby but they have a rich history with lots of impressive treasures and plenty of neglect for me to search out and appreciate and make me think of better times ... I'm a little bit concerned about Immingham though .. it brings back horrific memories ..
It's great to watch your videos. Growing up just outside Hull in the village of Long Riston we often went shopping on Holderness Road. All the best 🇬🇧.
Thanks again for the history. You mention drainage by a steam engine, but in the 18th century maps, showed at least half a dozen windmills, now they could have been used for milling, but given the land, probably were part of earlier drainage systems, like Holland. I may have missed it, but didn't seem much on anything existing from its early village, eg pubs other than the site of the church; is there nothing left.
As far as I know, there's nothing original left, it seems as though industry has steamrollered everything original apart from the churchyard. The mills along Holderness Road were not involved in drainage, there were 11 of them and as far as I can tell they were all involved in various milling work. They're noted on the 1853 Ordnance Survey map as corn and oil mills. The one still standing opposite East Park was actually part of Joseph Rank's business during the 19th century.
You aren't alone bud. I, too... Used to call all of Hull as home. I grew up on Endike Lane in the Eighties :) TELL Your stories. Share them... We wanna hear them!
An old Beverlonian Fart replies, all the way from that London.. I just want to say what an EXCELLENT name you have there! I shall be checking you out; are you an U tube channel? 🌟👍
Love this video. I’m from Dunoon in Scotland and have lived in Drypool for 20 years now. I don’t know what it is, but yeah, T’ Road has got under my skin and I love it. I loved the story of grandma threatening the cyclist , I did much the same with a motorcyclist! I grabbed the back of his motorbike and pulled it over, threatening to knock his block off on Holderness road. I guess the spirit of Drypool has settled in my soul that much 😂 so glad you share personal stories, they give a very human perspective
Ha! Also, I just realised that I've made my mum's family sound like a right bunch of hooligans, with my gran headbutting a lad at school and *her* mum threatening to punch a woman for hitting her granddaughter with a bike!
If educating is an important part of the rationale for your films then let me tell you, I learn something new with every film of yours I watch. Thank you again.
Another interesting video, some of my wifes family still live in the Holderness Road area, and her mothers birth certificate gives her place of birth as Drypool, so this video was of particular interest.
The White house on Manet Street is where My Dad Lived Before the War & My Great Great Nana Wood Lived Down Balfour street which is no longer there which is sad as I can still smell the Coal fire. I am east Hull born Registered at Drypool and My brother once traced our family back to a small street in drypool just behind the Plimsoll ship Hotel from a census. Thank You for Your knowledge of these lost streets and Villages of Hull. I am 60yrs and sometimes can feel melancholy of the sad loss of a once great city. Hull is truly Historic of these lost places and a good job we have people like you dedicated to documenting these places. Thank You.
In the mid 60s I worked at Smith and Nephews at the the top of Hessle Road, and going just a hundred yards down that road to the sandwich shop was akin to crossing Check Point Charlie. I inadvertently stumbled into the Prince Edward pub at the rear of the Cecil Cinema, and was confronted by a sea of light blue suits with half belted jackets , and a bar teetering with empty drink glasses and a crowd baying for more drink. There was an animal energy that I don't think I have ever experienced before except possibly at a England Scotland rugby final. What a different town Hull was in those days!
Another informative and engaging video. Your family history is important and interesting; it makes you whom you are. Thank you for sharing your videos with us
I'm from Mersey street 1962 till 1977, Manet street only existed because the top of Mersey and Severn streets were blocked due to traffic control late sixties to early seventies
In the early sixties my dad cycled with me, on the tiny front seat over the handlebars, to see 'Brother Dring'???? who lived opposite Victoria dock on Hedon Road. He lived in a boarded up shop opposite a garage sort of building with the symbol of the Michelin man made out of tyres. While they stood in the hallway of the tiny shop jawing I, being rather bored, started messing with one of the bikes tyre valves. I got told off when their conversation was interrupted by escaping air.
Keep the whole social and family history content coming. I find it absolutely fascinating. Many of my family were from the area, particularly west Hull. Looking forward as always to your future videos.
A lot of people, like me, are East Hull due to Hedon Road Maternity Hospital (which means I have Drypool on my sixties' birth certificate), although I'm a Cott lad at heart. The Drypool birth certificate also means I can legitimately support Hull Kingston Rovers, the thinking man's Rugby League team.
Weirdly, I never even considered covering the maternity hospital as it's actually nowhere near Drypool, but instead between the wards of Marfleet and Southcoates! I had planned to include it in my Marfleet or Southcoates videos on the future, I had no idea it was once classed as Drypool!
@@hullhistorynerd Just looking at my 1964 birth certificate now. It says Registration District Hull, Birth in the Sub-district of Drypool in the County Borough of Kingston upon Hull. So it's more of a registration thing.
Another great video very interesting insight on how the area grew, never knew that there was a level crossing where mount pleasant is today. Loved your back story
Neither did I! To think I've always had such a passion for railways ever since I was tiny, and my mum never thought to mention that there was a decaying old station just behind the car lots on that stretch of Road! I would have been absolutely fascinated.
I lived in Hull for 10 years. I was born in Fullford in York and Grew up in Selby nearby. I moved to Hull in '98. It was a dump back then, nowhere near the city it is today. I visit Hull every year to see friends. Beautiful historic city.
I always think what comment I'm going to make as I progress thru my favourite YT videos. During the first part, it was commentary on the William the Conqueror and the Harrying episode - I never knew about this; next it was along the lines of 'I wish I had you as my history teacher'; then to let you know how I follow your film by having street view open on a second laptop to compare the 'then and now'; then something about 'Is that the "Reckitt" as in Dettol and other household stuff?' But I think the overall comment has to be: 'I'm so glad your mic broke down!' - or we may never have had that re-take... That last segment had me captured (I think some dust got in my eyes...) Your heartfelt pride and enthusiasm of your family background and history really came across. Whatever you set out to do, I really appreciated this piece of work. Apologies for the essay 😄 ps, would be great if you had a 'Thank you' tab - I'd happily contribute to your undoubtedly hard work. pps. Ignore the above ps - just watched the credits and seen the gofundme info. I'll head off there now!
Thank you so much for your kind words, and I'm glad you enjoy the videos so much. And I think I just got your donation on GoFundMe, so a huge thankyou for that, too! I'm actually planning a more detailed video sometime next year looking at the Harrying of the North; I realised I haven't done an Old Yorkshire episode for years, and this would be a perfect subject, so there's one to look forward to!
Wonderful as ever! It is SO important that the history of absorbed or lost villages is tabulated and highlighted. To think that I, f'rinstance, who grew up only eight miles away from this place and now live hundreds of miles away can learn new things.. Thank you for this! 🌟👍
G'day mate. Les Rose from Western Australia here. I do want to hear personal stories. Please don't hold back on your family history and experience. You have a wonderful documentary series that I have only just discovered.
I was born in williamson st in 57, it still says drypool on my birth cert, we moved to bucky terrace in 62, and as the Pythons said, you were lucky, a 2 up 2 down, ours was 1 up 1 down and there where 5 of us.
1 up 1 down? Luxury. We never even had a downstairs, and our mam would chuck us out of the window every morning to go to school because we couldn't afford the staircase, and we'd thank her for the privilege! Love a random 4 Yorkshiremen sketch every now and then!
I've seen local history videos before, and they've always come across as dull, but this was fascinating, interesting, informational and funny. Very well written, and presented. Now to binge the channel.
Hi and good morning, from the age of three i lived in a little place called Nile Street, i believe it would have been in the myton ward...we lived at num thirty which was actualy built onto the park, which had a see saw, and roundabout, and swings...i understand many many years before it was a posh little park,top of the street was the cemetery we played in for many years,when the weather was warm we walk through a broken wall onto railway dock for a swim...also in nile street there was a german church, and the absoloutly massive imposing giant building...looked like a prison with its four or five wings....owned then by the salvation army...id love to hear about the history of this area...also there was a cattle market in the next street...thank you
Fascinating. I know all the names as my family lived there for many years but me only for about 20 years, but we lived Hessle side so I would soon get lost east side of town. I shall be going onto maps now and getting my bearings.
I am so thrilled to have found this video. I have had in my possession for a long time, my great grandmas sunday school prize, a small book. The book plate says she was awarded it, a second prize, in 1893, at St Peter's Drypool. I have looked for the church a couple of times, and I now know why I have never found it! I also think she may have got married at St Peters. Thank you so much Hull History Nerd mystery solved 😊
Thank you for this amazing insight . Lived down Holderness road (road) for past 30+ years brought my family up here .Great memories your doing Hull proud.
cool...I'm only on New George steet myself ,facinating stuff knowing the type of drama I would have seen while chilling on my balcony going back a year or 500...
Awesome film as are all of them. I have a feeling I know but don’t know when from.maybe next time I am in Hull we could meet up for a coffee or beer what ever is you fancy. I am an East Hull lad the same as you, my wife is also from East Hull. Keep up the good work.
It's true - I don't get to Hull very often these days having left home in 1983. But when I show my kids the area where I grew up, around the park, Ings Road to Summergangs, it does strangely feel like coming home...
My best mate lives in hull and I’m finally visiting after nearly 20 years of knowing each other what he does not know is I’m looking to move to hull as it’s rich with history and has everything my family and myself need :D
Good point well made. I've lived on a couple of streets off Newbridge and on Brazil street. One of my first jobs was at 1 Holdeness Road and more recently the beginning of Hedon Road. I really enjoyed this sir.
Great as ever, thanks. This one proper hit my patch, went to Mersey, grew up playing out around Durham St playground... looking forward to the Garden Village one when you get to it, Beech Ave was a lovely street to grow up on, proper community around the shops there
Hi Mr Hull history nerd.... bumped into you tonight nr cottingham station and enjoyed our little chat, pleasure to meet you and hope you continue entertaining and educating us...keep up the great work!
Excellent great to hear so in tune with their area. I live in outer East London and have have lived in this flat for over 30 years but i was actually born only 200 yards away in a Flat which still stand I was born in 1954 and left the area when about 8 years old and moved to a near by area and twice more before leaving to live in inner London not far from Docklands but eventually moved and where did pick the area I was born in as it does and always had felt like home. It has changed a lot but is still the Place I love near to the edge of London and Epping Forest It feels like Home I often surprise neighbours when i.explain names and whatvwas once in the local area. Example is said to one new neighbour why don't you go Wanstead Park with the Dog.. They said it was very nice park and said handy for shops I looked surprised that is not wanstead park that is the little park in wanstead. I took them to the real Wanstead Park, which was a huge estate rivalling. Versailles of which 600 acres are now a superb park with lakes and ponds and cattle old english long horns and deer and cafe. They were stunned at such a place so nearby and totally unknown to them as London residents but not London born and bred...
Your comments about your early life and that of your folks are entirely apropos HN. It's rather nice that you included something of your personal history, puts flesh on the bone. I enjoyed the last few minutes especially, partly because it so resonated with me. This episode was a real good 'un....
Did Victorian planners choose from a standard list of street names? How many terraced Victor and Buckingham Streets there must be in towns up-and-down the country.
Another excellent video of the history of Hull. I use to deliver to all the Caravan Manufacturers there. Boy there was a lot. Use to call at the fish dock on the way back to Barnsley as our workers put their orders in on a Weekly basis for collecting on Friday. The way you talk about the places, you can see you love the area. Good on you,as it is nice to see someone expressing themselves like you have done . Proud to be from Hull you can tell that a mile away. Keep up with the videos, I love them.
Another great video. I enjoyed the personal reflection; it made me reflect upon the part of my family history on Dansom lane. Not many houses are left there though. It's easy to forget that these developments once represented an exciting new start for our forbears. And maybe just with more investment, environmentally progressive planning, and care, they can become places where people want to move to again instead of gobbling up the countryside and building more roads. But anyway, great video and I love the history. and the way you present.
This is one of your best videos yet. I am new Hull so find these videos very informative. I especially enjoyed your reflections on your childhood home and 'the road'.
My dad's family lived in Stepney for a long time and when his brothers and sisters moved out to Brandsholme and Orchard park estates he moved to Preston road estate with my mother and little 6 month old me in winter of 81, apparently the houses on preggy road were posh compared to the newer rabbit hutches on Brandsholme estate lol
No, I think the TH-cam processing algorithm might have improved. However - cunning tip to improve viewing quality - change the quality setting to 4k. I upload all of my videos in 4k and if your laptop/phone/tablet can handle 4k the TH-cam processing is WAY better on 4k. All the way back to episode 1 of the Docks series you'll see everything looking loads sharper!
@@hullhistorynerd I always watch most of my TH-cam content on my TV, which like most is 4k. So the TH-cam app defaults to 4K video automatically. I will have a look at your older videos and see if there is a difference. The dock videos were fantastic, and of particular interest to me as my family were all involved in the fishing industry until it all fell to bits!
this is your best one yet, and i say that as someone who has never felt at home in east hull. i loved hearing about your personal history/links to the area.. it really brought it to life..
Brilliant video as always Jim, especially your own personal family reflections at the end. Really interesting. Every one, we learn some more about the fascinating history of Hull. My mother in law grew up down Franklin Street, went to Williamson Street school and also lost a couple of relatives in the bombing of the Ellis Terrace shelter, so the history is relevant to us as well. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next video 👍🏼😁
The war was a terrible time for the Drypool community. In the worst bombed city in Britain, that area bore the brunt of it. My grandad's family ended up needing to be dug out of their bomb shelter down Nornabell Street when their house was hit. They moved to Buckingham Street and then *that* house got hit too.
Excellent, informative video,as usual. On the 1818 Thomas Anderson Map, there is a Spyvie & Co Ropery. Have you any info on this ? I am a Spivey from Beverley & some of my Spivey ancestors also lived in Hull. There could be a family connection.
I don't have any info, I'm afraid, but it's worth checking in the Hull History Centre - it's an unusual name so I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a link!
That ropery caught my eye for two reasons. It looks to me that it runs, (roperys were for obvious reasons long buildings) along much of the legnth of where Spyvee Street/Hodgeson Street was later built. Odd switch in spelling but too close to be coincidence I think. The other reason was that on my walk down New Cleaveland Street to Chapman Street School, I passed Halls Barton Ropery, I think on the corner of St Marks Street. It sticks in my mind because I used to love to stop and enjoy the smell of the oil and tar they used in there. (far nicer than the tripe and pickle works just along the road, or the council tip on the corner of Chapman Ttreet.) Anyway... that's only 3 streets along from where Spyvie & Co are marked on the earlier map. Perhaps Spyvie & Co were compusory purchased and resetled a bit further down New Cleaveland Street, then later changed name?
Its a misconception that any country has a good standing army. only in the 20th century did Armies become a thing and even then. most countries armies were mercanary.
Wow loved this one, lived on Durham st for nearly 17 years, the poplars, loved it, love the area, weird how everyone’s connected isn’t it ? be it by a community, friends or family, proper east hull lad !
That's what makes Drypool so fascinating, and how many of those family strands ended up stretching out into the newer council estates of Longhill, Bilton Grange, Greatfield and Bransholme!
Brilliant stuff. Anything on Skidby ? I used to play down back lane. Never thought anything of it at the time but looked as if they may have been a river there 🤔
Yeah, I realised that when I was out there reshooting that bit, the script as written just didn't have that and, it would seem, lots of other folk really liked that, so I'm glad I went with my instinct! Though I did accidentally manage to make my mum's side of the family sound like a bunch of hardcases...
Superb stuff as ever, really well researched and obviously you enjoy making these "history lessons" as well as we enjoy looking forward to viewing them, keep up the great work, and hope you have a merry Christmas 👍
This whole area is lucky to have you. you give so much time and attention to the videos and the stories that they are a pleasure to watch. I come away from each video with a richer understanding of the area I am from which makes me appreciate this area so much more, your videos are genuinely brilliant!
That's awesome, thankyou! I feel the same as I'm learning and researching, and I just enjoy sharing what I've found, so I'm really glad if I get to pass on some of that excitement!
Amen!
My wifes from Hull, she's recognise all that you talk about, Personnal stories give contxt even life to places, hearing your story is as much interesting as the places you talk about. Looking forward to more.
I completely agree
My birth certificate is stamped with drypool so this video is special to me too. Jamie do not worry and think people are not interested in your family history it means we get to know you better and your roots.I remember a funny story about the rugby teams fc & rovers i was delivering new fords on trade plates in 1978 from king George dock and got a lift with a lorry driver just to break the ice after a short time i said i see hull fc won last night? Next thing the brakes went on and i thought we had hit a dog or person and the driver said right get out my family has been rovers fans for generations i thought he was joking but no he threw me out thats when i first knew about the rivalry between the two banks of Hull but i was born on the east side haha.
Oh aye, I've never been into sport stuff myself, but yeah, east and west Hull treat rugby with a kind of terminal intensity!
My parents had a newsagency in Durham street and we lived in Durham street. We came to NZ in 1953 and I've been back several times. Our house was still standing but the one we were joined to had been demolished. This video brought back a lot of good memories for me, familar names and a familiar accent. My Yorkshire accent is still recognisable even though I've spent 70 years in NZ. You can take the boy out of Hull but you can't take Hull out of the boy. I'm living proof.
@Kirk M Much had been destroyed, the block and terrace where our shop was had gone, realistically it all looked ready to be re-developed. It certainly felt a bit weird but I would't say spooky.
@Kirk M When we were there it was a thriving, healthy community, lots of children from toddlers to teenagers. Raine club was after my time there.
I come from Hull but left many years ago. Your films bring it all back, and your accent is wonderful!
I also left Hull many years ago, thankfully.
Couldn't agree more and from a similiar perspective.
@@davidsharpe7644 We're thankful too. Don't let us keep you.
I was born in a house down Newcomen Street, and moved to James Reckitt Ave when i was 10. My paternal grandparents lived down James Reckitt for many, many years, my dad having been born there. The house was originally owned by my great grandparents, with my grandad born there as well. My grandma being born down nearby Astoria Crescent. She is still alive today, and still tells a story of the old dairy farm that a lot of Ings estate was built on. One night, the cows escaped, and one found its way into their garden. My grandma saw it and told her dad, who didnt believe her and beat her for lying... only then to see it himself!
On my maternal side, my grandparents lived on Newcomen Street for many decades, with my mother, and grandmother being born in the house, having been owned by my great grandparents since it was built! My grandad told me stories of watching Savery and Watt Street being built on the old farm there. So yes, i agree, it is a big community for so many people. At least 4 generations of my family history all from one small area of East Hull, centred around Holderness Road.
Are used to have a shop Ron’s heel to toe directly opposite Wescott Street many many years ago
Brilliant as ever. Liverpool lad (old man) been living in Hull for 20 years or so and I look forward to every one of your videos as they come out. You're everything TH-cam should be
Born and raised here, it was a great place to grow up.
Another excellent piece of history of my home town, I used to travel around that area as my grandparents live in Bilsby Terrace in Durham Street, Thanks for bringing back those memories.
Love this, so interesting! As a 'Family History Nerdette' I was delighted the video took the ending it did. Born Arundel St, and still living elsewhere 'on Road and my ancestors rooted round Bucky Street for years it really resonated. Thank you, great job!
Brilliant video and story telling , something you seem to do well so keep it going . Being born and growing up in east Hull there are so many things in this video I can relate to. My childhood was in Drypool and playing on Victoria dock was one of many things we use to do . Apart from the many corner shops , Holderness Road and its shops supplied us with nearly all the things needed . The most important thing to me , which you mentioned was the community . This community was was ripped apart during the house clearances of the 1970s . A big thank you to you and all involved in this production
A consummate storyteller. HHN makes history live. That last extended piece to camera was a tour de force for getting to the point and tying all the loose ends up without stopping and starting. That narrative could be applied to so many communities, but when it's your community that makes it so real and personal. I have lived in Hull only for 50ish years but your videos have really made the city live for me. Keep up the good work.
Thankyou! It's not often I do something completely adlibbed, I've usually got a script to reference, so I was a bit worried that it might come across as rambling and vague!
i love the past, i'm only interested in the past, 99.9% of everything now is sterile and souless, whereas the past, thinking back to childhood are the things that formed who i am. The buildings that grab my attention are the derelict, neglected or untouched.
I feel what yiz sayin bruv
Everything the 'property developers' touch turns to sterile, sameness, souless. I've just bought a very cheap place, but it's old and surrounded by older and some ancient, across the river in north lincs and i love the area, lots of quirky villages with wobbly walls.
I'm apprehensive about Hull and Grimsby but they have a rich history with lots of impressive treasures and plenty of neglect for me to search out and appreciate and make me think of better times
... I'm a little bit concerned about Immingham though .. it brings back horrific memories ..
It's great to watch your videos. Growing up just outside Hull in the village of Long Riston we often went shopping on Holderness Road. All the best 🇬🇧.
Thanks again for the history. You mention drainage by a steam engine, but in the 18th century maps, showed at least half a dozen windmills, now they could have been used for milling, but given the land, probably were part of earlier drainage systems, like Holland.
I may have missed it, but didn't seem much on anything existing from its early village, eg pubs other than the site of the church; is there nothing left.
As far as I know, there's nothing original left, it seems as though industry has steamrollered everything original apart from the churchyard.
The mills along Holderness Road were not involved in drainage, there were 11 of them and as far as I can tell they were all involved in various milling work. They're noted on the 1853 Ordnance Survey map as corn and oil mills. The one still standing opposite East Park was actually part of Joseph Rank's business during the 19th century.
You're getting better with each one. Fascinating.
The excitement i feel when our favourite hull nerd uploads.... 🥰 more....
You aren't alone bud. I, too... Used to call all of Hull as home. I grew up on Endike Lane in the Eighties :)
TELL Your stories. Share them... We wanna hear them!
I'm from Hull myself, and its fascinating how much history is here, hidden or otherwise. This channel is a gem. Keep these coming.
I'm a Sculcoates kid myself but love watching your superb history lessons covering our fabulous local heritage .... thank you
An old Beverlonian Fart replies, all the way from that London.. I just want to say what an EXCELLENT name you have there! I shall be checking you out; are you an U tube channel? 🌟👍
Love this video. I’m from Dunoon in Scotland and have lived in Drypool for 20 years now. I don’t know what it is, but yeah, T’ Road has got under my skin and I love it. I loved the story of grandma threatening the cyclist , I did much the same with a motorcyclist! I grabbed the back of his motorbike and pulled it over, threatening to knock his block off on Holderness road. I guess the spirit of Drypool has settled in my soul that much 😂 so glad you share personal stories, they give a very human perspective
Ha! Also, I just realised that I've made my mum's family sound like a right bunch of hooligans, with my gran headbutting a lad at school and *her* mum threatening to punch a woman for hitting her granddaughter with a bike!
I've never seen or heard of that St Peter statue. I never knew it existed. Great video.
If educating is an important part of the rationale for your films then let me tell you, I learn something new with every film of yours I watch. Thank you again.
That's a wonderful thing to say, thankyou! I just want to share all the fantastic stuff that I learn about Hull's past :)
Another interesting video, some of my wifes family still live in the Holderness Road area, and her mothers birth certificate gives her place of birth as Drypool, so this video was of particular interest.
The White house on Manet Street is where My Dad Lived Before the War & My Great Great Nana Wood Lived Down Balfour street which is no longer there which is sad as I can still smell the Coal fire. I am east Hull born Registered at Drypool and My brother once traced our family back to a small street in drypool just behind the Plimsoll ship Hotel from a census. Thank You for Your knowledge of these lost streets and Villages of Hull. I am 60yrs and sometimes can feel melancholy of the sad loss of a once great city. Hull is truly Historic of these lost places and a good job we have people like you dedicated to documenting these places. Thank You.
In the mid 60s I worked at Smith and Nephews at the the top of Hessle Road, and going just a hundred yards down that road to the sandwich shop was akin to crossing Check Point Charlie. I inadvertently stumbled into the Prince Edward pub at the rear of the Cecil Cinema, and was confronted by a sea of light blue suits with half belted jackets , and a bar teetering with empty drink glasses and a crowd baying for more drink. There was an animal energy that I don't think I have ever experienced before except possibly at a England Scotland rugby final. What a different town Hull was in those days!
Another informative and engaging video. Your family history is important and interesting; it makes you whom you are. Thank you for sharing your videos with us
I'm from Mersey street 1962 till 1977, Manet street only existed because the top of Mersey and Severn streets were blocked due to traffic control late sixties to early seventies
another brilliant story, thank you. i was born down nonabell street and went to cortney street school,happy days. brian d.
Harring of the North I thought that was Maggy Thatcher Mick Timson
In the early sixties my dad cycled with me, on the tiny front seat over the handlebars, to see 'Brother Dring'???? who lived opposite Victoria dock on Hedon Road. He lived in a boarded up shop opposite a garage sort of building with the symbol of the Michelin man made out of tyres. While they stood in the hallway of the tiny shop jawing I, being rather bored, started messing with one of the bikes tyre valves. I got told off when their conversation was interrupted by escaping air.
Btw, brilliant video. Love this city.
Hull is a proper laugh, but this Is actually cool. I live here btw
Keep the whole social and family history content coming. I find it absolutely fascinating. Many of my family were from the area, particularly west Hull. Looking forward as always to your future videos.
thankyou for all ur work sir, very informative & well presented as always ur a real credit to hull🙏
A lot of people, like me, are East Hull due to Hedon Road Maternity Hospital (which means I have Drypool on my sixties' birth certificate), although I'm a Cott lad at heart. The Drypool birth certificate also means I can legitimately support Hull Kingston Rovers, the thinking man's Rugby League team.
Weirdly, I never even considered covering the maternity hospital as it's actually nowhere near Drypool, but instead between the wards of Marfleet and Southcoates! I had planned to include it in my Marfleet or Southcoates videos on the future, I had no idea it was once classed as Drypool!
@@hullhistorynerd Just looking at my 1964 birth certificate now. It says Registration District Hull, Birth in the Sub-district of Drypool in the County Borough of Kingston upon Hull. So it's more of a registration thing.
Another amazing video, would love to see a live gig at city hall 👍
Another great video very interesting insight on how the area grew, never knew that there was a level crossing where mount pleasant is today. Loved your back story
Neither did I! To think I've always had such a passion for railways ever since I was tiny, and my mum never thought to mention that there was a decaying old station just behind the car lots on that stretch of Road! I would have been absolutely fascinated.
Every time we were in range and heard a train we would run for the footbridge and bathe in the steam and smoke as the train passed under.
Drypool is on my birth certificate.
wow...loved it...the history under our feet you would not know if not for this channel, thank you,
another brilliant video. thank you
Another cracking vlog HHN . Really look forward to the next one !
I lived in Hull for 10 years. I was born in Fullford in York and Grew up in Selby nearby. I moved to Hull in '98. It was a dump back then, nowhere near the city it is today. I visit Hull every year to see friends. Beautiful historic city.
I always think what comment I'm going to make as I progress thru my favourite YT videos. During the first part, it was commentary on the William the Conqueror and the Harrying episode - I never knew about this; next it was along the lines of 'I wish I had you as my history teacher'; then to let you know how I follow your film by having street view open on a second laptop to compare the 'then and now'; then something about 'Is that the "Reckitt" as in Dettol and other household stuff?' But I think the overall comment has to be: 'I'm so glad your mic broke down!' - or we may never have had that re-take... That last segment had me captured (I think some dust got in my eyes...) Your heartfelt pride and enthusiasm of your family background and history really came across. Whatever you set out to do, I really appreciated this piece of work. Apologies for the essay 😄
ps, would be great if you had a 'Thank you' tab - I'd happily contribute to your undoubtedly hard work.
pps. Ignore the above ps - just watched the credits and seen the gofundme info. I'll head off there now!
Thank you so much for your kind words, and I'm glad you enjoy the videos so much. And I think I just got your donation on GoFundMe, so a huge thankyou for that, too!
I'm actually planning a more detailed video sometime next year looking at the Harrying of the North; I realised I haven't done an Old Yorkshire episode for years, and this would be a perfect subject, so there's one to look forward to!
Wonderful as ever! It is SO important that the history of absorbed or lost villages is tabulated and highlighted. To think that I, f'rinstance, who grew up only eight miles away from this place and now live hundreds of miles away can learn new things.. Thank you for this! 🌟👍
Always enjoyable...always takes me back home and always teaches me something... Not sure about that tie though :)
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G'day mate. Les Rose from Western Australia here. I do want to hear personal stories. Please don't hold back on your family history and experience. You have a wonderful documentary series that I have only just discovered.
I was born in williamson st in 57, it still says drypool on my birth cert, we moved to bucky terrace in 62, and as the Pythons said, you were lucky, a 2 up 2 down, ours was 1 up 1 down and there where 5 of us.
1 up 1 down? Luxury. We never even had a downstairs, and our mam would chuck us out of the window every morning to go to school because we couldn't afford the staircase, and we'd thank her for the privilege!
Love a random 4 Yorkshiremen sketch every now and then!
I've seen local history videos before, and they've always come across as dull, but this was fascinating, interesting, informational and funny. Very well written, and presented.
Now to binge the channel.
Hi and good morning, from the age of three i lived in a little place called Nile Street, i believe it would have been in the myton ward...we lived at num thirty which was actualy built onto the park, which had a see saw, and roundabout, and swings...i understand many many years before it was a posh little park,top of the street was the cemetery we played in for many years,when the weather was warm we walk through a broken wall onto railway dock for a swim...also in nile street there was a german church, and the absoloutly massive imposing giant building...looked like a prison with its four or five wings....owned then by the salvation army...id love to hear about the history of this area...also there was a cattle market in the next street...thank you
Fascinating. I know all the names as my family lived there for many years but me only for about 20 years, but we lived Hessle side so I would soon get lost east side of town. I shall be going onto maps now and getting my bearings.
Should have said lived in Hull...makes more sense!
I am so thrilled to have found this video.
I have had in my possession for a long time, my great grandmas sunday school prize, a small book. The book plate says she was awarded it, a second prize, in 1893, at St Peter's Drypool. I have looked for the church a couple of times, and I now know why I have never found it! I also think she may have got married at St Peters.
Thank you so much Hull History Nerd mystery solved 😊
Thank you for this amazing insight . Lived down Holderness road (road) for past 30+ years brought my family up here .Great memories your doing Hull proud.
cool...I'm only on New George steet myself ,facinating stuff knowing the type of drama I would have seen while chilling on my balcony going back a year or 500...
Thanks for sharing, really enjoyable. Subscribed 👍
Thanks for the Redpath pointer. I'm a massive Larkin fan, myself.
Hope you enjoy!
Awesome film as are all of them. I have a feeling I know but don’t know when from.maybe next time I am in Hull we could meet up for a coffee or beer what ever is you fancy. I am an East Hull lad the same as you, my wife is also from East Hull. Keep up the good work.
Thankyou. Well made very informative and well
Presented.
It's true - I don't get to Hull very often these days having left home in 1983. But when I show my kids the area where I grew up, around the park, Ings Road to Summergangs, it does strangely feel like coming home...
My best mate lives in hull and I’m finally visiting after nearly 20 years of knowing each other what he does not know is I’m looking to move to hull as it’s rich with history and has everything my family and myself need :D
Good point well made. I've lived on a couple of streets off Newbridge and on Brazil street. One of my first jobs was at 1 Holdeness Road and more recently the beginning of Hedon Road. I really enjoyed this sir.
Great as ever, thanks. This one proper hit my patch, went to Mersey, grew up playing out around Durham St playground... looking forward to the Garden Village one when you get to it, Beech Ave was a lovely street to grow up on, proper community around the shops there
Brilliant as always. -but that poor BWW at 17:06 with faulty indicators on BOTH sides of the car... :D
Hi Mr Hull history nerd.... bumped into you tonight nr cottingham station and enjoyed our little chat, pleasure to meet you and hope you continue entertaining and educating us...keep up the great work!
Excellent great to hear so in tune with their area.
I live in outer East London and have have lived in this flat for over 30 years but i was actually born only 200 yards away in a Flat which still stand I was born in 1954 and left the area when about 8 years old and moved to a near by area and twice more before leaving to live in inner London not far from Docklands but eventually moved and where did pick the area I was born in as it does and always had felt like home.
It has changed a lot but is still the
Place I love near to the edge of London and Epping Forest
It feels like Home I often surprise neighbours when i.explain names and whatvwas once in the local area.
Example is said to one new neighbour why don't you go Wanstead Park with the Dog..
They said it was very nice park and said handy for shops I looked surprised that is not wanstead park that is the little park in wanstead. I took them to the real Wanstead Park, which was a huge estate rivalling. Versailles of which 600 acres are now a superb park with lakes and ponds and cattle old english long horns and deer and cafe.
They were stunned at such a place so nearby and totally unknown to them as London residents but not London born and bred...
Your comments about your early life and that of your folks are entirely apropos HN. It's rather nice that you included something of your personal history, puts flesh on the bone. I enjoyed the last few minutes especially, partly because it so resonated with me.
This episode was a real good 'un....
Did Victorian planners choose from a standard list of street names? How many terraced Victor and Buckingham Streets there must be in towns up-and-down the country.
I guess place names are an easy fix when you're laying down a lot of streets at once!
I was told that street names in Hull were very often taken from where the builder came from or his surname. This is often the same thing of course.
Another excellent video of the history of Hull. I use to deliver to all the Caravan Manufacturers there. Boy there was a lot. Use to call at the fish dock on the way back to Barnsley as our workers put their orders in on a Weekly basis for collecting on Friday.
The way you talk about the places, you can see you love the area. Good on you,as it is nice to see someone expressing themselves like you have done . Proud to be from Hull you can tell that a mile away. Keep up with the videos, I love them.
Another great video. I enjoyed the personal reflection; it made me reflect upon the part of my family history on Dansom lane. Not many houses are left there though. It's easy to forget that these developments once represented an exciting new start for our forbears. And maybe just with more investment, environmentally progressive planning, and care, they can become places where people want to move to again instead of gobbling up the countryside and building more roads. But anyway, great video and I love the history. and the way you present.
This is one of your best videos yet. I am new Hull so find these videos very informative. I especially enjoyed your reflections on your childhood home and 'the road'.
My dad's family lived in Stepney for a long time and when his brothers and sisters moved out to Brandsholme and Orchard park estates he moved to Preston road estate with my mother and little 6 month old me in winter of 81, apparently the houses on preggy road were posh compared to the newer rabbit hutches on Brandsholme estate lol
Hey Nerd! Great video as always. Have you upgraded your camera recently? Video quality looks rather splendid, if I may say so.
No, I think the TH-cam processing algorithm might have improved. However - cunning tip to improve viewing quality - change the quality setting to 4k. I upload all of my videos in 4k and if your laptop/phone/tablet can handle 4k the TH-cam processing is WAY better on 4k. All the way back to episode 1 of the Docks series you'll see everything looking loads sharper!
@@hullhistorynerd I always watch most of my TH-cam content on my TV, which like most is 4k. So the TH-cam app defaults to 4K video automatically. I will have a look at your older videos and see if there is a difference. The dock videos were fantastic, and of particular interest to me as my family were all involved in the fishing industry until it all fell to bits!
@@Inverse_Midas Still another 2 videos left in the series, I'll be getting on those early next year!
Brilliant! Hull FC forever!!
I don't know anything about football, is that good?
Er ner, ner nerz, Seriously, thank you for this fascinating tour.
im from ull and these videos are great. interesting to find out some history about where you're from. you're a cool guy, keep it up 🤙
really enjoying your videos, i also create and you are an inspiration!
Excellent provision of local information, thanks
Well well soo there little evidence of drypool and wow people mean in 1700 something or earlier and I love the soundtrack at the end
Love the stories of old Hull was brought up in Pelham Street and still have good memories
In the early sixties once went for tea in Victor st,,, funny what you remember...
Loved the stories of your family. We can all relate and their blood still walks the same streets thanks to their efforts, Lovely 😊
Thank you for this movie. Wonderful and rich in historical information like all your videos! Thank you one more time xx
Thanks for the video I genuinely look forward to your videos.
this is your best one yet, and i say that as someone who has never felt at home in east hull. i loved hearing about your personal history/links to the area.. it really brought it to life..
Brilliant video as always Jim, especially your own personal family reflections at the end. Really interesting. Every one, we learn some more about the fascinating history of Hull. My mother in law grew up down Franklin Street, went to Williamson Street school and also lost a couple of relatives in the bombing of the Ellis Terrace shelter, so the history is relevant to us as well. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next video 👍🏼😁
The war was a terrible time for the Drypool community. In the worst bombed city in Britain, that area bore the brunt of it. My grandad's family ended up needing to be dug out of their bomb shelter down Nornabell Street when their house was hit. They moved to Buckingham Street and then *that* house got hit too.
@@hullhistorynerd That’s awful. Just can’t begin to imagine how frightening it must’ve been at the time. We’re so lucky nowadays 😌
@@NickB_Yorkshire He was surprisingly well adjusted, considering he was only a small boy when it all happened!
Durham Street and road in my soul too.....hello 👋
Great Video, I spent a good part of my 20s at a friends on Holland Street.
Wonderful. Delivered with genuine empathy, which so many documentaries just can't match.
And still, very dapper.
I'm just grateful that my diet means I can finally fit back into some of my favourite clothes...
@@hullhistorynerd Well done! And they suit you well.
Excellent, informative video,as usual. On the 1818 Thomas Anderson Map, there is a Spyvie & Co Ropery. Have you any info on this ? I am a Spivey from Beverley & some of my Spivey ancestors also lived in Hull. There could be a family connection.
I don't have any info, I'm afraid, but it's worth checking in the Hull History Centre - it's an unusual name so I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a link!
That ropery caught my eye for two reasons. It looks to me that it runs, (roperys were for obvious reasons long buildings) along much of the legnth of where Spyvee Street/Hodgeson Street was later built. Odd switch in spelling but too close to be coincidence I think.
The other reason was that on my walk down New Cleaveland Street to Chapman Street School, I passed Halls Barton Ropery, I think on the corner of St Marks Street. It sticks in my mind because I used to love to stop and enjoy the smell of the oil and tar they used in there. (far nicer than the tripe and pickle works just along the road, or the council tip on the corner of Chapman Ttreet.)
Anyway... that's only 3 streets along from where Spyvie & Co are marked on the earlier map. Perhaps Spyvie & Co were compusory purchased and resetled a bit further down New Cleaveland Street, then later changed name?
Its a misconception that any country has a good standing army. only in the 20th century did Armies become a thing and even then. most countries armies were mercanary.
Well done! I really enjoyed this documentary.
Wow loved this one, lived on Durham st for nearly 17 years, the poplars, loved it, love the area, weird how everyone’s connected isn’t it ? be it by a community, friends or family, proper east hull lad !
That's what makes Drypool so fascinating, and how many of those family strands ended up stretching out into the newer council estates of Longhill, Bilton Grange, Greatfield and Bransholme!
@Kirk M Nah, I'm not a believer I'm afraid. Nothing down there but houses and other people's memories!
again many thanks for your fascinating history. I think I know more about Hull and its environs than I do my own town!
As always so interesting. Thank you.
Um, your story does matter in the overall story.
Thank you!!! Great content as always😁
Brilliant stuff. Anything on Skidby ? I used to play down back lane. Never thought anything of it at the time but looked as if they may have been a river there 🤔
Nothing yet, but it's only up the road for me so it's only a matter of time!
Brilliant video! I especially the family history at the end. Hearing about people's personal ties to an area really makes history come to life!
Yeah, I realised that when I was out there reshooting that bit, the script as written just didn't have that and, it would seem, lots of other folk really liked that, so I'm glad I went with my instinct! Though I did accidentally manage to make my mum's side of the family sound like a bunch of hardcases...
Superb stuff as ever, really well researched and obviously you enjoy making these "history lessons" as well as we enjoy looking forward to viewing them, keep up the great work, and hope you have a merry Christmas 👍
The researching of them is my own history lesson, I just get very excited over sharing what I've found!
Your videos are amazing but the personal touch at the end x brilliant x you are a very talented man thankyoue xxx