Collecting Stories of Hull, 1945-2022. AHRC funded project on Hull's post-war history, urban space, memory & civic identity by @jimmygreenhalgh & @charltommo.
Hull & University of Lincoln
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NEWS 📣
Modernist Hull is our new, free, self-guided tour of post-war Hull, based on the stories collected & research undertaken over the past three years of @HalfBlitz.
Available in print from Hull Paragon Interchange, the modernist, & other spots around Hull & E Yorks.
ALT The image shows a white paper leaflet with orange images of Hull buildings on the cover. The title reads, Modernist Hull, A walking guide to the post-war city.
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
Tomorrow Dr James Greenhalgh @unilincoln talks about "all the Hulls that could have been" post-War, including Sir Patrick Abercrombie's plan of 1945; his vision for Queens Gardens pictured. Tuesday 14 January 12.30. Admission free.
@Hull_Museums @hull_libraries @jimmygreenhalgh
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
So, @HistoricEngland says that Birmingham rather than #Hull was the second most bombed city in the UK. Timely that Dr James Greenhalgh of @unilincoln talks here about our Blitz and its legacy Tuesday 14 Jan 12.30pm admission free.
@Hull_Museums @hull_libraries @jimmygreenhalgh
Birmingham was the second most bombed city in the UK during the Second World War. More than 12,000 homes were destroyed.
Over 4,000 prefabs were built across the city as part of the Temporary Housing programme. 🛠️
Many remain and 16 on Wake Green Road are Grade II listed.
ALT A photograph of a cream prefab house with a white wooden fence leading to it.
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
Our new exhibition 'The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull', is open at @Hullhistorynews now!
Tuesdays to Thursdays, 9.30am - 12.30pm. And every other Saturday.
Until 31 January.
Our exhibition is open today, at the Hull History Centre @Hullhistorynews, from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
Come along and let us know what you think!
Our new exhibition 'The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull', is open at @Hullhistorynews now!
Tuesdays to Thursdays, 9.30am - 12.30pm. And every other Saturday.
Until 31 January.
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
We're now open after the festive break on our usual pattern - including this coming Saturday 4 January 9.30-12.30 - and the 'Half Life of the Blitz' exhibition is on until the end of the month.
@hull_libraries @Hull_Museums @HullMaritime @Hullccnews
Our new exhibition at the Hull History Centre is now open!
Until 31 January.
@Hullhistorynews Thanks for the coverage @BBCNews 👏👏
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql5…
Our new exhibition at the Hull History Centre is now open!
Until 31 January.
@Hullhistorynews Thanks for the coverage @BBCNews 👏👏
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql5…
We’ve had a brilliant response to our new trails so far.
Over the weekend we topped us stocks at Hull Paragon Interchange, Wrecking Ball , Beasley’s, J E Books, Liquid Jade and Flour and Feast.
The guides are completely free - message us if you’d like to stock them.
NEWS 📣
Modernist Hull is our new, free, self-guided tour of post-war Hull, based on the stories collected & research undertaken over the past three years of @HalfBlitz.
Available in print from Hull Paragon Interchange, the modernist, & other spots around Hull & E Yorks.
ALT The image shows a white paper leaflet with orange images of Hull buildings on the cover. The title reads, Modernist Hull, A walking guide to the post-war city.
The earliest parts of our research were shaped by walking tours around Hull, so we’re thrilled to be returning to this format to share some of the places and spaces that people have told us make Hull what - and who - it is today.
An online version is available on our website.
As well as being built from community stories, we’re really pleased to say that the trail has been locally designed by @josephJ_C & printed on @GFSmithpapers by @NorthendPrint 👏
Huge thanks to @ahrcpress & @Hullhistorynews for their support.
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
News 📢📢
Very happy to announce a new programme of pop-up exhibitions I've been putting together at @HullMaritime.
Starting 12 April with A-Fishing-For-The-Whale, a collab with @CarolineHack & @SophiaNicolov, exploring our maritime heritage through textile art and music ✨✨
NEWS: Hull Maritime launch a new series of summer pop-up exhibitions, starting with A-Fishing-For-The-Whale.
Featuring work by textile artist @CarolineHack, the first exhibition opens in @PrincesQuayHull ONE WEEK TODAY, 12 April.
Read more loom.ly/xx9THGg
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
An absolutely brilliant couple of days at @urbanhistgroup conference.
It was a true pleasure to share our @HalfBlitz research & how it shapes the work I do at @HullMaritime, and chat about the future of urban history with so many fab people.
#UHG2023
#urbanhistory
ALT A shopping arcade showing several shopfronts and people walking by. HHC LP711.
ALT A photo shows a nightclub in Hull with patrons queueing outside. HHC LP 725.72.
ALT The photo shows a man standing in front of a ship. Photo credit: Neil Holmes.
ALT A photo shows a group of five women, who work in Hull's maritime industry, sitting on a bench in the docklands area of Hull. Hull Museums 1991.141.1413.
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
Excellent panel on built heritage, place and public engagement in 21st century Britain #UHG2023
@charltommo spoke on walking workshops, in-situ engagement (maps!) and online engagement (more maps!) for @HalfBlitz
This week @Hullhistorynews you can take a look at the National Picture Theatre (Bev Road) exhibition (7th-9th) to promote it, we’ve written a new Blog post on the importance of the NPT to the project thehalflifeoftheblitz.blogs.…
Great work from our very own Charlotte Tomlinson
Very very happy to be kicking off #WomensHistoryMonth by sharing a new piece of writing from me.
'Rethinking Wartime Citizenship through the Women's Voluntary Services'
For @I_W_M & @iwm_network.
iwm.org.uk/blog/partnerships…
Image: IWM HU 63821.
ALT Three members of the Women's Voluntary Services are riding cycles through an industrial street in Hounslow. They are shopping for women working in factories as part of wartime "shopping squads". IWM HU 63821.
Our latest blog post reflects on the methodologies we've used and changes we've made in the first year of the project and considers the next steps: thehalflifeoftheblitz.blogs.…
The Half Life of the Blitz on Hull retweeted
For #RoshHashanah here's a report of how Jewish New Year was marked in Hull in 1963 - front page news in the Hull & Yorkshire Times, tho' the language used is rather of the period [C DJC/2/2/12/10].
@SeeTheTreasures @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries @HalfBlitz
ALT Report on Rosh Hashanah in Hull & Yorks Times 1963
We wrote a Blog post on why this categorisation means so much in Hull history thehalflifeoftheblitz.blogs.…
From @HistoricEngland - the air raids on Hull (named in the media as 'NE Coastal Town' tho' this was common practice with other towns to protect morale) culminated in the horrors of 7-9 May 1941. youtube.com/watch?v=S6a1re0O…
@Hullccnews @hull_libraries @HullMaritime @HalfBlitz
