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Above is the cover page of a reprinted book first published in 1912. The author ‘Tom’ Sheppard was the first curator of Hull Museums located on Albion Street in a large building, never rebuilt after being bombed in 1943. A large volume of the exhibits were also destroyed, for example the long log dug-out canoe, […]

The above photo shows just inside the park gates at Pickering Park (s.p.b.). The main carriage gates seem to be permanently shut these days, the side pedestrian gates open. Mr. Pickering was quite happy, it seems , for the main carriageway to be used as a way-through between Pickering Road (not then so named) and

The troublesome image above is of a postcard dated July 13th, 1911 and was reproduced in a copy of the Hull Daily Mail on December 5th, 2008. It shows the main entrance gates to Pickering Park off Hessle High Road when they were first made and installed in 1909. The businessman Christopher Pickering (shown top-left)

Recent photo above shows a section of the completed Humber/Marina Dock side upgrading. It should be stated straightway that the new surface does not include the coloured bricks which previously outlined the course of the medieval town walls, which to my mind is a loss; what there is now is a single slab opposite the

The above photo shows a remarkable maple tree, originally planted in front of Lime Villa (demolished), Pearson Park, Hull. Part of Henson Villas is shown behind, these buildings now awaiting demolition. Also showing a Lombardy poplar on the far site of the site, this probably planted for Malvern House (demolished 1938). This tree is remarkable

Recently decided to read this booklet, published in 1988, and which I have had for decades but never read. Sledmere House is a large Georgian period house in the high Yorkshire Wolds, north-west of Driffield. I think it has always been in the ownership of the Sykes family, and remains so today. Georgian, but only