Even I'm struggling to put up a defence for preserving Coltman street. Nerve agent? Keep the houses but remove the vermin.
They also ridiculed Hull City, our history, our support and even questioned if we should be allowed in the new stadium at all in their fanzine 'In Any Kind of Weather' on a regular basis. Vince Groak was the main instigator of that, believe he supported Fc and either Liverpool or Arsenal at the time. Changing the subject, Hull Live today, amongst the comments to the piece about possibly investing in the stadium a 'Hull24' pens a lengthy response pointing out everything that Hull City should be doing, whilst also insulting our history and claiming he doesn't actually support Hull City, never goes but might support them if we get in the Premier League. For a moment I thought I was reading a Jim Gardner letter in 'Fire off at Fewings' in the HDM all those years ago. As for those meetings between the council and the fans. I went to the only one arranged for City fans, several had already taken place behind closed doors with the council and the 'FC Voices' group. I asked why the capacity was set at 24,500? I was told, smugly, that 'Hull City haven't had a crowd bigger than that for over 20 years, that's why'. I replied 'that's because the ground capacity was set at 18,000 by the council' Next question......
Often think about those people who bought a big house at the Hessle Road end of Coltman Street and spent a fortune renovating it, restoring original features etc. It's an airbnb now. I wonder if they thought they were pioneering a revival of the street's fortunes? https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/28477280?source_impression_id=p3_1671477254_u44sUEyzM62Dzjse
Are there any private houses left down Londesborough Street? I thought it was 99% council house stock? The 'in place' to make a few quid apparently is Beverley Road, the stretch from Ferensway to Stepney Lane. It is subject of a lot of outside funding to develop it. Disgraced councillor Steve Bayes, when he was released from prison, quickly seized the opportunity and purchased the old Trafalgar Street Church (listed building), with help of a council grant/hand out. Believe the back of it is now a gay sauna/gym. Really adds to the area. Especially for those queuing for food parcels at the building next to the Masonic Hall 200 yards up the road.
It's a shame the land on the other side of the stadium can't be developed (did someone say there was a rare frog living there?) as it's a huge parcel of land that feels like it could be better used.
Greater crested newts, although they can be captured and relocated as happened with them in the first place. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I'd imagine it is mainly council stock but wouldn't know. I'd seen the church was having some work done on it but didn't know the shady story behind it. Just what does someone have to do to become persona non grata in that club.
If you look hard enough you may find the long lost Hull City South Stand Spion Kop terracing underneath the brambles over there.
It's Sand Lizards, not exactly any where left to relocate them as nearly every site with any real wildlife worth in the Hull bounderies as already being destroted in the name of progress, do we really need every little bit of green space built over ?
Didn't know they were sand lizards, there's also lots of land which has seen demolition years ago, and which nature has reclaimed. The nature reserve on Bransholme Road is a hidden jewel, and oasis of varied wildlife, in the city too. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
The triangle of land by the walkway is given over to nature now, but it was allotments as recently as the mid 1980s. Plus there is no plausible way to get vehicle access into the site, creating new level crossings is a total no-no and it is surrounded by railways on all sides.
Developing The Lawns would be a great idea, could build a whole campus there for all age groups and first team
Only way to develop it reallly would be as a transport interchange of sorts. But it would take a much larger vision to do it.
If I remember correctly, the plans the Allams drew up moved the corporate car park into a multi-storey on there, with a raised driveway over the tracks.
I'd be really dubious about an academy/training site on the land around the stadium. I just think its not big enough for future development and I don't think the access is good enough. If you look at clubs like Leicester (who I appreciate have a significant amount more money than us), they've placed the whole academy and training site on one place. That's really good for future prospects to integrate with the first team. I'm really not convinced the stadium area has the right sort of space for that even to be a prospect if we wanted to do that in the future, even if we work on that plan slowly. Alongside that, do we really want a training ground in such a built up area? If we do go back to the Premier League, won't the players want easier access than coming down Anlaby Road in rush hour traffic from their west Hull village or Leeds? In terms of being in a position to attract high profile players, if we're competing against teams who can offer more money, our training grounds need to be in impressive surroundings. I don't see Walton Street as that. I think it needs to be outside the city boundaries, in a more open area where the club have access to more space if they want to expand in the future.
