Off Topic To Hull And Back

You were the one who said it was "la-di-da"!

 

Dell Boy and Rodney did an Xmas special in 1985 called "To Hull and Back".

 

Ditto. Cringeworthy to be honest.

 

I remember that- was like a sherry.
Did he sell vinegar from a barrel as well.

 

uphill both ways

uphill in hull? both ways?

where?

 

Absolutely true. Into a head wind, both ways. And you could get a bag of oranges for a jam jar.

 

I think the "plonk" did refer to rough sherry. I'm not sure about the vinegar but wouldn't be surprised - we lived in Hessle at the time and used to buy vinegar direct from the barrel at Mrs. Wright's shop opposite All Saints church.

 

I think Hull does produce funny people who make it as actors, there's been loads of them, the few already mentioned, plus Sir Tom Courtney's masterclass as Billy Liar, Brian Rix, the great Ian Charmichael, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Martin ( Royle family ) Debra Stephenson and Derren Litlle who writes Benidorm, but is a **** because he "supports" Man City and blocked me on Twitter for calling him out about it.

Then there's the cultural part of the City, Hull seems to attract these like Larkin and Andrew Motion, Andrew Marvell was born here, there seems to be loads of media types that went to Hull Uni as well.

You can't blame the well to do and actors leaving Hull because London is where it all happens for work and it's still over 3 hours on train and it's a crap drive on the M1,

 

And Malcolm Storry and Barry Rutter

 

I remember her column in the HDM it was fairly annoying and she mentioned her daughter a lot too but Lucy seems nice enough

 

I thought as much really but wasn't totally sure, I knew of the father being local. A lot of younger posters on here will have no idea who Maureen Lipman is I reckon

 

She's probably best known for her BT ads when they used to advertise on TV. The best (or at least my favourite) was one where she rang her grandson to enquire how he got on with his exams....Class

 

I sang in Holy Trinity church choir at the same time as Malcolm Storry. Me and him = Cantoris boys.

Kingston High delivered a few hull thespians - Courtenay, Storry, Alderton (?)

 

Norman Collier.

 

Plater

 

Really don't find her funny at all.

 

Went to Edinburgh Fringe this year and went to lots of random stuff without booking. Although I'd spotted one beforehand we actually saw three shows by people from Hull.

 

A common factor with all three was the English teacher at Kingston, Josh Large. "Stos" was also a decent footballer - good central defender. As well as football I also played in orchestras with him (he played the oboe), and sang in a range of choirs with him. I haven't heard much about him of late but the last time I saw anything he was playing the part of Gandalf in the West End production of Lord of the Rings.

 

I know 'To Hull and Back' comes from Only Fools and Horses and that's why it became a famous phrase, but doesn't anyone else think it makes Hull sound like it's some distant provincial backwater? I know it's one of the few times that anyone on TV bothered to acknowledge that Hull exists, but even then I think it was done in a backhanded way.

 

I fo..d nor..an ..lier funny once ,only once.

Not sure why our city has been lacking so much in comedy talent over the decades, we have all the right ingredients in this city , much like Liverpool , Brum and the Bolton area.