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  1. southerntiger

    southerntiger Well-Known Member

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    He was head boy as well
     
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  2. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Erm, rather than coming from OF&H I'm pretty sure it's an oft used play on words of to hell and back.
     
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    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    Maybe. But it is a fair assumption that most people outside of Hull first heard it in OF&H.
     
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  4. SuitedandBooted

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    That was a great night, we all went back to Avenues after the show and got absolutely arseholed! Happy days
     
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  5. armchairfan

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    That makes it sound even worse.
     
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    nevertheless, that is clearly where it's from.
     
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  7. bobby ace

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    If you live in London, Hull IS a distant, provincial backwater. How would you describe the city?
     
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  9. Der Alte

    Der Alte Well-Known Member

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    The first TV series that I can remember which featured Hull was back in the early 60s and was called "Ask for King Billy". It was an adventure serial for childrens' television (sounds ancient!).
     
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    The first I genuinely remember is See You At Wembley..... It seems like it was before To Hull and Back anyway.

    edit - Ive just checked and TH&B came a full 2 years earlier. I saw them both when they were first aired and that surprises me.
     
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  11. Der Alte

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    Just checked Google and found a review of the book on Amazon - apparently it was actually 1959 (5 half hour episodes). I couldn't remember the story but do recall that a group of kids had to find their way from London to Hull and had to call in at a cafe near the King Billy statue and use the code "ask for King Billy 12_2_26" According to Amazon the plot involves a virus which can wipe out fish stocks and kill the people that eat the fish - futuristic or what!
     
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  12. armchairfan

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    You could say that then about many other places, why is Hull singled out? Is it just a self-fulfilling judgement? Ignore Hull and then it's some distant place that is ignored.
     
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  13. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

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    On R4 NOW
     
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  14. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

    Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC Well-Known Member

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    Accents are right. <ok>*




    * Should be...
     
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  15. Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC

    Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC Well-Known Member

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    Heaton and Gifty are the music links
     
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