People in west Hull refuse to eat rashers of bacon, and folk east of the river refuse to use zebra crossings in this rugby-crazy hotbed. FACT.
I liked it. Not really sure why the critics of this article want to give so much weight to those bits you found annoying. Romantic twaddle? I suspect it's not easy to speak of things with affection without sounding a bit "over the top" at times. Anyway, from my point of view it was a nice read. But maybe I'm being overly optimistic. Some of you may recall that I posted on our Merry Christmas thread, that me and the missus had split - well I'm making a fresh start - I'm heading for Hull. Just me, the dog and my Indian motorcycle! Just have to sell the house and I'm on my way. Maybe I'll get to put some faces to the names.
Two sentences more then they gave Hull City who are by far the biggest professional sports club in the area and who's turnover is twenty times more then both RL clubs put together. Its not me who's obsessed man, its those who fail to see this continued blowing smoke up the arse of a very regional game of which both Hull clubs have been habitual under achievers.
Yes. With an intention to create the impression that the serious ills that afflict Hull and the vast majority of our once prosperous industrial towns and cities can be addressed by the temporary focusing of a rose tinted spotlight. It may be positive, but it's positive bullshit which stinks just as much as any other sort. Just a distraction of hype and flattery to blind us to the bleak reality we all face. It may give a temporary warm cosy glow to some but the circus will soon move on we will find that a cheap and superficial show of gentrification won't have changed a thing in the long run. Bread and Circuses!
Hull has, for decades, suffered from a poor perception nationally due to constant negative publicity. Anything that reverses that, be it City Of Culture, or just a positive article in a national newspaper has to be a good thing and she be welcomed by anyone who genuinely wants to see things in this city improve. Which is certainly not everyone, I'm depressed on a daily basis when I see so many people on social media locally seemingly desperate for CoC2017 to fail, just so they can say 'I told you so'.
You may welcome bullshit as an improvement over neglect and prejudice but that's no justification to suggest that anyone who disagrees doesn't genuinely want things to improve. Not only untrue but a ridiculous assertion. It could equally be said, and imo with more accuracy, that the fawningly grateful recipients of these crumbs from on high do more damage to any real potential for change than anyone else. Pretending things will be significantly improved by the condescending application of some yuppie wet dream certainly won't do it. As to it's success or failure, we would need to define some yardstick of it's intent to judge that. I would suggest that it's primary intent is to distract attention from the long neglect and contempt for the inhabitants of Hull (and any other places "honored" with these bullshit titles) shown by it's instigators. In this at least I have little doubt of it's success, however temporary.
