On the worst list that Endike Primary looks bad. I assume it's on the site of the old one which I attended for 1 year. I went to the Junior school next door as well, was that demolished too? With the focus on Hull architecture in this and that 'city of culture' article (which would be better titled Hull's Architecture) I was wondering why no mention of Reckett's Chimney which is the tallest structure in Hull I believe. I remember seeing it every day as a child from my back bedroom in Stoneferry.
Using my comment from earlier on, I've now found some of the pictures I took but had to edit down as the originals are huge so here goes.
That area round there is one of the most interesting in the city- brewery, theatre, Georgian terrace down Albion St. The Luftwaffe got a bullseye and we got Albion St carpark out of it.
That area round there is one of the most interesting in the city- brewery, theatre, Georgian terrace down Albion St. The Luftwaffe got a bullseye and we got Albion St carpark out of it.
Yes it was. A ****ing tragedy. They dont get grants to renovate, but demolish and new build they do/did.
Yes, there was a massive civic building on that site. 'Hull Institute' pulls a memory cord, but I don't know just what. It might have been a museum.
I think that's it. On the site bounded by Albion Street, Story Street, Bond Street. Probs took the old Co-op building and what had been where Edwin Davis's is/was in the same bombing raid.
From "A stroll down Albion Street-1892 "Then we come to what has been rightly called one of the chief architectural ornaments of the town – The Royal Institution. It is a cut-stone building covering 2,200 square yards. Its façade is 160 feet long and 40 feet high. In style and decoration it is most impressive, the design of Mr Cuthbert Brodrick, the notable Hull architect. It was opened on 24th October 1854 by HRH Prince Albert and at the Queen's command became the Hull Royal Institution".
I vaguely remember seeing a mosaic entry-way, on the very edge of the car-park, Albion St. pavement, when I was a kid. My mum/gran told me it was the entry to the museum.
Right click on the pic. 'copy image address. Put your cursor in your post, here on not606 Open the 'landscape' box on the top line. Next to the 'filmstrip' Paste the image address into there
The centre statue atop the building is now in the gardens of the Streetlife Museum. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
