Does anyone remember when the trawlers (Beverley-built) were moored behind Maurice Lipman's - to - Ferens Gallery? (They were there for fitting-out). please log in to view this image
I do indeed Stan but I admit to a wrong doing here I thought Princes Quay was a good thing when it was built because the dock was becoming a waste area but now Prices Quay has been there a few years I think the area could have been put to better use. For example we got one of the old Humber ferries a few years back and stuck it in the middle of town and used as a bar. Not sure if the same ferry was then used on Humber Foreshore as a bar but if it had been put in Princes Dock instead of the shopping centre then who knows what re-generation may have come about. Princes Quay was a fine shopping centre for the first few years but just lately it has gone right down the pan, well since they closed that market type place on the top deck. But getting back to the trawlers or more to the point Maurice Lipman's my girlfriend of the day, now my wife, bought be a cardigan, yes I know but never mind, and it was light blue so I asked Maurice if he the same thing in a darker blue, as quick as a flash he put the lights out in the shop and said 'how that'? Still bought the cardigan LOL
Some old pics here: http://hulldockbargeworld.weebly.com/princes-dock.html And, in the same theme - I bought a 'suedette' jacket from Maurice.....
I never realised that they moved the Wilberforce monument from the Dock Offices adjacent to Princes Dock to the far side of Queens Dock. Moving the Monument
As a nipper, walking through town, eyes were always low down. I used to look in Princes Dock and it was always full of polystyrene, driftwood and a film of oily scum as the detritus washed up against the town end of the dock. Completely agree that the shopping centre needs to dismantled and the dock returned to a water expanse in the middle of town.(No other historic port did this **** as they are all proud of their heritage.) As does Queens Dock!
The sides of the dock away from monument bridge were paved with wooden blocks that were fun to pull up and throw in the dock as they floated. They were also tarred, so were good for the open fire. I know why we had cobbles, but why wooden blocks?
Great pics of the monument in its original site and would love to see it moved back. As for wooden block cobbles, in high street when it flooded the road would float and when the flood receeded the cobbles went back to almost the same positions needing very little maintenanace.
My husband certainly does. Passed by there on a bus on his way to Riley High(Boulevard) school from 1949-1956 and by bike to Hull College of Technology(Park St) from 1956-1959. His father,an electrician,sometimes did work on ships at Princes Dock.
After WWII roads were paved and the wood setts (Note that they were called blocks in other parts of the world where they were used for roads and factory floors) were sold off as fuel as coal was in short supply. Not that good for fires as over the years in the road small stones became embedded in them. This caused the stones to explode when placed on the fire.
