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O/T Things you don't see anymore

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by look_back_in_amber, Nov 16, 2013.

  1. HHH

    HHH Well-Known Member

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    Sannies bought from Boyes, obviously.
     
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  2. Steven Toast

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    Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and the Dutch Antilles.

    Films without Taylor Lautner.

    Films with John Candy (I miss him)

    Hot Dogs at McDonalds. (Seriously, I think I was the only one that liked them)

    A Bond film that actually feels like a James Bond film and not a cross between the Bourne Identity and Mission Impossible.

    Stephen Hawking skateboarding.

    Dodos.

    Pokemon Cards.

    A decent meal at Huckleberry's on Prince's Quay top deck (seriously, sausage chips and beans, tea and a cig. Perfect Friday afternoon before a night on the town).
     
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  3. look_back_in_amber

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    Oh yeah, Huckleberry's, I believe Lambo developed quite a liking for their cheesy chips Tommy, not that he'd ever own up to it obviously ;)
     
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  4. originallambrettaman

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    For the record, I hate cheesy chips.
     
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  5. Steven Toast

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    Really? Even with Gravy?
     
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  6. PattyNchips2

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    I live round the corner from there.
     
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  7. PLT

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    Makes me wonder why you always go on about West Hull being **** <laugh>
     
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  8. C'mon ref

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    Totally agree no other TV chef came anywhere near his presentation and that goes for Philip Harben and Fanny and Johnie Craddock.
     
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  9. Anal Frank Fingers

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    Is it cheese, or chips you don't like? Next you'll say you dont like Salt and Vinegar on your burgers or some other crazy talk.
     
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  10. originallambrettaman

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    I like chips and I like cheese, I just don't like cheese melted over my chips.

    As for burgers, I like sweetcorn relish on mine.
     
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  11. Anal Frank Fingers

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    The first time I came across Sweetcorn relish was in Yankeeburger on Jameson Street. I wonder sometimes if it was really as good as I remember. Were the Yankee Burgers really as huge as I think or was I just a lot smaller?
     
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  12. originallambrettaman

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    That was my introduction too and they were big and as good as you remember.
     
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  13. Chazz Rheinhold

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    That garlic yoghurt on ya chips too. Always liked Chilli sauce on my burger
     
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  14. Der Alte

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    Gondola (Little Queen Street).
     
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  15. Jimmy Graham's bald head

    Jimmy Graham's bald head Well-Known Member

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    I ****ing loved Yankee Burger. Not living in Hull the only time we got to go was before watching City, making for the best Saturday a 12 year old me could ever wish for.
     
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  16. Der Alte

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    Gloveless goalkeepers.
     
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  17. Steven Toast

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    This. That really was a good restaurant; never understood why it closed, it was always well busy when I went in. The American Diner on St. Andrew's Quay was also great for a Burger stack.

    And if you were having a birthday party, then nothing was better than running around Lazerquest for an hour, followed by the totally exhausting Indie's Assault Course and an extremely sugary cordial drink.
     
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  18. originallambrettaman

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    The original Yankeeburger wasn't a restaurant, it was a take-away on Jameson St and it was way better than the restaurant that opened much later.
     
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  19. Qatartiger Cambridgetiger

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    ....
    If I remember the original Yankee Burger had seats eventually though OLM the old lass shouting your orders out.

    I mentioned Yankee Burger much earlier in this thread.


    <cheers>
     
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  20. originallambrettaman

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    I think it had a few seats, but calling it a restaurant would be stretching it a bit.
     
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