tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17176689033619105742024-03-08T19:24:40.348+00:00Hull is Never Dull!Kingston Upon Hull - My Hometown BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-27304405632481146252009-11-20T09:11:00.003+00:002009-11-20T09:19:47.500+00:00*NEW* WELL STOCKED HYDROPONIC AND GARDENING SUPPLIES SHOP. OPENING 10.00am EAST HULL, SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2009.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SwZdmWgeOiI/AAAAAAAABp8/-0Z4JvVC71o/s1600/advertising+paint+3+finished.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406111316163050018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SwZdmWgeOiI/AAAAAAAABp8/-0Z4JvVC71o/s400/advertising+paint+3+finished.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-1917909927189014192009-10-06T11:20:00.085+01:002009-10-07T10:36:55.065+01:00Ladies That Lunch? Where I Can Recommend in Hull<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">I was pleasantly surprised the first time I walked into new Hull Truck Theatre. The impressive building designed with maximum glass, felt warm, light and airy, not too noisy and afforded views of busy Ferensway through the enormous windows. </span></span></span><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389431953069040338" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssbzo_R4tI/AAAAAAAABmo/mKWM2yx4VHs/s400/DSC02409.jpg" /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#00cccc;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Inside the inviting foyer, TV screens provided up to the minute information about the Theatre and its history. Many programmes and leaflets were displayed on every wall.<br /></span><br /></p></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Ssshy0tfq3I/AAAAAAAABn4/awRJAFhNDLU/s1600-h/DSC02414.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389438536105569138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Ssshy0tfq3I/AAAAAAAABn4/awRJAFhNDLU/s400/DSC02414.jpg" /> <p align="justify"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">The Theatre Cafe Bar Staff on the 3 occasions I visited were most attentive and helpful, cheerful and well presented. A credit to the theatre.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p></span><div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssb0gA6ecI/AAAAAAAABm4/lmR872k8Zm8/s1600-h/DSC02413.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389431967839844802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssb0gA6ecI/AAAAAAAABm4/lmR872k8Zm8/s400/DSC02413.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">Looking around, there were plenty of seating choices, comfy armchairs and settees or if you wanted something more formal, there were tables available with menus and condiments sat on each. Additional menu items were displayed on blackboards at the bar.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#33ff33;"><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssb0L5ZtlI/AAAAAAAABmw/nvU9gb5Vp-A/s1600-h/DSC02412.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389431962439628370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssb0L5ZtlI/AAAAAAAABmw/nvU9gb5Vp-A/s400/DSC02412.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"> Lunch that day was with my daughter Sally and my Mother Gill, we choose a window seat, which was comfortable and private. </span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>The Ladies That Lunched and What They Ate! </em><br /></span></span></span><br /></div><p align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SssjLHSrFzI/AAAAAAAABoQ/3wzRkQka5LE/s1600-h/DSC02415.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389440052921833266" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SssjLHSrFzI/AAAAAAAABoQ/3wzRkQka5LE/s400/DSC02415.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"> </span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#3333ff;">Drinks ordered, time to look at the menu and try and choose from the many mouth watering dishes. Also time to chat and wait for our food. Incidentally ordering and paying was at the Bar, in return you were given a number for your table. </span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#3333ff;">What arrived was SPECTACULAR!....................</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"></p><p align="justify"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mediterranean Vegetable, Avocado and Buffalo Mozzarella on Ciabatta Bread.<br /></span></p></span></span></span><p align="left"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SsseEBcbbLI/AAAAAAAABnY/6hZpa2ETqVA/s1600-h/DSC02417.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389434433534913714" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SsseEBcbbLI/AAAAAAAABnY/6hZpa2ETqVA/s400/DSC02417.jpg" /></p><p align="justify"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3366ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Sirloin Steak served with Hand Cut Potato Wedges, Cherry Vine Tomatoes and Red Wine Sauce</span><br /></span></span><br /></p></span><div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssi6HETHWI/AAAAAAAABoA/HKscgmDpAcA/s1600-h/DSC02419.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389439760803765602" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssi6HETHWI/AAAAAAAABoA/HKscgmDpAcA/s400/DSC02419.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Chicken Caesar Salad - Bursting with Chicken and Bacon</span><br /></span><br /></span></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SsseEjOY4rI/AAAAAAAABng/Zw1jJ9EBkJE/s1600-h/DSC02418.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389434442602832562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SsseEjOY4rI/AAAAAAAABng/Zw1jJ9EBkJE/s400/DSC02418.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">I could not resist taking a picture of all three dishes, too bad its making my mouth water right now. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"><br /><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssi6sXQ9mI/AAAAAAAABoI/8RwU2BjuTi8/s1600-h/DSC02421.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389439770815428194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sssi6sXQ9mI/AAAAAAAABoI/8RwU2BjuTi8/s400/DSC02421.jpg" /> <p align="justify"></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A Cafe Bar to recommend the food was outstanding, the service excellent and the prices extremely reasonable.<br /></span><br /></p></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Try it you will not be disappointed!</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><em><br /><br />Written by Sue Raphael's Mum - October 2009 - Kingston Upon Hull </em></span></div><div align="justify"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-74141455644411880092009-06-01T08:21:00.154+01:002009-06-03T20:23:13.040+01:00Race For Life - Cancer Research - Hull<p align="justify"><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><strong>My Photographic Blog, </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><strong>The Race For Life 2009,<br />Kingston Upon Hull </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><strong>for Cancer Research</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.raceforlife.org/choose-your-event.aspx">http://www.raceforlife.org/choose-your-event.aspx</a></span></div><p></p><div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342664473515962994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiT1CDIEsnI/AAAAAAAABU0/m0Cz5GF9Uyg/s400/DSC01500.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">We parked our car conveniently at Walton Street Park and Ride and caught the bus to Costello Playing Fields.</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Raffi could not believe how many pink ladies there were on the bus!</span></div><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342257946134162162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiODTCnVqvI/AAAAAAAABRM/zDrRGZR0Umo/s400/DSC01483.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342257950168276370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiODTRpJXZI/AAAAAAAABRU/Sr3TzdBRXM4/s400/DSC01484.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">The main entrance was a pretty sea of pink teeshirts..all ladies, all ages.</span><br /></span></p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342257959513725570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiODT0dRmoI/AAAAAAAABRc/TaC8hA00q7c/s400/DSC01487.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342259991953248818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOFKH4nkjI/AAAAAAAABR0/T01H_34iGCo/s400/DSC01491.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342257969565688482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiODUZ52YqI/AAAAAAAABRk/vEgImZtMWlo/s400/DSC01488.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342257980942989378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiODVESaOEI/AAAAAAAABRs/OxXLIrJeU9c/s400/DSC01489.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Raffi soon made a bolt for it across the playing fields drawn to the boys playing ball like a magnet.</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342260005267097522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOFK5e4x7I/AAAAAAAABSE/65W1Z8TdNAo/s400/DSC01493.jpg" border="0" /><br /></p><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">A good opportunity to check out the facilities. I was very impressed, masses of toilets...and tables full of water for the runners.</span><br /></span><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342259999719738866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOFKk0SzfI/AAAAAAAABR8/QO1bAElBPdw/s400/DSC01492.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342271414459694258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOPjACX_LI/AAAAAAAABSs/bxl8NZXWQ5c/s400/DSC01499.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342260010579719026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOFLNRg83I/AAAAAAAABSM/9njV4vKUxMs/s400/DSC01495.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342260014259338114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOFLa-ze4I/AAAAAAAABSU/jOhAgnek-yE/s400/DSC01496.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Raffi's task was to collect pink fluffy bits! He found plenty.</span></span></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342271423962962050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOPjjcIWII/AAAAAAAABS8/Yuwyr-y-fBE/s400/DSC01501.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342272931122879490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOQ7SDDnAI/AAAAAAAABTE/PbEWgiPJlIQ/s400/DSC01502.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Everywhere we looked, amazing costumes surrounded us. Everyone was very excited, like a fever, all waiting to warm up. Nearly 6000 participants all there for Cancer Research, it made me feel very humble.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><br /></div></span><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342272945575804290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 382px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOQ8H45vYI/AAAAAAAABTU/JjR3IrJ8HHo/s400/DSC01505.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">A real family affair from the youngest in pushchairs to the oldest taking part in wheelchairs....and lots in between, like these 2 colourfully dressed runners..</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342272954271809234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOQ8oSMPtI/AAAAAAAABTk/FvI2e4q6h-o/s400/DSC01512.jpg" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Look at <em>these</em> amazing ladies!</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342271401837527426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOPiRBBAYI/AAAAAAAABSc/AfSvlaKOh-M/s400/DSC01497.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342271411419312802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOPi0tfcqI/AAAAAAAABSk/gSEOYLK4AYE/s400/DSC01498.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The Lord Mayor of Hull made her speeches in full gowns and blazing sunshine! She looked a little warm.</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342272937719817282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOQ7qn45EI/AAAAAAAABTM/MLCKBCggip8/s400/DSC01503.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">This lady was responsible for arranging Race for Life in Hull and all the hard work her team of helpers provided before, during and after the event. A minutes' silence to remember those lost to cancer preceded the warmup.</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"> </span><br /></p></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342280387668738066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOXtT2IABI/AAAAAAAABT0/qQAlN4M4eUs/s400/DSC01518.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The Nivea Boys (Male Dance Troupe) whipped the audience into an excited frenzy of pink, dancing/gyrating with the music, almost like being at a pop concert. The atmosphere was great!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342280382536497330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOXtAugOLI/AAAAAAAABTs/14QOek7lKDw/s400/DSC01513.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Finally, at just after 11.00 am, the race started to rapturous cheers as the staggered runners and walkers set off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342280394633428546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOXttyovkI/AAAAAAAABT8/TZmG1Pph9UI/s400/DSC01522.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342280397795412850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOXt5kgy3I/AAAAAAAABUE/w2xeOYvx6Dk/s400/DSC01523.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><p align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342280402191211970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOXuJ8jXcI/AAAAAAAABUM/QyTC35va2jw/s400/DSC01524.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342282646104513666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOZwxLLHII/AAAAAAAABUU/2vIBFV3XDII/s400/DSC01527.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342282654594543714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOZxQzWsGI/AAAAAAAABUc/ccAWrJecFPc/s400/DSC01533.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Snaking around the outskirts of the park and out onto the streets of Hull.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342282659971550178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOZxk1VS-I/AAAAAAAABUk/9kitO6Vn0Hs/s400/DSC01534.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Final picture, and she made me look twice...! Wow could not walk 5 metres never mind 5 km in those heels! Scary!</span></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342282666526807122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SiOZx9QOlFI/AAAAAAAABUs/BPvddacW144/s400/DSC01539.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Really well done to everyone who took part, enjoyed the day so much. Lots of good feeling and tons of credit to the people of Kingston Upon Hull and their incredible generosity to cancer research (estimated £266,600).</span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://http//www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Hull-s-Race-Life-hailed-success/article-1036574-detail/article.html">http://http//www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Hull-s-Race-Life-hailed-success/article-1036574-detail/article.html</a><br /></span><span style="color:#33cc00;">Sunday 31st May 2009 - Costello Athletics's Ground.</span> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-16577094991193231862009-05-22T20:17:00.024+01:002009-05-22T21:15:09.736+01:00Our Changeable Weather<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">All afternoon yesterday, heavy rain clouds rushed across the sky. I had to keep running for shelter in our greenhouse to avoid getting totally drenched whilst gardening.</span> </span></span><div><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Intermittently the sun would burst out of the clouds with some quite powerful rays. I removed my coat several times!</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Finally, the moment I had been waiting for, sitting once again sheltering from the rain in the greenhouse, the sun suddenly flashed out with the rain pouring down, and YES .. a rainbow appeared and what a fabulous sight, I do love rainbows! I could see the whole arc with all its colours quite vividly. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">By the time the camera was ready, the sun was beginning to dull and the rainbow starting to fade. I stood on a wobbly chair to take these pictures looking over several other peoples backgardens in the Newland part of Kingston Upon Hull.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></p></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338743487387466178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/ShcG6nio-cI/AAAAAAAABOM/4iMbEWtKfgU/s400/DSC01351.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Shb8HJ56OiI/AAAAAAAABNs/GX32h7drsJY/s1600-h/DSC01347.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338731608142395938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Shb8HJ56OiI/AAAAAAAABNs/GX32h7drsJY/s400/DSC01347.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338731618365887266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Shb8Hv_YUyI/AAAAAAAABN8/bIJ0AWDqNB4/s400/DSC01350.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This was the very first snap I took, and I think the best.</span><br /></span></span><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Shb8Gg1m3II/AAAAAAAABNk/3AyJcB0uEBg/s1600-h/DSC01345.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338731597118495874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Shb8Gg1m3II/AAAAAAAABNk/3AyJcB0uEBg/s400/DSC01345.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Rainbows are quite common here because of our unpredictable weather systems.. no two days are the same. The weather forecasters have a terrible time predicting <em>anything</em>.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Perhaps April showers have been delayed to May this year, we seem to be having a hell of alot of rain, and on a daily basis.</span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">I am just hoping for dry weather Sunday, Eric, Raphael and I have been invited to a barbecue, but, as usual, I will pack for wet weather just in case! You get used to it after a while!</span></div><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-44099017700791416332009-05-15T19:55:00.048+01:002009-05-15T21:29:28.554+01:00Do YOU remember the Paddle Steamers across the River Humber?<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">...I do, many moons ago. My stepfather, then courting my mother used to take us across the river to New Holland for a day trip. The car and the dog would come too. We always had a fun time but I never did travel very well, queasy tummy over that short stretch of water. Often the ferry would lurch to a stand still hitting a sand dune on the way. Sometimes stuck for ages. We always returned home in the dark on the last ferry, it seemed so late to us as children.<br /><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">The ferry was a coal-fired paddle steamer and was the last paddle steamer to cross the Humber and the last operational paddle steamer in the UK before it was withdrawn in 1978. Her resting place is Grimsby and apparently a floating restaurant.<br /><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Now, of course the Humber Bridge crosses the divide, but has become a 'White Elephant', costing huge amounts of money to the local tax payers. Perhaps its time to bring back the paddle steamers as an alternative mode of crossing the River Humber?</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336127490804850466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27rk2enyI/AAAAAAAABLA/zcRbI7BwFz8/s400/lincoln%2520castle+courtesy+ted+gator.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>PS Lincoln Castle </em></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em>This photograph courtesy of Ted Gator<br /><br /></em></span></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Victoria Pier still remains in Hull, decked and flowered for visitors, a nice spot to look up and down the River Humber. Look left and you can see North Sea Ferries, look right and you see the Bridge. This picture was taken from the top deck of "The Deep".</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em><div align="center"><br /></div></em></span><div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg29Wm-cc7I/AAAAAAAABLg/Wuqgchx6QbU/s1600-h/DSC00089.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336129329621136306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg29Wm-cc7I/AAAAAAAABLg/Wuqgchx6QbU/s400/DSC00089.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now the ferries have stopped the pier looks rather empty, the water distinctly dirty and hardly a soul insight. The cafe seems to stay dormantly closed all too quiet.</span><br /><br /></span></span><div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27sapMF4I/AAAAAAAABLY/IAA0rfGJ_C4/s1600-h/The+pier+1.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336127505244624770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27sapMF4I/AAAAAAAABLY/IAA0rfGJ_C4/s400/The+pier+1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Bleak now but I have fond memories of this place, the smells and the noises. The men shouting to guide the cars onto the ferry. Rushing upstairs to get the best seats... packed like sardines! Fighting the howling wind that beat your face when going on deck!! </span><br /></span><br /></span><div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27sGkWn5I/AAAAAAAABLQ/F7phauHqhp8/s1600-h/The+pier.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336127499855634322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27sGkWn5I/AAAAAAAABLQ/F7phauHqhp8/s400/The+pier.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The seats look wet and lonely</span>.<br /></span><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27r-25YAI/AAAAAAAABLI/o2vA3h1AYl4/s1600-h/The+minerva.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336127497785925634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg27r-25YAI/AAAAAAAABLI/o2vA3h1AYl4/s400/The+minerva.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The once vibrant busy brewery and the world famous toilets stand empty and silent. Brewing commenced here in 1985 and ceased 1989, then restarted in 1994 and ceased again in 1998. The brewery has since been removed and is now part of the pub.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just a few of my nostalgic experiences, I have no photographs of my trips across the River Humber all those years ago but there are a few to be found on the web. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>Have you been on any of the 3 ferries that crossed the Humber?</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em></em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Do you use that expensive bridge 7 miles upstream, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">or do you drive the entire way round across Goole bridge?</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>I miss the ferries do you?</em></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336129334536094578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sg29W5SQw3I/AAAAAAAABLo/K-89LYDCd_0/s400/DSC00090.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-66068208840875606662009-05-06T05:32:00.013+01:002009-05-06T06:07:15.037+01:00T.K. Maxx - Thumbs Down!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"> <span style="color:#3333ff;">Have you TIME to shop here??</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332566019811666146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SgEUirgxaOI/AAAAAAAABD0/TJXEdVO75T8/s320/tkmaxx.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I am fairly easy going when it comes to shopping, I am quite happy wandering round stores hunting for bargains, checking rails for anything 'buyable'. It does tend to be like a rather large 'jumble sale experience', shopping in T.K. Maxx with clothes dotted all over the already crammed store. Access with wheelchairs and buggies is impossible down the narrow aisles full of trolleys spewing clothes. If you are an unusual size.....very small or very big T.K. Maxx is like an Aladdin's Cave, although you have to hunt for standard sizes. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I have found that if you are patient and are prepared to rake....you WILL get yourself a super bargain... </span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Most parents like myself, tend to drop children at school and then make a quick dash to the town to shop, childless and stress free. Time is ALWAYS limited and always precious. I shall NEVER shop first thing in the morning at T.K. Maxx in St Stephen's Shopping Centre, Hull again. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Can you believe how ridiculous this is..... the changing rooms do not open until 10.30 am in the morning!!!! Have I missed something here, isn't this a clothes shop, selling to the public, and opening at 9.00 am? What an absolutely ludicrous situation. When I asked an assistant, the curt reply was Head Office were not prepared to put extra staff on for this purpose???? The assistant also very professionally told me that "I need to go to the toilet" !!!!! (did I really need to now that!)</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">So me and my trolley load of bargains never made it to the changing rooms, or the unmanned tills, my money was better spent in Dorothy Perkins.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>Thumbs DOWN T.K. Maxx. </strong></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Not a pleasant shopping experience. </span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-18474927785260198712009-05-03T19:25:00.085+01:002009-05-05T11:14:35.322+01:00Love Local *NEWLAND AVENUE*, Hull<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">The Love Local Scheme</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">2nd May 2009</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">Newland Avenue Fun Day </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">Kingston Upon Hull<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf_6YtTnvxI/AAAAAAAABDM/E1J-NYocSaA/s1600-h/DSC01065.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332255786215653138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 359px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf_6YtTnvxI/AAAAAAAABDM/E1J-NYocSaA/s400/DSC01065.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><em><span style="color:#3333ff;">Seventy traders signed up for a new *Love Local* campaign kicking off with a colourful fun day, in beautiful sunshine on Newland Avenue, Hull. Here are just a few photos of the fab street entertainment.<br /></span></em><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The event run by the Community Church on Newland Avenue has its own website.. </span><a href="http://www.lovelocal.org.uk/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">http://www.lovelocal.org.uk/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> for more information. If you shop on Newland Avenue you MUST take a look.<br /><br /></div></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Strolling up and down the Avenue people dressed in wacky costumes...like this!<br /></span><br /></div></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331672927141990418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf3oR2DdkBI/AAAAAAAABBk/52pqVIoauiA/s400/DSC01030.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331672930340102002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf3oSB9833I/AAAAAAAABBs/FK0RjbCR9FQ/s400/DSC01033.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331672941232360754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 385px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf3oSqi3jTI/AAAAAAAABB8/y0yiT8qSEsM/s400/DSC01037.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332255777710124706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf_6YNnvrqI/AAAAAAAABDE/a6GyM3v2G-U/s400/DSC01070.jpg" border="0" /><span style="color:#000000;">Raphael, Sally and I had come specifically to watch a group of Cheerleaders, named THE HONEYS. They danced their energetic routine outside Piper Club, the weather was just perfect.</span></span></span></p><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331675356030503330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf3qfOXnCaI/AAAAAAAABCk/fm_lHgQxxeM/s400/DSC01047.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332012270645721746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf8c6PHcupI/AAAAAAAABC8/RAXw5s3bPyE/s400/DSC01044.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331675335511814274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf3qeB7ksII/AAAAAAAABCU/sRknlvKMQio/s400/DSC01045.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332255784205014242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 392px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf_6Yl0P1OI/AAAAAAAABDU/Zi7erYVWJ44/s400/DSC01066.jpg" border="0" />The music was loud, the crowd were happy and the girls had fun. Nice one HONEYS! </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Rounding off the afternoon, 70 golden balloons were released with people given the chance of winning £200 of shopping vouchers. The wind was strong and gusty and the balloons snaked up the side of The Piper Club and away into the distance very quickly.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331675358782054450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf3qfYnoYDI/AAAAAAAABCs/83xMjWMj3Iw/s400/DSC01052.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332255792191551938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf_6ZDkYucI/AAAAAAAABDc/M_ZBBnFrQxY/s400/DSC01056.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332255798776347106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sf_6ZcGUueI/AAAAAAAABDk/szRprAaTvZg/s400/DSC01057.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;">The aim of this event was to promote the businesses lining Newland Avenue, by providing a loyalty scheme and discounts to compete with the local supermarkets. I wholeheartedly support this attempt to preserve the "English Local" and I too *Love my Local* and shall continue to shop on NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL.<br /></span><br /></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-13087701772320935722009-04-23T22:22:00.004+01:002009-05-05T15:14:48.367+01:00Kingston Upon Hull - Youtube Style<p></p><p></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">Kingston Upon Hull </span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">Youtube Style</span></strong></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Youtube rocks, I love to watch others videos, particularly quality ones like this.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">An excellent production giving a great representation of the city I live in. Out of all the videos produced about Hull I think this one gives a wonderfully fair all round view, including all the worthy areas of interest. Although a little dated the video has allowed for the passage of time and thoughtfully included digital imagery of future developments.</span></p><p></p><p><object height="525" width="660"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wPlT1I7X_lo&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wPlT1I7X_lo&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="525"></embed></object></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-67862032677661593412009-04-19T09:30:00.016+01:002009-04-19T10:39:56.872+01:00Gwenap, Princes Avenue, Hull<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Sex in the City"!</span></strong><strong><br /></div></strong><br /><br /><div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326317442673075490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Serhfnt-5SI/AAAAAAAAA7c/sdutzYf3oBI/s320/Gwenap+cartoon.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><strong>Gwenap</strong></em> an institution, an icon in Hull, perched at the top of Princes Avenue, adjacent to the junction of Spring Bank.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A place that has 'always' been there as far back as I can remember, just a little shop in the background of my youth until I reached adulthood.<br /><br /></span></div></span></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Our social circles at the time would talk teasingly about <em><strong>Gwenap</strong> </em>and what they sold! I discovered that <em><strong>Gwenap</strong></em> was a high class knicker shop selling kinky trinkets and naughty underwear. Over the years the shop displayed large provocative banners across the entrance. Some very blatant and all to see very clearly whilst waiting in cars for the lights to change onto Princes Avenue. They are still doing so today, just like the picture above alternative words used in the past such as:- <span style="color:#ff0000;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Knickers to the lot of you", "Bent Politicians welcome here"!<br /><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">In the eighties apart from Midland Street sex shop, <strong><em>Gwenap</em></strong> appearred to be the only other shop selling anything 'sexual'. Several times over the years I noticed the windows were broken and boarded. Perhaps angry feminists on the rampage felt <strong><em>Gwenap</em></strong> was inappropriate for the times. In all the years living in this area, I can only claim to have shopped there once. I bought chocolate nipples, hilarious at the time! Something like these!</span></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326328582024814194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SerroBCZXnI/AAAAAAAAA7s/ZONAQkgg_wA/s320/choc_nipples_m.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><strong>Gwenap</strong> </em>can claim they are the longest established retailer of underwear, pleasurewear and adult items in the country. They have their own website, presumably in a way of replacement for the oh so famous Gwenap Flyer, Hull's own adult contact mag many moons ago.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Today sex shops seem to come and go, the largest to my knowledge is on Mount Pleasant, sort of supermarket set up, car parking and 2 floors of goodies.<br /><br /></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The laws of the land and the economic climate keep changing effecting every shop in different ways, <em><strong>Gwenap</strong></em> appear to be no exception, I was rather distressed to see the current banners in the window. What does this mean?? Is <em><strong>Gwenap</strong> </em>closing for good? I would be surely sad if they do, not because I shop there but because <em><strong>Gwenap</strong></em> is part of Hull's heritage, has survived many social setbacks over the years, and is still here to tell the tale.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326318517897863282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SerieNPjIHI/AAAAAAAAA7k/z04_mHuS90M/s320/gwenap-1.jpg" border="0" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-73147228053149401612009-04-06T15:42:00.024+01:002009-04-16T20:41:31.681+01:00Da Gianni - A Great Place to Dine in Hull<div align="justify"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SeeGZgT2fxI/AAAAAAAAA6M/K7Pem-lF9XM/s1600-h/DSC00808.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325372857116950290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SeeGZgT2fxI/AAAAAAAAA6M/K7Pem-lF9XM/s320/DSC00808.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><strong>.....a culinary pleasure in Italian all round dining </strong></span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">Da Gianni - 48 Princes Avenue, </span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">Kingston-Upon-Hull HU5 3RX </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br />I had not really noticed this place before, tucked away on Princes Avenue. Hannah, our good friend and babysitter had mentioned Da Gianni in the past but I had not really paid much attention (shame on me!).<br /></div></span><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">By pure coincidence, the Saturday evening we had arranged for Hannah to babysit, we spent that morning with two of the restaurants' employees....who just happened to be parents of one of Raffi's nursery school friends, lovely Melanie. We had chatted in the morning about the restaurant and I thought it would be perfect to take Eric there for a meal. We both adore Italian food and this place was not to far from home and fortunately they had a table available for us.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">My first impression was WOWWW, really, the sight that greeted me can only be described as ten foot leaping flames either side of the entrance door. Spectacular and certainly a "head turner" for the numerous people frequenting this cosmopolitan area of Hull. Always known for its cafe bar culture, many pubs and general rowdiness and increasing at an alarming rate. The crowds were overspilling onto the pavements giving an almost Mediterranean feel (apart from the weather that is!!). Great for the regular diners and drinkers but I guess not so great for the locals living close by.<br /></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">Da Gianni have got it just right. They ARE imitating the Mediterranean outdoor eating, cafe bar culture, and successfully beating the weather with huge magnificent outdoor heaters. Absolutely perfect for free advertising as people <em>have</em> to look..well done Da Gianni.</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /><div align="justify">Once inside, ten minutes earlier than our booking time of nine oclock, it turned out to be no problem for the staff and sat down immediately at a spacious table near the bar. The restaurant operated 2 sittings, one at seven and one at nine. The seven o'clock diners were just finishing, there was a warm level of noise with piped music and gentle chatter.<br /><br />By nine thirty the place was virtually full of noisy yelling people. It was a nice atmosphere but not really good for intimate conversation.<br /><br />The service excellent, as was the food, certainly worthy of A class Council rating, not B class as quoted on the door!<br /><br />The waiters, very attentive, all male, but not Italian!<br /><br />The outdoor area with its leaping flames was truly amazing to see from the roadside. It was even better experienced close up. We stood outside and people watched whilst our food was being prepared, enjoying the warmth from the massive heaters. You could have imagined very clearly somewhere with sunnier climes, the only difference was that all the girls in their summer frocks were catching a major chill from the British weather in the pub outside next door!<br /><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SeeGaLcPjVI/AAAAAAAAA6U/4gvrez8uZm0/s1600-h/DSC00809.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325372868694871378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SeeGaLcPjVI/AAAAAAAAA6U/4gvrez8uZm0/s320/DSC00809.jpg" border="0" /></a> Nice one Da Gianni what a great way to make the heads turn.<br /><br />Now to the food, very quickly our plentiful food arrived, piping hot and looked extremely appetising. Although I did think the green salad was rather unimaginative along side such splendid dishes of Prawns, Mussels, Pate, Pizza and Lasagna. This was merely a minor point... the superb <em>taste</em> of all the dishes far outweighed this small niggle.<br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><br />We drank red wine and vodka and our bill was under £50.00, very reasonable we thought.<br /><br />I was pleasantly surprised at their professional website, their food certainly lives up to their quality advertising on and off the web.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dagianni.co.uk/">http://www.dagianni.co.uk/<br /></a><br />I would certainly recommend Da Gianni restaurant and I have heard the take away two doors down is just as good. </span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Enjoy your meal!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-9944796180115446232009-03-28T19:46:00.024+00:002009-03-28T21:32:51.873+00:00Adult Learning in Hull<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Me and My Camera</span><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6Iv5lpM2I/AAAAAAAAA5M/ASzty24Gwws/s1600-h/DSC00431.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318338566465074018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6Iv5lpM2I/AAAAAAAAA5M/ASzty24Gwws/s320/DSC00431.JPG" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Cherry Blossom</span></em><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;">I have always enjoyed photography from a very early age, the age when you sent your films away in the post to be developed!</span><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318347234937963154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6QoeKogpI/AAAAAAAAA5s/qeNgQbGdO0U/s320/DSC03179.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Beautiful Nerja, Spain</em><br /></span><br /><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;">I have progressed through the years snapping happily, lots of holidays, special occasions, school functions etc etc.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318349614245751858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6Sy9x0LDI/AAAAAAAAA50/yT5zC4Z855Q/s320/DSC03191.JPG" border="0" /><em>Eric, The Man</em><br /><br /><p align="justify">At Christmas, Eric gave me the best camera I have ever owned, a Sony DSLR Alpha 350. My picture quality improved dramatically overnight with this wonderful camera.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318340686569054146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6KrTl0n8I/AAAAAAAAA5U/iav0KALw-ks/s320/DSC00374.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Primroses in my garden</em><br /><br /><p align="justify">I have, in the past always tried to discover how to use my cameras completely, taking much time experimenting with them using all the dials and functions. This new camera however has<em> way</em> more gadgets and alien things attached!<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318343973781775282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6NqpaaI7I/AAAAAAAAA5k/XG7_QFyRay8/s320/Brugees+Belgium++July+2008094.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Prawns in Bruge</em><br /><br /><p align="justify">Time to seek help. I enrolled on an Adult Education Course entitled Digital Photography, 10 weeks, but sadly has just finished.</p><p align="justify">The course was everything I could have hoped for and I learnt alot more than I expected. The course was a mix of practical work, taking photos, composing shots, learning how to look through the camera and then transferring photos to a PC and editing our creations with Serif Photo Editor. For some of the students the editing was too complex and the software the course used was too advanced.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318338562447949778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6Ivqn4v9I/AAAAAAAAA5E/DxDfZQFRPmI/s320/DSC00336.JPG" border="0" /> <em>The Mystery Machine</em><br /><br /><p align="justify">For me, I enjoyed learning again, discovering what more I can do with my camera. I know that what I have learnt I can apply to my own photography at home.<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318340693322997906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 227px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6KrswFoJI/AAAAAAAAA5c/DD8yZabYesY/s320/Untitled-8.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Photoshop Experiment</em><br /><br /><p align="justify">I am trialling Photoshop Elements 7 with the view to purchase. I certainly prefer this photo editing programme to Serif. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318335804268111330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6GPHmkZeI/AAAAAAAAA4c/ihtntdqboC4/s320/DSC00319_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /> <em>Scooby and Shaggy painted on Raffi's wall</em><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify">My aim when I joined the course was to improve my skills, and I did, I am thirsty for more knowledge so will be enrolling for a more advanced course after Easter.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318335805157051410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/Sc6GPK6gjBI/AAAAAAAAA4k/RnRoE5E9cG4/s320/DSC00317.JPG" border="0" /> <em>Spiderman is a big hero in our house</em><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify">Adult Education in Hull is much and varied, looking online for local courses is a good starting point or just wait for the Adult Education glossy brochure to drop through your door like I did. I am glad I took a look.</p><p align="justify">Do you attend day time courses in Hull, it would be interesting to hear what you thought about your learning experience?</p><p align="left">Thanks for reading.</p><p align="left"><em><span style="color:#33ccff;">Sue Raphael's Mum</span></em></p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-8802524265462442372009-03-06T20:02:00.014+00:002009-03-06T21:13:57.200+00:00"TOWER FOR AN HOUR"<div align="justify"><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Tower Cinema.. into the 21st Century.</span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310179092343516338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 366px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SbGLv_zXbLI/AAAAAAAAA2o/OvfRyRd2Z5w/s400/tower2edit.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Did you know, The Tower Cinema is a Grade II Listed building?</span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Opened on June 1st, 1914, was designed by H. Percival Binks and seated 1,200 in the stalls and a single balcony.<br /><br />The tower was one of the city's earliest and most luxurious cinemas.<br /><br />The opening night back in 1914 consisted of an orchestra who entertained guests before they settled down to watch a black and white silent film. Sound equipment was introduced in 1929.<br /><br />Sadly, in September 1978 the Tower closed as a cinema and was used for different ventures. By 1983 The Tower began its life as a busy nightclub and fun pub - both uses taking its toll on the once lush, extravagant interior.<br /><br />Many people in Hull will remember those 80’s years of “Tower for an Hour”! “Grab a Granny Night”! and all the wacky outfits and ear bashingly overloud music!<br /><br />Now in 2009, The Tower (renamed-Club Rio), has become a nightclub again, with dancing Brazilian-style carnival queens, palm trees and a 25ft waterfall cascading down behind one of the bars.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310179088977834034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SbGLvzQ7MDI/AAAAAAAAA2g/Obq-oO1VK3I/s400/toweredit.jpg" border="0" /><br />It is great to see “The Tower” is still entertaining the people, different time, different style but entertainment all the same. I have good memories of this building, spent time there, it was a wild place…male or female the place was, and I guess still is… a great place to go. As I have got older, I seem to be able to appreciate other things about this magnificent imposing building. There are some beautiful features worth mentioning.<br /><br />At either end, there are large windows above exit doors. Perched on the roof are beautifully decorated domes of green and cream mosaics with bands of gold glass. They have not always been there. The twin domes were removed around 2005 as part of the Anlaby Road facelift. Hull City Council launched legal action against the owners of the listed building and the domes were replaced and restored to their original glory.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310179088391998306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 356px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SbGLvxFQC2I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/D2_Oie2Hzzg/s400/tower1edit.jpg" border="0" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Also to catch the eye, looking out from the top parapet, a bare breasted female can be seen watching the passing traffic.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310169735563505698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SbGDPXFK8CI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/8OLYyi8GQAQ/s400/DSC00268edit.jpg" border="0" /><br />Do you have fond memories of “Tower”? I would love to hear them.<br /><br /><div align="justify">Thanks for reading. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;">Sue Raphael's Mum</span></em><br /></div></span></span><br /></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-43023019568379476312009-02-23T20:02:00.069+00:002009-02-24T17:13:03.298+00:0010 Tips to Improve Your Visit to The Deep Submarium, Kingston Upon Hull<div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Raphael's visit to the worlds only Submarium.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></div><div align="justify"><br /></div></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306108031415148338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMVJEBY3zI/AAAAAAAAAxw/0vGgdW55c7s/s320/thedeep5.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;">We had great fun, especially Raphael.</span> </p><div align="right"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306108998616185330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWBXIFefI/AAAAAAAAAyA/Y26kPDKr30E/s320/thedeep3.jpg" border="0" /> </div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">We were very pleased to see that The Deep had been presented with many awards.</span><br /></p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306389953507351314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaQVjFqB2xI/AAAAAAAAA1I/uJgRT1ja22Q/s320/TheDeep1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Best UK Aquarium </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br />Best Yorkshire Family Attraction</span><br /><br /></div><div align="right"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306117898182069650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMeHYl8DZI/AAAAAAAAA1A/GUvPgryFNvI/s320/TheDeep2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Best UK permanent Exhibition<br />Runner up Best New Tourist </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Attraction/Initiative </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">in the World.</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110397461327410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXSyOwbjI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/evZUhYgsSvA/s320/thedeep21.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />The Deep is a conservation and educational charity which runs </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">one of the <em>deepest aquariums </em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">in the world.</span><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306114804685864306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMbTUa9_XI/AAAAAAAAA0w/DaGitweo2gE/s320/thedeep20.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /><div align="center">40 sharks and over 3500 fish are housed in this public aquarium dedicated to increasing peoples enjoyment and understanding </div><div align="center">of the World’s oceans.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">These are just a few of the beautiful fish I managed to take pictures of.</span><br /></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110810785538114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXq1-7YEI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/fR9ADieAa7E/s320/thedeep22.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110080958727234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXAXKqBEI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/yMUANT3U--Y/s320/thedeep13.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109006156733202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWBzN5GxI/AAAAAAAAAyY/wIdnveAVaG8/s320/thedeep6.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110051695117010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMW-qJqwtI/AAAAAAAAAzI/djreJq0exnY/s320/thedeep12.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110096511127634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXBRGo0FI/AAAAAAAAAzg/Uz3xBFM0w6M/s320/thedeep15.jpg" border="0" /></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Jellyfish were absolutely stunning.</span><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110379225101042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXRuS5svI/AAAAAAAAAzw/Jwaq4ZTZ92I/s320/thedeep17.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110101573501554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXBj9mgnI/AAAAAAAAAzo/9kO8IjDUQuA/s320/thedeep16.jpg" border="0" /> The Sea Snails were ENORMOUS!</span><br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109006381993090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWB0DmTII/AAAAAAAAAyQ/BVIbR80nLyY/s320/thedeep4.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Dinosaur skeletons, very lifelike.</span><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110380522505714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXRzIOhfI/AAAAAAAAAz4/NkbnxDSvbD0/s320/thedeep18.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The Deep can boast Europe’s deepest underwater viewing tunnel.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109602491126866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWkgvF1FI/AAAAAAAAAzA/Eya5KU47Sp4/s320/thedeep11.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />A spectacular Glass lift rides through a 10 m deep tank.<br /><br />The Deep was funded by the National Lottery’s Millennium Commission Project, and opened in March 2002. This tourist attraction can boast being the most successful millennium project in the Country to date.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>10 Tips to Improve Your Visit to<br />Kingston upon Hull’s<br />~THE DEEP~</strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110090877855330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXA8Hj5mI/AAAAAAAAAzY/JPvscbnCav4/s320/thedeep14.jpg" border="0" /> </span><p align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">1. Check online before you go… currently 10% discount if you book online.</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109583590193154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWjaUweAI/AAAAAAAAAy4/Gl7KfWSY9BQ/s320/thedeep10.jpg" border="0" /><br />2. Retain car parking sticker to redeem in the café.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109569109809202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 236px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWikYXWDI/AAAAAAAAAyw/lHHQ3KhbOPM/s320/thedeep9.jpg" border="0" /><br />3. Don’t expect to be able to take flash photography, it startles the fish. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109525143586562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWgAmABwI/AAAAAAAAAyg/6gxVzXx3ENw/s320/thedeep7.jpg" border="0" /><br />4. No need to take any food or snacks - The Deep caters well for hungry visitors.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306109552489608322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 287px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMWhmdzNII/AAAAAAAAAyo/HAY0OZxssco/s320/thedeep8.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />5. You don’t need to buy a visitors guide, check out their website prior to your visit and print out their PDF brochure, saves yourself £3.00.<br /><br />6. Take plenty of spare cash for the well stocked, colourful shop at the exit. On offer were good quality souvenirs especially targeted </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">at the younger age group. "Original Shop Name"!</span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306396841905121938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaQb0C8CapI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/XNmSTO4H6Qc/s320/thedeep19.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">7. The Observatory, looking out over the River Humber is a good place to stop and eat. The Deep have thoughtfully installed a very heavy, external door leading to a small viewing area to capture the stunning views up and down the Humber. It does seem highly dangerous (sheer drop) and many children do visit the Deep, so this is a vital safety addition.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306399316557485218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaQeEFvI1KI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/gYgoC9VTKMs/s320/thedeep25.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />8. Children are encouraged to touch some of the animals supervised during a presentation. The presenter advised everyone to wash their hands after touching the animals. It would have been helpful if she had continued and told us all actually where to wash them? So, it would have been useful to take baby wipes with us, but will know to do this next time.<br /><br />9. There were lots of seats all around the Aquarium for viewing the fabulous fish, all strategically placed for maximum observation. The whole exhibition took around 2 hours to complete and that included stopping a bit. </span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110820059111730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXrYh64TI/AAAAAAAAA0o/qGQcnFFMwKE/s320/thedeep24.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">10. Finally, it’s a good idea to leave heavy outdoor coats in your car, The Deep gets very warm inside.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">~~~ </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is actually a picture hanging on the wall at The Deep,(outside the toilets) it fascinated Raphael so much, I had to take a picture! </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306110815362283218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SaMXrHCG9tI/AAAAAAAAA0g/48iEoMR5SMw/s320/thedeep23.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I would certainly visit The Deep again and have no hesitation recommending this brilliant attraction in Hull. If you would like to find out more click the link to take you to their website.</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.thedeep.co.uk/">http://www.thedeep.co.uk/</a></p><p></span></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-66209297071479942072009-02-14T18:43:00.006+00:002009-02-15T20:24:59.181+00:00Dinosaurs in Hull?<span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Are There Dinosaurs in Hull?<br /></span></div></span><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=dinostarbuilding.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/dinostarbuilding.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;">Yes there are, in an excellent, privately owned Dinosaur Museum named DINOSTAR <a href="http://www.dinostar.co.uk/">http://www.dinostar.co.uk/</a> in the old town of Kingston Upon Hull. The museum is housed in a former fruit warehouse and although small is packed full of things to touch and see.<br /><br />Raphael is a big dinosaur fan, this photo was taken in the local garden centre cafe! They were kind enough to provide these as entertainment whilst we waited for our food.</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></div></span><div align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=DSC02783.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/DSC02783.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Raffi absolutely loves anything to do with dinosaurs and I thought he would love a visit to Hull's <em>only</em> dinosaur museum. We found it on the corner of Humber Street and Queen Street, two-minutes' walk from The Deep, Victoria Pier and the Marina. So plenty of other things for us to do if necessary. Once inside there were plenty of exciting things to see and touch... </span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=Dinomuseum1.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/Dinomuseum1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The skull of a T.Rex...certainly wow!<br /></span></p></span><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=dinomuseum2.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/dinomuseum2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">This is an Allosaur Skull that you can touch</span></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=dinomuseum5.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/dinomuseum5.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><p align="center"></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Upstairs were more fascinating pieces</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=dinomuseum6.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/dinomuseum6.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=dinomuseum4.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/dinomuseum4.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="justify"><span style="font-size:130%;">If you are visiting, and I would throughly recommend it, you should follow signs to the Fruit Market from Castle Street (A63).</span></div><div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Parking is available in Blanket Row "Pay & Display" Car Park or there is free parking in nearby streets with a two-hour limit. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Admission is £3 for adults, £1.50 for children and senior citizens.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Raphael and I spent a great afternoon adventuring at the museum.</span></span></div><br /><br /></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-13846868307643157532009-01-06T16:41:00.001+00:002011-03-04T07:53:50.499+00:00Unique to Hull - its Accent! (Repost)<div align="center"><u><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>'Ave ya gorra 'ull accent?!!</strong></span></u></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Many moons ago, when I was growing up, my mother imprinted into my brain the importance of good speech and elocution. She would often be referred to "as someone who spoke the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Queen's English"! (Rather posh!).</span> </p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">By the time I reached my rebellious teenage years I had adeptly mastered the art of having 2 ways of speaking…. one for my mother, not drooping any letters, never saying what, and always maintaining eye contact! The other for my school friends, where I fell into "'ull speak" (The art of talking Hull slang) or sloppy talking as my mother would say, I did, q</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">uite easily. Peer pressure at school dictated how we all spoke, I never wanted to appear different in any way from my fellow school friends.</span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">However, on leaving school I made a mental decision, my speech would be '<i>proper</i>' and well elocuted from then on and not associated with anywhere geographically accented! </span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">My accent has served me well in many ways, with building my confidence, different 'people' jobs, and the most noticeable, when Eric, my husband arrived for the first time in England from Lebanon, to Hull my hometown.</span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Eric's English was good when he arrived here, learnt in America/Canada and spoken fluently daily.</span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Unfortunately for him, all over the UK different accents and dialects can be heard, but Hull is the exception, we have a language of our own. A sort of mix of shortened words and ALWAYS never pronounce 'H'! </span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">These are a few examples of what poor Eric had to contend with….</span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"I'll bray yer eddin!!" </span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>I am going to fight you.</em></span></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"It's maftin' in ere" </span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>It's rather hot in here.</em></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"It's silin' down awtside"</span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>It's raining outside.</em></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Shut yer cake ole" </span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Please be quiet.</em></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"I gorrit far nawt" </span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>I did not pay anything.</em></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Yer for-ever mernin" </span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>You do complain a lot. </em></span><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"Ayer gorra bruvva?" </span><br /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Have you got a brother? </em></span></span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">There are many, many more and I became the 'translator' for once. Eric often referred to those early days "as a pain in the ass", he swore a lot and often said "I want to go home, I can't deal with this shit"!!</span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today when I listen to him talking to his friends and neighbours, he himself has developed 'ull speak' he has come to realise that if he doesn't learn the lingo, he can't communicate! </span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">He was fortunate to have had a 'home grown' translator in the beginning. (Me!!).</span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Many of the foreigners coming into Hull must have a hell of a hard time understanding anything!</span><br /></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;">So the motto "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", rings very true in this case…..</span><span style="color:#800000;"><br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>Learn the Lingo or be Left Behind!</em></strong></span></p><p align="left"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do you have a dialect hard to understand in your town?</span><br /></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">What slang words do YOU use that are queer or peculiar to </span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">your town?</span> </p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Thanks for reading, and do please comment, your input is much appreciated.</strong></span></p><span style="color:#00ffff;"><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Written by </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Cinnamon , </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;">Sue - Raphael's Mum </span></strong></div></span><span style="font-family:Aharoni;font-size:6;"><br /><br /><p></p></span><u><span style="font-family:Copperplate Gothic Bold;font-size:6;"></u></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-41106586329392008362008-12-29T16:50:00.002+00:002009-02-09T15:00:17.746+00:00THE SMARTER SHOPPER in HullCharity Begins at Home... A few local ideas<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view&current=DSC02261-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC02261-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="justify">Sun in Hull…enough to put a smile on your face.<br /><br /><strong>Three Thrifty Ways To Shop and<br />Four Thought Provoking Questions! </strong><br /><br /><em>Your junk could be another man's treasure… </em><br /><br />Now the weather has changed to typically cold and wet for this time of year I am reminded of our summer outings and wanted to share this with you.<br /><br />In our depressing economy everyone is looking to save a few pennies or make some extra pocket money. I am no different, in fact I am a sucker for any sort of sale!<br /><br />I regularly visit "Car Boot Sales." These are a mainly British form of market where private individuals come together to sell household goods.<br /><br />I do so love the hustle bustle of these sales, the many chattering people, the constant searching through the goods, the bartering that follows, and the excitement at the end of the day, tired and worn out but elated and jubilant as you pack your car boot bargains! We don't need to travel to far to our nearest Car Boot Sale. Nearly every day of the week, within a short car journey there is a sale/market of some sort. Most kick off at around 6.00 or 7.00 am - You do need to get there early, we found if you do, you can choose the better pitches… i.e. for customers, sun, shade etc! The biggest Car Boot Sale we have is sited on an expanse of land used for our annual funfair. Many cars and stalls set up twice a week on this site. New, second hand, tat, food and rogue traders all operate at the market. There is even and out of date food stall - this is very popular!<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view&current=Hullinallitsglory001-1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hullinallitsglory001-1-1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify">The rogue sellers wander the market selling imported cigarettes. Some have bicycles to make a quick getaway. There are also numerous stall holders selling copy DVD's. Top movies that are not available here in the UK yet. The problem is so huge that the local police only periodically raid the market. The culprits just move elsewhere. The big attraction for younger members of the family is usually ice cream….sold from an ice-cream van, low quality, whippy foam! </p><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view&current=DSC02257.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC02257.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify">I loathe it, Raffi will eat this enthusiastically even at 8.00 am in the morning! </p><p align="center"><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view&current=DSC02259.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC02259.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="justify">Other Car Boot Sales we go to are often held in the playgrounds of schools and other community centres, or in grassed fields or pub car parks. Depending on where the sale is sited (in the city) will depend on how affluent buyers and sellers are. The more exclusive neighbourhoods tend to produce better quality items. To sell, you pay a nominal fee, here in Hull £6 a pitch. This includes space to set up a trellis table in front of your car. Then you can display your goods for sale. Entry to the general public is usually free, although sometimes a small admission charge is made. Anyone can sell their goods at a car boot sale, whether a first-timer, a regular, or a seasoned professional. Often home owners moving house sell at car boot sales to clear unwanted goods or perhaps goods from the home of a deceased relative.<br /><br />I am truly amazed every week what people sell or expect you to buy and their brazenness at how they try and sell it! Do I really want broken crockery or a faulty light fitting? I think not. But hey, there are plenty that do!<br /><br />I have found over the years, bartering for goods is common place and now almost expected. Perhaps because of the influx of different nationalities into this city, and their different attitude to buying and selling, has changed peoples view of the 'fixed price' syndrome. I am comfortable bartering here in the UK but find it hard abroad. High pressure selling techniques used in markets abroad is common place. It makes me very nervous!<br /><br />Looking at the USA, it seems common place to hold garage/yard sales, I was aware of these, but not aware that in some cities, such as Beverly Hills, California, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania , homeowners are required to apply and pay for a yard sale permit, and even with that homeowners in Beverly Hills can only hold yard sales in the back of their homes.<br /><br />Other sorts of sales that are generally peculiar to the UK are "Jumble Sales," an event at which second hand goods are sold, usually by an institution such as a local Scout or Brownie Group, school or church, as a fundraising or charitable effort. Local people are asked to donate goods, which are set out on tables in the same manner as Car Boot Sales, and sold to members of the general public. There is usually a charge of around 50p to enter the sale. Jumble Sales are becoming less prevalent in the UK, as Car Boot Sales and the World Wide Web enable people to sell their unwanted goods rather than donate them to charity…. …which leads me nicely into my final alternative place to shop!<br /><br />In the UK we have a British Institution called "The Charity Shop". These are shops selling mainly second-hand donated goods/clothes to raise funds for their parent charities. Traditionally, charity shops used to occupy unpopular shops in low traffic areas, but now the majority are not only permanent, but are often in prime trading locations. We have 6 charity shops at the top of our street. Probably the most well know charity shop is Oxfam, <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/oxfam" target="_blank"><img alt="oxfam Pictures, Images and Photos" src="http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/rpinet/mar07/oxfam.png" border="0" /></a> first opened in 1947/48, in Oxford, England, and is still in operation today. Charity shops can be found on most high streets throughout the country.<br /><br />Those were my Three Thrifty Ways to Shop…. and now<br /><br />Four Thought Provoking Questions…<br /><br />1. Where do you shop for your second hand bargains?<br />2. Is there a stigma attached to "buying other peoples clothes?"<br />3. Do you donate your clothes to a charitable cause?<br />4. Are you wearing anything second hand right now?<br /><br />Well that is it, as always comments very much appreciated, have a great evening and thank you for reading.<br /><br /><br /><br />Written By ~Sue Raphael's Mum~</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-68475121190999901592008-12-29T09:53:00.000+00:002008-12-29T10:19:10.427+00:00Me and My Camera<strong>25th December 2008....the perfect Christmas present </strong>for me from Eric, my husband. I have been using a digital camera for 2 years and have taken masses of wonderful pictures, but now is the time to move on and upgrade. My knowledge of photography is fairly limited, I know my Sony Cybershot very well, inside out,so the obvious choice was to upgrade to another Sony. I was to upgrade to a Sony 350 DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera.<br /><br />Eric went out before Christmas to buy my camera package. I was thrilled to open it Christmas Day but devastated to find that Eric had been sold the wrong memory card for my new toy! He returned to Curry's St Andrews Quay, Hull to be greeted by a very rude assistant who didn't seem to realise that they ("Curry's") had messed up our Christmas big time. Eric demanded a full refund due to their incompetence which they reluctantly agreed too.<br /><br />Yesterday 28th December Eric and I went into Hull City Centre to Jessop's Camera Shop. "My" camera was there in the display case, I had set my heart on that model so went ahead and bought it. The service was excellent, the sales assistant went out of his way to give us everything we needed and more besides! One drawback, the only camera they had, was the one on display, Eric being Eric wanted a boxed set so we arranged to travel 9 miles over to Beverley to their other branch to collect it.<br /><br /><strong>Today, 29th December 2008 the fun begins.</strong> Battery charged, correct memory card inserted and several pictures taken. I am a happy bunny! Thanks Eric :-).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-10868644679765398302008-12-18T21:21:00.000+00:002008-12-28T22:07:34.309+00:00Kingston Communications Yellow Telephone Box, Hull, UK.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/osDZKxpl2C08mV37T-Mweg"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_45YG4MQL5Wo/SUOICKoJGLI/AAAAAAAAACQ/bKUNPg9OFIE/s800/DSC03669.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/SueRaphaelsMum/HullIsNeverDull">Hull is Never Dull!</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><strong>Kingston Upon Hull is unique, we have our very own independent telephone network company, and remains the only locally operated telephone company in the UK! This means we have the privilege of using cream coloured phone boxes...or mucky cream if you are looking at my picture! <br /><br />Added to that no crown appears on our phone boxes like the red ones elsewhere in the UK! </strong>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-67838802641399079122008-12-13T18:31:00.000+00:002008-12-13T18:51:18.538+00:00Images of Kingston Upon Hull, November 2008<OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-93a0df577afd963e height=266 width=320 contentId="93a0df577afd963e"></OBJECT><br /><br />A compilation of shots, my hometown, Kingston Upon Hull. <br /><br />Taken throughout November 2008, predominantly around Newland Avenue.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-31317054079702360612008-10-26T16:39:00.000+00:002008-10-26T16:49:29.108+00:00Would YOU buy a pizza from Victoria??<a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view¤t=DSC03469.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC03469.jpg" border="0" alt="VB (1)"></a><br /><br />This leaflet came through my door the other day and I have looked at it several times during the week and wondered if I was alone in thinking this was out of order?<br /><br />Perhaps I am a prude....or old fashioned but something stirred inside me when I turned the page...<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view¤t=DSC03471.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC03471.jpg" border="0" alt="VB (3)"></a><br /><br />I struggled to see the point of the semi naked woman on page 2, or even the point of having women and footballs atall? Maybe the owners have a wish only to attract men who have an eye for scantily clad women? Or a football fanatic who likes pizzas?<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view¤t=DSC03473.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC03473.jpg" border="0" alt="VB (5)"></a><br /><br />On the other side of the money making coin, was this a good marketing ploy to lure people of both genders, either to antaganise or please? I myself would not buy a pizza from there....but, I am now aware of where this place is, what they sell and how much they annoyed the hell out of me for putting this through my door!<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/?action=view¤t=DSC03474.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/DSC03474.jpg" border="0" alt="VB (6)"></a><br /><br />So what do YOU think.... am I being a neurotic middle aged prude? Do you have any views or a different PERCEPTION of what I see?<br /><br />Thanks for reading my rant and have a great day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-21177889203331332912008-02-19T17:07:00.000+00:002008-02-19T17:42:05.875+00:00The first sunshine in Pearson Park, Hull UK, February 2008<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzwL3VyVg6lEap0zZCd13bkNlprir6S5ER8gdulpX03ViWRF7vjmADmuDJi8qwYrzBmdSTlYR14fn81q6ny-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-92010175316299712602008-02-06T19:12:00.000+00:002008-02-06T19:26:57.230+00:00IT ALWAYS SMELLS IN HULL!<div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Damn! What is that smell? I seem to say that to myself every day!!<br /><br />I read the other day that HULL (UK), had a “very interesting smell, depending on the weather”!<br /><br />I would not go so far as to say it was interesting, more like <strong>DISGUSTING!</strong><br /><br />Number one culprit are the Leather Tanneries.<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=SmellyWayWincomlee.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/SmellyWayWincomlee.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />Hides and skins seem to give off a lingering stench, particularly bad in the mornings around the Wincolmlee area of the city!<br /><br />Cocoa Mills you would imagine, would smell yummy like chocolate! Unfortunately not, the burnt acrid whiff floats over Hull regularly and would put you off chocolate for life!<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=SmellyRiverHull.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/SmellyRiverHull.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />Linseed Oil extraction plants based in the East of the city, near the river, give off a very pungent smell blown across the city on windy days.<br /><br />Hull used to be a fishing port, but no longer, instead, at high tide the smell of salty cold water fills your lungs - not sure if that is a nice smell or not - it’s a matter of opinion. Low tide smells pretty foul too!<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=SmellyRiverHullUpstream.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/SmellyRiverHullUpstream.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am horrified to find and smell this on the pavement..<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=DoggyDos.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/DoggyDos.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />....and this gross mound on the road!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=HorseDos.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/HorseDos.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />I later spotted the culprit!<br /><br /><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/?action=view&current=GuiltyofHorseDos.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Hull/GuiltyofHorseDos.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br /><br />Finally, a smell we are all greeted with every day we visit the town shopping. A sewerage smell emulating from the poor drainage system under the shops positioned at the top of Whitefriargate. The fumes are particularly noxious and nauseating.<br /><br />So do you live in a smelly city?, I know do!!<br /> </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717668903361910574.post-16048302622367405922008-02-05T20:35:00.002+00:002009-01-30T16:21:01.980+00:00What is Poi Spinning?<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>WELCOME TO MY BLOG POST</strong> </span></div><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A short insight into a hobby I have, enjoy!<br /><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">I had no idea what "Poi Spinning" was until August last year when my eldest daughter, Sally returned from a music festival with a pair in hand.</span></strong><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh254/Cinnamon61/Poi/?action=view¤t=november2007009Poi3.jpg" target="_blank"></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">The definition given, is a beautiful, highly visual performance art in which you create mesmerising patterns of circles around your body, accompanied by much "ooing" and "aaahing" from anyone standing watching you close by. The circles are created by trails of fabrics or fire, attached to the 'Poi' which you spin in stunning complex patterns as you dance.<br /><br />Poi spinning originated in New Zealand, performed by the Maori people to increase upper body strength but now it is practised all over the world and by many different cultures.<br /><br />Poi spinning is not only fun and visually entertaining but it can also offer you the following benefits:-<br /><br /></p></span></strong><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Improved left and right brain function. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Greater spatial awareness. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Helps prevents and manage high blood pressure. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Boosts energy levels. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Helps manage stress. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Releases tension and frustration. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Improves the ability to fall asleep quickly and sleep well. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Improves self-image and boosts confidence.</strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Counters anxiety and depression and increases enthusiasm and optimism. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Increases muscle strength, giving greater capacity for other physical activities. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Provides a way to share a fun activity with family and friends. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Good for the heart. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Its great fun!<br /><br /><br /></div></strong></span><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">My enthusiasm for this sport was addictive so felt it would be a great idea to start a group for interested Poisters, to practice together on a regular basis. </span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">This was the founding of "Poi Practise in Hull". For networking, I started a Facebook group to encourage new members, post pictures and videos and have a bit of fun.<br /></div></span></strong><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the Summer, when the weather is good (ie dry), we meet in the local park, take our Poi, music and impress the Sunday park goers! Gradually other people with circus skills have joined us practising staff spinning, diablo and juggling balls. All visually very impressive. </span></strong></div><div align="justify"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Poi Spinners will tell you that most moves they perform are self-taught and each move achieved is a milestone and truly satisfying.The natural progression from Poi Spinning is Fire Spinning. Twirling fire holds a great thrill but you need to be very comfortable with the moves and VERY respectful of the dangers of Fire Spinning.</span></strong></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have not been brave enough to reach that stage yet but by the end of 2008 I will have taken part in Fire Spinning!<br /></div></span></strong><div align="justify"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">There appears to be no age boundaries, for this beautiful art. Raphael (3) has his own set of Poi (especially adapted for the length of his arms) which he can swing expertly over his head and round his body. I am 46 and Poi with my 2 daughters and their friends in the garden, in the park or even abroad on the beach. Well I hope I have given you a little insight into my hobby and why I find it so appealing. Perhaps you might go take a look to find out more on this fascinating sport.<br /><br /></div></span></strong><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></strong></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997287681059267082noreply@blogger.com1