December 2023. Hull.
£28.30 for the train to Hull (at least I had a seat and a charging point). But it was a great trip, not just for three classic pubs but some unexpected street art in the heart of the industrial quarter, which doesn’t yet have a name so I suggest we call it Hull N/4. I am marketing genius.
Leaving the Old Bull & Bush I find a chap on a bike zoom up towards me. He has a Chinese takeaway in his bright orange bag.
“Oi mate, do you know where the theatre is”. I haven’t a clue (does he mean the Truck ?) and point, aimlessly, and he zooms off, equally aimlessly.
And then I reach an astonishing area of art round about Wincolmlee.
Yes, that’s the Wincolmlee famous for this backstreet classic;
Sadly the Whalebone had gone the way of all classic backstreet pubs, so I press on alongside the docks,
where the art gets better and better.
You’d pay a tenner to see this in an exhibition in Shoreditch.
It’s SO good, I almost forget I’m in an industrial estate in Hull in the dark, possibly yards from a red light area.
The docks are as striking as the art, to be honest.
Last time here I was witness to a ferocious argument between two young lovers that would later form the basis of an award winning BBC documentary starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Ronald McDonald,
Really lovely. So nice I almost forgot I needed a wee.
Just in time,
the sign pointed me to a pub…
retiredmartin 
I think there’s a need for a “thataway” sign-writer in many parts of the country, primarily Newark Northgate station, obviously, but your example in Hull is a good start.
Fortunately I know where the facilities can be found in my house, which saves me the trouble of taking the train to Hull for a pee.
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That Moors’ & Robson’s Breweries sign must be no later than 1960 when they were taken over by Hewitts of Grimsby who before long were part of Bass Charrington.
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That stretch of graffiti art is Bankside Gallery.
Some great pub tips for my next Hull trip! I was a student there in the late 80’s, I used to enjoy the George and haven’t been back since.
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Thanks, it did look like a gallery of sorts. Always great to be surprised by that.
You’ll love my last Hull pub.
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