Take a trip down ... THE WAY WE CARED
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OVER the next six weeks, this special collectable photo series will explore what it was like to live, work and play in Hull, from the 19th century to more recent decades.
Faces, places and moments in history are frozen in time in our unique picture archives, and putting this series together has turned up many images that haven’t been seen since the first time they were used in our pages. Through them, we want to tell the stories of our communities, through good times and bad. Stories that show the long legacy of caring that we see continued today in the dedication and sacrifice of our NHS heroes. Stories of familiar street scenes that show how much has changed in our neighbourhoods – and how much has not.
Stories of the fads and fashions, the music we listened to and the clothes we wore.
Each week we will look at a different aspect of life in Hull over the years, focusing on themes as varied as fashion, the workplace, family life and transport.
Don’t miss your chance every Tuesday over the next six weeks to complete your own Memory Lane 96-page souvenir edition that you can look at time and time again.
You can also order your own high-quality photographic print copy of any picture you see in these pages. To find out more, visit www.mirrorpix.com
And as if this wasn’t enough, don’t forget to check out www.memorylane.co.uk, the
UK’S new website, packed full of amazing pictures and memories from years gone by.
We hope you enjoy reading Memory Lane as much as we’ve had fun finding these great images and putting it all together!
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Soldiers helping to clear up the wreckage after a raid on the Humber pause for a welcome refresher in May 1941
A Naval UXB team posing with a unexploded bomb which had been disarmed in a quay area during the Second World War. The method for removing a fuse would have been quite different to this posed picture
No date, names or location but these residents are still smiling, despite, in the very least, having all of their windows smashed by a bomb blast
Broken windows and shredded curtains but still smiling – no location but this Hull family are still in good spirits despite suffering bomb damage by German raiders
Fireman dealt with a fire at the Seamer Products Toy Factory in Eastbourne Street, Hull, on January 30, 1960. Here they damp down after managing to put flames out sufficiently to enter the building
Ten-year-old David Oxtoby acted as a victim for a Hull Fire Brigade demonstration at the annual inspection at Hull Central Fire Station in July 1956
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Special training in the smoke chamber for these Hull firemen on April 7, 1961
Ffrom left, firemen Jim Adamson, Eddie Grout and John Norris, officer Peter Rose and fireman Keith Winters at the rear of the Hull Central Fire Station checking over tenders in February 1973
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Firemen work to put out the flames at the Palais in Hull on January 13, 1931. The gutted building was photographed from a high vantage point on a neighbouring building
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We have no date for this image of a Seafarers Service, held aboard the RNLI Lifeboat the William Henry and Mary King on the south beach at Bridlington, but dress indicates that it is either late 1960s or early 1970s
A dramatic moment of impact for the Flamborough Lifeboat when is launched into the sea for an exercise at the North Landing, Flamborough on April 14, 1980
Bank holiday crowds gather at North Landing, Flamborough, for the launching ceremony of the Friendly Forester for Flamborough Lifeboat Flag Day on May 25, 1981
The scene at the 150th anniversary of the Humber Lifeboat Station at Spurn Point on June 23, 1960 The Bishop of Hull, the Rt Rev GF Townley conducted the service, assisted by the vicar of Easington, the Rev LA Erving
Police dogs on parade on April 6, 1961, during training at Sutton with PC Martinson and Gowan, PC Harris and Yogi, PC Matchan and Raider and PC B Ehlert and Yana
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A new fleet of blue and white Ford Anglia panda vans prompted a news article in the Hull Daily Mail, with a photographer capturing this white police van on patrol in north Hull on June 21, 1967
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PC David East checks in with Sgt Glen Cuthbertson during his evening patrol in the Hull city centre on August 5, 1987
These police dogs were pictured on an inspection parade for police to brass on October 21, 1966
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PC A Knaggs showed how a police horse can help control crowds during a demonstration conducted by the Hull City Police mounted division to school boys on March 15, 1965
It was a case of many hands make light work as metalwork teacher Keith Sutton and his racing team, from left, John Pearson, Chris Marshall, Paul Robinson, James Poulon and John Kitching put one of their karts through its paces on September 27, 1985, in the run-up to a competition
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Newland High School, now Newland School for Girls, presented the Newland School Choir and Orchestra, who were winners of the 14 and under class at Hull Music Festival on March 7, 1989
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From left, Sarah Fussey, Kelly Burgoyne, Paul Marshall, Matthew Vodden, Catherine Fleming and James Khan preparing for some gardening at Hessle Junior School on December 2, 1986
Ben Judge, who played Bobby Cooke in the musical Blackout, getting carried away during rehearsals for Sidmouth Junior High School’s production on July 23, 1986 32
Pupils at Wyke Junior High School in Hull really put their April Fool feet in it when headmaster Mr Brian Drakeford told them all to take their shoes and socks off ready for a foot inspection by the school nurse on April 1, 1987. Here, teacher Mr Fendly breaks the joke to them ... and joins in!
Feet were made for walking and that’s just what they did ... all the way from Bridlington to Filey. It was the fourth 20-mile walk for some Derringham School pupils who received these commemorative badges on May 24, 1988 34
Beverley College lecturer John Anstess entered the spirit of fun when he played an errant schoolboy with a catapult during the Children in Need Appeal on December 19, 1986
A smile from the pupils at Withernwick School in May 1965
Beverley Grammar School pupils cleaning up classroom desks in their effort to help Ethiopian famine victims on February 27, 1985
Alice Nettleton and 13-year-old Debo Mofoken deep in conversation over lunch at Cottingham High School when a session was held to bridge the generation gap on October 1, 1987
It’s night-time but the work of the Princess Royal Hospital on Saltshouse Road in Hull still goes on. Here, two nurses attended an emergency case brought in by ambulance on October 14, 1961 www.mirrorpix.com desk@mirrorpix.com 02072 933700