I love reading about a story and seeing someone trying to make good if it (and for once it doesn’t involve MP expenses)
In fact, its rather close to home – an island in the River Ouse near Goole that is up for sale.
I’m banging a particular drum again this week, about how we always seem to be at the bottom of league tables, surveys and labelled as the “worst place to live”
I came across Country Life magazine earlier this week, which has ranked East Yorkshire as the worse country in England. They compiled a list of the 40 counties and rated them from the best (Devon) to the worst (us), and then put everyone else somewhere in between.
While I can understand the fuss made about Google Street maps from a privacy point of view, it’s still rather amazing to get such stunningly clear photos on a street level.
I’m actually more inclined to kick up a fuss about Google’s choice of location. I mean, understandably, it takes time to film the whole of the country and you have to prioritise some places over others. But for Google to choose 25 top cities and not include Hull in the list is simply unbelievable!
A quote from the Yorkshire Post on Tuesday:
“People in Hull are a romantic bunch – and that’s official”
It reports that a survey, carried out by Flying Flowers, suggests we are actually old romantics at heart as people in Hull send more bunches of flowers than anyone else in the country on Valentine’s Day.
Interesting article on the Yorkshire Business Desk this week about Hull trying to escape the economic downturn.
They interviewed Hull Forward’s Chief Executive – John Holmes – about how he sees the City growing and developing over the coming years.
I feel as though I’ve lost the plot a little.
Did anyone else see the news last week about the Icelandic appeal? They have sent over a 20ft container filled with jumpers so our pensioners in Hull could keep warm in the chilly winter months
So, at last, the Government are due to give their official response to Sir Michael Pitt’s reviews into the flooding last year.
The biggest surprise so far is the Hull Daily Mail article this morning which suggested that many of us are not facing up to the threat of flooding.
No doubt everyone is suffering from the increased energy bills, but you forget the impact it has on local Councils. When was the last time you looked at a street lamp in the middle of the night and wondered if you could make it home in the pitch black instead?
Can you believe that some authorities have switched off street and road lights at night to save money?
The Hull Daily Mail article about the hotel that has provided a Hull-to-English translation made me chuckle.
The usual confusion starts with expressions like these:
| “Arm from ‘ull” | A Hull resident |
| “I gorra curld” | I have a cold |
| “Dernt nerr” | I don’t know |
| “Let’s take a skeg” | Can I have a look? |
| “Summatup?” | Is something troubling you? |
| “Shurrup” | Please be quiet |
| “Yer foreva merning” | You spend a lot of time complaining |
| “I’m ‘avin a smerk” | I am having a cigarette |
| “Gizza lift” | Please can I have ride |
| “Goin’ down ‘ezzle rerd” | I’m going shopping in Hessle Road |
| “Ner Smerkin” | No smoking allowed |
| “Arm off erm” | I’m heading off home now |
| “Arse serena” | Ice Arena |
| “There’s nowt innit” | There’s nothing inside |
| “Tarrar” | Goodbye |
| “Lerds” | Plenty |
| “Gorrit for nowt” | It was free / I didn’t pay for it |
| “Er nerr” | An expression of dismay |
| “Worralot” | That’s quite a few |
| “I’ll bray yer eddin’” | I’m about to beat you up |
| “Can I borrow ur fern?” | May I use your telephone? |
And finally, one of the biggest grudges in the area:
Yet again I hear about another Hull bashing on the grapevine.
Research done for the B&Q’s Brighten Up Britain bid has reported that Hull is the dullest place to live in Britain!
We got 17% of the vote – which was even more than Milton Keynes (11%) and then Birmingham (9%)…
I never used to be this defensive about Hull, but with nearly 1 in 5 people voting for us, someone needs to take a stand…
