#OTD in 1943, Hull’s Municipal Museum was destroyed by a bombing raid that started around 2:30am. Firemen arrived but with no water supply from the pipes collections of valuable exhibits were lost. Only stone pillars and walls left standing. #Hull #HulBlitz

Drypool Bridge is currently closed for major repair and strengthening. Here it is on opening in 1961. It replaced an earlier bridge opened in 1888. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Hull

Join us tomorrow for our free talk by the City Archivist, Industrial River: The photographs of William Jackson. Explore Hull's maritime scenes from the 1930s-40s and share your memories too! Hull History Centre, 12:30pm @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

Join City Archivist Martin Taylor on 9 June for a special presentation on colour-blind amateur photographer William Jackson. View photos not featured in our main exhibition and share your own memories of Hull’s maritime history! #Hull @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

We're delighted that our summer exhibition 'Industrial River: The photographs of William Jackson' opens today. Come and let us know what you think. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullwhatson.bsky.social On

Fancy yourself a historian? ‘Tales from Down the Drain’, is looking for volunteers to help conduct historic research and uncover this hidden history. To get involved, sign up for an information session online on 13 July, or in-person at the history centre on 9 July. Register at tinyurl.com/476cevyp

#OTD 50 years ago an agreement between the UK and Iceland ended the Third and last Cod War. Pictured (thanks to Bullnose Heritage Group) is #Hull trawler CS Forester shelled and impounded by Iceland in 1974. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #CodWars

#OTD in 1967 romantic novelist Barbara Cartland wrote to Tony Smythe, general secretary of The National Council for Civil Liberties, about her activism on behalf of the Gypsy community in Herts. and the creation of ‘Barbaraville’. #GypsyRomaTravellerHistoryMonth

Don’t miss our exciting new exhibition, Industrial River: The photographs of William Jackson. A talented, award winning photographer who captured the dramatic scenes of Hull’s waterways in the 1930s-40s. (From 2 Jun) #Hull #openbridgeshull @hulllibraries.bsky.social #RoyalPhotographicSociety

"Happy 70th Birthday to playwright and theatre legend John Godber! Hull History Centre is home to his archives, including material relating to his plays such as 'Bouncers' and 'Up n Under' @hulllibraries.bsky.social @uniofhull.bsky.social

In our latest blog, we uncover the story of the University Staff Cricket Club and its surviving archive collection: hullhistorycentre.blogspot.com/2026/05/staf... #Hull #UniversityCricket @universityofhull.bsky.social

Today we celebrate #WorldRedCrossDay. Ada Hartley, headmistress at Hessle, was awarded a certificate by The Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem in recognition of her War Service with St John’s Ambulance, Hull. #Hull #Hessle #BritishRedCross #StJohnAmbulance

Come and join us for a new craft session on 27 May. You can learn how to make bookmarks and refillable notebooks from old maps and books. All ages welcome. Explore your creative side and find out more here: tinyurl.com/3mtm98bw #crafts @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Our 'Remembering Humberside' exhibition opens today, looking at the attempts to create a Humberside identity, its achievements and how it was viewed by its inhabitants. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Humberside

#OTD 250 years ago, Thomas Earle of #Hull died. His first major work ‘Oceanus’ for Trinity House (1831) and his last, ‘Alexander before mounting Bucephalus’ (1876), housed in the old museum, adorned public spaces across Britain. #arthistory #sculpture @royalacademy.bsky.social

In our latest blog we take a look at the research collection of T.W. Bamford, an academic whose work defines our understand of the University's early history: tinyurl.com/pwhcxsj4 #Hull @ucl.ac.uk

Yesterday in 1803 George Wallis #Hull gunmaker and antiquarian died, age 71. He set up the towns first museum in the 1780s at 20 Mytongate, where he charged 1 shilling for entry. Housing all manner of arms and armour, his collection was sold in lots in 1834. #Gunsmiths @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Yesterday we had the pleasure to exhibit at the History and Archives in Practice conference at the University of Sheffield - with thanks to @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy for inviting us!

Do Hull Folk Not Use The Kingston Name Because Of A Royal Dispute? Amy Thompson, our Urban Mythbuster, heads down @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social to discover if we say Hull and not Kingston Upon Hull because of a row with the king. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2w8ccphe @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Yesterday in 1861 the US Civil War began. William Shelton, alias Stapleton, joined the 11 Massachusetts Infantry (Union) in the last year of the war. He died in #Hull almost 60 years later in 1922 and lived on Clough Road. His military grave was erected in 1930. @ACWMuseum @Boston_Archives

In our latest blog we highlight one of our newly catalogued collections, showcasing the stories of East Riding veterans who served in the Italian Campaign during WWII: hullhistorycentre.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

It was a privilege and a pleasure to welcome Guljar Singh Gola and his family yesterday to celebrate the life of his late father Sewa Singh Gola, a founding father of #Hull's Sikh community. Thank you! @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social

We’ve got Easter craft tables set up in our Arcade, Thursday 2 April, if you fancy making an Easter bonnet/crown like this one. Free, all welcome. Children must be accompanied by an appropriate adult. #Hull #Easter

To celebrate #WorldBookNight join us on 23 April for a special evening event. Learn about the significance and stories around some of our unique and lesser requested items. Book here: tinyurl.com/b4rwaw56 @WorldBookNight @hulllibraries.bsky.social

To celebrate @WorldPoetryDay we look at Rev. Thomas Browne. Educated at Hull Grammar, later editor of the Advertiser, he wrote many poems in the Yorkshire dialect. His posthumous work, Poems on Several Occasions was published in 1800. @YDialect #poetry #Hull

We're delighted to announce that Hull University Archives has been awarded an Archives Revealed grant to catalogue the archive of @HullTruck which will make accessible one of #Hull's most important cultural archives. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @HullStory

On 4 April to mark Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year), we welcome Guljar Singh Gola for a special event honouring the life of his late father, Sewa Singh Gola (1938-2024). For more details please see the event listing on our website: tinyurl.com/4scbk9c5 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @SikhAllianceYorkshire

We're delighted to be hosting an exhibition by Wilderspin National School - a unique story of the ambition and endurance of infant education pioneer Samuel Wilderspin; A ‘Journey’ which ended at Barton on Humber and Hull in 1840s. Until 26 March. @hulllibraries.bsky.social

55 years ago, yesterday, BBC Radio Humberside officially launched from Jameson Street via the m.v Miranda in the North Sea. The station covered the largest geographical area of any BBC station at the time. Today, it emits from Dock Street, Queens Gardens. BBC Humberside #Radio #Hull

With the news that Carling Black Label is returning, read our blog on the origins of Carling beer which goes back to the Carling family of Etton, 12 miles from Hull tinyurl.com/yc5mhum6 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @uniofhull library

With the news that Carling Black Label is returning, read our blog on the origins of Carling beer which goes back to the Carling family of Etton, 12 miles from Hull tinyurl.com/yc5mhum6 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Here's the old bus station when new in 1935. Thanks to today's reorganisation of @EYBuses service, those of us who commute to the east of the city centre are going to see a lot more of its successor! @hulllibraries.bsky.social

In our latest blog we peak behind the curtains of the male-dominated academic world of the 1950s, uncovering a hidden story of women working together to support themselves and the University of Hull: tinyurl.com/36msmxb2 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

With #WinterOlympics starting we look back at Tom Longstaff. Awarded Gold at the games in 1924, he was born in #Hull in 1876. He was the first to climb +7000 metres and even took part in the Everest Expedition of 1922. Image from his book. @RoyalGeographicalSociety @UniversityofOxford @TheAlpineClub

#OTD in 1968, Harry Eddon was found as the sole survivor of the #RossCleveland which sank off Ísafjörður, Iceland, where it was sheltering from a blizzard. Part of the larger Triple Trawler Tragedy, which claimed 58 lives in January-February 1968. #Hull #StRomanus #KingstonPeridot

We recently posted about the newly revealed archaeology of the old town walls. Several courses of brick have survived below our feet, which date to the 14th Century. You can find out more on the BBC here: tinyurl.com/bdfa36xs Image: Location of area on 1715 plan of #hull @HumberFieldArchaeology

#OTD 885 years ago, William le Gros, Lord of Holderness fought at The Battle of Lincoln along with King Stephen, who was captured and William fled. He previously fought at battle of the Standard and later founded Meaux Abbey. @BritishLibrary: Arundel MS 48 , f.168v. #Holderness

We like an architectural folly - and we've helped The Folly Flâneuse with images for her blog about one at Hedon, supposedly the tomb of Albina wife of Drogo of Holderness - for whom see Prof Barbara English's article on BBC news website last Xmas Day. thefollyflaneuse.com/albinas-tomb...

#OTD 150 years ago John Bacchus Dykes died. Born in Hull in 1823, he learnt to play piano and violin, later composing over 300 hymn tunes, including one of the most famous maritime Hymns, ‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save’. #Hull @durhamcathedral.bsky.social @USNavyBand

One of the first departments established at @uniofhull.bsky.social was Zoology. In our latest blog we explore some recently discovered letters that give us a fascinating insight into the work of the first Head, Professor Alister Clavering Hardy. tinyurl.com/yh9ewue6 #Hull @royalsociety.org

This is good - they've found a stretch of Hull's medieval northern walls, in about the highlighted area on this section of the Tudor plan. @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social

@uniofhull.bsky.social @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social @hullhistorynerd.bsky.social

Yesterday in 1903, Harry Houdini performed at the Palace Theatre, exhibiting there several times. He jumped from Corporation Pier in 1914 and parts of his film, Haldane of the Secret Service were filmed here: tinyurl.com/h6h5d752 (Image: Houdini in the Humber) #Hull #HarryHoudini

We're open to the public today, Saturday 20 December 9.30-12.30 and then Tuesday 23 9.30-4.30. We're then have our Christmas break and reopen Saturday 2 January 2026 at 9.30. Best wishes to all our users for Christmas and the New Year. (Image: Queens Gardens, 1957)

Yesterday marks the 20th Birthday to the History Centre Partnership - signed in 2005 between @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social and @uniofhull.bsky.social It provided the firm foundation to establish with HeritageFundUK support a then ground-breaking joint archives service.

Don't miss out last talk of the year tomorrow at 12.30. ‘Larkin and Ted Tarling: a developing friendship’ by Graham Chesters of the @plsoc.bsky.social. Admission is free - as are the mince pies! There is also a small accompanying exhibition. @VisitHullEvents @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries

#OTD in 1734 the iconic King Billy statue was officially opened. Made by Flemish sculptor P. Scheemakers it replaced an earlier Market Cross. It has served as a landmark in the city ever since. The image is the earliest depiction in 1735. #PeterScheemakers #Hull

Sewa Singh Gola was one of the first Sikhs to move to Hull in the 1970s, and a founding member of the first gurdwara in the city. We are currently working with his family to create an archive about Sewa’s life and the wider Sikh community in Hull www.itv.com/watch/news/h...

We reopen today after our stocktaking closure. Excellent work by the team on cataloguing building plan files (Building Control and City Architect's) and repackaging Local Studies photographs so they're easier to retrieve and use. @hulllibraries.bsky.social #Hull

Last chance to see our newest exhibit, Tracks Through Time: The Story of Hull's Railways which will be taken down on 11 December. If you haven't seen it, do come along and find out some interesting facts you may not have known! @Railway200 #Hull #HistoryoftheRailway