Food for Thought
In 2018/9 members of the Hull Refugee Council Women’s Group recreated traditional dishes from home. From Ethiopia, Syria, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Somalia. When the women… Read more Food for Thought →
Whitefriargate Memories
copyright Hull Daily Mail Hull City Council received funding from Historic England to unlock the potential of Hull Old Town, fuelling economic, social and cultural recovery and breathing new life into… Read more Whitefriargate Memories →
Ships in the Sky
Ships in the Sky is a film, oral history and exhibition project by artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson, supported by Hull Libraries and funded by the James Reckitt Library Trust.… Read more Ships in the Sky →
Untold HCAFC
Untold HCAFC is a project that recorded memories around Hull City Football Club. You can download a copy of the booklet here: Untold HCAFC Booklet Here’s what Glynis Charlton, Phil… Read more Untold HCAFC →
Moved
Most people can pinpoint one experience of art – a piece of music, an image, a film, a fashion statement – that impacted upon their life, made them stop in… Read more Moved →
Creative Journeys
Creative Journeys was a project that used Shirley Goodsell’s paintings of Hull’s old town as a starting point for a series of creative writing workshops. Three workshops were led by… Read more Creative Journeys →
A Child of War
Based on the memoirs of Jean Willerton (nee Ellis), A Child of War tells the story of a young child’s experience of evacuation during the World War II. Hull born… Read more A Child of War →
I Live Hull
In partnership with HMP Hull this project explores Hull and Hullness through storytelling and memory sharing. “As Librarian at HMP Hull I work with prisoners in an informal but secure… Read more I Live Hull →
A Time To Tell – Stories of Hull Community Development
A Time to Tell is a small collection of oral histories that reflect on community development work, carried out by people in Hull from the 1970s to 2017. The memories… Read more A Time To Tell – Stories of Hull Community Development →
The Stranger’s Tale
With stories of human kindness, joy, alienation, discrimination and connection The Stranger’s Tale documents a rich tapestry of diverse human experience and narrative which celebrates life in Hull as experienced… Read more The Stranger’s Tale →
Hull Songs and Stories
‘HullSongs’ is a Duffy-Howard Music project, gathering songs and stories about Hull. It is inspired by people who come to Loudhailer Acoustic nights and features contributions from Karl Oakes, Redeye… Read more Hull Songs and Stories →
I Remember…
‘I Remember…’ captures the experiences of women from World War I to modern conflicts through photography, poetry and sound. Photojournalist Lee Karen Stow writes: ‘Women in Hull and the… Read more I Remember… →
Zine Workshops with GROUND
Throughout the spring and summer of 2016, Ground collaborated with Untold Hull on a series of Zine-making workshops, which collected stories from community groups around Hull. The workshops took place… Read more Zine Workshops with GROUND →