Here at ITV Local Yorkshire we have been getting ready for the Hull Film Festival, Glimmer, which kicks off next week. We like Hull, of course we do, but there are those who would give the dear place a bad press. Scoundrels.
Channel Four aught to be ashamed of publishing its “poll” last year, goodness knows who they asked. It placed Hull as the second worst place to live in the country. Here’s a piece I nicked from the Location, Location, Location website
Kingston upon Hull (or should it be Hell?) sits in isolation on the north east coast of England. It’s nabbed the number two spot thanks to some terrible crime stats, and who’s to stop them? Last year, Hull’s boys in blue were named as the joint worst performing force in the UK.
But give a dog a bad name and it’s difficult to shake off. Hundreds of years ago thieves were singing, “From hell, Hull and Halifax may the good Lord deliver us” (Thieves Litany). This was because the poor blighters were apt to be hung on the gibbet if they got caught in either of these towns. Other places were presumably more lenient. Horribly, Yorkshire then must have been the Texas of the UK.
So the questions of the day are two fold.
1. Should Hull reinstall a working gibbet to deal with its hooligans?
2. What do you say in defence of Hull?
Use the comments facility on this blog
Whilst you’re mulling this over have a look at our dedicated coverage of Glimmer which will do much to redeem the true character of Hull.
(Mark Waddington, Channel Manager, ITV Local Yorkshire)
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