Joined: May 12 2011 Posts: 3338 Location: West Hull
Thought the projections in Victoria Square were amazing, and really liked seeing the Hullywood Icons which I've followed on facebook this year. Didn't enjoy the deep as much because I was surrounded by kids screaming through the whole thing but that's what you get I suppose, would have liked to see it again.
Once again the public transport companies in Hull dropped an absolute clanger not putting on any extra services, especially trains to Beverley and the EY coast that apparently stop before 9pm.
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A mate of mine live on Bowl Alley lane and he said the buzz in town has been amazing all week, even today with the turbine blade arriving he said it's been a hive of activity. I'm going to go to as many events as possible as this is such a great occasion for our city to really come to life and hopefully bring a great vibe around the place. Yeah there has been one or two little niggles but let's get behind it.
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ComeOnYouUll wrote:Then blame the shops and cafes for not being open. Hardly the fault of the organising committee.
You do kind of make a valid point. We need the evening economy in Hull to boom. Last week was excellent but I imagine this coming week it'll be very quiet around the city centre. We need more restaurants in the centre.
Surely they should be putting out a city wide apb - build and they will come!
Quote:The opening project, Made in Hull, in which light and sound installations were projected on buildings across the city every evening, brought in 342,000 visitors. It made Hull far and away the most visited attraction in the UK last week, beating both the British Museum and Tate Modern.
Plemty of national media coverage this week, this is a good article
Quote:The opening project, Made in Hull, in which light and sound installations were projected on buildings across the city every evening, brought in 342,000 visitors. It made Hull far and away the most visited attraction in the UK last week, beating both the British Museum and Tate Modern.
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I thought the event was nothing short of brillant. Both the spectacle and the organisation. I was immensely proud of the city. The work that has been done to improve the image of the city, both culturally and physically, with the improvements to the pavings, brickwork, lighting, planting and generally around the Fruit Market should be commended in my opinion.
I went to see Made in Hull for the second time on Saturday night with my Granddad. He came home beaming, and was very emotional during the Blitz scene.
Apparently, over 300,000 people visited Hull last week, with over 100,000 just on Saturday (according the Guardian). That has to be above even the wildest expectation for the first week. Yes, there was a touch of congestion, I'm not sure what you could do about it with that many people. In my experience (and I went on the busiest nights, opening and last night) it was completely manageable and there were ways around it if you wanted to find them.
Frankly I've not seen anything that has affected me so much since the 2012 opening ceremony. Well done to the organisers and the volunteers on an unquestionable success.
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This is Hull - absolutely brilliant show. A couple of issues need to be adressed though.
1. We have a superb Park & Ride at Hessle which was closed in the evenings - we took an hour to get through the A63 to Princess Qua by which time we didn't have time to get round all the venues. We should be making the most of our assets.
2. No food/beverage stalls available particularly down Whitefriargate
paperboy wrote:This is Hull - absolutely brilliant show. A couple of issues need to be adressed though.
1. We have a superb Park & Ride at Hessle which was closed in the evenings - we took an hour to get through the A63 to Princess Qua by which time we didn't have time to get round all the venues. We should be making the most of our assets.
2. No food/beverage stalls available particularly down Whitefriargate
But well done to all involved
They didnt want stalls clogging up the areas where thousands were walking. The litter problem would have been even worse. There are plenty of Chippy's, bars, cafe's - if they chose not to open then they have missed out on a lot of money as the ones that did open were rammed and takings will have been very high
paperboy wrote:This is Hull - absolutely brilliant show. A couple of issues need to be adressed though.
1. We have a superb Park & Ride at Hessle which was closed in the evenings - we took an hour to get through the A63 to Princess Qua by which time we didn't have time to get round all the venues. We should be making the most of our assets.
2. No food/beverage stalls available particularly down Whitefriargate
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