Hallo everybody, welcome to the Hull History Nerd website! On here you will find handy links to the videos, social media, and sometimes links that will expand on some of the topics in the videos themselves. I'll also be keeping you up to date with upcoming episodes, new series and general stuff about the channel.
As we move out of 2019 and the start of Hull History Nerd with the popular History of Hull: Railways series, what does the future hold? And where do I go when I run out of Hull's history to look at? There is a long term plan, fortunately, so read on and let me know which of the following projects you're looking forward to!
HISTORY OF HULL: DOCKS - coming January 2020
The next in the flagship series of the channel might well be the biggest and most important; if you know anything at all about Hull, it's probably that it's a port, and that relationship with the sea has been a defining characteristic of the city ever since before it was even called Hull. In this series, I'll be charting the birth of the city, entwined as it is with its role as a port, the Old Haven along the River Hull, and I'll be looking at the various docks, their trades, and their histories. We'll be following Hull's maritime fortunes from its rise to becoming Britain's third port, through the rise of the fishing industry and it's fall as a result of the Icelandic Cod Wars. Coinciding with the city's role as Yorkshire's Maritime City, I will be working with the city's museums to make this a detailed and informative series!
HISTORY OF HULL: URBAN GROWTH - Coming Summer 2020
Cities grow in often bizarre ways, the patterns of which can still be seen today; do you know why all of the main routes that lead away from the city centre break into a dual carriageway with a large grassy central reservation at a certain point? Why Spring Bank was the last main route out of the city to be built up? Why there is a seemingly random graveyard next to Castle Street and Railway Dock? This series unravels Hull's growth and answers all of these questions and more!
DIESELS - ongoing
An occasional series of short films, each one looking at a particular class or family of classes of diesel locomotives from the last 70 years of British Railways. If you've ever wanted to know anything more about the design, history, purpose and fate of these magnificent big growly beasts, this is the series for you.
OLD YORKSHIRE - Ongoing
This series will consist of occasional short films about various historical sites dotted around Yorkshire, such as the already published first episode about Skipsea Castle and it's founder, the infamous Drogo, close chum of William the Conqueror; the Rudston Monolith near Bridlington; the lighthouses of Spurn Point; Meaux Abbey; Flamborough Castle; and the Halsham Mausoleum.
LOST RAILWAYS OF YORKSHIRE - from 2020
As the first series of History of Hull, the Railways series, proved so popular, I've had a lot of people asking if I am going to do similar videos about the numerous other abandoned railways across the county, and of course I am, because I love disused railways every bit as much as you do! As with the History of Hull, these films tend to be longer, but I'll be travelling to sites along the length of the old trackbed and visiting old station buildings, signals, tunnels and bridges whilst discussing the history of the lines. The Malton and Driffield Railway, the York and Beverley line, the Scarborough to Whitby, and many more are in my sights for this series!
And as for the far future? Expect a series on the History of Beverley, a small town with a long history; standalone History of Hull episodes focussing on such topics as the bridges of the River Hull; and standalone History of... episodes on Hedon, Hornsea, Withernsea and Cottingham. There's a lot of history to get through just around these parts!
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