Audio Guide
Click here to open the written version of the tour
[other versions]
Want to know more?
Queen Victoria Square This tells you about the many fine buildings and their history, in what is effectively, the Centre of Hull, the place that Queen Victoria (or at least her statue) resides, surrounded by what many regard as the finest structures in Hull.
Hull during the two World Wars Hull was a prime bombing target in World War 1 and 2. Fine out why, and the consequences here.
Hull’s Cream and multi-coloured Phone Boxes Learn about Hull’s independence from the National Telephone Service (GPO) and how its telephone system and phone boxes developed differently to the rest of the county
Amy Johnson returning to her native city of Hull following her epic flight to Australia in 1930 on Movietone News
Hear the full version of ‘Gloria Victoria’ It’s from the album ‘Songs for Humberside’ recorded in 1971 by Christopher Rowe & Ian Clark.
Now and Then
To see Queen Victoria Square in 2014 and c1910 (Curtesy Hull Daily Mail) Click here
