Re: City of culture : Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:30 pm  

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.

Re: City of culture : Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:17 pm  

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.

Re: City of culture : Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:20 pm  

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!

Re: City of culture : Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:10 pm  

Plemty of national media coverage this week, this is a good article https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/08/hopes-for-sustaining-hull-cultural-momentum-rest-on-the-blade?CMP=share_btn_fb 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 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/08/hopes-for-sustaining-hull-cultural-momentum-rest-on-the-blade?CMP=share_btn_fb 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.

Re: City of culture : Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:11 pm  

Couldn't agree more fields of fire

Re: City of culture : Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:58 am  

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.

Re: City of culture : Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:43 am  

Was there any need for the language near the bottom of the article in the Guardian?

Re: City of culture : Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:24 am  

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

Re: City of culture : Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:31 am  

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

Re: City of culture : Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:47 am  

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

Park and Ride was open...?