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The hall was damaged in bombing in May 1941 during the Hull Blitz [5] of the Second World War and the organ was badly damaged. [2] King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the city to see the damage and attended a concert in the hall in August 1941. [6] The building was restored and the organ comprehensively restored in 1951 following the war ...
Since opening in August 2018, the arena has mainly hosted music acts including Van Morrison, Jack White, The Vamps, Bob Dylan, [5] Paloma Faith, James Arthur, the Courteeners, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Two Door Cinema Club, Texas (band), Westlife, Boyzone, JLS, George Ezra, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Sean Paul, Kaiser Chiefs, The Darkness (band), Pet Shop Boys, Stereophonics ...
Queen Victoria Square is a public square located in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. [1] The square is dedicated to Queen Victoria, and contains numerous buildings including Hull City Hall, the Maritime Museum and Ferens Art Gallery. [2]
Outdoor seating known as parklets are to be removed from Hull city centre, the council has said. Six of the structures were placed in Princes Dock Street, opposite Princes Quay Shopping Centre, in ...
Hull City Hall during the opening event for Hull City of Culture 2017 event. In 2017 Hull was awarded the title of 'City of Culture' by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. [39] There were festivals in public spaces to promote the city and its new title.
Plans began to develop between Hull City Council and the University of Hull, and ultimately the Heritage Lottery Fund made the dream a reality by providing the Hull History Centre with a £7.7 million grant, [2] the largest ever lottery grant for a UK archive project [citation needed]. Building for the centre began in late 2007 and on 25 ...
Hull City Hall illuminated at the opening event for Hull City of Culture 2017 event. On 1 January 2017, the Hull event opened with a fireworks display over the Humber Estuary and a series of sound and light installations which reportedly attracted more than 25,000 visitors.
During Hull's year as UK City of Culture the Maritime Museum played a prominent role in the opening three-month season entitled Made in Hull. At the opening event during the first week the building was one of three in Victoria Square which had multimedia projections displayed on them, attracting over 300,000 visitors. [ 15 ]