A VANISHED RAILWAY STATION AND A DISAPPEARING DOCK

We now arrive to a point just north of the city centre, where we find the site of the Hull &Barnsley Railway's Cannon Street terminus. It had been intended to extend further into the city, so the station was built of wood, as a temporary measure that became permanent.

A busy scene at Cannon Street, before the signal box closed. Passenger services ceased in 1924, with trains being diverted to Paragon.

Here's another view, clearly showing the platforms, 1930s.

By 1969, the site was derelict.

Today, Cannon Street station site has been redeveloped and the only things remaining are the station gates.

Not far away, on Wincolmlee, facing the River Hull is an excellent boozer, the Whalebone. Back in 2003 it even had its own brewery. Sadly, the landlord, shown here, is no longer with us.

The River Hull is navigable, so bridges have to lift in order that vessels can safely pass under. This one seems to be permanently open, as the factory it served is closed.

The river, even today, is busy with commercial traffic......

......but it used to be even busier!

From the River Hull, there was a lock leading into Queens Dock, right in the heart of the city.

Queens Dock was later filled in, to become Queens Gardens. I'm informed that old buses were used as part of the infill. It would be interesting to dig them up!

Between Queens Dock and Princes Dock is the City Hall, where trams from all part of Hull converged.

Today, many of the city's bus routes serve the City Hall, on their way to and from the Interchange at Paragon station.

Opposite is what remains of Princes Dock, seen here in 1911.

Two more views of Princes Dock, when still in commercial use.

Today, Princes Dock is mainly used by pleasure craft, but there are a couple of historic vessels kept here.

Facing Princes Dock is a fine new pub, with a range of real beers. Furley & Co. is its name.

In the next post, we'll look at Hull's other inner docks, the mouth of the River Hull, the ferries and the old town.

HULL

As we proceed along Anlaby Road towards the centre of Hull, we pass the Royal Infirmary, where a group of nurses were photographed around 1945. One of them is my mother.

Hull's main railway station, Paragon, built by the North Eastern Railway, had an entrance on Anlaby Road.

Here's the main entrance, facing the city centre.

The platform ends in NER days.

LNER, ex H&BR, 2427 at Hull Paragon, after the closure of Cannon Street (Hull's other station _ we'll be going there in the next post).

A BRCW DMU at Hull Paragon, 1983.

Like most major stations, Paragon had a station pilot, here performed by 08567 in 1986.

Most of today's services are run by Northern and Trans Pennine.

Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation Transport (KHCT) used Ferensway bus station, adjacent to Paragon railway station. Here's a Metropolitan 'decker.

There was a depot at Ferensway too, found in 1980 to be holding a Leyland Panther.

Meanwhile, here's a Scania of KHCT, in the bus station.

KHCT sold out to the Stagecoach Group and the stripes soon took over.

Today, the bus and railway stations have been combined - a good example of how things can and should be done. Stagecoach's new livery is demonstrated here.

Hull's other major operator was/is East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS). In the earlier National Bus Company days, a dark blue colour scheme was employed.

Red replaced the blue, but that colour re-appeared on Routemasters!

EYMS today is part of the Go Ahead Group and the buses always look really smart.

With the opening of the Humber Bridge, Lincolnshire Road Car was able to access Hull.

Deregulation saw various independents emerge, one of which, City Central, briefly brought back the old "Corporation Transport" livery.

Pride of the Road also ran services for a few years.

Time now to head into the city centre, when trams ran along George Street.

Here's a busy tramway scene.

Central Hull suffered terribly during the Second World War. This is 1941.

The trams just survived the war, but were soon replaced with trolleybuses.

An independent, Connor & Graham, used a termnating point away from Ferensway. Buses over the years included an ancient Guy Arab and a Bedford VAL.

Nearby is one of Hull's best free houses, the Hop & Vine.

There's a big Wetherspoons, the Admiral of the Humber, in the city centre.

At the end of the same street, the much more traditional Punch Hotel.

We'll now jump on this road train.....

.....and we'll find out where it takes us in the next post.

ST ANDREWS AND ALBERT DOCKS

We begin our tour of Hull's Western Docks at the Hull & Barnsley Railway's Neptune Street Goods Depot.

 This view is of the Neptune Street depot in the 1930s and shows the Subway signal box, the only known photo of it (Thanks to Mick Nicholson).

Here's a bird's eye view of the westernmost dock, St. Andrews. Both NER and H&BR sidings are seen. The dock is full of trawlers and most of Hull's fish was landed here.

LNER 561 shunts St Andrews Dock in 1931.

A postcard view of the fish dock.

Another scene at St Andrews Dock in the 1930s.

Albert Dock in 1925.

Alongside Albert Dock was Riverside Quay, used by passenger rail services meeting immigrants.

A busy scene at Riverside Quay in the 1930s.

Leaving the western docks behind, we head north through the built up area to Anlaby Road, where we find another tram route.

Anlaby Road traversed the NER's line into Hull Paragon station by this busy level crossing, since replaced by a flyover.

On the eastern side of today's flyover is the main depot of East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS).

The city of Hull once had several pubs owned by Darley's Brewery of Thorne. The King Edward VII, on Anlaby Road, was one of them. (Photographer unknown).

The next post will see us in Hull city centre with its bus and railway stations.