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Rob Tyers

@thexclaim6.bsky.social

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Leeds via Leicester. Project Manager. Band member. Ex-zine author. 📚 and records. Punk. Cinema. Old stones. The Long Sixties. Modernism. Weird fiction. Film Noir. JG Ballard. You get the idea…

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Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 3h

A little day trip to one of my favourite British cities - yes, Hull

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A view of a factory shaped like a ship as you enter Hull on the train

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

The iconic 3 Ships mural, saved from demolition even whilst the building around it is smashed up. To be incorporated into the new development

That’s the end of a brief Hull visit - lots of banging stuff not visited this time round, but we did make it to Spin It (best record shop)…

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3 ships mural in Hull

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

A bear spotted in the wild @robpalk.bsky.social

Hofmeister beer mat in the New Clarence, Hull

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

Third and final pub for this visit - The New Clarence. This recently reopened under community ownership, being saved from being converted into flats. A great pub with one of the widest cider selections I’ve seen up north.

I also absolute love a wooden booth in a pub…

The New Clarence pub signage

Pint of bitter and stout in The New Clarence, in a wooden booth

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

Site of the the Hull Brewery Company, which ceased operations in the 1980s. It’s now offices for Unite, amongst others…

Hull Brewery Company site and signage in Hull

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

Second pub - Furley and Co…

Pints of stout in Furley and Co, Hull

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

A big sky and Spurn Point is somewhere in the distance, the 3 mile long spit…all that’s left of various ancient features around here, many of which have been lost to the sea including Ravenser Odd…

Incidentally a punk band I was in once did an LP named Spurn Point…

View over the Humber

Spurn point photo from above

Whipping Post - Spurn Point LP cover

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

Found out the water in the quayside is dyed blue to control algae growth…

Apparently harmless so there’s still carp (apparently fattened up on junk food from the shopping centre next door) and what I assume is a shag but I know very little about birds…

Carp in Hull

A shag ? in Hull

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

Is the fact they serve the mythic HULL PATTIE - a deep fried ball of mash potato and marjoram, served on the side of fish and chips

Perfect pub stodge …

Fish and chips with a Hull Pattie

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

First pub of the day - the classic Lion and Key, first opened in 1812

One of the attractions of coming here though…

Pints of blonde and bitter in cosy pub

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

“Make Hull Great Again” @iamtheowwl.bsky.social

Zoe wearing a leather waistcoat with a Stars and Stripes back patch

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

There’s also plenty of Victoriana, like this great arcade - home of the joke shop that reputedly inspired the one in League of Gentleman…

“Willy Warmer - 1 size, fits most”

Hepworths Arcade, Hull

Fake parking ticket in joke shop window

Willy Warmer in joke shop window

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

In English Journey (1934), JB Priestley describes Hull as “by itself, somewhere in the remote east where England is nearly turning into Holland or Denmark”…

Some of the 30s buildings are gone but sporadically immortalised, like in these miniature models of lost cinemas - spotted in a shop front…

Miniature model of Rialto cinema in Hull

Miniature model of The National cinema

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

18th century depiction of a stoner, with bong…

John Russell portrait from 18th century - man wearing John Lennon style round shades and holding something that looks like a bong 🤷‍♂️

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

Bridget Riley obscured…

Bridget Riley painting in Ferens gallery, Hull, obscured by a staff member sweeping up

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

I also dug this painting of some 70s longhairs. Didn’t catch the artist name…

Painting of some longhairs sitting on / next to a black cab in front of Queen St Haulage sign

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

And ‘Smoke and Mirrors’

This had a trigger warning: “Contains depictions of mediumship, the paranormal and infant mortality”…

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 2h

First up, a visit to the Open Exhibition, an annual celebration of local artists held at the Ferens Art Gallery, which has been running since 1967

To be honest the best things were two automatons/ dioramas by the DMK collective - the first, ‘Last Orders’ 🍺…

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 3h

A little day trip to one of my favourite British cities - yes, Hull

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A view of a factory shaped like a ship as you enter Hull on the train

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 19h

I’d like to read this too. Stumbled on Gordievsky’s story recently when reading about Labour MP Ron Brown - infamous for being suspended when he damaged the Parliament mace during a Poll Tax debate - because Brown reportedly had meetings with him during the Cold War…a minor scandal in the 90s

Ron Brown (Scottish politician) - Wikipedia

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Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 20h

Really enjoyed that, thanks!

And had no idea Claudia Weill is actually related to Kurt Weill

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Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 1d

First time watching this #filmsky

Looking for Mr Goodbar titles

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks a lot!

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 1d

Did a longwinded thread above - I really liked it!

Rob Tyers @thexclaim6.bsky.social · 1d

Also I meant to say - it features a young La Forge

LeVar Burton in Looking for Mr Goodbar