Hull Daily Mail (UK) back issues from June 2009:
Super start to top-flight life
Jun 01, 2009 ... It was 104 years coming - but it was certainly worth the wait. Written off as no hopers by almost everybody before a ball hadeven been kicked - Hull City started proving the doubters wrong fromday one. Setting out in their first ever season in the Premier League withjust one ...
Don't do it again, Phil
Jun 01, 2009 ... Sat dejected and bewildered on the pitch as Phil Brown beratedthem for their performances, Hull City's stars looked shell-shocked. The now infamous Boxing Day half-time team talk at ManchesterCity has become one of the defining images of the Premier Leagueseason. It was a ...
Highs disappear as city stumble
Jun 01, 2009 ... When Phil Brown's men displayed all their fighting qualities tosecure a comeback victory over Middlesbrough at the KC Stadium, nofan would have realised how long they would wait to see another win. Indeed, they would not witness another Premier League victory atthe KC ...
Frustration in transfer window
Jun 01, 2009 ... City's failure to successfully bring in - and retain - strikersin their first Premier League campaign was a major feature of theirseason. And it was in September that chairman Paul Duffen and managerPhil Brown made their boldest move in the transfer market. Launching an ...
Briers: I owed boys drop goal
Jun 01, 2009 ... Warrington's match-winner Lee Briers split his family's loyaltieswith his extra-time drop-goal which beat Hull KR 25-24 and booked aChallenge Cup semi-final date with Wigan. Briers' girlfriend is the daughter of former Rovers favouriteDave Hall, while her brother is Hull FC's Craig ...
We must learn from our loss
Jun 01, 2009 ... Coach Justin Morgan wants Hull KR to learn their lessons from thenail-biting 25-24 Challenge Cup quarter final defeat to Warrington. He was delighted with Rovers' effort levels, but blamed poor execution for their sudden-death extra-time exit. Morgan's disappointment was clear ...
Cusack eyes up early Hull return
Jun 01, 2009 ... Hull Fc prop Peter Cusack is refusing to rule out a return toaction this season. The 32-year-old Australian will spend at least three months onthe sidelines following wrist reconstruction surgery. Hull's vice captain dislocated his wrist in the home defeat toWarrington two ...
We have to get back on track
Jun 01, 2009 ... Paul Cooke insists Hull KR will have no Challenge Cup hangoverwhen they return to Super League action at Huddersfield thisFriday. Lee Briers' extra-time drop- goal condemned Rovers to a 25-24defeat against Warrington. The Robins suffered a similar fate last season, losing a ...
Horne 'gets shirty' for testimonial derby date
Jun 01, 2009 ... Hull Fc fans are being offered the chance to get their hands onnext season's derby shirt now. An exclusive limited edition rugby jersey has been produced tocelebrate Richard Horne's Testimonial year. Only 1,250 of these jerseys have been manufactured, eachindividually ...
Team to fight fire risk door to door
Jun 01, 2009 ... Thousands of East Yorkshire homes are to get a visit from a newdoor-to-door fire safety team as part of a drive to cut accidentalhouse blazes. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has hired 12 civilians tovisit house-fire hot spots between now and November 2011. Believed to be ...
Tigers - highs and heartbreaks
Jun 01, 2009 ... Lights pan across the audience, screens flash information and music booms from speakers. The atmosphere at Hull Truck is more like an arena than a theatrefor its latest production, Confessions Of A City Supporter. And given that this fast-moving and funny production is about ...
When coal's in your soul
Jun 01, 2009 ... It was a bitter dispute which ripped apart communities andchanged Britain's industrial landscape forever. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the Miners' Strike, a touringdance production celebrates the work of those who toil underground. Coal, created by the South Yorkshire ...
Bubbles blows in for a show
Jun 01, 2009 ... A new musical theatre production, Bubbles, arrives in the EastRiding this Saturday. Following the owner of a scrap yard, Barbara "Bubbles" Brough,the production is set in a moment of great change and turmoil -right now. Written by Ade Morris and produced by Berkshire's ...
Broken chairs used as weapons in jail
Jun 01, 2009 ... An independent report about Full Sutton Prison has revealedinmates trashed cells, got drunk and assaulted staff. The report for 2008, by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB),notes four incidents of "indiscipline" at the jail, nearPocklington. On June 29, about 120 prisoners ...
Festival success
Jun 01, 2009 ... The birds may have been scared off, but extra visitors certainlyupped the numbers to this year's annual Wetwang ScarecrowFestival. Organisers say more than 5,000 people attended the week-longfestival, which raises funds for the village community hall. Among the creations ...
'Give us the tools to make a difference'
Jun 01, 2009 ... A Business charity in Hull is seeking generous donations fromconstruction firms across the region. But far from wanting cash, Business in the Community is askingcompanies to give up any tools or materials going spare. The organisation is holding its annual Give and Gain Day ...
Caravan closures continue
Jun 01, 2009 ... East Yorks: Local caravan retailer Discover Leisure has announcedthe closure of another three branches as part of its restructuringprocess. The company closed branches in Weston-Super-Mare, Newport andCannock last week, bringing the number of branches open to five,down from ...
It can only get better
Jun 01, 2009 ... E Yorks: Manufacturers across the region continued to facedifficult trading conditions last quarter, but the picture isexpected to improve later in the year, according to manufacturingbody EEF. According to the organisation, the effects of the recessionappear to be stabilising in ...
We are still waiting for our very first MP
Jun 01, 2009 ... If People had a button they could push and cause a GeneralElection, they would have pushed it days ago. If people were given proportional representation they would voteagain in numbers turned back on, compared with the many that havenow been turned off. Finally the Green ...
Give MPs realistic flat-rate salaries and no expenses
Jun 01, 2009 ... Politics will always be a rough old business (that's why JoannaLumley only wants a minor role). It needs sorting. Things won't get sorted out until all the"expenses" have seen the light of day. Perhaps the MPs should be given realistic flat-rate salarieswith a "spend it how ...
Eleanor's latest TV role is out of this world
Jun 01, 2009 ... Beverley actress Eleanor Tomlinson has landed a TV role which isout of this world. The 17-year-old will play an alien during the next Sarah JaneAdventures series set to air in the autumn on children's BBC channelCBeebies. The show is a spin-off of Doctor Who. It ...
Everyone should be proud of race
Jun 01, 2009 ... Each year, the Race For Life event attracts thousands of women,all united in a determination to raise money. This weekend's race in Hull was no exception, with a fantasticsea of pink taking over Costello Stadium in the west of the city. This truly remarkable sight is a ...
Region's amateur sailors to embark on round the world race
Jun 01, 2009 ... A Student, a surgeon and an architect are among those due to setsail on the Hull and Humber Clipper. The much-anticipated crew allocation for the region's entry inthe 2009-10 Round The World Yacht Race was announced during an eventat Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard. The ...
'Exciting' play park plans to go on show
Jun 01, 2009 ... Anlaby: Plans for a pounds200,000 play park in the Haltempricearea are set to be unveiled this week. The scheme, earmarked for a site adjacent to Haltemprice LeisureCentre in Anlaby is part of a planned network of revamped play parksacross the East Riding. Funding from the ...
Spend where you live
Jun 01, 2009 ... Whether it's Hull's busy streets or the East Riding's historicmarket towns - our region is a Mecca for all types of shoppers. And choosing to spend your money locally will also bolster theregion's economy, something particularly important during arecession. Spending your cash ...
Customer's pounds805bn gas bill
Jun 01, 2009 ... Getting a gas bill can often be a nasty surprise for some people -but Mark Neadley from Hessle was more surprised than most. He received a payment reminder from British Gas for an 11-digitgas bill. The 35-year-old received the bill reminder in a text message fromthe ...
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Thousands Race for Life
Jun 01, 2009 ... Thousands of women in Hull put on their running shoes in memoryof loved ones to help in the battle against cancer. Nearly 5,500 grandmothers, mums, wives, sisters and daughters,many wearing pink, joined the Hull Race For Life to raise money forCancer Research UK ...
The city's beaming and everyone's on a high
Jun 02, 2009 ... Have you noticed how happy everyone has been this last week? Everywhere I look people are chirpy and polite with silly grinsacross their faces. The city seems to be day dreaming along in ahappy daze. At first I thought I had toilet roll stuck to my shoe or mybuttons were ...
The eerie glow of shelton recalled
Jun 02, 2009 ... Scunthorpe management took over control of the Shelton works, inthe Midlands, during the late 1970s. It was an integrated plant, with ironmaking, steelmaking androlling capacity, although some of it was very small in comparisonto how things were being done in North ...
'Queen of redbourn' retires after 45 years
Jun 02, 2009 ... Alice Lawson, of Southlands, Winterton, went to Redbournsteelworks in 1918, as a 15-year-old clerk. When she left in December, 1963 she retired as the firm's longest-serving woman employee and having been secretary to five successivegeneral managers. There was a special lunch ...
Crowning of miss Steel
Jun 02, 2009 ... Appleby-frodingham's Brumby Hall Social Club was packed tocapacity in March, 1968 for the grand final of the Miss Steel andScunthorpe Glamorous Grandmother competitions, both of which werewon by Lysaght's entrants. The excitement was intense as Margaret Bassindale, a typist inthe ...
Who was behind video training aids for bsc?
Jun 02, 2009 ... A Former Scunthorpe steel industry middle manager who played hispart in a pioneering venture is now living in Tamworth, in theMidlands and has been looking back on his unique job role with theBritish Steel Corporation. In the late 1970s, Nigel Lucas became involved in ...
'Jobs for life'
Jun 02, 2009 ... Many jobs were filled on Scunthorpe works in the 1970s throughadverts in Steel News for a host of posts. For some time the local listings came to the works newspaper fromthe staff employment department, which operated from an office blocknear the main entrance to ...
The life and times of an instrument maker
Jun 02, 2009 ... Gainsborough Technical College sadly closed to day students whileI was attending, which left me without any qualifications. Being almost 151/2, and not knowing what to do, I presentedmyself at Appleby-Frodingham steelworks, Scunthorpe, armed with someof my school technical drawings ...
Keeping the furnaces fed
Jun 02, 2009 ... Fascinating photos of scenes which will never be seen again havebeen provided by former Scunthorpe ore mines employee, Dr Stephen FSmith, now living in Bramcote, Nottingham. They highlight underground mining at Dragonby and Santon, showinghow the low grade ore was located and ...
Going to the gala - by dustcart
Jun 02, 2009 ... Readers may be interested in this little incident which happenedin the days when Lysaghts Gala was held on Foxhills Sports Ground,which our contributor Margaret (Bunty) Vickers, thinks was in the1970s or 80s. Some people might remember her parents (both now deceased),Margaret and ...
High days and holidays were a treat for families
Jun 02, 2009 ... Hundreds of Steel Town readers will have vivid memories ofsteelworks galas down the decades. Prior to nationalisation of the steel industry in 1967, theprivately-owned Appleby-Frodingham firm used to have its own eventat Brumby Hall sportsground, off Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, ...
Reduced beer!
Jun 02, 2009 ... History was made at Foxhills Institute - the social club forNormanby Park works employees and their families - in January, 1963. For the first ever "grant" to members ran from January 1-13inclusive. It took the form of a threepenny reduction on the price of a pintand the ...
For steam and diesel fans
Jun 02, 2009 ... For those interested in industrial steam and diesels, a new book,Yorkshire Engine Company - Sheffield's Locomotive Manufacturer, byTony Vernon, will certainly fit the bill. Now on sale for pounds12.99 (160 pages, paperback) it is anabsorbing account of more than a century of steam ...
One for the train enthusiast - it's packed with articles and pictures...
Jun 02, 2009 ... Take a step back to an era when steam traction ruled the railswith the latest issue of Telegraph Trains. The 32-page summer edition of this popular magazine is widely onsale for just 75p. It's packed with interesting articles, memories and periodpictures. Con Willman ...
Now on sale!
Jun 02, 2009 ... A Host of interesting memories and fascinating photographs fromthe past appear in the May issue of Nostalgia magazine, now widelyon sale and costing just 75p. There's a special two-page feature about Jerry Green, the wealthybusinessman who founded the well-known animal sanctuary, ...
Soccer and Steel United for Angus
Jun 02, 2009 ... One of Scunthorpe United's popular players, utility man AngusDavidson, joined British Steel's Scunthorpe works in 1977 - as autility hand! Born in Forfar, Scotland, on October 2, 1948 he first entered theprofessional game with Grimsby Town in the mid-1960s. And in 1967/8 he ...
Wildlife artist in conservation plea
Jun 02, 2009 ... A Celebrated wildlife artist is hoping a new collection of hispaintings will inspire East Yorkshire gardeners to "dig for victory"in the fight to protect native creatures. The plea to halt the loss of wild animals, birds and insects hasbeen made by Robert Fuller on the eve of his ...
Theatre backs campaign
Jun 02, 2009 ... East Yorks: Businesses in the region are being urged to support ahand-washing campaign to help tackle the problem of infections andviruses within the workplace. Last month, the NHS launched Give Soap A Chance - a campaign toencourage more people in the region to wash their hands ...
Cyclist who aims to buy a dream
Jun 02, 2009 ... It was a case of have wheels will travel for Jules Boughen, whoused pedal power and Yorkshire grit to cycle from Leeds toCottingham. Mrs Boughen, 40, took on the challenge to raise awareness ofShwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) - a rare and life-threateninggenetic disorder for ...
Play area benefits from cash award
Jun 02, 2009 ... East Riding: Haltemprice play area is to benefit from apounds200,000 investment. The Department for Children, Schools and Families gave the moneyto improve the site. Councillor Jane Evison, East Riding Council portfolio holder forcultural services, housing and public ...
One rule for the MPs ...
Jun 02, 2009 ... Revelations regarding the excessive allowances being paid to top-level politicians occur on an almost daily basis, proving to be anacute embarrassment to all parties. With this in mind, I was astonished to find out the excellentbar staff at the recently refurbished Bridlington Spa ...
Get rid of all those in it for the money
Jun 02, 2009 ... Over the past few weeks, we have read about MPs on the gravytrain at taxpayers' expense. All three parties suggested some weeks ago the system neededchange. What the media has shown is Parliament is full of greedy MPs whocan't be trusted. We now need a General ...
I blame new Labour
Jun 02, 2009 ... Joyce Korczak Field's recent letter suggests greedy MPs shouldbe blamed for differences between their moat- cleaning, mortgage-overpaying lives and everybody else's. Really? The recession is largely down to the credit crunch, caused bybanks and by the Government being too busy ...
DVD will please kids hungry for facts
Jun 02, 2009 ... Youngsters can learn a pack of fabulous facts about wolves withthe latest in the Disney's Magical World Of Animals series of DVDs. From today, viewers will have the chance to watch the filmfeaturing the fearsome hunters that appear so often in children'sstories. Little Red ...
Primary school pupils head for the wicket
Jun 02, 2009 ... Hull: Pupils from six city primary schools are to take part in acompetition to mark National Cricket Day on June 23. The event is being organised by Hull Zingari Cricket Club inChanterlands Avenue, west Hull. Youngsters will compete for the John Bowers Memorial Trophy,donated ...
Clipper race hosts held up as good example
Jun 02, 2009 ... A Delegation from Canada has visited Hull as part of preparationsfor the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race. Come September, the eyes of the world will be on Hull as the cityplays host to the start of the global challenge. But before the big event, two government officials ...
'Clued up' website takes accolade
Jun 02, 2009 ... Hull: A website designed by youngsters in the city has won goldat a Government award ceremony. Clued Up in Hull won the accolade in the digital category at theannual Local Government Association's Reputation Awards. The website aims to provide Hull's children with a ...
Jewellery in June
Jun 02, 2009 ... June is fast becoming synonymous with jewellery with the industryattracting worldwide attention through a series of themed events. Among these is the annual Jewellery In June celebration,organised by Bonhams. The auction house opens its doors to the public throughout the ...
Show me the money!
Jun 02, 2009 ... We may be in the throws of a recession, but with a little know-how, community groups and businesses can take advantage of a widerange of grants on offer in the region. The Mail spoke to Tony Wilson, treasurer of the pounds196,000rebuilding of St Nicholas Church hall, in Pickering ...
Heroes welcome for returning Iraq battalion
Jun 02, 2009 ... The families of Hull soldiers gave a heroes' welcome to some ofthe last troops to return from a six-month tour of duty in Iraq. Waving banners and cheering loudly, dozens of wives, parents andchildren gathered to greet their loved ones who have beenresponsible for mentoring the ...
Hard work starts now, says KR's Briscoe
Jun 02, 2009 ... Hull Kr acting captain Shaun Briscoe believes Rovers can draw onthe disappointment of their Challenge Cup exit as they turn theirattention to Friday's league game at Huddersfield. Briscoe could only watch as Lee Briers' 85th-minute drop-goalsealed a 25-24 sudden-death extra-time ...
Hull city: I've got no bad blood with Windass, says Brown
Jun 02, 2009 ... Phil Brown insists he will not hold a grudge against Dean Windassafter the veteran headed a Hull City summer clear-out. The Tigers' boss began fine-tuning his squad today by releasingWindass, Ryan France, Michael Bridges and John Welsh. As expected, all four players will leave ...
Undoubted quality will be an asset
Jun 02, 2009 ... Hull FC's half-back hunt is over and surprisingly it was farsimpler than most would have anticipated. For the past two weeks talk of Australian star Matt Orfordarriving at the KC Stadium has dominated the discussion of fans. Offered a lucrative two-year deal, Hull's interest ...
Plans for pounds13m visitor attraction in Hull
Jun 02, 2009 ... Ambitious plans for a multi-million pound tropical visitorattraction have been unveiled by the people behind The Deep. Called The River, it would be located at the dry dock oppositethe hugely successful sea life centre. It would tell the story of a tropical river valley, one ...
Hull FC: Hull challenge prompts long to snub Wigan
Jun 02, 2009 ... Sean Long snubbed the home comforts of a move to Wigan becausethe challenge of winning things with Hull FC excites him. Despite living just a matter of minutes from Wigan's trainingground, Long has opted to end his glittering career in Hull. The veteran St Helens scrum-half has ...
Step forward and take a bow top 11
Jun 02, 2009 ... Each week throughout the season, HotShots revealed the top 11players from the weekend's action in the Hull Boys Sunday FootballLeague in the team of the week. Hundreds of young footballers have featured in the top 11 sinceSeptember when the season got going in earnest. And ...
Kids inspired by the Tigers
Jun 02, 2009 ... They are the team that showed they had the muscle to stay in thePremier League. Now Hull City's Football in the Community ambassadors are hopingto inspire pupils in East Yorkshire to live strong, healthy lives. Five schools in the region have been chosen to take part in ...
Girlfriend's 'assault on baby' claim was a lie
Jun 02, 2009 ... Hull: A woman who lied to police by claiming her former partnerhad assaulted their baby has been ordered to undertake unpaid work. Hannah Parker, 20, told officers Daniel Mennell had tried toassault her and had struck their 13-month-old son. The child had actually hit his head ...