Paul Heaton

It makes me proud that Hull is the only English city not having a street party for the royal wedding When in April 1642 Charles I moved to secure the port of Hull, he found the gates firmly shut. Having considered it his divine right to gain access to Hull’s extensive arsenal (the largest weapons cache outside the Tower of London, no less), Charles discovered that the MP, Sir John Hotham, refused to follow royal orders. After a siege, the citizens drove away the royalists under gunfire – and Hull witnessed the first military action of the English civil war. I was reminded of this anecdote a couple of days ago, when I heard that Hull’s was the only council in the country that hadn’t had a single application for a street party for the royal wedding . Nearby East Riding of Yorkshire council has received 12. Lots of my old friends sent me

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