Going Down - And Finally ... Last Words of 2006 From thisisUll.com
By Cilla (editor)
So we're celebrating - it's been a great year for the site - we've had a wealth of
stunning pieces to publish and a significant increase in the number of people from all
over the globe who regularly visit the site; over 1.3 million in the last 12 months.
This month shows a record number - 120,000 which is incredible because December is usually
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Going Down - Sunday 27th August 06 - Concrete Jam at East Hull Skate Park By Dick Spring
With pretty much most people who would have been interested in an event like this decamped
to Leeds Festival, it could have been deemed a major faux pas on the part of the organisers
of the first Concrete Jam, to hold the event on this particular weekend.
Concrete Jam was a one day festival of music and sport incorporating competitions for both
inline and
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Going Down - Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Urban Artz Festival at East Park By Quiffy
What does it take to get people to come out in Hull? A free concert and hundreds, not
thousands, came out to enjoy the bands and sunshine.
The event had a great ambience to it and everyone there seemed to enjoy the day.
Paul from the White Room held things together with some in between band chat and introductions.
The opening band were pretty hardcore
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Going Down - Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Urban Artz Festival at East Park By Michelle Dee Photo Gallery by Mo and Tony
I arrived at East Park at around two in the afternoon just in time to catch Nat
from the Johnny Go Go Go's finishing her set at the acoustic tent.
She was singing about empty food cupboards, slugs and tight-fisted bosses.
The three go hand in hand quite nicely if you think about it a minute.
Natalie has been bathing her toes in the bohemian stream for the past year,
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Going Down - Live Music - Saturday 24th June 06 - Foghorn Sound System at the Urban Artz Festival By Benjamin Woodling Photographs by Barry Thompson, Focal Image
Seemingly beamed down from a parallel planet of sound, the enigmatic Foghorn Collective deliver
an afternoon of house music, deep and progressive and trancey and trippy, to the good people of East Hull.
Lee is scattering beats into the sunshine when I arrive. His set has an energised party vibe.
Next door a younger crew have established their own dance tent
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Going Down - thisisUll.com 2005 in Pictures.
thisisUll.com wants to thank all the contributors for their work in 2005.
Without their participation this website could not be possible.
Over 100,000 people a month from over 100 countries are seeing Ull at it's very best with over
4,000 pages of superb content.
Check out this 7 page picture gallery of home page pictures
for January to December 2005 for you to enjoy.
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Going Down - Hull Mela Festival Sunday 31st July 2005 by Jane Foster
This year saw Hull's first ever Mela festival held at Pearson Park. A Mela is a traditional festival which originates from India. A welcome event (especially as there was no Grassroots festival this year), it brought together and celebrated the diverse communities of Hull. It was a successful day, well attended and enjoyed by both the public and the performers.
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Going Down - Ella Street Festival Saturday 9th July 2005 by Jane Foster
As a resident of Ella Street I was pleased as punch to hear that this year we would be
holding our very own festival, open to everyone.
A group of residents had got together and organised this - well done to them all.
About a week ago the banner and bright bunting went up, and the street held its
breath waiting for this very special event...
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Going Down - Cycling into Poverty History Monday 27th June 2005 By Martin Deane
"Don't tell the other towns, but Hull was the best reception we ever got!"
Bright and early, by some measures - ok, 9am - 24 cyclists from Hull gathered by the café and then made their way over the Humber Bridge. The River Humber, she what drains a fifth of the country and puts more freshwater into
the North Sea than any other, looked absolutely
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Going Down - The Make Poverty History March, in Retrospect By Bill Linton
Well, the G8 season seems to have kicked off to a good start this year with Live 8 concerts internationally.
Predictably, the Hyde Park concert gained almost wall to wall coverage on television and in the news,
although media interest in the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh was somewhat less
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Going Down - Make Poverty History Demonstration in Edinburgh 2nd July 2005 by Rich Mills
Having been a political activist for many years now, when the Make Poverty History
demonstration came around, we just had to do something about it.
The result being that with a lot of work from Martin Deane collecting money in,
we managed to send a hundred people up to Edinburgh for the day.
Along with another hundred or so who made their own way up to Scotland, Hull was well represented.
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Going Down - G8 2005 Demonstration in Edinburgh by Mike Rose
On Saturday 2nd July we joined what turned out to be the biggest political
demonstration in Scottish history. I've been on G8 demos before (Prague 2000 - Genoa 2001)
but this one was the most diverse I have ever witnessed. The response from the churches was stunning.
We had socialists, environmentalists, Christians, students, pensioners, and babies!
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