Hull
Detail of a family statue on the Humber riverfront It remembers European emigrants who passed through Hull before boarding trains to Liverpool and then ships to North America. A lunchtime kick off at The MKM Stadium in Hull today. It's annoying how Sky Sports and other commercial broadcasters dictate when so many football matches will kick off just to please their schedules. What about the fans? Today Hull City were playing a less well-known London club - Millwall. Their fans would have had to set off to Hull at the crack of dawn. But with the usual 3pm kick off time they could have left London much later. I travelled over to Hull by train. Normally, I drive but today, as well as seeing the match, I fancied a stroll around the centre of the first city I ever knew - my home city. Hull sits on the north shore of The Humber estuary and has long been associated with the sea. I wanted to take pictures of a mural near the city centre - painted in memory of a lo...