History of Hull: Docks - Alexandra Dock, the dock the Hull and Barnsley Railway Built

The history of Hull's first independent dock and the railway company inextricably and forever linked with it, the Hull and Barnsley Railway!

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[SonOfAnders]

Bloody brilliant Jim the city should be helping fund these precious films and schools in the city should include them as part of their history curriculum . thank you

[yorkie]

Well worth the wait, what a fantastic story. Love those Hull & Barnsley Railway tunnels but so sad to see the state they are now in, luckily I was able to explore them when they were in a better state.

[daystatesniper]

Once again a incredible video, and with a lot of focus on my baby the HnB, nice photo's of A1s awaiting scrapping at Drapers and B 16s, plus the photos of Weedley and sugar loaf tunnels all in all a superb production, i have said before this is TV quality production .

[Jnbyslm]

i love this guy. I talk about Hull a lot to people because of the history of the city

[cryzcryz]

Amazing History about Hull!
Thank you 🤗

[ThePorkypete]

1:47 Nailed it. Shareholders first, investment in infrastructure second. Which is why we rely on Victorian built docks to this day.

[maestromanification]

Great video, your style of presentation is so professional reminds me of when TV documentaries were informative and quality. The music is good and adds to the quality feel
Keep up the excellent work

[granvillefoster]

As always, so interesting. Thank you.

[mikolajkarolski]

Great channel with such a interesting content 😮

[sbwords]

Brilliant - always a great day when Hull History Nerd posts a new video.

[sarahwiththetrains]

Brilliant video!! Never knew I could enjoy learning about the history of docks so much!

[garymrgarydry]

superb cannot believe i missed this one

[poshbird]

Very interesting video. Thank you. Glen

[bradj]

Fantastic and informative video as always

[thebigd]

top job again looking forward for the next instalment

[rachelwalker]

Hull has such fascinating history and you are a great storyteller. I loved the story of ‘Dead Bod ‘

[BrianSanderson-tkks]

Another excellent episode. Always learn something new from your episodes. I don't know if you are aware of the Policing history of the docks. I was a member of the British Transport Police and I worked on Hull Docks. This came to an end in April, 1985. In the early days of the docks, when they were owned by the railway companies, their Police carried out duties on the docks. When the British Transport Docks Board eventually took over, the B.T.Police carried on the Policing of the docks but were paying a fee, to hire the Police, to British Railways. Eventually in the 1980's the docks were privatised and as you said in your video, the shareholders wanted more money and they realised that all this money was being paid to hire the Police and so they told the railways, we don't want your Police, we can hire security at a quarter of the price, the local Police can deal with serious offences and this puts more money in our pockets. The last shift, which I was a part of, took place on the 13th of April, 1985 and brought to an end a part of the history of the B.T.Police on the docks.
I was a dog handler on the docks and the first Police dogs ever used in this country, where on Hull Docks. This was in 1908 and at the time it was the North Eastern Railway Police. We used to have the kennels on Alexandra Dock, just below the railway lines, near the overhead bridge on Hedon Road. Also another snippet of history, when the dockers would spot a Police Officer in the area, the shout of ' Paddy Kelly' would resonate through the sheds and along the quayside, warning that Police where around. It was supposedly to have originated from when the docks were being built by the Irish navvies.

[garyjohnson]

Quality, quality, quality. What an excellent series. Deep research and popular legend all in one. Please keep it up

[williamrobinson]

Excellent as ever Jamie! I agree that this is one to watch in sequence with the other films on The Docks. A wet afternoon off work would be a good one for this, and no doubt April will provide. At 2'30''-2'42" you have a shot there which perfectly exemplifies a certain feeling of Hull, one of those things that's almost impossible to put into words, only music could get even close. A picture which should be of use to Hull's tourist people I reckon.. Beautifully done as ever. Nice one Jamie! 🌟👍

[robertcaton]

Another great video. I have absolutely no interest in docks or railways and yet i watch these videos with avid facination. Thanks again Jim, cant wait for the next one!!