Hull fish Docks. Why did it end like this ? 

Here is a link to Hull history nerds channel and to his superior video about Hulls Fish dock ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z8dlV-rO05g.html

Awesome video, thanks for coming to Hull! It was great to see you all here, glad you enjoyed exploring the site!

Love the way that you're documenting these forgotten buildings so that in future they form a catalogue of our industrial heritage Thank you for posting 😊

Love the way James finally gets to ask a question and then legs it!!!😅

It would be wonderful to see that dock restored/preserved and used as a marina or other type of leisure facility. The Lord Line building could potentially be made into a tourist attraction with shops and a museum. It's interesting to note in an earlier comment on how the people of Hull would like to see it preserved. In a time when we seem intent on destroying historical artefacts, we are equally able and qualified to save such things when and where the will prevails. Keep up the fight people of Hull. The place has enormous potential to create revenue. Great video, important exposure.

As always, a great video! Hull History Nerd sure knows his stuff and that had to be the sharpest suit ever to enter an abandoned building. Its great to see people from all areas of the country who know their patch. People like you and him will ensure lost places arent forgotten about.

The retail park used to have a cinema and a bowling alley on it, but it got pulled down because the ground was unstable because it was part of the Dock. The Lord line building is a building that they plan to pull down but save the lettering, but people want saving as part of Hulls Heritage and made into a museum

Hull is such a great city, thoroughly enjoyed my trips there! Great to hear a bit more about the history

9:15, that green lamp post is an old navigation light for ships to navigate to the port. These lights were flashing in a specific pattern (like 2x 1 sec on/off - 5 sec off) and in a specific color. This lamp would have been a green lamp. The stand is also green to help identify the stand at daylight when the light might be hard to see. On the port navigation maps these lights were marked so he would know which light he was approaching. The green navigation lights are always on starboard (right side) of a ship or on a river/port seen in the direction of the flow. At the other side (port side) there were red lights. So navigating between the green and red lights and you are entering the port. In the background you can see 2 high lamp posts, those are also navigation lights but these masts had to be on 1 line for navigation. Those 2 lamp posts are different sizes (hard to see in this frame) so when they are lined up in the correct way the lights of both masts are forming 1 pair of lights. When this was done correct the sailor knew he would be on the correct line for that specific dock. When there were different docks to line up for these light would also flash in specified patterns.

Unfortunately Hull , Grimsby and all the other fishing ports around the UK fell into recession after Iceland won their case in the international court in The Hague for a 200 nautical mile exclusion zone around their coast (1970’s third Cod War) I was a deckhand on one of J.Marr and Son’s Deep Sea Trawlers sailing out of Fleetwood (Lancashire) I was on the Marretta fishing off south east Iceland … my job disappeared practically overnight and as I was from Manchester I never got a chance at the precious few jobs left … I didn’t blame the Fleetwood families for closing ranks as their livelihoods had gone whereas I could come back home to Manchester they had to stay and like all the other fishing ports suffered the loss of their jobs …. Terrible times …. Maybe you should go to Fleetwood and poke around ? It’s still home to fisherman’s friend throat lozenges 😮 and the Knott End Ferry … the ice house is also still there … I believe it produces ice cubes for the supermarkets now ….

Brilliant Martin. Been to Hull many times and have been in those docks. Am currently working my way through your old stuff and really enjoying. Keep up the good work

Got to laugh at you ‘foreigners’, “The sea views”! The bit of water between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is the ‘River Humber’ which is tidal and flows into the North Sea. You might have seen the little bridge over the river (named after it) as you travelled to Hull? Keep up the good work. You still go to places I could only dream off. You'll have to see if you can have a look round what is left at Grimsby fish docks for comparison?👍 P.S. Thanks for the intro to Hull History Nerd videos.

Nice one as usual guys - thanks very much. Just going to watch some of hulhistorynerd's stuff now Cool t-shirt too Martin ...

It's a shame buildings like that have to come down good video Martin 👍

Brilliant to see the channel reaching out to one of the many places across the country that still bears the scars of the visually forgotten Industrial Revolution. Great video, with congrats to the special guest History Nerd, who managed to not mention the E.E.C or E.U once, and was very diplomatic, even in recanting 1941. Also, a special mention for this week's music. Very clever. With the closure of St. Andrew's Fish Dock, being the end of an era, and long decline by 1975, it also was the first light and dawning of the digital age, and of electronically produced music. Great link. The 1970's connection might seem weird now, but not all technology moved so fast..... once. For anyone born in the 1970's, we only saw the backbreaking, manual labour of all industry, as a distant memory, and as written in history. We have watched an age, where technology, and corporate mass enterprise, replaced the cottage industries. Still, can't help thinking that our island should get back to being more self-sufficient. Fishing especially. Did you know: The UK has 60% of European fishing within her territorial waters, and yet we can only fish a small percentage of that? The island that is denied our own resources. hmmmmmm. Sole'd out? 🙈

My old city I am amazed I’ve been gone for over 30 years and it was derelict then it is such a shame they’ve not done anything with all that land

Thank you Martin , I would like to have seen that place when It was in full swing.

Unbelievable Martin, how such a huge fishing port is only a fraction of what it was. Amazing to see a lot of the buildings still there, and that dock with all those reeds in it. Many thanks for doing this one, Martin.

Martin, thank you so much for uploading this video, I'm from Hull originally, and both of my parents worked in the fishing industry, as did my grandparents, and great grandparents. Have you thought about doing a video about Halifax? (Where I now live and work.) Most of the old mills are still intact, along with the chimneys too. Along with the Piece Hall, and the story of Anne Lister it's quite interesting historically. I'm an electrician who works for a company, who in turn, works for a company who owns a lot of the old mills in Halifax, and Huddersfield. Could get you some behind rhe scenes access. (Sorry can't get you behind rhe scenes at Shibden Hall, or the Piece Hall.)

Hydraulic accumulator was a vertical cylinder with a piston rod, on / around the rod was a tank fall of scrap iron, may be 1, 2 or 300 ton. A electric pump would pump water into the piston raising the weight to the top, then you opened your valve, and the stored high pressure water would open the lock gates, during this operation the tank would fall, the pump would then start and raise it agian. Tell you a story later about them.

That was great. So interesting and informative. Filming excellent. How sad that these buildings just left to rot away. So glad the brew was a success for you James. Thank you .

Loved it. Really fascinating. Always a joy to see your James. Enjoyed very much meeting History Nerd, he was very informative and a smart dresser! LOL Keep up the great work.

great vid and a different place with history and there he is the hull history nerd well turned out and looking very smart and the mancs turn up in trackies and t-shirts ha ha ha ha.

I like the Hull history nerd. Brilliant info.

Thank you , I've passed this many times, it great to see what it used to be like.

Wow I do deliveries about 500 yards from that and was wondering when I went past what it was so thanks for that Martin

I got vertigo from all the openings in the floors, lift shafts and rooftops with no edge protection 😅 thanks for the video, stay safe out there

Hi Martin you do some awesome vids man in the 70s I had a Sare time job delivering maggots for a fishing supply business I went from Leeds worked my way round the tackle shops then on to Hull when I got there I made sure I had at least a half gallon of maggots all colours for the fish gutters in the building that's gone now all that worked there were fishermen at the weekends so I could get fresh fish for the maggots and load up kits of fish heads and tails then go back to Leeds and sell the fish in the pubs that I couldn't use it was a massive place plenty of people working there and now the economy is ruined like most places .Keep em coming Martin and your brood haha

Mint music also, Especially the outro. Nice 👊

Great video that, enjoyed it very much. Sad that those buildings have been left to rot away.

Oh my lads your a long way over that hill well into bandit country there lol Good little video as per usual love your Sunday vids😊

Got my history cuppa, this morning.

That looks a great pub but what I noticed was an old Tetley’s lantern above the door, that alone is a rare sight these days. Interesting to see the history of Hull still there to be seen.

Cracking video Martin. Part of my Dad's family were from Hull, and East Yorks area.....so this content is very close to my heart.

Seen both videos a d both very interesting. Fishing got interesting during the cod wars. Thanks for posting.

I think that building you were looking round is the old Fishing Industry Authority building. My Dad worked for them up until about the mid '90s. They were part of The Ministry Of Farms And Fisheries and did fishing research. I vaguely remember him taking me there when I was little, He's now 83 and living in Scarborough.

Cool, i live very near. A fascinating place to wander around with many examples of architectural features of old industrial buildings to look out for. Strange but it can be very peaceful there.

A real blast from the past Martin, I hope the hangover wasn’t too bad! 😅

Ace film Martin, that bridge..something else...

I used to go fishing in the Humber over 50 years ago. Remember watching the trawlers set out and taking my bike across those lock gates. Caught a few codling, dabs and eels. Extremely sad to see the derelict state the are is mow in. My father and brother worked as bobbers on the fish dock and one early childhood memory is the noise of cloggs in the early hours as the bobbers walked to work.

Two of my favourite content providers in one video, what more could one ask.. Thanks for the collaboration guy's.

That dock area would be lovely dredged out and made into a marina with some of the buildings preserved and repurposed.

Brilliant love hull it has so much history

Excellent very interesting. It’s good to know what things did. I saw a video a few months back with some other explorers who went in that hydraulic tower but they didn’t have a clue what it was for, or any history of the buildings etc. I deliver to Hull but I’ve never spotted these, I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled now. Cheers gang, glad brew time worked out well this time 😂 James AKA “James Ramsey with his “home made treats”…. Cough.. bllcks 😂 Edit, I’ve just had a quick sken on where it is in hull and I drive right past it 👍🏼

That was fantastic thanks Martin. I love fish, my fave food. Really enjoyed looking around the docks. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

Dream collab! Love it

Superb, well Done Martin!

Brilliant as usual thank you

Awww no I missed you all would’ve loved to have met you guys, great video always interesting to see these places, biked past there a few times

Great! VERY interesting.

Love the T shirt martin, James looks a bit like captain scarlet 🤣🤣

fantastic to watch well done guys xx

Brilliant lads 👍

Thank you for todays video. Always interested to watch. See you on the next! ❤❤❤😊😊😊

You're on my side of the country in this one; I've been to the Minerva, and the food was good there too. I guess it still is, but I haven't been there for years.

spot on video and interview..

Interesting video as always Martin

HHN is fantastic!! He is one of my absolute faves on this platform along with yourselves. Thanks for this excellent collab

Love it Martin. Keep making videos.

Thanks for this

Really interesting video. Great to capture it before its all gone. Hull history nerd was spot on. Nice one.

Another that video Martin. Thank you.

Very enjoyable video, thanks Martin. Hull History Nerd was a great guest!

Great video, great content. Martin and the crew 👍

A definitely different video but a goodie! Something really new to explore and it was great to have the Hull History Nerd along to give so much interesting information. Hull's fishing industry had a tragic and untimely end. Really sad. Fantastic fun brew and yay, nothing left behind. A+ effort James.... 👍😊 Glad you showed us all of this, before it's too late!

Great co-lab! Had never heard of Hull History Nerd, but currently binge watching his videos, which are excellent & well researched!

Brilliant video guys very interesting 👍🏻

Enjoyable and interesting video, thank you guys.

Rippa droney intro lookin out over the water, Hull, never seen anything of it before. 5:21 in Rock Band add, and bludy good view from the winda! Nice view of the roof with the Nav lLight. What were the cranes doing? Nice monument. The R.A.O.B. Do a real good job. Will check out you you hullhistorynerd m8, fin out a bit more bout the place. But I woulda bet somebody leaned on someone to stop the ruckus. I remember hearing something about in Modern History Class at school. Thanks Martin, James and Liam! Thanks historynerd

Nice one Martin. Great collaboration

Thanks Martin very interesting video, such a shame about the fishing industry's collapse. Xx

Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time

Thanks Martin. Thanks chaps. Cheers from Qz.

Martin and James have gone to Hull, they must be on holiday.

Great vid guys

Nice to see all that still standing. They were a bit giddy with the wrecking balls back in the 60s and 70s 🧱👍🏽

Wonderful! I was wondering where Jamie had got to. It was in fact Hull History Nerd who directed me to this channel in the first place, but this does have the true Martin Zero touch, all that clambering onto dodgy roofs and massive brickwork and concrete holes.. I understand that fish fingers which cost less than a fortune are now made of pollock. Gone is the glory and the dream, unless the trawlers return to 'Ull.. Nice one Martin, team and Nerd! 🌟🌟👍

You may want to consider visiting Grimsby, Like Hull the fishing industry is no more, however there is the Hydraulic tower (300 foot) used to power the lock gates. Also the Ice House where the ice for the Fish Market and to supply the trawlers still has a lot of the original compressors and pumps.The trans-pennine from Piccadilly will take you direct.

Great collaberation, I Love both your channels

Nice to see this filmed in detail as in the future it will be history,fish these days manliy comes in frozen in the back of trucks from France or Scotland

You always inform and entertain, great vid Ta! I'v been in the Minerva, lovely beer and food

Another great watch from Martin and team. You had a "Brew with an Ocean View." The B&W photos really do a good job of showing the "Then & Now." At 18:17 the Henwood's Minerve Hotel looks like it wrote the book on luxury hotels, the street in the B&W, is that Humber Street? Thanks again to Martin and Team for their time and effort.

Martin and the Nerd together...Super!

Aww wish I’d have known you was coming hull I’d have come on adventure with you. I’m only in Scarborough. And explored that area before :-)

Good to see the pair of you together. I was in the lord line building last week lol

When they re-develop that, I think they should retain the tower and make a feature out of it and even take that window out, stone by stone and build it into the new structure, a bit of heritage. The dock itself could be restored with the gates removed, as they've done in Newcastle.

A very interesting video. I spent a few years sailing out of the commercial docks in Grimsby on an ex Royal Navy vessel, and also visited Hull Docks (Deans Tugs) a few times too.

Good one lads 😊❤

So interesting but sad xxxx

no way!!! you were in hull.. if i'd known i'd have come along to meet you. arghh.. gutted.. i live a stones throw from the old dock as well.. :(

being from hull that was brilliant. brian d.

A great video, as per usual. Interesting to learn more about 'Ull. Also a jacksie is Scottish for arse, haha.

This is brilliant 🙌🏻 I would love to see your version of Eckersley Mill, Martin. Now THERES a fascinating place.

My old neighbourhood (almost). Come to Tramtastic in Heaton Park this Saturday (8th July) and you can see an old Hull tram (number 96), amongst others

Great video. It is truly appalling that we have squandered in so many ways our industrial heritage. Today we are faced with substandard buildings, youngsters who do not want to work at anything for long.[see Shropshire chamber of commerce today] What we have got in the modern era would make the Victorian Engineers cringe. Where is our pride. You and the boys do a superb job of reminding us all to ponder and do better in the future.

Great stuff. Grimsby is now the major fishing port in England.

Thanks Martin for this very interesting vlog about the eventual death of the Hull deep sea fishing industry which took a long time during the 20th century but the death knell was the EEC, end of. Take care and all the best. Stevie P.S. Great T shirt mate, showing your age, Stingray Stingray, lol.

Thank you for another great video Martin , I expect the area will under go a revival one day as so many of these docksides seem to do nowadays as long as they remember the past history when they do. I love that old lift shaft and it is such a shame the memorial to past fishermen seems to be left abandoned I just hope they either have plans for it or to move it some ware more fitting to remember those who gave so much just to earn a living ,its a wonder there hasn't been a local campaign about it or perhaps your video should start one off.

I was born in Hull and remember going to StAndrews dock with my mum seventy years ago. She would by fish fresh off the trawlers and made the best fish, chips and mushy peas. She made chips from potatoes, soaked dried peas and made the batter from scratch. So sad to see the dereliction now. One of our neighbours was a trawler man and he was lost at sea off Iceland in a storm.

Hi Martin, another well prepared and interesting video. Your photography is at professional standard as is the collaboration with others. All the best from Melbourne Australia.