| Description | Includes articles:
'Public health in Hull, 1881-1901' by Enid Brooke, which describes the role of John Wright Mason who served as medical officer of health from 1881-1925
'The Constables of Burton Constable, 1737-1821' by J A R Bickford, which details the health of the Constables during the 18th century, and how the Constables provided medical care for their employees.
'William Greenwell 1820-1918: Last of the great barrow diggers' by Stephen Harrison. Greenwell was a prominent archaeologist during the second part of the nineteenth century, who investigated a number of prehistoric funerary monuments in the East Riding of Yorkshire. 'Chemical education in nineteenth century Hull' by Eric Chicken, which outlines the development of education in Hull with regard to science and chemistry in particular.
'Aspects of Edwardian Hull' by Jennifer Rowley, which details some of the new streets of Hull, the City Hall, the Guildhall, the post office, Queen's Hall, the police station, the library, the market hall, college of art, housing, garden village, Sir James Reckitt, Sir Alfred Gelder, Reverend Joseph Malet Lambert, and royal visits to Hull.
'The election campaigns of Mark Sykes in Buckrose and Hull' by John Markham. Mark Sykes was the MP for central Hull 1911-19.
'Aerodrome buildings of the first world war' by Geoff Simmons
''Then and now' A study into the military aerodromes and landing grounds of the 1914-1918 war in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Part three Royal Naval Air Service Hornsea Mere' by Geoff Simmons. The Royal Naval Air Service established a naval air station at Killingholme in July 1914. A floatplane sub-station under the control of Killingholme, was opened at Hornsea Mere in July 1915. The RAF station at Hornsea Mere was closed in March 1919 . Includes photographs of the base and a site plan of RNAS/RAF Hornsea Mere.
'The history of flora of Hull' by Eva Crackles, which lists the flora of Hull from the mid-nineteenth century. Includes Hull bombed sites, Hull dock areas and the Alexandra Dock reservation.
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