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'Westcott Street: the early years' by Pat Elliott. Westcott Street is situated in East Hull, to the north of Holderness Road. Includes house plans and photographs.
'Defending the realm: Paull's contribution to protecting the British coastline' by David Smith
'George Peck, purveyor of the fine arts' by Robyn Lake. George Peck was born Hull 1810. During the 1830's he spent six years in Tasmania and New South Wales, returning to England in 1839. He spent ten years in England working as a gilder and carver and worked on carvings in Holy Trinity church during its restoration in the 1840's.
'M C Peck & Son, Hull printers' by Robert Barnard. Michael Charles Peck (1807-1887) was a printer and stationer in Hull. His brother George was purveyor of fine arts in Australia. M C Peck took his son into partnership in 1865.
'Bottle and Jug' by Paul Gibson, a short study on the traditional beer-off in Hull and the associated wines and spirit stores, with photographs.
'The farm boy comes to town: movement between Holderness and Hull in the late nineteenth century' by Michael Smale, using data from the contribution books of the Keyingham Ancient Order of Foresters.
'Hull fishing tallies' by Geoff Percival, which details the brass tallies which were used in several different ways in the Hull fishing industry.
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