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These imposing Dock Offices reinforce Hull's position as a major port.

These imposing Dock Offices reinforce Hull's position as a major port.

The livery is black hull and funnel with white saloons and paddle- boxes.

A local labourer and his dog obligingly pose for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

The tosher, an example of which is the small white open-hulled sailing craft in the foreground, was a local class of hand liner.

Seven miles to the east of Hull but totally isolated from urban ways, Paull has a history stretching back to the days of Charles I.

There was a time in the 19th century when the powers that be in Hull looked upon the needs of the fishing industry as little more than a nuisance and a hindrance to commercial traffic.

There are plenty of spectators on the pier to watch the arrival at Hull of the Eclipse class cruiser HMS 'Dido'.

As late as 1965 the great majority of boats are still sail, though some hulls are made of fibreglass.

Owned by T Gray and Company of Hull, this 138- gross registered ton vessel lands the gangway after loading a full complement of passengers, whilst many others remain on the quay observing

In 1904 Richard Chaloner commissioned an extensive programme of remodelling and extension of Long Hull, which was renamed Gisborough Hall, the name we know it by today.

The last piece of the jigsaw that was to complete the picture of Hull's docks arrived just before the First World War with the opening of the first dock in the country to use electric power throughout

Black hull and paddle boxes with white saloons and lifeboats.

The village developed into a holiday resort after the opening of the railway line from nearby Hull.

The earliest ferries were little more than two hulls with a platform suspended between them, and the crossing could take some time owing to the strong tides that run in the Tamar.

The White Hart was once a posting house from which stagecoaches made daily runs to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield.

To the right is the Cross Keys Hotel, but the most famous of all is Ye Old White Harte Inn, where the Governor and other leading citizens of Hull took the decision not to let King Charles I enter the city

To the right is the Cross Keys Hotel, but the most famous of all is Ye Old White Harte Inn, where the Governor and other leading citizens of Hull took the decision not to let King Charles I enter the city

The statue of Hull's leading writer, Andrew Marvell, has been moved; George Street became the new centre of entertainment.

Local vessels such as the 'Aid', 'Moscow', 'Trimmer', 'Fallowden', 'Commerce', and the 'Free Briton' ran to London, Hull or Newcastle, though some of the services were not regular.

The man leaning against the hull of his fishing boat can get to the craft comfortably in waders.

The White Hart was once a posting house from which stagecoaches made daily runs to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield.

Joseph Wade, a Hull timber merchant, had a strong influence on the development of a resort here following the arrival of the railway in 1864.

On 30 June 1945, Hull became the first city in the country to abandon its tramway since the outbreak of the Second World War.