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Last Updated: Friday, 7 May, 2004, 09:20 GMT 10:20 UK
Hull passes go for Monopoly game
Monopoly
Hull is the latest UK city to get its own board
A new version of the famous board game Monopoly is to be produced featuring Hull instead of London.

Now the manufacturers want to hear from Hull residents which parts of their city they would like to see featured.

Ideas at the moment include replacing Mayfair with the Humber Bridge, with Old Kent Road giving way to Holderness Road or Victoria Dock.

It is hoped the Hull version of Monopoly will be in the shops in time for Christmas.

We are looking mainly for landmarks, but we are open-minded about how the board looks
Monopoly spokesman Mark Marriot

Hull beat off competition from Leeds, Sheffield, and York in a Yorkshire-wide poll to determine which city should land its own board.

Representatives of Winning Moves UK, the company making the game, are now set to take to the streets to ask the public which landmarks they want to see in the game.

Spokesman Mark Marriot said: "It's vital the new board reflects the hearts and minds of Hull and the length and the breadth of the city.

"We are looking mainly for landmarks, but we are open-minded about how the board looks."

More than 200m copies of Monopoly have been sold in 80 countries since it was invented in 1935.

The game has been translated into 32 different languages and other UK city boards include Manchester and Brighton.




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