BBC Radio Humberside
Places in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire that tell a story of World War One
Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire: Responding to Attack
How Robert Blackburn founded the site at Brough due to a Zeppelin raid in 1915
Kingston Theatre Hotel, Hull: Madam Clapham’s Salon
A world renowned fashion house in the centre of Hull during WW1
Fort Paull, East Yorkshire: Defending the Humber Estuary
Protecting a coastline in a self-sufficient fort
Broughton, Lincolnshire: Tragic Love Story
Letter between lovers reveal life on the Somme
Tower Cinema, Hull: Power of Cinema
Recruitment and raising money for the war fund
The Spa Bridlington, Yorkshire: Impact on Entertainment
How WW1 changed our musical tastes and how music evolved
Porter Street, Hull: Night of Bombardment
The History Troupe performs ‘Remembering Zeppelins’
KC Stadium, Hull: Most Decorated War Rugby Player
Only serving professional rugby league player to win the MC and VC during WW1
Neptune Street, Hull: Smith & Nephew
One hundred years of supplying war fronts
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire: Preparing for Invasion
Retracing how Grimsby prepared for WW1 invasion through a teenager’s diary account
Sledmere, East Yorkshire: Wagoner’s Special Reserve
A skill unique to the Yorkshire Wolds was taken to the extreme on the Western Front
Pasture Street. Grimsby: Ticklers Jam Company
Attempting to recreate the taste of the main supplier of jam to the WW1 front line
Parish Church of St John The Evangelist, East Yorkshire: Soldier in the Stained Glass Window
The story behind a large, rare stained glass memorial within the Parish Church
Grovehill Shipyard, Beverley: Military Trawlers
Where trawlers were militarised
Hessle Road, Hull: Impact to Fishermen
The changing face of Hessle Road during WW1 and the Eton Street stone shrine
Yarra Road, Cleethorpes: Civilian-Built Air Raid Shelter
The first civilian built bomb shelter in Britain
Spurn Point, East Yorkshire: Defending the Coastline
How protecting Britain from invasion changed this unique coastline forever
Princes Avenue, Hull: A German Butcher's Fate
How war affected German immigrants who had livelihoods in Britain
Brocklesby Estate, NE Lincolnshire: The Grimsby Chums' Training Ground
A training ground for the Grimsby Chums
Hull University, East Yorkshire: Where JRR Tolkien Convalesced
Could Lord of the Rings be inspired by Tolkien’s wartime stay in Yorkshire?
