Heritage days open doors on classic cars

ONE of the largest collections of Humber Cars in the world is one of the must-see attractions in this year’s Heritage Open Days.

The four-day event, from September 8 to September 11, allows the public to see some of Hull’s hidden jewels.

This year Allan Marshall will be throwing open the doors to his collection off Cleveland Street to vehicles that were once the preferred choice of everybody who was anybody from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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Named not for Yorkshire’s mightiest river, but after an apprentice blacksmith from Sheffield who saw the potential in the fledgling car industry more than a century ago, for 40 years the cars were hand-built for monarchs, captains of industry and millionaires.

Also taking part in the heritage promotion are the Victorian churches of St Matthew’s on Anlaby Road and Church on the Way on Princes Avenue with its imposing facade and colourful history.

A little further out, a visit to the University’s Grade II listed Thwaite Gardens looks set to be a memorable experience.

Also on the outer limits of the city’s boundary is the event’s only domestic residence at 1 Church Mount in Sutton, a Victorian villa over 3 floors and built for local landowner and watchmaker Thomas Kirk.

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Back in the city centre organisers are recommending a visit to the Fishing Heritage Museum.

Unlike its larger neighbours in the Museums Quarter, the Museum is run by volunteers and features a range of fishing related memorabilia. Guides from here also do tours of the Arctic Corsair, the only remaining side-winding trawler.

Heritage Open Days, which began in 1994, are now one of the country’s most popular voluntary cultural events, attracting some 800,000 people every year.

For more information about the buildings which feature in this year’s event visit www.hodshull.co.uk .

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