How Hull’s National Picture Theatre will help ensure we always remember the Blitz - The Yorkshire Post says

The ruins of the bombed-out National Picture Theatre, in Hull, have stood since 1941 as testament to the dreadful pounding the city endured from Hitler’s Luftwaffe.

Now the ruins are to be reborn as a memorial to the fortitude of Hull and its people.

Uniquely, it is the only blitzed civilian building left standing, which gives it a special resonance for the whole of Britain in recalling our country’s resilience during the Second World War.

It is cause for celebration that long-cherished plans for the cinema to be preserved are finally coming to fruition, and all those involved deserve praise and thanks for their determination and hard work over so many years.

We must never forget the sacrifice and suffering of the war years.

Hull’s shattered cinema will help ensure that we always remember.

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