Here are a few facts about Hull, named and beginning it's year as City of Culture.
Hull is credited for the invention of:
Lemsip(cough & cold remedy), LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) screens and the boiled sweet
Actors Maureen Lipman, Sir Tom Courtnay & Reece Shearsmith were born in Hull as well as record-breaking solo female pilot Amy Johnson, William Wilberforce(slavery abolitionist) and Roy North-who spent a stint as Basil Brush's sidekick 'Mr Roy' but was originally a radio DJ
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