Kingston - Hull

Subject: Kingston - Hull
From: Steveie1
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 12:41 PM

Sorry to use the site for this but I was not sure how else to get the info.

I will be coming home to Hull in the next few weeks (probably September 28th) thought I might see whats happening at Kingston. Hopefully bring the guitar and play if that is OK.

Can anyone tell me about the club, what you do, is it guests or a singaround, is it traditional or contemporary etc. etc. Is it every Saturday? Can I come or is it members only?

Steve

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 01:03 PM

Steve, I have just started going to The Kingston, it is really friendly and informal, it is a mizture of tunes and singing, with plenty of different instruments(Bazouki, fiddles, bodhrans guitars, melodeon, banjo, whistles etc) It is every Friday and FREE, although I think there is one night soon when the room used has been booked for a wedding.Perhaps you could PM Les in Hull (He runs the session).

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Les from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 04:41 PM

Hi Steve!

I think that 28 Sept may be the one night that there will be no session at the Kingston as Geoff our landlord needs the room. On all other Fridays there's a general session (songs, tunes, monologues, poetry, anything legal) starting about 9ish. It's the Kingston in Cumberland Street (beware of imitations). Actually the sessions runs itself, there is no obersessionmeister or branch of the Folk Police. If you're coming on the weekend that we can't have the room, get in touch and we'll try to fix something up. It'll be a pity not to meet up after all these years. I saw PT (Paul from Hull) this afternoon and I'm sure he'd like to be included.

See you soon, Les

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 05:56 PM

Damn Les, he'll miss the bit when we all take our clothes off and run amok with that sheep.....

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 06:00 PM

????

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: brid widder
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 06:22 PM

it isn't a 'folk club' either Steve...no membership, no entry fee, no interval,no prima donnas and no cliques... it can't be a Folk club...we don't even have a raffle!!

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 06:28 PM

Make sure you go, you will like it, everybody is really nice and friendly.

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 07:14 PM

Sorry John, I think you've only been when the sheep's had the night off.

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 07:28 PM

You are right I hve not seen the sheep yet, I have seen the smelly, mute gaurd dog though, please let me know when the sheep will be there.john

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 07:51 PM

Les....you mentioned the Dog, & the Bicycles, but a SHEEP?

I suppose once one is retired, its necessary to get a hobby....

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Steve In Scotland
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 02:17 AM

Thanks to you all, when I get more info on my travel plans I'll get back in touch.

From all the messages it seems like the place to be, I am looking forward to meeting you all soon.

Paul, we might even get the pint or two we should have had at whitby.

Steve

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: White Dove
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 04:34 AM

It's okay Steve cos dn't worry about the sheep!some of us have other diversions...you might get a yur feet massaged, be councilled for stress,get atuned to the three R's ..not sure wot they are these days.....you may end up retirin early..its catching

.........but then so is the Kingston

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 04:47 AM

Actually Steve if you make it the week afterwards not only will the sheep be back from it's holidays BUT you would also get the Sunday session in Nellies Beverley, which is brilliant. Bring your own ferret.

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Michael in Swansea
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 07:52 AM

Sheep - they give so much, they ask so little.

Mike

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Ringer
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 12:32 PM

I went to Hull today (on business). Don't think I've ever been before. Looks a nice, prosperous place (hardly got off the A63, though). There was a funny smell - was it because the tide was out?

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 12:44 PM

That funny smell was probably fish!

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 12:46 PM

(There are a lot of smoked kipper factories near the A63)

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 01:02 PM

Yup, good idea, Steve....

Bald Eagle, it depends which bit of Hull you had to drive through...there are some strange smells in this place!

....& prosperous? *LOL* The City Council may have been able to spend a bit more if they hadnt had to be saving up for Les' Pension.....*G* Put it this way, he was working for them for so long, I think he was originally Inteviewed by either Wm. Wilberforce, or Sir John Hotham.......*G*

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Arnie
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 02:48 PM

How can it be a folk club without a raffle?? That's the only reason I go - wot a sad life I lead.....

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 04 Sep 01 - 05:48 PM

Mmmm Bald Eagle I think it was probably Cocoa Mills where they crush the seeds for oil -it is a sickly oily smell a bit like a mixture of cocoa and cod liver oil(yummy) -other than that it could have been Les's feet.

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Steveie1
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 08:05 AM

Ive Just updated my PC and had to reset Membership details. Now i cannot send a PM.

Msg to Les and Paul, My dates have changed to October 12th, the diary is a but full before then but that date is a definate. I will be bring my Playing partner Martin Wardrop with me and are looking forward to it. We play a mixture of mostly contemprary songs by the likes of Mike Silver, Richard Thompson, Ralph McTell (Not streets of London), James Taylor, some local writers etc. Hope thats in keeping with what goes on at the Kingston.

In case my PM thing isnt working, you can e-mail me at [e-mail]

See you soon

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 11:43 AM

Hi Steve,

Well Les has some degree of 'responsibility' for the Kingston session, but I dont..though it'll be good to see you & I'll therefore definately be there (for what might well be the 1st time in quite a while, unless I do go before then)

When you said October though, I had to check my 'Diary', knowing I'm away for a couple of w/ends in Oct...but its the 2 Fridays FOLLOWING your visit that I'll be out of Hull.

How long are you in Hull for that w/end? The Kingston 'do' is purely a session, but as for Clubs, Nellies still runs on a Monday night, & the Cottingham Club on a Wednesday night, just in case you didnt know.

Cheers,

Paul

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Steveie1
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 11:46 AM

White Dove, Sheep are not my thing! Foot Massage? I'll make sure I change my socks.

Ikkle Dorritt, Is Nellies on on the weekend October 12th? Not sure if I can stay past Sunday but you never know. Last time I was in Nellies, they still had real gas lamps. Wow what a long time.

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Steveie1
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 11:50 AM

Paul,

We must have been on the thread at the same time. I will only be up Fri to Sunday. I used up all my hols on the wasted trip to Whitby.

Keep in touch, you have my e-mail

Steve

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 12:15 PM

Gaahhhh....dunno why the Mudcat ate my biscuit again... it was fine until I posted that...& I only noticed when I tried to access my Personal Pages...

Yeah, coincidentally, we must have been here at the same time... *L*

Right, I've put your email addy in my Email Address Book..

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: brid widder
Date: 07 Sep 01 - 01:17 PM

the session in Nellies (which STILL has gaslights)is on the first sunday in the month so Oct 12th is out...Whatever your music you will be welcome in the Kingston in October...or indeed tonight!!

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 14 Sep 01 - 12:19 PM

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 03:13 AM

I like Hull too - they put statues of Royalty on top of the public toilets, so you can see where they are - even the one in the middle of the dual carriageway!

And it's where the English Civil War started.... is there a link here?

LTS

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Les from Hull
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 08:16 AM

'Ere Liz that's a boys' toilet. The urinals have these glass cisterns that reportedly get full of unwanted goldfish every Hull Fair!

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: smallpiper
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 09:33 AM

I don't doubt that the smell was the sewers! This place will pong a lot nicer once they get the new system up and running.

Don't forget the session at the Hase is Hessle John

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 09:38 AM

Hull has got the best netty in britain, (the one on the pier).

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 09:51 AM

Hmmm...'Netty'....I can see Southerners (who, of course, cant speak proper) having trouble with that word, to say nothing of our Cousins.....*G*

I would recommend THIS site:

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/frames.htm

(sorry, cant do blue clicky wotsits)

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 09:56 AM

Netty=Toilet!

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 15 Sep 01 - 10:06 AM

*S*

It WAS fairly obvious from the context, matey...it just seemed like a good 'excuse' to slip that Dictionary of British Slang into the Thread

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 03:37 AM

There will be no session at The Kingston on the 28th,( the room we use has been booked for a private party).There might be a session in another pub nearby, if there is then details will be posted here.john

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Les from Hull
Date: 28 Sep 01 - 10:40 AM

Just a late reminder - there's no session tonight. See you all next week!

Les and Maggie

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 11:55 AM

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Abuwood
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 03:52 AM

Old Thread I Know but will the club be on Friday 28th December, and which area of Hull is it? We would like to visit. Alison & Steve Shellbacks, Kidderminster

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Paul from Hull
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 06:17 AM

Alison, Steve

I cant be SURE that there'll be as sesh at the Kingston on Friday, as a lot of the regulars tend to go up to Whitby for New Year (so I dunno if that means they will still be in Hull on Friday or not...)

MAYBE 'someone who knows' might see this before Friday, though not many seem to post lately.

You can find the Kingston HERE:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?x=509750&y=430250&zoom=1&isp=200&ism=500&arrow=y?188,146

(marked by the arrow, at the Northern end of Cumberland Street. The area of the map is just North of the man part of the Town Centre, withe the Bus/Train Station just off the bottom left of the Map)

All the best,

Paul

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Abuwood
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 04:27 PM

Thanks for the map Paul, pleased to see the club is on the Christian side of the river. Ad Lucem Alison

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 11 May 02 - 01:29 PM

REFRESH
Just a reminder about the Kingston session in hull every Friday at 9PM, I went last night but only 4 people turned up, it would be good to see a few new people there, it is a good session.There is songs, tunes, poetry, monologs and even dancing when Mr Duck goes! Maybe we will see a few of you there soon.john

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 17 May 02 - 04:42 AM

Refresh (it's tonight at 9PM), it was very quiet last week so go if you in the area.

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Les from Hull
Date: 17 May 02 - 02:45 PM

Maggie and I will be there.

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Dorrie
Date: 18 May 02 - 01:31 PM

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 19 May 02 - 12:11 AM

Dorrie your message didnt turn up, i think you pressed clear entries by mistale, I do this a few times especially wghen ive been drinking, You should go to the Kingston some time, it is good, I think you are 18 next week so you can go to pub then.Do you know werre it is (Cumberland street) dont go to the wrong one! there is 3 kingston pubs in hull.john

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: brid widder
Date: 24 May 02 - 01:41 PM

anyone going tonight... it's been a bit quiet now & then lately

Subject: RE: Kingston - Hull
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 31 May 02 - 03:28 PM

refresh