{"id":769856,"date":"2026-09-14T00:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769856\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T00:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:32:10","slug":"childhood-photographs-wanted-for-hull-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769856\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood photographs wanted for Hull exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People who have grown up in Hull are being asked to share their childhood photographs for an exhibition in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hull City Council said Hull&#8217;s Youth Stories would explore what childhood in Hull has been like across different generations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Frances Hodson, Hull Museum&#8217;s community curator of social history, said: &#8220;We know that some of the most powerful stories about Hull&#8217;s past are held in family photograph albums.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">People are being invited to bring their original photographs to be digitally scanned at the Wilberforce House Museum on Saturday 19 September from 12:00 to 15:00 BST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said all photographs would be returned immediately after they were scanned, and selected images could feature in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re inviting people to share their memories and help us build a picture of what it has meant to be young in Hull across different generations,&#8221; Hodson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The show will celebrate the experiences, memories and stories of young people across the city&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Whether it&#8217;s a photograph from a family day out, school event or simply spending time with friends, we&#8217;d love to see it,&#8221; Hodson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Listen to highlights from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0cghg97\/clips\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b007tp3n\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest episode of Look North<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People who have grown up in Hull are being asked to share their childhood photographs for an exhibition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-769856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}