Hidden East Yorkshire

Explore fascinating stories from East Yorkshire.

Radio Humberside,73 episodes

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The unassuming Hull street with a hidden past
Hull’s Coltman Street was once the home to industrialists and film producers.
16 Feb 2026,5 mins
The sea showed no mercy that night
Remembering the Great Gale of 1871: tragedy on Bridlington’s shore.
09 Feb 2026,5 mins
When Needler’s sweet factory sang for the nation
Needler’s: the lost BBC broadcast and the forgotten story of Fred Needler.
03 Feb 2026,11 mins
The Drypool Ghost haunting 'the Devil's Post'
A ghost at midnight, a terrified garrison and a body buried beneath Hull’s lost citadel.
28 Jan 2026,9 mins
Maister House: fires, merchants and music
Maister House shaped by trade, tragedy, loss & survival. It now has a new creative life.
21 Jan 2026,6 mins
Market Weighton’s link to Venezuela’s independence
Sarah Andrews: The Market Weighton woman behind Venezuela’s freedom.
13 Jan 2026,8 mins
Echoes of Hull’s ship building past
The 18-tonne Scotch Derrick crane is a survivor of Hull's shipbuilding industry.
05 Jan 2026,4 mins
The untold story of Spider T’s wartime missions
The history of Hull's Spider T, which became a secret lifeline for evacuees during WWII.
30 Dec 2025,13 mins
A bitter betrayal: Drogo Lord of Holderness
When Holderness was a stronghold for William the Conqueror.
23 Dec 2025,11 mins
What mysteries lie in the Land of Green Ginger?
Could this be Hull's most magical street? Josh Gorrono-Chapman has been to find out.
16 Dec 2025,6 mins
Marvell's poems still whisper across centuries
Andrew Marvell: From civil war to Cromwell’s court, his pen shaped politics & passion.
10 Dec 2025,4 mins
From Hull to Hollywood, the story of Lorenzo's Oil
How Hull’s Croda helped create Lorenzo’s Oil, a treatment that inspired a Hollywood film.
03 Dec 2025,4 mins
From 1930s to today: Hull's Danish Xmas market
Keeping the Danish Christmas tradition alive in Hull since the 1930s.
27 Nov 2025,4 mins
How Viola almost made it home
The quest to bring the oldest surviving steam trawler back to East Yorkshire.
25 Nov 2025,8 mins
Where dragons dream: Hull’s secret museum
Hull’s secret museum of South-East Asian wonders.
11 Nov 2025,5 mins
The Hull werewolf: Old Stinker
A foul-breathed werewolf haunting Hull’s waterways. The Beast of Barmston Drain.
30 Oct 2025,4 mins
Burton Agnes: a skull, a promise, a haunting
Anne Griffith’s ghost still haunts Burton Agnes Hall, guarding her beloved home forever.
27 Oct 2025,4 mins
Wharram Percy and the belief in the living dead
Medieval villagers at Wharram Percy feared corpses could rise, attack and spread disease.
22 Oct 2025,6 mins
Hull’s railway history
Hull once had many stations and the H&BR carried coal from South Yorkshire to Hull docks.
16 Oct 2025,4 mins
Gold Cup glory sparked Sewerby Hall’s creation
Sally Fairfax finds out how the Graeme family came to build Sewerby Hall.
08 Oct 2025,6 mins
Larkin’s final words surface after 40 years
A letter kept private for decades, offers a rare glimpse into Larkin’s final months.
01 Oct 2025,4 mins
Bransholme Castle: A fortress born of civil war
This is the story of survival, ambition, and a forgotten stronghold.
25 Sep 2025,11 mins
She risked her life to save Jews during Holocaust
This is the remarkable story of Sister Agnes from Hull during World War II.
11 Sep 2025,5 mins
The ghosts of Beverley Guildhall
Could this be one of the most haunted buildings in Beverley?
29 Aug 2025,11 mins
Who was Joseph Coltman?
His portrait recently sold for thousands with bids from across the world.
14 Aug 2025,8 mins
A walk through history - part 2
Dr Al Oswald of English Heritage sheds light on Wharram Percy’s dramatic downfall.
05 Aug 2025,13 mins
A walk through history - part one
Dr Al Oswald from English Heritage reveals the secrets of Wharram Percy.
30 Jul 2025,13 mins
When hovercraft linked Hull and Grimsby
In 1969, Hull’s hovercraft offered a 20-min trip to Grimsby.
23 Jul 2025,4 mins
The WWI Wagoners who braved the battlefield
The story of Yorkshire Wagoners who used their horse-handling skills in WWI in France.
17 Jul 2025,4 mins
Hull’s golden King Billy
Why Hull has a huge statue of King William III dressed as a Roman when he was Dutch.
09 Jul 2025,6 mins