Exploring Bransholme

Bransholme is an area or housing estate situated on the north-eastern side of Kingston upon Hull, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow. This blog hopes to bring together research about the area, its history and its residents. This research will inform the arts strand of the NHS' health centre planned for Bransholme.

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Out on a Limb



Article about scheme to pair students with elderly people living in Bransholme.

"Our next move was to accommodate those who requested a group activity. The most popular suggestions were needlework, soft toy making and nail and thread pictures."



They're out to Foster the right spirit at Bransholme
Hull Times 30th June 1972 p.5
"The Satellite town. That is what Bransholme has been dubbed by an organisation which is working feverishly to establish a community spirit among uprooted and sometimes lonely residents of Hull's major overspill area..

The Bransholme tenants and Families Association has certainly got things orgainised...
For those of people with the "Branshome Blues" the association is a 'must'."
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