Residents and community groups are invited to attend the annual Hull Holocaust Memorial Day to honour and remember victims of the Holocaust.
The national Holocaust Memorial Day will be marked with a special ceremony taking place at the Guildhall on Thursday 25 January at 7pm.
A colourful and multi-cultural event will mark the first public event of the Lord Mayor’s civic year.
This popular annual gala will take place this Saturday (10 June), welcoming the new Lord Mayor into their role and is set to bring a blaze of colour, music, dance and fun activities to Queens Gardens in Hull’s city centre.
Hull City Council, in partnership with a number of key stakeholders including local rugby league club Hull FC and the armed forces, will commemorate the life, career and bravery of one of the city’s greatest heroes, a century on from Harrison being posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917.
The former rugby star, Sutton resident and Lime Street School teacher was killed in action during World War One in May 1917 at Oppy Wood, France.
From Hull’s first Charter in 1299 – the city’s birth certificate – to the magnificent Charter of Queen Mary.
These important documents show how the people of Hull were granted privileges, rights and responsibilities, providing the bedrock upon which local citizens live today.