HEDON AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Meet 2nd Tuesday of each month @2pm |  Hedon Methodist Church HU12 8EL | NEXT: 12 MAY, Peter Connelly,  THE 'SEEDS OF CHANGE PROJECT': HULL'S OIL-SEED CRUSHING INDUSTRY  & ITS HISTORY | Free refreshments, parking, level access | 2025/26 members free  OR  £5 visitor | More info : 01482 899180 (Brenda Goldspink) | hedon.historyATgmailDOTcom PROGRAMME 2025/26 2025 9 September : AGM &   Social + Brenda Goldspink, Some Hedon Mayors 14 October : Jenny Scruton, Beverley & the Elwells 11 November : Francis Davies, Bethel Jacobs & Sons of Hull: Jewellers, Architects & Engineers   9 December : Xmas Lunch, Kingston Theatre Hotel   (pre-booked only, 1.30 for 2pm) 2026 13 January : Steve Clark, 1939: A Hull School Evacuates to Scarborough 10 February : Mike Rymer,  31-34 Posterngate:  Georgian Townhouses & Their Occupants, 1850-1900   10 March : Tony Porter,  The Ups & Downs of Horse Racing in & aroun...

This is not a tale of heroic action on the Western Front or on the Somme; it is not even a tale about soldiers. Instead it recounts the effects of migration, nationalism and war on the lives of two brothers (and their families) during World War One, as well as on the communities they lived in. Georg Friedrich Hohenrein, a German butcher, had arrived in Hull from Germany in 1848 and started trading as a pork butcher two years later. He became a naturalised Englishman and his two sons, Charles and George, were born British citizens. G. F. Hohenrein & Son developed into a successful Hull business, with two shops and a delivery van that was a familiar sight on local streets. Charles took on his father’s shop at 7 Waterworks Street and served as a proud member of the East Riding Yeomanry. George, however, moved back to Germany with his German-born wife. And by August 1914 the two nations were at war ... New members always welcome ! Join at any meeting - £15 p.a.   ...