Most recently, it was the return to ranks of a missing soldier that put Hedon in the headlines.
Said soldier was a crocheted Sergeant York, who had mysteriously vanished from his post atop one of the town’s bollards and part of a major VE Day yarn-bomb, courtesy of local stitching students of Louise Marie Crochet. Thankfully the hand-crafted soldier was recovered and returned to duties, delighting locals and visitors to the Market Place.
In the past, the place – and people – of Hedon have been in the spotlight for plenty of different reasons, including weather events, town traditions, and community endeavours. See below for a variety of pictures pulled from the Hull Daily Mail archives, many of them taken in the 1990s.
READ MORE: Photos from Feel The Noise in Hull 2002 with Gareth Gates, Blue and Sugababes