“I say David_Nivea or Prime Minister.”

“@by yorkshirekel: I've got a job [I'm my own boss],I don't comment on every story, and I'm not looking for any reaction.
I post my views and that's it. Why not un-pedestrianise the city centre? On a night time, nothing & no-one travels through. The post-war 'redevelopment' of Hull was far more damaging than the WW2 air raids, in terms of demolition, and reshaping of this once-wealthy port.
Why did you react though, if you feel that way about my posts?

@jeshull: "David Nivea is a silly silly man, making stupid comments to antagonise people on just about every story the HDM run....he's best ignored."

You didn't see fit to heed your own advice then? :-)
I have often said that I post stuff on here to amuse myself.
But, they are my views, which seem to misunderstood by & large and seem to attract opprobrium and bewilderment from the local hard-of-thinking community.

However, I couldn't care less. Cheers.”

“Have to agree with charleswelton on this one. The whole area should be developed into offices and/or accomodation with the odd resteraunt/cafe bar. In the summer months the quayside is rammed and there aren't that many areas to sit and eat outside on a nice day.”

“Daves_missus,
I agree completely,Whitefriargate is a relic from a bygone era when Lowgate and the market place were thriving shopping areas. Shopping habits have changed now because the average person has less disposable income available due to the current financial climate plus ever increasing competition from the internet and out of town shopping centres where parking is more easily available and free. There is very little reason for shoppers to venture along Whitefriargate now, particularly since the market was closed,it's blatantly obvious that the city centre badly needs a market to breathe life into it jut like Doncaster, etc. With the Prospect Centre and St Stephen's Square drawing shoppers to the opposite end of the city sadly I see only further decline for Whitefriargate.”

“hessle lad..leeds hasnt got money either...utter tosh, and i lived there 4 years..no difference. The leeds boundaries include burbs, Hulls doesnt, end of. Like for like there is no difference unless you believe media tripe.”

“Ok how about this then? A lot of posters on here have stated that older people shop down there well let's take them back in time and make it a museum shopping area where the council restore it to how it looked in the 40's and they attract vintage shops that have to dress and keep the stores as they would have looked back then? This would also encourage school children to go and have a look how things were back then and also increase footfall as shoppers would be interested in what was happening? Just a thought!”

“I think Whitefriargate has had its day as a shopping mall. I don't think there would be any realistic possibility of reviving an outdoor market because I can't see any traders being that interested, quite honestly. Part of the trouble is, you cannot keep opening more and more shopping centres and expect them all to thrive. People are only going to buy the same amount of items and spend the same amount of money, generally speaking, so it's either going to be St Stephen's, Princes Quay, Prospect Centre or Whitefriargate. If we see a new breath of life on Whitefriargate, it will cause a slump elsewhere in the city. You can't have it all ways, there isn't enough money to go round. Simple as.”

“I would like to see local businesses on there with free rent for the first year to help them get going properly. Free rates too! It's sad that many chain stores are going bust, but this gives local businesses a chance again. I'm personally fed up of going in the same shops in every city I visit. You could use the piece hall in halifax as a good example of local businesses.”

“The future is, there is no future. Move the shops into the Princes Quay and sell the buildings off as offices and living accomodation.”

“jex hull.Leeds has the money.Hull has not.If you wanted to open a shop and make money,which city would you open in?.Whitefriargate is a much loved shopping street that older folk remember.But so was a much loved old seaside town like Brid used to be with all the boats sailing round the bay and families going there for a week in a basic B&B.Now folks want more,and a holiday abroad in the sun,and folks see shopping on the internet,or going to a supermarket is the new way of shopping.I had a small market stall at Skirlington some years ago.It had 350 indoor and outdoor stalls,and 10,000 buyers every summer sunday in summer.There was no I,and many others ,would ever consider trading in the centre of Hull”