It’s seven years today since Open Bridges night!
We chose the autumn equinox for the event, to draw attention to, and celebrate the lifeblood of the city, the River Hull, by separating the city east and west, raising or closing all the bridges over the river simultaneously with priority to river vessels. The equinox is the time of year when the day and night are as equal in length as they can be, and we honour the balance of light and dark.
We have many great memories of the Open Bridges night and ongoing A River Full of Stories.
Here’s a gallery of some photos showing just a few of the many lovely people we met along the way who became part of the team that made it happen.
Photos by Richard Duffy-Howard, Andy Hazell, Sydpix, Infinity Photos, Phil Withers, Stuart McLelland, Dave Todd, Dave Cosway, Octovision Media.
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Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard
Open Bridges, A River Full of Stories is an ongoing independent not for profit project conceived and organised by Rich & Lou Duffy-Howard. We continue to gather memories, stories, photographs, films and exhibitions about life on and around the River Hull.
Open Bridges made history when for the first time all 13 bridges over the River Hull in the UK’s City of Culture 2017 raised, swung or closed simultaneously splitting the city of Hull in two at 20:17 hours on 22nd September 2017. Historic vessels sailed down the river, met by 21st century tugs, to the sound of a new musique concrète work.
Open Bridges is an independent Hull/East Yorkshire based project.