A WEST Hull couple who were planning to sell up and bid goodbye to the area have decided to stay put after the UK City of Culture 2017 win. Linda Duncan, 53 and her husband, Graham 54, will still be selling their home, as Linda's back problems mean they need to live in a bungalow, but have now decided to buy another home in the area instead of moving away.
Linda, who has lived in Hull for 27 years, says she and her husband, who was born and bred in the city, never hated the city but felt that it was time for a change of scenery.
Now though, their love affair with the area has been reignited. Linda said: "I love Hull and I love the fact that, at last, Hull is being recognised as a place of culture, not that it will be a place, but that it always has been.
"The architecture, the history, the people, the music, everything about Hull – when I say the people, I mean the famous and influential people but I also mean everyone else, the normal people who live in Hull.
"The fact is that it is just such a wonderful place. If you walk around Hull and look up at the architecture or go and see the fountains in the Avenues, you can't help but feel uplifted."
