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On 22 August 1902, Kingston upon Hull Corporation was granted a licence under the Telegraph Act 1899 to operate a municipal telephone system in the Kingston upon Hull area, opening its first telephone exchange on 28 November 1904 at the former Trippett Street Baths, Wincolmlee: Link In 1911 the Post Office took over the National Telephone Company's system, but Kingston upon Hull Corporation was permitted to retain its own service. Since then, it provided the only municipal telephone service in the country. In 1987, it became Kingston Communications (Hull) plc, still owned 100% by the Council. In 1999 the company was partially floated on the stock exchange. In 2007 its name was changed to KCOM Group plc. On 4 April 2016, the company moved all of its brand under a single KCOM brand name. KCOM was acquired by MEIF 6 Fibre Ltd, a business unit of Macquarie Group, in August 2019. Further information in Wikipedia: Link KCOM's history: Link

The K8 telephone kiosk was designed by Bruce Martin in 1965. Of some 11,000 installed across the country between 1968 and 1983, it is reported that about 50 survive today, most of which are located within the former Hull Corporation Telephones area. Further information: Link Report in The Guardian: Link

Public houses, or informally ‘pubs’, come and go, relocate, change their name … Trade directories provide a historical perspective: in 1803 there were 181 pubs in the then town, rising to a high of 311 in 1876, reducing to 173 by 1978, and likely to be much lower still today.
Further reading:
‘Public Houses of the Old Town since 1803’ by Heritage Information Centre, undated
‘Bottoms Up – A Walking Guide to Hull Pubs’ by Howard B. Fuller, 1993
‘Lost Pubs of Hull’ by Paul Gibson and Graham Wilkinson, 1999
‘Hull Pubs and Breweries’ by Paul Gibson, 2004
‘Ale Trail’ pubs in the Old Town: Link
‘Low Ale Trail’ in Hull city centre: Link
Real Ale Pub Guide (CAMRA): Link