Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts In the latest Hull KR Shirts exhibition, I took a selection of around 20 shirts to the August 2025 Hull KR Foundation Heritage Evening. The shirts I took spanned 7 decades as we discussed players and shirts from the 1960s to the present day. One of the shirtsContinue reading “Hull KR Foundation Heritage Evening: Wednesday 27th August 2025”
Category Archives: Exhibitions and Displays
Hull FC Shirts vs. Hull KR Shirts: A Derby Day Exhibition – 13th July 2024
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts People in modern-day society like to be ‘ITK’, that’s ‘in the know’ for those of us that aren’t down with the kids. Behind the scenes features can often be more popular than the main event these days, so I thought I would make some notes, almost like aContinue reading “Hull FC Shirts vs. Hull KR Shirts: A Derby Day Exhibition – 13th July 2024”
Hull KR Foundation Heritage Evening: 29th May 2024
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts During the early stages of 2024, I was asked if I would be interested in running a Heritage evening and delivering a session based around my shirt collection. It had been two and a half years since I had the opportunity to run a Heritage session, so thereContinue reading “Hull KR Foundation Heritage Evening: 29th May 2024”
Hull KR Foundation Heritage Evening: 27th October 2021
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts The monthly theme for the October Heritage Evening in 2021 was Crest and Shirt History. Fresh off the back of the reveal of the new Club Crest, this felt like a great moment to cover the history of the crest and the kits that displayed them. I preparedContinue reading “Hull KR Foundation Heritage Evening: 27th October 2021”
Hull KR Shirts On Craven Streat
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts During the 2021 and 2022 seasons, you may have seen Hull KR Shirts on Craven Streat! I had the opportunity to run multiple shirt displays across a two-year period. This was something that I really enjoyed doing, but another matchday volunteer role has seen my time and energyContinue reading “Hull KR Shirts On Craven Streat”
Community Trust Heritage Night: 30th October 2019
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts I have been attending Heritage evenings since February 2019. They are held within the North Stand at Craven Park on the final Wednesday of each month, are free to attend, and run from 7PM until 9PM. The 30th October 2019 was the first time the opportunity arose forContinue reading “Community Trust Heritage Night: 30th October 2019”
Dove House Hospice
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts. On 1st February 2019, the day of our first Super League game of the 2019 season against City rivals Hull FC, I attended a reminiscence session at Dove House Hospice that focussed on Rugby League in the City. This was alongside the Heritage Team at Hull Kingston RoversContinue reading “Dove House Hospice”
Creative Day Care
Written by Mike Carter, Hull KR Shirts. I was invited, along with the Heritage Team of the Community Trust, to a community event at the Bilton Grange Community Association on 30th October 2019. I took a long a small number of match worn shirts to create a visual display for members for the Bilton GrangeContinue reading “Creative Day Care”