<P> The city is unique in the UK in having had a municipally owned telephone system from 1902, sporting cream, not red, telephone boxes . </P> <P> After suffering heavy damage in the Second World War (the' Hull Blitz'), Hull weathered a period of post-industrial decline, gaining unfavourable results on measures of social deprivation, education and policing . In the early 21st century spending boom before the late 2000s recession the city saw large amounts of new retail, commercial, housing and public service construction spending . </P> <P> Tourist attractions include the historic Old Town and Museum Quarter, Hull Marina and The Deep, a city landmark . The redevelopment of one of Hull's main thoroughfares, Ferensway, included the opening of St Stephen's Hull and the new Hull Truck Theatre . Spectator sports include Premier League football and Super League Rugby . The KCOM Stadium houses Hull City football club and Hull F.C. rugby league club and KCOM Craven Park Stadium rugby league club Hull Kingston Rovers . Hull is also home to the English Premier Ice Hockey League Hull Pirates . </P> <P> The University of Hull was founded in 1927 and now enrols more than 16,000 students . It is ranked among the best in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and located in the leafy Newland suburb, in the north - west of the city . </P>

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