Food for Thought
In 2018/9 members of the Hull Refugee Council Women’s Group recreated traditional dishes from home. From Ethiopia, Syria, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Somalia. When the women… Read more Food for Thought →
John Brien
John tells us about the scene around the original Kardomah cafe on Witefriargate and gives us his thoughts about the future of the street.
Moira Monahan
Moira recalls working in the first fashion boutique in Hull down Whitefriargate and remembers the different dress and hair styles popular at the time.
Becky Binnington
Becky recollects her first memories of Whitefriagate when she moved to the city from Leicester and tells us how magical and special the street seemed to her. Please note that… Read more Becky Binnington →
John & Julie Marsters
Julie who grew up in the old town right near Whitefriargate and her husband John remember childhood shopping trips down the street and give their opinion on modern developments in… Read more John & Julie Marsters →
Sue Berrieman
Sue talks about how busy Whitefriargate would be before pedestrianisation and takes us on a trip down the street remembering the various premises that lined the road along the way.
Peter Nelson
Peter tells us about working in various premises down Whitefriargate as a plumber in the late 60’s and early 70’s as well as memories of going out to nightclubs in… Read more Peter Nelson →
Sue Clark
Sue Clarke tells us about a particularly memorable shopping trip down Whitefriargate as a young child to buy a dress for a relatives wedding. She also reminisces about her first… Read more Sue Clark →
Whitefriargate Memories
copyright Hull Daily Mail Hull City Council received funding from Historic England to unlock the potential of Hull Old Town, fuelling economic, social and cultural recovery and breathing new life into… Read more Whitefriargate Memories →
Ships in the Sky Medley
The final #MuralMemories release with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 is a medley of short recordings, each celebrating a special occasion or recollection of the Hull Cooperative building and the Alan Boyson… Read more Ships in the Sky Medley →
Janet Gill
The fifteenth #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from Janet Gill who was a regular at the Skyline Ballroom in the late 1960s, and later frequented Bailey’s and then Romeo’s… Read more Janet Gill →
Peter Alton Green
The fourteenth #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from musician Peter Alton Green. After school in Scarborough and living in Bridlington, Peter moved back to Hull in 1962, and remembers… Read more Peter Alton Green →
Kristian Giblin
The thirteenth #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from Kristian Giblin. He told us about his weekly visit’s to Juliet’s when it was a rave club, and explained how Romeo’s… Read more Kristian Giblin →
Ivor Morton Halnofski
The twelfth #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from Ivor Morton Halnofski who told us about his days at Bailey’s. He started to going to the club when he was underage,… Read more Ivor Morton Halnofski →
Danny Foster
The eleventh #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from Danny Foster. Danny described himself as a Mod and told us how he, and his photographer mentor Alan, used to blag… Read more Danny Foster →
David Treacher
The tenth #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from David Treacher who shared his memories of shopping at the Co-operative and how the divvy was a lifeline for many folk.… Read more David Treacher →
Carol Harraway
The ninth #MuralMemories recording with #UntoldHull and @shipsinthesky63 comes from Carol Harraway. Carol told us about her four aunts working as waitresses in the Skyline restaurant and ballroom, an aunt that… Read more Carol Harraway →
E. P. Andrew
Architect E.P. Andrew was commissioned to design Hull’s new Cooperative building in the late 1950s. The building posed a number of engineering challenges including the installation of a ‘handkerchief’ roof.… Read more E. P. Andrew →
Barry Cooper
From Hull’s Hessle Road, Barry answered an ad in the Hull Daily Mail on leaving school and got his first job in 1963 at the age of 15 as an… Read more Barry Cooper →
Mick Jones
Mick tells us about his days working at Bailey’s nightclub and some memorable evenings from his time there
David Harvey
David shares some memories of the music scene in Hull scene in the 1960s of which he was a key part including several visits to the Skyline Ballroom
Gill Scott
Gill Scott shares some memories of the old BHS and Co-op buildings
Bryan Elletson
Bryan recalls working on the Coop building as a plumber in the early 1960s where he believes he may have met muralist Alan Boyson working on ‘Fish’.
Angie Wallace
Angie Wallace worked at Romeo’s and Juliet’s during the 1980s. Here she recalls working behind the various nightclub bars and as a lighting jockey. She remembers the notorious wet t-shirt… Read more Angie Wallace →
Ships in the Sky
Ships in the Sky is a film, oral history and exhibition project by artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson, supported by Hull Libraries and funded by the James Reckitt Library Trust.… Read more Ships in the Sky →
Untold HCAFC
Untold HCAFC is a project that recorded memories around Hull City Football Club. You can download a copy of the booklet here: Untold HCAFC Booklet Here’s what Glynis Charlton, Phil… Read more Untold HCAFC →
Moved
Most people can pinpoint one experience of art – a piece of music, an image, a film, a fashion statement – that impacted upon their life, made them stop in… Read more Moved →
Creative Journeys
Creative Journeys was a project that used Shirley Goodsell’s paintings of Hull’s old town as a starting point for a series of creative writing workshops. Three workshops were led by… Read more Creative Journeys →
A Child of War
Based on the memoirs of Jean Willerton (nee Ellis), A Child of War tells the story of a young child’s experience of evacuation during the World War II. Hull born… Read more A Child of War →
I Live Hull
In partnership with HMP Hull this project explores Hull and Hullness through storytelling and memory sharing. “As Librarian at HMP Hull I work with prisoners in an informal but secure… Read more I Live Hull →
A Time To Tell – Stories of Hull Community Development
A Time to Tell is a small collection of oral histories that reflect on community development work, carried out by people in Hull from the 1970s to 2017. The memories… Read more A Time To Tell – Stories of Hull Community Development →
The Stranger’s Tale
With stories of human kindness, joy, alienation, discrimination and connection The Stranger’s Tale documents a rich tapestry of diverse human experience and narrative which celebrates life in Hull as experienced… Read more The Stranger’s Tale →
Hull Songs and Stories
‘HullSongs’ is a Duffy-Howard Music project, gathering songs and stories about Hull. It is inspired by people who come to Loudhailer Acoustic nights and features contributions from Karl Oakes, Redeye… Read more Hull Songs and Stories →
I Remember…
‘I Remember…’ captures the experiences of women from World War I to modern conflicts through photography, poetry and sound. Photojournalist Lee Karen Stow writes: ‘Women in Hull and the… Read more I Remember… →
Zine Workshops with GROUND
Throughout the spring and summer of 2016, Ground collaborated with Untold Hull on a series of Zine-making workshops, which collected stories from community groups around Hull. The workshops took place… Read more Zine Workshops with GROUND →
A Perfect Combination: The Untold Stories of Hull Pop
‘A Perfect Combination: The Untold Stories of Hull Pop’ is a companion project to ‘A Perfect Combination: Fairview Studios 1973 – 1993’, a recently released double CD charting the pop… Read more A Perfect Combination: The Untold Stories of Hull Pop →
African Stories – Contemporary Voices
Contemporary Voices is a collection of oral histories made by people of Black African heritage who have a connection with Hull and East Yorkshire. The stories reflect aspects of their… Read more African Stories – Contemporary Voices →
The Fishing Life
The Fishermen’s Mission approached us to record memories of ex Hull trawlermen and their families for the exhibition ‘There’s Something Fishy Going on in Hull’ celebrating the lives of the… Read more The Fishing Life →
Capturing Clubland
A film chronicling and celebrating Club Culture in the city of Hull over the years directed by Kerry Baldry and Mark Wigan, edited by Kerry Baldry and camera work by… Read more Capturing Clubland →
Days That Made Us – Merchant Navy
Days that Made Us is a creative project that challenges people to chose and describe the one day of their life that made them who they are. People from the… Read more Days That Made Us – Merchant Navy →
Square Patties and Other Scraps
Broccolily Theatre recorded the memories of people who grew up on Newland Avenue in the 1940s and 1950s. These interviews inspired a community play, which was performed as part of Assemble Fest… Read more Square Patties and Other Scraps →
For The Record – The KCFM Collection
“KCFM is a radio station that broadcasts to Hull and East Yorkshire on 99.8 FM. We wanted to create an audio collection of your memories of growing up, first jobs, childhood… Read more For The Record – The KCFM Collection →
Nuns of Hull
‘Nuns of Hull’ A project by Dr. Lee Karen Stow, was inspired by the work of Sister Anna and Sister Josie of St Stephen’s Church on Greatfield Estate in East… Read more Nuns of Hull →
Assemble Fest 2017 – Newland Ave Memories
As part of Assemble Fest 2017 we collected memories and experiences from local people about the past and present of Newland Avenue, one of Hull’s most vibrant and colourful areas.… Read more Assemble Fest 2017 – Newland Ave Memories →
The Amy Johnson Scrapbook
Pioneering aviatrix Amy Johnson was born in Hull in 1903 and became one of the most influential and inspirational women of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to… Read more The Amy Johnson Scrapbook →
Try Reading – Rugby Stories
Try Reading was a celebration of the Rugby League World Cup held in England and Wales in 2013. Hull was home to the teams from Papua New Guinea and France,… Read more Try Reading – Rugby Stories →
Michael Sole
Michael recalls memories of life on and around Hawthorn Avenue, giving detailed descriptions of the shops and area surrounding it. He remembers his family life, contracting polio, the annual summer… Read more Michael Sole →
Yvie Holder
Yvie recalls her childhood and family life in Hull in the 60s and 70s, describing her home and the games she would play in some depth. She also talks about… Read more Yvie Holder →
Mary Burniston
Mary lived for 30 years in Coltman Street. She tells an anecdote about a butler in a neighbouring house during the Second World War. Mary continues to describe life during… Read more Mary Burniston →
Margaret Wilson
In the first part of the interview Margaret talks about growing up as part of an extended and close knit Catholic family in the Lidell Street area of the city.… Read more Margaret Wilson →
Brigitta Laszlo
Originally from Hungary, Brigitta discusses how and why she came to England, working hard to support herself and her family and her transition from factory work plus some volunteering to… Read more Brigitta Laszlo →
Tony Parker
Tony discusses his early life in the Escourt Street area of East Hull and going to David Lister School. He gives his thoughts on how ‘rough’ these places could be… Read more Tony Parker →
Vic & Pauline Wheeldon
Vic talks about his time working on board trawlers and his progressions from ‘Deckie Learner’ to eventually becoming a Skipper. He describes the conditions on board ships in some depth… Read more Vic & Pauline Wheeldon →
Christine Pinder
Christine talks comprehensively about her early life in West Hull, school, going to university and then her married life and career working for libraries and local authorities. She also talks… Read more Christine Pinder →
Monty Martin
Seventy-seven year old Monty was born in St Albans but moved to Hull aged 17. He worked in Hull as an Articles Clerk before becoming a solicitor and recalls legal… Read more Monty Martin →
Gilbert Austin
Gilbert recalls growing up in Marfleet Village during the Second World War and being evacuated to Hook near Goole. Gilbert’s first job was working as a ticket boy for London… Read more Gilbert Austin →
Valerie Baldwin
Valerie was born in the Hessle Road area just before the Second World War. She remembers her school days, playing in the street with friends and family life and describes… Read more Valerie Baldwin →
Doreen Hornsey
Doreen recalls being evacuated during the Second World War. She remembers her childhood talking about school, games, holidays and family life. Doreen describes meeting her husband, courting and dancing during… Read more Doreen Hornsey →
Chris Perkins
Chris takes us through his career in education from training to retirement in Hull and Kuwait. He talks about specific schools, the general picture of education in Hull and differences… Read more Chris Perkins →
Valerie Cooper
Val talks about her life – childhood, teenage years, working and marriage in the city of Hull.
Robert Holiday
Robert starts by describing some of his early life on Hessle Road, his relationship with his grandmother and leaving school at 14. He describes his experience during the Second World… Read more Robert Holiday →
Dominic Hooko
Dominic was born in the year that Ghana gained independence. He is one of eight children who made his own entertainment by recycling everyday objects into toys and he vividly… Read more Dominic Hooko →
Bridie Chapman
Bridie comes from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. She describes her early life just after the war. Bridie became a teacher and taught in primary schools in Hull. She talks about… Read more Bridie Chapman →
Dorothy Morfitt
Dorothy recalls Hull and Spurn Point during the Second World War. She describes childhood memories of North Hull Estate during the 1930s and 1940s including games such as ‘knocking off… Read more Dorothy Morfitt →
Frank Stevenson
Frank describes his life from leaving school at 15 and joining the Merchant Navy. He recalls the hard life of a galley boy. Frank saw active service in the Royal… Read more Frank Stevenson →
Elsie Beet-Atkinson
Elsie talks about moving to Bilton Grange as a child and her memories there during the blitz and of a ‘peace party’ at the end of the war. She goes… Read more Elsie Beet-Atkinson →
Olga Coates
In this two part interview Olga tells us the story of her family coming to this country as refugees from the Soviet Union following the Second World War and settling… Read more Olga Coates →
Eric Twigger
Eric discusses coming to Hull in 1972 through his work as a lawyer and his first impressions of the city. He also talks in detail about his interest in local… Read more Eric Twigger →
Walter Jackson
In the first part Walter talks about growing up during the Second World War, evacuation, childhood and family activities and then the end of the war. Describes early television programmes… Read more Walter Jackson →
Sylvia Utley
Sylvia talks about growing up on North Hull Estate and her childhood during the Second World War including her memories of being evacuated and bombing raids. She goes on to… Read more Sylvia Utley →
Pat Dawson
Pat describes growing up as a child during the Second World War, her experience of being bombed out during a raid and then what it was like to be a… Read more Pat Dawson →
Christine Clarkson
Christine talks about her lifelong enjoyment of playing the piano and organ, despite losing a finger following a childhood accident. She recalls working as a lady’s help, waitressing in hotels… Read more Christine Clarkson →
Shirley Hall
Shirley begins by discussing her early life at home and her experience of having a Maltese mother and some of the cultural differences they had. She talks about school and… Read more Shirley Hall →
Sue Nair
Sue describes growing up as the eldest of three siblings. Her father was in the Merchant Navy before becoming a policeman. Sue describes living in a police house at Sutton,… Read more Sue Nair →
Neville Clark
Neville talks about country life as a boy during the Second World War, his National Service and his work as a maintenance engineer on the train track for BP at… Read more Neville Clark →
Geoff Probert
Geoff talks about coming to Hull to study in the early 1970s and his experiences as a student in the city. He also talks about working for the NHS at… Read more Geoff Probert →
Shirley Poynter
Shirley was the eldest of five children. Her father died when she was 14 years old. She has lived in Hull all her life. Shirley recalls her childhood, growing up… Read more Shirley Poynter →
Christine Williams
Christine talks about her early life, parents, experiences of schools and her attitude to Hull, both when she moved away and when she returned. Christine also discusses her experience as… Read more Christine Williams →
Helen Wilson
Helen describes her life in Hull from an early age living down Wyndham Street and Bean Street and describes the type of housing she lived in. She talks about the… Read more Helen Wilson →
David Rowbottom
David talks about growing up on North Hull Estate and his pride in the city of Hull as well as sharing memories of particular places, characters and schools. Media No:… Read more David Rowbottom →
Ken Parker
Ken talks about his early memories of growing up down Thanet Road, passing his 11 plus and going to Riley High School. He discusses working for Priestman’s, his involvement in… Read more Ken Parker →
Rachel Harris
Rachel talks about moving to Hull in 2015 and her first impressions of the city. She compares Hull favourably to London, noting the community spirit and theatre scene. She talks… Read more Rachel Harris →
David Tiplady
David was born in Bridlington. He moved to Hull in 2015 to be near his partner’s family. He recalls visiting his Aunt in Hull as a child, travelling into Paragon… Read more David Tiplady →
Mohammed Abdu
Mohammed talks about his journey from Syria and life in England as a refugee with his wife and child. His wife Paraah also contributes and shares her views on life… Read more Mohammed Abdu →
Pat Marrow
Patricia describes her life growing up in the Hessle Road area. She discusses playing truant and the mischief she would cause as a child. She also talks about her married… Read more Pat Marrow →
Graham Durrant
Graham talks about visiting Hull as a port in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of his job in the Merchant Navy. He talks about his impressions of… Read more Graham Durrant →
Rosemary Bower
Rosemary grew up in a family of eight children and her father died early. Her mother worked very hard, having several jobs, so the children did chores, including going to… Read more Rosemary Bower →
Julie Rogers
Julie recalls her favourite decade – the 1980s, being a punk, the music scene and pubs and clubs of the time. She compares going out in Hull and her experiences… Read more Julie Rogers →
Colin Gardener
Colin discusses what it was like to move to Hull as a teenager. The differences between Hull and Ipswich and how he made friends. He describes the changes he has… Read more Colin Gardener →
Ben Welham
Ben talks about growing up in a large family of eight on Orchard Park in the 1980s and 1990s and also his experiences of having his own family. Media No:… Read more Ben Welham →
Joan Hay
Joan talks about her life from her earliest memories at home through childhood , including her memories of living through the Second World War and life during those years, the… Read more Joan Hay →
Patsy Wright
Patsy talks about her early life during the Second World War discussing her parents, siblings and pets. She talks about her teenage years and high school, and her expectations at… Read more Patsy Wright →
Cynthia Bailey
Cynthia was born in Barbados to parents from Dominica. Her mother was from the Carib-Indian tribe and her father was black. She recounts the story of growing up in a… Read more Cynthia Bailey →
Karen Hodgson
Karen describes her happy childhood in Hull. She remembers playing outside and attending lots of after school activities. As a teenager in the 1980s she went to Spiders and Trog… Read more Karen Hodgson →
Elwyn Jones
Elwyn recounts his colourful early days living on Hessle Road, particularly referring to missing school for work. He recalls details of various jobs he has had, always manual and often… Read more Elwyn Jones →
Chiedu Oraka
Chiedu Oraka is 28 years old. He was born and raised in North Hull and is of Nigerian descent. He has been a musician for the past six years and… Read more Chiedu Oraka →
Keith Gill
Keith describes his early life in Courtney Street and his work in steel fabrication for 50 years. He also talks about the effects of getting TB as a child and… Read more Keith Gill →
David Osgerby
David talks about growing up just outside Hull, moving away and then retiring and coming home to Hull to live. Pride in Hull and a feeling of belonging. David is… Read more David Osgerby →
Jean Powell
Description of growing up in a family veterinary in Hull during and after the Second World War. Childhood in busy happy family. Park Street bombed, had to move out. Describes… Read more Jean Powell →
Theresa Fyle
Theresa Fyle is of Sierra Leonean and Irish heritage. She speaks about her memories of her father Dennis Fyle, a well known Equality Campaigner in Hull who died three months… Read more Theresa Fyle →
Johnny Cliff
Johnny talks about his early childhood and teenage years growing up on Hessle Road. He worked as a bricklayer and on a Humber Pilot Cutter. Johnny was taken on as… Read more Johnny Cliff →
Brenda Medley
Brenda describes how her father was killed by a mine during the Second World War while serving in the Navy. She recalls family life during the War including the evacuation… Read more Brenda Medley →
Carolyn Daniel
Carolyn describes everyday life in her family on North Hull Estate during the late 1940s onwards. She got a job at 15 years old in Hyland’s(?) Printers and describes the… Read more Carolyn Daniel →
Janet Wall
Janet describes growing up on Spring Bank in the 1940s and being bombed out during the Second World War. She attended Park Road School, Constable School and Greatfield High School.… Read more Janet Wall →
Carole Myers
Carole reminisces about early life in St Stephen’s Square, childhood games and adventures. Growing up, courtship, marriage and married life feature, as does going to the pictures in Hull. Carole… Read more Carole Myers →
Dennis & Sylvia Davey
Dennis describes how he and his wife Sylvia met, courting, their first kiss, their wedding day and later their married life in the 1950s. He talks about his childhood in… Read more Dennis & Sylvia Davey →
John & Christine Haigh
John begins by recalling the Second World War. He remembers growing up in temporary accommodation after his family were bombed out during the May 1941 Hull Blitz. He recalls rationing… Read more John & Christine Haigh →
Gill Long
Gill describes growing up on Hessle Road. She married her first husband at 17 and became pregnant straight away. She was expecting her second child when she lost her husband… Read more Gill Long →
Barbara Miller
Barbara describes her childhood as the daughter of a serving Army Officer, moving to different countries. Her grandfather was Thomas Henry Wray who was Lord Mayor of Hull in 1959… Read more Barbara Miller →
Adrian Njie
Adrian is very well travelled. He was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire to Gambian and Sierra Leonean parents but spent his formative years growing up among different nationalities in Gambia… Read more Adrian Njie →
Eileen Hosie
Eileen talks about her life from childhood just before the Second World War. Details of where she lived and life in Hull during and after the war. She talks about… Read more Eileen Hosie →
Ron Wilkinson
Ron discusses his life as a fishermen, starting from his first trip as a cook’s assistant to eventually becoming a skipper. He discusses life on board ships, the dangers at… Read more Ron Wilkinson →
Dan Syanda
Dan Syanda grew up in Kenya in the 1960s. His aptitude for learning at a school which owned its own plane (!) ignited an existing curiosity about aviation and led… Read more Dan Syanda →
William Ostler
William describes his early childhood. He remembers the Second World War and talks about his evacuation experiences in Lincolnshire. Media No: 1045 Interviewee Forename: William Interviewee Surname: Ostler Year of… Read more William Ostler →
Pauline Robinson
Pauline talks about growing up during the Second World War, school life and starting work. She talks about social activities; ballet, films, music, dancing in the 1950s and 1960s. She… Read more Pauline Robinson →
Elizabeth Constable
‘Betty’ discusses growing up in a happy family of 11 children as the youngest girl. Describes how her mother made ends meet using club cards and ‘diddlums’. Lived in Holderness… Read more Elizabeth Constable →
Doreen Arnold
Doreen recalls her Second World War memories talking about an unexploded bomb at the Hawthorn Avenue railway crossings. Her father worked as a boiler man below decks during the war… Read more Doreen Arnold →
Rita Bartle
Rita describes her life growing up on North Hull estate during the Second World War. She talks about different items they collected in order to save money. Rita knew very… Read more Rita Bartle →
Anne deGroot
Anne’s story begins with her mother coming to Hull from Guyana as a nurse in 1959 and working throughout her career at Hull Royal Infirmary. Anne’s one visit to Guyana… Read more Anne deGroot →
Mary Glew
Mary recalls growing up as part of a very large family. She discusses her early years as a nurse, her entry into politics and her elevation to a cabinet role.… Read more Mary Glew →