Here you can find a selection of full length oral history recordings from the Ships in the Sky project. This project was a collaboration between Untold Hull and artist Esther Johnson which sought to record memories surrounding the old BHS/Co-Op building, it’s iconic mural and the various nightclubs associated with it. More recordings will be added here on a regular basis.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Mark tells us about his visits to the under18s nights at Romeo’s & Juliet’s nightclub in 1988 . It was £2.50 to get into the club in the 1980s, but… Read more Mark Brady →
Mick tells us about his days working at Bailey’s nightclub and some memorable evenings from his time there
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 shares some memories of the old BHS and Co-op buildings
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 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 →