Hessle road 1985

This video was never completed when we made it in 1985.It was made by the Somerset street video workshop.This is a very rough edit that we did.We never got a chance to put a soundtrack on it so the sound is raw with our voices on it.There is some music near the end but i have no idea where that came from but it does seem to work quite well.This is the only copy we have and is several generations down so the quality is not great.But if you have an interest in Hessle Road then you should find it interesting.

[@alans3330]

The bloke at 7 mins 50 secs in is my grandfather. He died in the early 1990s aged 86. You probably caught him on this video going to the betting shop as that is all he did for the last 20 years of his life. Never saw the Humber Bridge but then again he had seen enough of the Humber in all of his years going up and down it, never knowing if he would come back. He never said he had been interviewed but is was a real gem of a find on You Tube. Cheers.

[@Emsie76]

How lovely for you. RIP grandad. 🙏🏼

[@mattclark7634]

What a find for you

[@stevenherberts968]

That's pretty cool mate, RIP

[@JOELONGTHORNEMBE]

Hi paul this comment is from Joe Longthorne personally who really enjoyed your film.

[@frankworld13]

I spent 12 lovely years in Hull with so many memories and lovely friends .

[@malcolmbryant]

Well done Paul we never know at the time how valuable recording things will be to future generations.

[@nuyt6]

I go up and down hessle road multiple times a day Im a delivery driver Ive been in Hull for 3 years now so its very nice to see the history of this road

[@jonnybilton8613]

Really good video. I was born and raised on Hessle Road. My grandad was a trawler man and lived off gillet Street. I've moved to Lincolnshire now but still have my Hessle road accent 😂

[@Millie1512]

This was really nice to watch, I spent my early years down eton street - we moved onto gypsyville just before it was demolished. I remember going down to the docks with my dad to pick up his wage packet. Nice trip down memory lane - thank you for sharing.

[@susanyates4233]

Thank you for this video. My late husband ran a second hand shop on Hessle Road, when there was a thriving community.

[@johnthurman746]

I remember it, I bought a violin there in the 80s!

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Was it a pools corner?

[@rochfordsnrubbs6855]

Enjoyed this. I was only 1 in '85 but I'm from Hull and I find the old videos and pictures of it fascinating. I think some people may disagree with me, as there always seems to be a feeling within Hull that things only get worse, but for me Hessle Road & Holderness Road still have that community feel to them - still, in 2016. Can't say the same for Newland Ave etc, these two have retained their working class spirit.

[@s1rmunchalot]

In April 1985 I moved to Hull to begin my student nurse training at Hull Royal Infirmary. I used to go down Hessle Road almost daily, mostly for shopping but also nightlife. It was clear how much the area had suffered from the loss of the fishing fleet, it was considered more 'down at heel' than Anlaby Road, Spring Bank and Beverley Road, about as bad as Holderness Road and Hedon Road - My father worked on Hedon Road at a chemical factory until he died in 1978. Thank you, it's good to remember where we come from. I have lived in Liverpool now for 20 years and seen a lot of change in that time here too.

[@Emsie76]

You probably know my dad then. He used to play the clubs and pubs back then, well he still does ! Wildwood country. He used to back Joe Longthorne too.

[@marymary5494]

Thank you for uploading. I have fond memories of the people of Hull.

[@LXR_Ghxstly]

This is amazing footage! There's a lot of places in the video that I still see now, I had no idea about how long these places existed. I'm from Bilton Grange.

[@tedcrilly5751]

if only those poor ladies at the start were to comment on the Hessle Road of today...what an absolute ghetto

[@thebiggerbyte5991]

Thanks for posting - fascinating to see how it was in my childhood.

[@jonathans1955]

Great video, I've lived in Hull all my life and worked for 4yrs down Manchester st. in the early 80s. at Kingston Leisure Products tigging bmx race bikes.👍

[@krmoore1000]

paul, wow wow wow, this is class.i was born on hessle road. i love this. so many memories. i thank you so much. cheers mate

[@coler217]

This is brilliant Paul. You should have finished it mate. Some of the footage on here is gold dust! Well done mate! :)

[@fintanbyrne1878]

Hi Paul. My name is Jo Byrne - I'm just writing a thesis on Hull and Hessle Road after the Cod Wars. I've been interviewing members of the former fishing community about this time and this video really brings to life what people have been telling me. I think this is a great archive. Hope you'll keep it safe and do something with it in the future. Kind Regards. Jo.

[@paulwhittleton]

Thanks for your comment.I just wish i could lay my hands on the unedited footage that we had.I am sure it would contain much more that we have not seen.

[@gillleach4082]

Thank you. I was brought up on Hessle Road and was there in 1985 (my mam still is) my dad owned a shop in Gypsyville!

[@justiceman9492]

I lived on St George's Road in 87....pure hole of a place....

[@SonOfAnders73]

posted to the Hull good old days facebook group hope you dont mind for this footage is gold

[@paulwhittleton]

so over 1500 views and only 10 likes?? is it really that bad? i don't think so.If you watch it and like it PLEASE like it.Thank You .....

[@ALECGILL]

Well done Paul - good footage and record.

[@albaproductions9602]

Just noticed your shot of the boats in the dock and the Inge which was used on Only Fools and Horses episode To Hull and back.

[@marknelson-girtchen1188]

This is Hessle Road I remember. Used to live down West Dock Ave. untill 1969 befor I moved to Germany

[@alans3330]

Hi Mark. I think we are related.

[@theeggman4806]

Awesome vid m8 thank God you managed to get it digitised..

[@articulatechav2668]

Fantastic footage, thanks :)

[@MarkComerfordArt]

Nice video, thanks for sharing

[@bettyprice6316]

Amazing video, there is a raw truth about it that I like as not all things labeled "progress" is actual progress. The half demolished houses are so sad.

[@paulmicheal283]

At the 9 minute mark that's the boat that was used in only fools and horses episode to hull and back.

[@Sheza58]

Wow! Looks like a different world now

[@S3aChange]

They wouldn't recognise it today.

[@Northern-Sounds]

OMG!! I remember seeing this at Wick's in about 1990! Awesome!! Takes me back. ZX Spectrum type graphics 'n' all!!

[@SP330Y]

Commodore 64 actually :)

[@orlando691001]

The computer we used was an Acorn BBC Micro from the early 80s.

[@SP330Y]

Yes you're right, knew it was one of those types,I used to repair those machines as well as BBC micros,comm 64's vic 20s.zx spectrums etc and the Oric,funny enough used to work down Goulton Street at the Hull City Council Hull ITEC repair centre,loved going doen hessle road at dinner break to either Veras or the chinese near Yorkshire Bank to get curry and chips. Hessle road is great, was born off boulevard in a house near the old speedway,i can still smell the bikes now

[@chriswhitley6685]

Yes Tony,I remember showing it to you. I was one of the team. I did all the dock shots, and the names of the streets, 3 seconds each. We ran out of money during the editing. We had only one week, which in those days editing took a long time.

[@rickcochran2165]

Hi paul really nice to watch and it was nice to see our jack n carl had a hand in it

[@paulwhittleton]

Thanks Rick im just glad i managed to get it up on here for everybody to enjoy....

[@rickcochran2165]

Cheers paul .. any more please

[@whereismymind9429]

Bless those two ladies, it was actually much better in 1985 than it is now though good grief

[@mrdeafa25]

Utterly heartbreaking to sea the destruction of the infrastructure that had taken generations to build just to build a few shops, none of which are even needed anymore. Whole communities of people who were exploited and finally dumped by the faceless rich folk who raped the industry then simply moved on. I used to think corruption was exaggerated but as I grew older it has become so obvious. Hessle Road still survives against all odds.

[@SP330Y]

Vera Bushmans sandwich shop,ham and mustard in a dusty bap, heaven

[@Emsie76]

My dad had two of them every night for tea, until she moved from top of St. Andrews street.

[@priscillaroberts7945]

Bap? Never heard them called that till i moved down south . Bread cake surely. I remember the hot cake van coming round across tea time. The smell was intoxicating.

[@PeterMaddison2483]

I was 16/17 back in '85 6th Form at Hull Grammar School. The following year, moved to Birmingham (which I hated) with my parents.

[@robertbest4398]

You wouldnt recognize now different country comes to mind same as many in great Britain shocking nobody wanted it people never have say in any of it

[@eddietwang]

very good.

[@stevenorway]

The old man talking to the old lady down Division rd is called Ken don't know his surname, he was always drunk , so he must have just been in rayners he lived on the corner of Airlie st and Boulevard.

[@jamesbeaumont1202]

Better back then

[@dadagan8815]

This was a year before I started my YTS down Wellstead St

[@lesleyhart6295]

Job centre sent me to a YTS place down st James street in 1988.The vauxhall tavern building on the corner is number 1 hessle rd I believe.They sent me on a work placement with a guy called Tommy Walker a haulier who transported the kits of fish from the market then Albert and William Wright docks To various fish merchants.Then we'd collect the heads (offal) and tip them at the fish meal place further down the dock in this big metal hopper thing that ground them into fishmeal.You wouldn't of wanted to fall into that,health and safety thin on the ground with that machine.Then it was back to the merchants to collect the fillets and deliver them to fish and chip shops around hull.Tommy was well in his 60's then and used a toyota hiace.But if the days graft was going to be busier he'd go to his lock up and get his old ford d series flatbed out.His operation was on the downscale then so the toyota did for most days .His vehicles were blue.Baxters were red and cutsforths biege/brown.I liked Tommy.A gentleman from old school.But there were some on the docks I despised.Bully fuckers who tuned into my shyness and were shite pots.Anyway Tommy looked after me for my 2 years on the YTS.And that's a slice of life I won't forget.Hessle road nowadays 1st things to mind=Drugs,prostitution and decline.

[@AndrewCorbettuk]

Hi , great raw footage there!Could we share it too? I'm producing a website about the Humber area called Humber TV and would be great to include. I'd like back and mention the source. Thanks Andy

[@sarahspencer3562]

Does anyone know the name of the elderly gent in the video, l think it might be my late grandad but l'm not certain!

[@MagicVato]

Old Faithful⚫️⚪️

[@smileyoureonfilm]

Hi Paul just wanted to see if i would be ok to use some of the footage from the first 20 seconds of this for a short documentary am doing on a local artist from hull will make sure to credit you for the footage

[@Tricky181]

Brought up on wellsted St with me mam n father

[@BethLaura123x]

GIPSYVILLE!

[@initcreative]

Hello We are currently trying to put together a music video that deals with Hull through the years and came across this wonderful video you have posted about Hessle Road in the 1980s. We wondered if you would be willing to let us usea few clips from it as background footage in our video? We're doing it as a labour of love (none of us are getting paid for it), so unfortunately we're having to rely on people's good will rather than offering money; but we'd obviously give you whatever credits you wanted in the finished piece. If you think this is something that you would be interested in, then that'd be fantastic. This video in particular captures the spirit of the song.

[@paulwhittleton]

INIT Creative Yes you are wellcome to use some footage.

[@initcreative]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate it. We'll get back in touch when we're closer to having a finished version and find out how you want to be credited at the end. Cheers Again.

[@paulwhittleton]

INIT Creative No probs.

[@noeldarby1635]

hessle ruuuuuuurd. !!we do sound common in ull

[@jameskirton4469]

The woman was having a PTSD flash black

[@nervo6321]

It aint changed all that much...

[@spongebooter]

Good video of 1980s Hessle Rd but sadly lacking any footage of 1980's icon JACKSON where is he? in this video sadly nowhere

[@paulwhittleton]

Who is Jackson?

[@spongebooter]

A Legend in his own lifetime the JACKSON spent the 80s on the road he now can be found slithering around the HU5 area where is he? HU5 !!

[@paulwhittleton]

Well he must have been in bed or the pub over the 6 months we spent shooting. He should have introduced himself the silly man.

[@paulwhittleton]

Ha ha I know who this is lol.

[@paulwhittleton]

Is the Jackson missing me?

[@myname7284]

3:09 bloody hell i was from boulvard mooved to bransholme when i was young imagine if these ladies seen it now polski jurd iraq romanian comunity ruined

[@iamhull723]

If only we could go back to the fishing years when the English stood as one now where over run :(

[@gibo198778]

Would help if it didnt take 10hours to start!!!!