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The HESSLE ROADERS
Alec Gill

The HESSLE ROADERS

I began my self-funded photo-documentary study of Hull's Hessle Road Fishing Community in the early 1970s using a German Rolleicord Twin-Lens Reflex (TLR) camera - mainly using B&W film with only 12 exposures per roll. I avoid posed pictures, prefer available light and dislike flash images. People are my main focus (sorry about that awful pun) and the Hessle Roaders have a zest for life because they live so close to death. Arctic trawling around the coasts of Iceland and Bear Island is the most dangerous job in the world with a high loss of life.

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7
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Public
Created
Nov 05, 2018
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
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#Community #Hull #England #Hessle Road

Photos (7)

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Maxine and Julie playing on St. Andrew’s Fish Dock, Hull England.
File: 010 = 456F Maxine Cone + Julie from Flinton Str near Kits on SAFD 15 June 1980 by Alec Gill.jpg
File: 008 = 223H Hull FC Gates + Ivy with her Silver Cross pram of floorboards 18 April 1978 by Alec Gill.jpg
Rag and Bone Men on Hessle Road.
File: 022 = 610M Horse + Cart + dog + 2 blokes near SGR 10 Nov 1984 by Alec Gill.jpg
Smales’ Fish Workers, Breaktime West Dock Street.
File: 040 = 196K Fish House Workers 7 March 1978 by Alec Gill.jpg
Swinging on a lamp-post, Eton Street.
File: 046 = 442L Eton Street Lamppost Swing Girl 12 April 1980 by Alec Gill.jpg
Seven Easy Riders, Gordon Street.
File: 051 = 386C Gordon Str 7 Heavies + Motorbikes Trevor Bailey 60 Gordon Str 29 July 1979 by Alec Gill.jpg
God Loves Skateboarders - Adrian and Michael, St. Matthew’s Church.
File: 062 = 194D God Loves Skateboarders Adrian Platten + Michael Flinoft 5 March 1978 by Alec Gill.jpg