Canonical: https://hessleroad.com/a-taste-of-hessle-road.html Food, family & the working day # A taste of Hessle Road A breadcake. A pattie. A whole world of memories. The meals we queued for. The food carried home. The people who always put another plate on the table. Explore the flavours and food memories connected with Hessle Road. [Explore the stories ↓](https://hessleroad.com/a-taste-of-hessle-road.html#collection) [See the A3 artwork →](https://hessleroad.com/a-taste-of-hessle-road.html#poster) ![Original painted interpretation of food, family & the working day](https://hessleroad.com/heritage-everyday-taste.webp) Imagined heritage illustration, blending scenes across periods. Not an archival photograph or a particular real venue. Everyday heritage / Food, family & the working day ## From workplace sandwiches to a family recipe book Food is a way into everyday history. These selected accounts connect shops, fish houses, dinner breaks and family tables. Both potato patties and fishcakes appear in the records, with ingredients and coatings varying between makers. ### Our starting point Main Hessle Road and nearby Boulevard, Harrow Street and Witty Street connections. Chip spice’s citywide origins are identified separately. Six stories and memory themes, with records you can follow. Follow a memory ## The details that bring it back. 6 stories and themes Boulevard production · Hull-wide food tradition ### The pattie: a local favourite Potato patties are part of Hull’s food identity, with recipes and coatings varying. In a 2013 HullBID interview, Carol Carver described breadcrumb-coated patties made on the Boulevard, while other shops commonly used batter. The family recipe remained private. [Source: HullBID: Carver’s pattie-making story, 2013 ↗](https://www.hullbid.co.uk/articles/yum-festival-celebrates-with-carver-s) ## A question for your memories Which shop made your favourite pattie, and how did you order it? Hessle Road · remembered by Margaret ### A breadcake, a pattie and a dinner break Margaret’s oral history recalls buying breadcakes across Hessle Road and eating pattie sandwiches in a small upstairs room. Her account also remembers sharing a box of fishcakes with relatives, including her grandmother on Harrow Street. [Source: Hull Maritime: Pattie Slappers oral histories ↗](https://maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happening/online-galleries-and-exhibitions/pattie-slappers) ## A question for your memories Was it a pattie butty, a pattie sandwich or something else in your house? Food-processing workplace · remembered by Beatty ### The tea that went round the table Beatty remembered handmade patties in breadcakes during breaks, and a large teapot pouring tea across a row of mugs. A workplace meal could also be a moment of company. [Source: Hull Maritime: Pattie Slappers oral histories ↗](https://maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happening/online-galleries-and-exhibitions/pattie-slappers) ## A question for your memories Who made the tea where you worked? Witty Street connection · remembered by Ivy ### Kippers carried home Ivy’s family memories connect a Witty Street smokehouse, kippers brought home and net-braiding in the living room. Food, family and working life met under one roof. [Source: Hull Maritime: Pattie Slappers oral histories ↗](https://maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happening/online-galleries-and-exhibitions/pattie-slappers) ## A question for your memories What did someone bring home from the docks or fish houses? Hull-wide beginnings · later Hessle Road flyover connection ### That unmistakable sprinkle Carnegie Heritage Centre traces John Science’s chip spice to his Jameson Street Yankeeburger in 1979. It records a later restaurant at the bottom of the Hessle Road flyover in 1991, remembered for its pink Corvette on the roof. [Source: Carnegie Heritage Centre: John Science ↗](https://carnegiehull.org.uk/resources/hull-firsts-trail/john-science/) ## A question for your memories Do you remember the restaurant or the first time you tried chip spice? A community recipe collection in the making ### Your family’s recipe belongs here The next part of this story comes from you: handwritten recipes, a favourite meal, a remembered café or the person who always fed everyone. Send the dish, its family connection and the years you remember. We will seek permission and review each contribution before publishing it. Invitation to contribute ## A question for your memories Which recipe or food memory would you like us to keep? ![A3 illustrated poster of A taste of Hessle Road](https://hessleroad.com/taste-poster-thumb.webp) An illustrated collection for the Vauxhall Tavern wall ## Keep a little ofthe road in view. A matching A3 print brings this feature into a framed display, with readable lettering and a QR code leading to the fuller story. [Download A3 print PDF ↓](https://hessleroad.com/taste-a3-poster.pdf) [Download poster image ↓](https://hessleroad.com/taste-a3-poster.jpg) 297 × 420 mm · portrait · print at actual size. Records, recollections & the next chapter ## Where the story comes from. ### HullBID: Carver’s pattie-making story, 2013 ↗ An interview with Carol Carver, including production on the Boulevard and the family’s breadcrumb-coated variation. This is a dated account, not current trading information. ### Hull Maritime: Pattie Slappers oral histories ↗ Published interviews with Margaret, Beatty, Ivy and other food-processing workers. Individual memories describe their own workplaces and families. ### Carnegie Heritage Centre: John Science ↗ The Hull Firsts Trail links the 1979 Jameson Street business to the later restaurant by the Hessle Road flyover. Citywide beginnings are distinguished from the local connection. Original AI-assisted artistic interpretation, blending imagined scenes across periods. Not an archival photograph, a portrait of a real person or a reconstruction of a named shop or venue. ### Share a recipe or food memory Send your memory, photograph or document to **info@hessleroad.com**. Include the place, approximate year, names you know and permission to publish. Tell us whether the account is first-hand or passed down. Contributions are reviewed before publication. [Send your contribution →](mailto:info@hessleroad.com?subject=Food%20memories%20and%20family%20recipes) New material will be added as the archive grows. The separate streets and terraces directory remains browse-only, with adding details there coming soon. [Browse the streets & terraces →](https://hessleroad.com/who-lived-here.html) More everyday heritage ## Another thread to follow. ![Painted interpretation for A taste of Hessle Road](https://hessleroad.com/heritage-everyday-taste-thumb.webp) Food, family & the working day ### A taste of Hessle Road A breadcake. A pattie. A whole world of memories. [Explore the feature →](https://hessleroad.com/a-taste-of-hessle-road.html) ![Painted interpretation for The things we used to say](https://hessleroad.com/heritage-everyday-words-thumb.webp) A growing Hull & Hessle Road word collection ### The things we used to say Our words. Our voices. Our sense of home. [Explore the feature →](https://hessleroad.com/the-things-we-used-to-say.html) ![Painted interpretation for Saturday nights on Hessle Road](https://hessleroad.com/heritage-everyday-nights-thumb.webp) Nights out in the road & its neighbouring streets ### Saturday nights on Hessle Road The pictures. The music. The company. [Explore the feature →](https://hessleroad.com/saturday-nights-on-hessle-road.html) ## About the project HessleRoad.com is part of [Hull Creative Skills and Heritage CIC](https://hullcreativeskillsandheritage.co.uk/), based at the Vauxhall Tavern, 1 Hessle Road, Hull. New heritage content is added every week. All sales proceeds go back into the CIC; profits support the community and community projects. Share a photograph or memory: [info@hessleroad.com](mailto:info@hessleroad.com). [Contribution guidance](https://hessleroad.com/contribute.html).