Gary Rose
Joining the Silhouette Club became Gary's sanctuary, a place where he felt safe and, most importantly, accepted...
Wider Scene
Welcome to our Wider Scene Archive! Browse all below.
Accompanying acts. 1980 – 1995
Drag performers, male strippers and comedians often shared the same billing...
Andy Roe
Andy Roe grew up in East Hull. As a teenager, on the weekends, in the early 80s he began to socialise in the HU3/Spring Bank area and especially in Silhouette...
Lel Meleyal
Lel was born on Hessle Road into a working class family. Alongside her friends Alphie, Janine and Mindy she bought 148 Boulevard...
Newspaper / Magazine clippings. 1960 – 1998
Drag and gay performances appears as ads in many local papers. In those same paper the gay community was also negatively represented...
Pearl Anderson
Pearl helped make and fit costumes for drag acts such as The Vauxhall Dragettes, The GiGi Girls and La Cagelles...
Margaret and Bill Green
Margaret was the full time barmaid at Dee St Club for 25 years. Bill called the bingo...
Marcus Pennington
Marcus documented his friends and the wider scene inside Silhouette...
Chrissy and Denise
Chrissy and Denise have been a couple for 37 years. They were regulars of St Georges and Vauxhall pub during the 80s/90’s...
Angie South
“Angie Amazon” was a young mother who moved, with her son, into 148 Boulevard. She lived there, surrounded by care, for around three years...
Pat and Vera Lodge
During the 80s Pat and Vera would often be in the audience of drag performances...
Pub, Clubs and Venues.
Drag and gay performance happened in many venues like The Star and Garter, The Vauxhall, Silhouette, The Alex' and Polar Bear....
Susan Radford
Sue met her husband while roller skating and continues to enjoy watching performers such as Kandy Lee Barry.
Jerry Thompson
Jerry is an ex-fisherman who had a full life aboard the trawlers - he loved to go out dressed up to a disco on his return...
Ken Shakesby
Ken grew up on Hessle Road. Leaving after getting married. He fondly remembers visiting HU3 institutions like Rayners and Dee Street Club...
Frank Callis
For Frank Hessle Road was a place to get fancy clothes, swap Norwegian jumpers for vodka and see drag acts...
Colin Fewster
Colin is a veteran of Hull’s historic Hessle Road fishing community. He built a dedicated career at sea, starting out in local fishing and eventually earning his skipper’s ticket. As the fishing industry declined in the 1980s, Colin adapted by...
Steve Wright
Steve was the Dee St Club compere and guitarist. The band accompanied the acts and artists and also entertained customers..
