Memories of Star & Garter (Rayners) 1983

In 1983 I documented the lunchtime drinkers in the Star and Garter pub, known locally in Hull as Rayners. The pub, now run by landlady Rachel Naylor is on the junction of Hessle Road and West Dock Avenue. For years it used to be the centre of Hull’s proud fishing community. But the halcyon days of hundreds of pints lining the bar in wait for the three-day millionaires coming ashore and spending their hard-earned wages before heading out to sea again were long gone. My pictures have just been published by Café Royal Books so I decided to try to put some names to the faces of these characters with help from the Facebook group ‘Hull: The Good Old Days’. Here are my pictures and some of the fond memories their publication have bought back to life after nearly 40 years. I hope you enjoy them.