Statutory Address: Fe’Male Ego Hair and Beauty Salon, 321-323 Hessle Road, Hull, HU3 4BJ
Coordinates: 53°44’04″N 0°21’59″W
Description of Location –
The mural is located on the side wall of Fe’Male Ego Salon just off Hessle Road on West Dock Avenue, opposite The Rayners pub – a traditionally popular pub with the local fishing community.
Details –
Erected: 2017
Listed: Not listed
Monument Type: Mural
Associated Site(s): There are multiple murals located down Hessle Road including the Hessle Road Fisherman mural (Halfway Hotel), Three Fishing Scenes mural (Turbo Systems), Headscarf Revolutionaries mural (Dixons Bakery), and Fishing Heritage mural (Fotoworx).
Inscription(s): “WAISTELLS”
“The Hull Bullnose Heritage Group”
“Boulevard Academy”
“Eastfield Primary School”
Description: A black and white mural depicting various characters and iconography of the mid-twentieth century fishing industry, including a fisherman in waterproofs holding a fish alongside a boy and framed by a trawler and an anchor, and one of Hessle Road’s most famous landladies Flo Hemingway, who used to manage the Rayners pub. The site used to house Waistells, a tailors where many fishermen would purchase suits when they returned from a fishing trip. The mural was painted by artist Keith Holmes.
Additional Resources –
“Leisure Activities and Fashion,” St. Andrews Dock Heritage Park Action Group, accessed 1 January 2024, https://www.hullfishingheritage.org.uk/3145-2/.
James Campbell, “Sites for Three More Stunning Hessle Road Murals Revealed,” Hull Daily Mail, 15 August 2017, https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/sites-tree-more-stunning-hessle-327382.
James Campbell, “Work Starts on the Latest Stunning Hessle Road Mural,” Hull Daily Mail, 12 September 2017, https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/work-starts-latest-stunning-hessle-464432.
Jess Molyneux, “Fascinating Photos Capture Life in Hull’s Landmark Rayners Pub in 1980s,” Hull Daily Mail, 7 August 2022, https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/gallery/fascinating-photos-capture-life-hulls-7415288.