What are Hull Hotcakes? I'm trying to identify a type of breadcake common in Hull when I was growing up, n the hopes of getting my hands on some again, either bought, or made myself.

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As a six-year-old boy In the early 60s living in Pullman  Street Spring bank West my Gran nanny Curtis used to send me out into the terrace when she heard  the sound of the hotcake man shouting down the street,  he provided us with bread cakes, which were hot and Delicious with just butter or margarine whatever was on hand, does anybody have any idea how to make these traditional bread cakes I say cakes but in fact it’s more of a bread bun there is no sweetness about it unlike a lot of recipes which I’ve seen today,
this memory burns brightly in my mind just like a patty with a bag of straps, from the chip shop, Or bread and dripping.
such food might not be socially acceptable today, but there were no fat kids about, we had just enough to fill the tum, and everything was preservative free !,
any help would be greatly received I’m a keen baker in my work free years there must be someone who has The wonderful knowledge to pass on, I’d love to make them for my grand children, keep the tradition going like the patty This only Originates from My birthplace of which I am very proud Kingston Upon Hull.
Were men were made of steel and ships were made of wood.
Rick
I've found a couple of plausible candidates.
The first (and I think more plausible), prompted by a twitter thread is an oven-bottom bread-cake*.  Here's (Facebook, with discussion buried in reminiscences, but no recipe I could see) an old photo showing them at Drewery's Bakery.  Similar things exist across northern England.  Until recently they could apparently be bought from Dixon's Bakery in Hessle Road.  It's worth looking at other traditional bakers, though the most likely I've found are currently closed.
The second is related to the clapcakes or havercakes found in other Northern counties.  These are made largely with oats, like the Staffordshire oatcake.  They sound like they're rather flat (even pancake-thin, and may use a little baking soda (recipe) or yeast (various sources but no recipe online that I've found).

* For anyone confused Bread-cake is a Northern English term for some types of bread roll.