I remember watching my town castleford play this team in black and white from Hull..We had some great battles in the 80s..❤😃 I will never forget that wizard Peter Sterling from oz
Never knew of this. I grew up in a small fishing village in the NW Scottish highlands. Seeing how much the fishing industry has suffered since I was a kid in the 80s, these women who fought for their men and community are my heroes. How sad that we weren’t taught about them when we were in school. The country owes them a massive debt of gratitude.
I am from Hull and proud to be from that City. My father started out as a trawler man and indeed was a "decky learner" prior to making his way further in the Merchant Navy. The triple trawler tragedy, though slightly before I was born, still loomed large throughout my childhood. This was basically a good documentary, however, a few points need to be made and borne in mind. First of all, if all of the people who claimed to be born and brought up on Hessle Road are to be believed, it must have started in Hull and ended in Johannesburg. I was not born there but I did live there briefly in later years. The second thing is that the image of the Hessle Road fishing community as being salt of the earth working class heroes is not strictly true. The area was known to be extremely rough and indeed was looked down upon - rightly or wrongly - by those residing in other parts of the city. Thirdly, it was not just the younger, single men who spent their wages on drink during their three days off. Many family men did it too. There were many families with large numbers of children who were often neglected. Many went barefoot or had plastic shoes. Physical abuse of spouses and children was widespread and common. Cases of sexual abuse were also not unheard of. Watch the film and celebrate the achievements of the women involved. Do not however be taken in by the rose tinted view of the community presented in the documentary.
A very powerful documentry I've watched this several times ' and some known faces I recognise from my days visiting Hull ' very strong men & women I salute everyone of them ' thanks for uploading this ' God bless them
Very emotional. Grew up on Hessle Road, Hawthorne Ave. All the men in my family were trawler men. Good to see my uncle in the film.God bless Lil and all the women. The owners and their representatives were absolutely revolting.
Have so much respect for these men and women. I'm from Leeds but have spent a lot of time in Hull working, the people are great people, real and down to earth. Love going there.
I can't remember the amount of times we sang the hymn Eternal Father as a child in the school's assembly, but it was many many times and always brings a tear to my eyes.
True men, gone maybe... But never forgotten... Always remember the story's from my old man about those times... Memories eh? Iam proud to be a hessle Road lad.. And if I die the man he was, I will be happy
Born 61. Hessle Road born and bred .My dad grandad and ALL men ancestors going back 1850 on trawlers . Yvonne my dads cousin . Know everyone in this film ...or if I don’t know em I feel like I do ..MY people ..and marchin with me mam and Lilly in 68 ..and then the GAUL ...Grandad lost on the St Louis in 1930 with all hands ...my nanna pregnant with my dad when grandad lost ..and five banes already ...they never even bothered trying to find the St Louis ...bastards ...last seen by a Russian ship makin a run for shore when a massive storm blew in ...Skolpern bank ...shouldn’t have sent men out in these boats in these seas in deep midwinter but if you turned down a trip ...you might not get another ...God bless ALL our lost men ...over 6000 ... six thousand ! Since 1850 ...brave fearless hardy men ...I’m so proud this is my heritage ...proud of my family and being part of that community ...best wishes and love to all hessle roaders ...keep these precious memories and pass em on and down . NEVER FORGET OUR LOST . Bless them all forever .
Thank you for a very compassionate piece.. You are keeping their memories alive and that is just and right. It would be a fitting tribute if there was a annual support/rememberence group. Hull City Council could provide a room for free to facilitate this.. Best Regards (from the Midlands, originally was born in Hull)👍🙏😢❤️
I remember all of this happening, and these women should be honoured for what they did, I've always held them in the highest regard. It was thanks to them that changes were made, sadly too late for many but we should never be allowed to forget.
I have just seen the Documenary about Lil Bilocca and the wives of the Trawlermen she was brave but paid a price for the victory of Radio officers she was threatened with beating s and further and treated like pariah ! She was a brave women and she fought for the right of security. God bless her!! Dr S
Sometimes you stumble across a hidden gem 💎..!! This is one of them 😢❤..The message I got from this is the same message the miners got..Never fight for the working man because they will always let u down just like this lady was let down when not one person who she fought for went to her funeral service…
Thank you for posting. Unfortunately the pure free market without regulations resulted in the untimely deaths here. People don't do the right thing without laws. The regulations that came about did not destroy this industry thst was outdated. Thank you brave women for your voices and protest to bring about change.
Brilliant ,Brilliant Documentry and upload.God bless the Families of Hessel Road.What a remarkable Lady LIL,and the other Ladies also. Gone to soon LIL at 59 sad!!!Strong Women indeed.You have left a wonderful legacy. xx
Very impressive, emotional and captivating. I worked on board the "Ross Revenge" and had a lot of talks with our chief engineer who worked on her when she was still fishing. This brought his stories even closer to home. Thank you for uploading.
April twenty fourth twenty twenty two, just heard of the very sad news of the passing of Yvonne blenkinsop, the last of the headscarf evolutionists. God bless you RIP BRAVE woman never to be forgotten 🙏❤🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧
my old man was an hull trawler man and so was his brothers but he would never let me go in the industry so i went in the merchant navy and now 40+ years on im glad i did
the women of Hessle road, of that 1960's 70's era still are!! We may be far flung, but we still firmly believe in right is right and wrong can be changed and is our job to try. It's in the blood, belief and integrity. That is Hessle road!! That is our legacy
I was brought up on Hessle Road in the 70s and 80s but none of my family went to sea. My dad tried it a couple of times when he left school but decided it wasn't for him. I had a friend whose dad was lost ae sea in the late 70s. I find it incomprehensible the feeling of seeing your dad go to work not knowing if he'll be coming back. I really feel for you.
By the 1960's...the greatest deep sea fishing industry on earth. Twenty years later all of it had gone . So sad. I was born in Beverley and grew up in Kirkella and Anlaby Park. I don't remember these boats that went down but my older brothers do. There was so much pride in the fishing fleets and to see it all gone by the mid Eighties was heartbreaking really. I left Hull in 1982 . I went back a few years ago and the town just seemed bereft of the character it once had. Whitefriagate was a ghost street.
Ironically the cod war might well have saved many a trawlerman's life in that it put a lot of those trawler owners out of business. Yes men lost their jobs but at least they were still alive. Many of those rust buckets were not fit for sea and they were finally sold off, many of them for scrap.
Is there an official statue in Hull of the head scarf revolutionaries? Because if so I'd like to visit it and pay my tributes to these fantastic women.
Its sad so few people have viewed this, and the ladies who fought for the fisherman remain mostly unremembered today. Like the video says at the end they should be rewarded for their courage and actions.
Roly(snowy)dunk,watching this brought to mind a chief engineer(don Jackson)I sailed with who said...if it wasn’t,t a legal requirement for the owners to fit lifeboats they wouldn’t and I believed him.
A very important story that HAD TO BE told! Respect to the fishing men and wives of Hull!
The bravest of men. The strongest of women. RIP
Feel so proud to be from Hull. It took me 30 years to learn the history of this. I had no idea.
Me too:)
I remember watching my town castleford play this team in black and white from Hull..We had some great battles in the 80s..❤😃 I will never forget that wizard Peter Sterling from oz
I ❤you so much Lillian Billocca so brave what you did. Your memory will live forever in our hearts. Now in heaven god bless you. Jan 2021🙏❤🙏❤🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Amazing documentary. The lost heritage of Hull. Rip trawler men x
An inspirational documentary. Shame it only got to BBC4. This heritage needs to be kept alive.
Bbc4 is the best channel
It's essential that these stories be remembered and told. It is staggering to realise that you live in a country where it is all forgotten.
Never knew of this. I grew up in a small fishing village in the NW Scottish highlands. Seeing how much the fishing industry has suffered since I was a kid in the 80s, these women who fought for their men and community are my heroes. How sad that we weren’t taught about them when we were in school. The country owes them a massive debt of gratitude.
I am from Hull and proud to be from that City. My father started out as a trawler man and indeed was a "decky learner" prior to making his way further in the Merchant Navy. The triple trawler tragedy, though slightly before I was born, still loomed large throughout my childhood. This was basically a good documentary, however, a few points need to be made and borne in mind.
First of all, if all of the people who claimed to be born and brought up on Hessle Road are to be believed, it must have started in Hull and ended in Johannesburg. I was not born there but I did live there briefly in later years. The second thing is that the image of the Hessle Road fishing community as being salt of the earth working class heroes is not strictly true. The area was known to be extremely rough and indeed was looked down upon - rightly or wrongly - by those residing in other parts of the city. Thirdly, it was not just the younger, single men who spent their wages on drink during their three days off. Many family men did it too. There were many families with large numbers of children who were often neglected. Many went barefoot or had plastic shoes. Physical abuse of spouses and children was widespread and common. Cases of sexual abuse were also not unheard of.
Watch the film and celebrate the achievements of the women involved. Do not however be taken in by the rose tinted view of the community presented in the documentary.
People have faults unfortunately it’s the same in every town
A very powerful documentry I've watched this several times ' and some known faces I recognise from my days visiting Hull ' very strong men & women I salute everyone of them ' thanks for uploading this ' God bless them
Very emotional. Grew up on Hessle Road, Hawthorne Ave. All the men in my family were trawler men. Good to see my uncle in the film.God bless Lil and all the women. The owners and their representatives were absolutely revolting.
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Have so much respect for these men and women. I'm from Leeds but have spent a lot of time in Hull working, the people are great people, real and down to earth. Love going there.
I can't remember the amount of times we sang the hymn Eternal Father as a child in the school's assembly, but it was many many times and always brings a tear to my eyes.
Proud to be from Hull City - I'm not from a fishing family but respect to all who worked in the fishing industry, then and now.
Thumbs up to these brave and gutsy women.
well done ladies glad you stood up for your men
brilliant documentryl may this film be preserved as a record of the high price the fishermen and thier familys paid .
True men, gone maybe... But never forgotten...
Always remember the story's from my old man about those times... Memories eh?
Iam proud to be a hessle Road lad..
And if I die the man he was, I will be happy
Well done you feisty ladies! thank God for strong women 👏
Thank you for uploading this. My uncle was lost on The Gaul fishing trawler.
Born 61. Hessle Road born and bred .My dad grandad and ALL men ancestors going back 1850 on trawlers . Yvonne my dads cousin . Know everyone in this film ...or if I don’t know em I feel like I do ..MY people ..and marchin with me mam and Lilly in 68 ..and then the GAUL ...Grandad lost on the St Louis in 1930 with all hands ...my nanna pregnant with my dad when grandad lost ..and five banes already ...they never even bothered trying to find the St Louis ...bastards ...last seen by a Russian ship makin a run for shore when a massive storm blew in ...Skolpern bank ...shouldn’t have sent men out in these boats in these seas in deep midwinter but if you turned down a trip ...you might not get another ...God bless ALL our lost men ...over 6000 ... six thousand ! Since 1850 ...brave fearless hardy men ...I’m so proud this is my heritage ...proud of my family and being part of that community ...best wishes and love to all hessle roaders ...keep these precious memories and pass em on and down . NEVER FORGET OUR LOST . Bless them all forever .
Thank you for a very compassionate piece.. You are keeping their memories alive and that is just and right. It would be a fitting tribute if there was a annual support/rememberence group. Hull City Council could provide a room for free to facilitate this.. Best Regards (from the Midlands, originally was born in Hull)👍🙏😢❤️
🙏🙏 I relay my sympathies.. Such a tragedy, Such a loss, I know there will always be questions.. Best Regards and thoughts..
The loss of The Gaul was never fully explained. Something very underhand from the powers that be, in that story.
@@mainstay. there was the mod and government covered it up a lot of trawlers where used as spy ships
I remember all of this happening, and these women should be honoured for what they did, I've always held them in the highest regard. It was thanks to them that changes were made, sadly too late for many but we should never be allowed to forget.
I have just seen the Documenary about Lil Bilocca and the wives of the Trawlermen she was brave but paid a price for the victory of Radio officers she was threatened with beating
s and further and treated like pariah ! She was a brave women and she fought for the right of security. God bless her!!
Dr
S
Sometimes you stumble across a hidden gem 💎..!! This is one of them 😢❤..The message I got from this is the same message the miners got..Never fight for the working man because they will always let u down just like this lady was let down when not one person who she fought for went to her funeral service…
RIP Yvonne You will be greeted in Heaven by the other fine Ladies of Hessle Road. 24th April 2022 54 Years after your remarkable campain
Thank you for posting. Unfortunately the pure free market without regulations resulted in the untimely deaths here. People don't do the right thing without laws. The regulations that came about did not destroy this industry thst was outdated. Thank you brave women for your voices and protest to bring about change.
Какие прекрасные женщины! Мужественные и умеющие добиваться своих благородных целей. Низкий поклон...
They were.
Brilliant ,Brilliant Documentry and upload.God bless the Families of Hessel Road.What a remarkable Lady LIL,and the other Ladies also. Gone to soon LIL at 59 sad!!!Strong Women indeed.You have left a wonderful legacy. xx
Very impressive, emotional and captivating. I worked on board the "Ross Revenge" and had a lot of talks with our chief engineer who worked on her when she was still fishing. This brought his stories even closer to home. Thank you for uploading.
April twenty fourth twenty twenty two, just heard of the very sad news of the passing of Yvonne blenkinsop, the last of the headscarf evolutionists. God bless you RIP BRAVE woman never to be forgotten 🙏❤🙏❤🇬🇧🇬🇧
my old man was an hull trawler man and so was his brothers but he would never let me go in the industry so i went in the merchant navy and now 40+ years on im glad i did
Such beautiful brave women sadly today's world would attack these women for standing up against the system
Thank you so much for what you all did as a ex fisherman I have total respect for you and may you rest in peace 🙏
Saludos desde GALICIA --- España , donde compartimos la historia del Atlántico norte.
Y hoy mas que nunca un saludo de uno de Hull hacia Galicia ....
@@paulgiblin5450 Si, gracias terrible y triste dia ,despues del naufragio en Terranova.
I remember this well i am a hessle road girl and proud of it big lill was a lovely lady
Very few at Lillian's funeral,unlike the so called Queen mother,years later. But l know who I'll rember most! And who contributed most to humanity?
Brilliant. My cousin Stephen was lost on the Kingston Peridot.....
My mother-in-law lost her dad to the sea. Her mam can be seen at the meeting in the hall. Thanks for uploading this
I remember this. I knew folks who lived on Scarbrough St. Wonderful people.
Incredible women 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Strong remarkable women
the women of Hessle road, of that 1960's 70's era still are!! We may be far flung, but we still firmly believe in right is right and wrong can be changed and is our job to try. It's in the blood, belief and integrity. That is Hessle road!! That is our legacy
My granddad was on the ship nearest to the Ross Cleveland. Brave, brave men.
My Dad was Skipper of Cleveland .Your Granddad's Skipper was my Dad friend Len
And others slate us born and raised on Hessle rd!, we were proud and still are of our heritage !
I remember the day my Auntie collected me from school to take me home because Dad was lost at Sea .
I was brought up on Hessle Road in the 70s and 80s but none of my family went to sea. My dad tried it a couple of times when he left school but decided it wasn't for him. I had a friend whose dad was lost ae sea in the late 70s. I find it incomprehensible the feeling of seeing your dad go to work not knowing if he'll be coming back. I really feel for you.
By the 1960's...the greatest deep sea fishing industry on earth. Twenty years later all of it had gone . So sad. I was born in Beverley and grew up in Kirkella and Anlaby Park. I don't remember these boats that went down but my older brothers do. There was so much pride in the fishing fleets and to see it all gone by the mid Eighties was heartbreaking really. I left Hull in 1982 . I went back a few years ago and the town just seemed bereft of the character it once had. Whitefriagate was a ghost street.
I was so sad to hear that Lillian Bilocca did not have a huge send-off - so many owed her a lot
Could be a good movie like the Perfect Storm.
God bless Lil Baloca 🙏
A program brilliant. These women could have run the country better than most people at the time. Or now.
My memory not so good these days....we that went to sea had a separate dole office.early 70s...end of an era then
Wonderful
Ironically the cod war might well have saved many a trawlerman's life in that it put a lot of those trawler owners out of business. Yes men lost their jobs but at least they were still alive. Many of those rust buckets were not fit for sea and they were finally sold off, many of them for scrap.
Brilliant!
great I was on the ross Trafalgar at the time
Fight the good fight, seek and you shall find and those who dares wins!
Is there an official statue in Hull of the head scarf revolutionaries? Because if so I'd like to visit it and pay my tributes to these fantastic women.
My class actually watched this in year six it’s a good video
Its sad so few people have viewed this, and the ladies who fought for the fisherman remain mostly unremembered today. Like the video says at the end they should be rewarded for their courage and actions.
Thanks for the great content
Roly(snowy)dunk,watching this brought to mind a chief engineer(don Jackson)I sailed with who said...if it wasn’t,t a legal requirement for the owners to fit lifeboats they wouldn’t and I believed him.
29.52 Anyone remember pigeon in the early eighties round town?
Does anyone know who the narrator is?
Lucy Beaumont
Ah, the days when women still wore a hijab.