HEDON AND DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

In the 'Dark Winter' of 1968, fifty-eight Hull trawlermen lost their lives when three ships - the St Romanus , Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland - sank in as many weeks. The sole survivor of the disaster, Harry Eddom, watched two shipmates die in a liferaft before being washed ashore and spending two days fighting for his life in Arctic wastes of northern Iceland. The Triple Trawler Disaster wiped Vietnam from the world's front pages and sparked an uprising that took on the Establishment and won. No longer would the fishwives stand by and watch the industry that provided their livelihood kill their men. Despite death threats, violence, blacklisting and media abuse, the women of Hessle Road, led by Mrs Lillian 'Big Lil' Bilocca, fought for their men and changed the most dangerous industry on earth – but all at great personal cost. A Glaswegian by birth, journalist, academic and writer Brian W. Lavery has lived in Hull for over thirty years. His ...

Following the AGM at 7.30pm, the meeting will focus on the society's late founder and president John Markham . As an author and publisher, John's books, articles and photographs informed and entertained his readers and listeners for over half a century. Work on his extensive literary archive has recently uncovered two early articles published by The Dalesman - 'Counting Heads in Hedon' (1965) and 'Our Lives in Hedon' (1978) - and these (plus a number of previously unseen photographs) will be the highlight of the evening. All welcome! Join at any meeting . £10 p.a.   Church Rooms , Magdalen Gate, Hedon HU12 8JP, 7.30 p.m. More information : contact hedon.history @gmail.com   COMING NEXT: 2016 8 November : Dr Brian Lavery , 'The Headscarf Revolutionaries: Lillian Bilocca & the Hull Triple-Trawler Tragedy 13 December : Annual Xmas dinner , Kingston Theatre Hotel, Hull 2017 10 January : Kath & Clive Richardson , 'L...