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Heroes in headscarves: Hull honours the women who risked all for safety at sea
PETER FROST fills in some details of a group of remarkable working-class heroines celebrated this week
A mural honouring Lillian Bilocca, the 'headscarf revolutionary'

IT WAS great to see the news this week that Hull had at last marked the home of headscarf hero Lillian Bilocca with a blue plaque.

I last wrote about Lillian Bilocca along with her three comrades Christine Jensen, Mary Denness and Yvonne Blenkinsop who became known as the “headscarf revolutionaries” when they campaigned relentlessly following the 1968 triple trawler tragedy when three Hull trawlers sank in winter storms, with the loss of 58 lives.

Hull was still suffering from winter storms this month with storm damage to both shops and the football stadium reported. 

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