There weren't many minute's silences in those days, Unlike now. They tended to be for people connected to the club. First one I can recall was for Harold Needler.
An FC fan once told me the reason he, and a lot of FC fans dislike Leeds so much is they played them not long after the triple trawler disaster and they were singing songs about going down like your trawlers etc...Don't know if it is true or just folklore.
Facebook Dr. Alec Gill. He's the local historian who knows absolutely everything about the fishing industry. What he doesn't know isn't worth knowing.
As it should be really with Hull's connections to the Yorkshire coalfields. That's the Hull & Barnsley Railway, pit props inported, coal exported, even a station at Boothferry Park.
Railway embankments and bridges from Calvert Lane to Hedon Road, to smash the NER stranglehold and develop East Hull
As kids we used to play in the three tunnels between Little Weighton and Weedley Springs. The longest one was great fun. Totally pitch black except when you got to the vents where you got a spotlight of light. We then used to run through the landfill site at the end, clambering over all-sorts of toxic garbage. No one ever stopped us. Happy days.
i recall seeing pictures at the time in the hull daily mail showing thick ice formed around the masts.
Recommend 'Superstitions - Folk Magic in Hull's Fishing Community ' by Alec Gill. Some stories in there...
This is very much a guestimate as I don't know the figures exactly, but I would hazard a guess as follows. Boyd Line Approx 15 Hellyers Approx 20 Marr Approx 15 Hudson's Approx 10 Hamlings approx 12 Kingston 10 Henriksens 4 Newington 6 Boston 10 That's roughly 100. Crews on Fresh fish trawlers were around 21 & 30+ of Freezers, so I would guess 2500/3000 fishermen. Of cause a lot of shore based workers as well as supply and repair companies indirectly reliant on the fishing industry. THIS IS PURELY FROM MEMORY, SO I COULD HAVE MISSED OUR OVER/UNDER ESTIMATED THE FIGURES, BUT VERY ROUGHLY I THINK THIS WOULD NOT BE FAR OFF.
The main tunnel is filled at one end and fenced at the other, apparently it's full of bats and that prevented them from sealing both ends.
Hamlings circa 1973, St Britwin, St Loman St Dominic, St Giles, St Gerontius, St Jasper St Jerome, St Jason St Benedict St Keverne That is ten ish. Now, had the op asked for the year 1974, that list would have been one less. St Keverne, the last steam trawler in Hamlings fleet was scrapped at Blyth in 1974. Powered by a triple expansion engine built by C D Holmes. (An example of which is in the lobby of the Science Museum, London) Which part of that list do you specifically disagree with?
While we're on about vessels from Hull wasn't it sad to see the Pride of York leave KGD for the last time last night. Many a booze cruise enjoyed on both ships back in the day. Once met Gwyllim Lloyd onboard one of them just after his major illness. He had a massive cigar, a scotch and a pint on the go sat in one of the bars. Obviously I was starstruck and asked him if he was feeling better. His reply was "just having a bit of rest and relaxation mate".
That's a truly staggering figure.Fish doesn't come easy to our tables and I recognise that every time I eat it....I couldn't and wouldn't do their job,it's terrifying.
We used to throw stones at the bats. Never hit one. It was only when I grew up and started taking education a bit more seriously that I learnt why not. Misspent a lot of my youth. It was fun though.
