The harsh seas of 1968. Three trawlers from Hulls fleet sink in just 3 weeks. 58 Dead. 1 Survivor. Enough is enough. Lilian Bilocca put down her filleting knife, picked up some sheets of paper and stormed into action. She started with a petition and this journey takes her Headscarf Revolutionaries right to the doors of Parliament. Shipping Laws were changed for the better, and thousands of fishermen were made safer. Lilian became a TV star and an international celebrity. It’s hard to live down fame like that in the back streets of Hull. It's harder still for the lone survivor who...
The harsh seas of 1968. Three trawlers from Hulls fleet sink in just 3 weeks. 58 Dead. 1 Survivor. Enough is enough. Lilian Bilocca put down her f...