In this time of social media, imagine having to wait days for news of your loved ones. The bad news of their husbands, sons, fathers and brothers kept coming and these women said enough is enough and took their campaign to London without the help of Facebook, X or TikTok.
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When you believe in yourself, anything becomes possible. The power you need is already within you. The path to greatness is paved with hard choices and tough sacrifices.
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Thursday 15 November 2018. The unequalled Yvonne Marie Blenkinsop switched on Hull’s Christmas lights from the balcony of Hull City Hall to an audience of thousands watching. That night she was interviewed by Peter Levy for BBC Look North. Yvonne will never be forgotten.
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Only those who risk going too far can see how far they can go. If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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We need your help to celebrate the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries on the Revolutionaries Remembrance Day.
‘The silent road of a thousand heartaches’ A few Hull Daily Mail articles from early 1968. #TripleTrawlerDisaster #HeadscarfRevolutionaries
Revolutionaries Remembrance Day.
Join us Sunday 24 May at midday and help us cover the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries memorial benches with flowers. Then refreshments at the Bullnose Heritage Centre. It will be a fantastic event at the junction of The Boulevard and Hessle Road, #Hull
They no longer accepted what they couldn’t change. They changed what they couldn’t accept. Those four strong #Hull women fought with their hearts and souls for what they believed in until they achieved safety for the fishing industry. Enough was enough #HeadscarfRevolutionaries
Seven thousand following Headscarf Pride now on Facebook. That means the world to me and I can’t thank them enough for all the support. If they were all in the same place, they would fill the Etihad Academy Stadium in Manchester! I’m immensely proud.
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The legendary Yvonne Marie Blenkinsop’s courage came from the love of her community, for the men who risked their lives at sea and for her city of #Hull. She stood up when others remained quiet, and she refused to be ignored. #HeadscarfRevolutionaries
Christine Jensen (formerly Smallbone) MBE is remembered as a brilliant campaigner and one of the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries. Member of the British Fishermen’s Association, a founder member of STAND, and in 2000 awarded the MBE. The city of #Hull honours her memory and the lives she saved.
A statue in #Hull isn’t just a tribute to the past, it’s a reminder that ordinary people can force extraordinary change when they refuse to be ignored. The #HeadscarfRevolutionaries story has carried a mix of passion and determination that reshaped an entire industry.
I had a picture of the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries done in pastels. I gave it to Dame @damedianajohnson.bsky.social BEM
and it now hangs in her office in Westminster. I’m proud that picture is now seen by MPs, visitors and staff in the very building those women’s safety demands changed the world.
The chair of our #HeadscarfRevolutionaries statue committee Cllr Tracey Henry giving a talk to Hull Women’s Institute on their Apple Crumble and Stitch evening last Thursday night.
Make no mistake, the statue of the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries will be all four women. They were an unstoppable team. All for one and one for all.
Never doubt that group of four powerful women to change the world. They never gave up. For that was the place and time that the tide would turn.
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“I’m gonna get aboard that trawler and stop on and I’ll ave to be moved off that ship forcibly I’ll ave to be carried off. Unless that ships gotta full crew including the radio operator.”
Lillian Bilocca
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The Hessle Road Women’s Committee, known as the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries. I have no doubt there are people alive and well today who wouldn’t be if not for their actions. #Hull’s greatest heroes and their statues will stand proudly in this city and they will never be forgotten
Hull’s Headscarf Heroes
Award winning documentary about the triple trawler disaster of 1968 which tore through #Hull's fishing community and the four #HeadscarfRevolutionaries whose safety campaign was one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience of the 20th century.
Join us for the Revolutionaries Remembrance Day. We’ll cover the four benches with beautiful flowers to celebrate those great women Lillian Bilocca, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Mary Denness and Christine Jensen MBE. All welcome, it will be a fantastic event. More details to follow #HeadscarfRevolutionaries
singer-songwriter Reg Meuross and @brianwlaverywriter.bsky.social, author of ‘The #HeadscarfRevolutionaries’ presents 12 Silk Handkerchiefs. A song cycle which tells the story of the #TripleTrawlerDisaster and the women’s campaign for safety.
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Hull Fish Dock. Boom times, dereliction & remembrance.
Thank you to Dodge Young for sending me this fascinating an personal documentary.
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They knew their value and they didn’t negotiate it. They never doubted themselves because diamonds don’t doubt their shine.
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Mug of the Day on BBC Look North tonight. Many thanks to Peter Levy for his continuing support. #HeadscarfRevolutionaries
Today I attended The Headscarf Hustle 3. The annual event that gets bigger and better every year.
Make no mistake, the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries statues will stand forever in this city of #Hull as a symbol of strength.
Those four incredible women will never be forgotten, not on my watch!
International Women’s Day. The finest examples of strong women are Hull’s #HeadscarfRevolutionaries. They led one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience of the 20th century and achieved more in six weeks than trade unions and politicians had in a century. #IWD26
The #HeadscarfRevolutionaries clothing, mugs and bags are out now. Profits go to the statue campaign fund. Order yours today from Clem Wear at
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