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FAMILIES ENJOY THE SNOWY WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION ... WITH MORE ON THE WAY
YESTERDAY, snow covered Hull and the East Riding, which meant it was a perfect day for sledging.
With potentially three days of snow on the way, people are making the most of what little opportunity they have to enjoy it during lockdown.
A white sheet of snow covered Beverley Westwood, with families flocking to the area to take part in snowball fights and sledging.
The Met Office has predicted that snow showers could last until tomorrow, with residents reporting “blizzard” conditions in some areas.
A yellow weather warning is in place across the region and other parts of the UK until 11.59pm tomorrow, with travel disruption likely over the next few days.
Forecasters predict there will be bursts of heavy snowfall in Hull and the East Riding throughout today, with temperatures at a maximum of 1C.
A HULL schoolgirl found discarded face masks dumped in her street.
Sky Evans, ten, went out on Friday in Staveley Road, east Hull, to do her bit to clean up her area, collected dozens of masks and several bags of rubbish alongside stepdad Jamie Gillott, 36.
The pair are now hoping to inspire others. “Me and my stepdaughter Sky spent more than two hours cleaning our street,” Mr Gillott said.
“We picked up 31 used masks and four bags of rubbish in just a small part of our street. We did Staveley Road near the old Flower Pot pub and back up to the shops.”
Mr Gillott said he was seeing all of the rubbish.
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“We are just sick of the mess on the street,” he said. “There was just litter everywhere and Sky had said we should pick it up one day and that’s what made me think.
“I got in touch with One Hull of City on Facebook to see if anyone could help with the litter pickers and they put us onto Bransholme litter pickers.
“We picked the kit up that evening and, the next day, we went out for about two-and-a-half She really enjoyed it.”
Mr Gillott says it is way to do something hours.
a good positive.
“It gets them out the house too and keeps the area tidy,” he said. “We are hoping to get others involved around here.
“We did it for a couple of reasons. We were sick of all the rubbish on the street and sick of being stuck in the house.
“It give us a bit of exercise, as well as helping the community. So it’s a win-win really.
“We are going to doing it every other day.” He added: “There was beer cans and beer bottles. There’s a lot of dog mess as well, but that’s one thing I’m not doing.”
There was just litter everywhere and Sky had said we should pick it up one day
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A TRUE Hull hero who “saved countless lives” with her unwavering pursuit of safety improvements in one of the most dangerous jobs in the UK – that is how Lillian Bilocca will be remembered.
The Hessle Roader was a daughter, wife and mother to the fishing industry she fought so tenaciously to improve.
Alongside Christine Jensen, Mary Denness and Yvonne Blenkinsop, ‘Big Lil’ formed the Hessle Road Women’s Committee as the dire consequences of the Triple Trawler Tragedy in 1968 came into full focus. The group, known as the Headscarf Revolutionaries, has become immortalised in books and murals locally, but consensus remains that their work is not celebrated enough outside of Hull.
Bilocca, a fish wife, led the group after becoming enraged by the loss of 58 men in the winter of 1968 when the St Romanus, Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland all sunk in a matter of weeks.
Her tenacity led to sweeping improvements to safety measures across the industry, after making a series of demands to then Prime Minister Harold Wilson. As a result of her campaigning, having a radio operator was compulsory on each vessel, while more safety equipment was made available. A host of other significant changes were also made.
The Hessle Road fishing community continues to celebrate her life and legacy, as well as the 6,000 men who left the city on board trawlers but never returned.
The Hull Bullnose Heritage Group, which has a heritage centre on the corner of Hessle Road and Boulevard, helps Lillian’s memory to live on.
She is one of five contenders to be shortlisted in Hull Live’s bid to name the Greatest Hullensian of All Time, having won the Local Legends category. Jean Bishop and Amy Johnson came in second and third place respectively.
Forty-seven legends were split across five very different sections, with the winners of each making it to a final poll to crown the city’s favourite.
Now the final five, which also includes William Wilberforce, Clive Sullivan, Joe Longthorne and
Paul Heaton, has been revealed – the decision over who wins is down to you.
Despite the strong competition, Jerry Thompson, the chairman of Hull Bullnose Heritage Group, is certain who he believes should top the final poll given the lifeline that Lil’s campaigning provided him.
“Lillian Bilocca, who campaigned for the safety of the trawlermen after the 1968 Triple Trawler Tragedy, I believe should be awarded something very big,” he said.
“As a 16-year-old in 1973, I was on the Hull trawler the Ian Fleming and on Christmas night we ran aground off northern Norway. Fortunately, she campaigned, did Lillian, for radio operators to be on every trawler, which there wasn’t in 1968, and for them to radio in twice a day so everybody knew where they were.
“Our radio operator at the time was only 26 and sent the mayday call out. If he hadn’t, all 20 of us would’ve perished. I had jeans and a T-shirt on at the time in the lifeboat.
“Without our radio operator sending a mayday call out, we would all have been lost that night in the fjords. Sadly, we did lose three men through the cold water but through Lillian’s actions, she really did a lot for us.
“She saved countless lives after 1968 with all the safety improvements that were asked for by her and the other headscarf women.”