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Description of Location –

The mural is located on the side wall of Dixons Bakery, towards Wynsors World of Shoes, on Hessle Road which was the traditional home of much of Hull’s fishing community due to its close proximity to the docks, particularly St Andrews (‘Fish Dock’).

Details –

Erected: Unknown

Listed: Not listed

Monument Type: Mural

Associated Site(s): There are multiple murals located down Hessle Road including the Hessle Road Fisherman mural (Halfway Hotel), Three Fishing Scenes mural (Turbo Systems), Fishing Industry mural (Fe’male Ego), and Fishing Heritage mural (Fotoworx).

Inscription(s): “The Hull Bullnose Heritage Group”

[The bottom of the mural has been signed by the family members of the four women depicted]

Description: The mural depicts the four women who led the Headscarf Revolutionaries in black and white: Lillian Bilocca, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Christine Jensen (Smallbone), and Mary Denness. The women campaigned for changes to fishing practices which would make the industry safer, prompted by the Triple Trawler Tragedy in 1968.

Additional Resources –

“Hull’s ‘Headscarf Revolutionary’ Yvonne Blenkinsop Dies,” BBC, 24 April 2022, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-61207930.

Brian W. Lavery, “Bilocca [née Marshall], Lillian [Lil],” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 30 May 2013, https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-72725?rskey=fVnFBp&result=1.

Emily Johnson, “Hull’s Fishing Community Unites to Remember Victims of the Triple Trawler Tragedy,” Hull Daily Mail, 11 January 2023, https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/gallery/hulls-fishing-community-unites-remember-8018306.

Hull’s Headscarf Heroes, directed by Steve Humphries (2018, United Kingdom: BBC Four), available at https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/10A39B55?bcast=131904503.

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