From left, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Mary Denness, Lillian Bilocca and Christine Smallbone were known as the Headscarf RevolutionariesAn event is taking place to raise money for a statue to honour Hull’s Headscarf Revolutionaries.It is being organised by Fitmums and Friends and Headscarf Pride.
Ian Cuthbert, of Headscarf Pride - a dedicated Facebook page to the Triple Trawler Disaster of 1968 - says “proceeds will go directly” towards the campaign for a statue. The tragedies resulted in a campaign led by Lillian Bilocca, Christine Smallbone, Mary Denness and Yvonne Blenkinsop, who became known as the Headscarf Revolutionaries.
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