The history of the Fish Dock, home to one of Britain's largest fishing fleets during its heyday, and the story of the community whose bravery, skill and sacrifices made it so. This story covers the history of Hull's fishing fleet, from its earliest days fishing eels off the coast, through to the industrial trawlers that brought back holds full of fish from the frigid waters of the north Atlantic; the Russian outrage, where a rogue Russian flotilla caused havoc in the North Sea; the triple trawler tragedy of 1968 that led a group of courageous women to parliament to demand better safety standards; and the Cod Wars that, ultimately, led to the downfall of Hull's fishing industry.

If you enjoy the musical interludes in this video, please do check out these links to the artists featured:

Spare Hands are a local sea shanty band and you can see them perform regularly at the Minerva, and you can find their website here - https://www.sparehands.org.uk/

Tim O'Connor is a local folk music singer and you can find more of his music on his Bandcamp page here - https://timoconnor1.bandcamp.com/

If you are interested in any of the historical images featured in the video, get in touch with Lord Line Images here: https://www.facebook.com/LordlineMemoryLane/photos/

If you're anything like me, viewing historical Ordnance Survey maps side by side with modern satellite views will certainly eat up far too much of your time!

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/index.cfm#zoom=8&lat=54.6535&lon=356.1823&layers=BingHyb&b=1

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If you enjoy the music, please consider checking out the artist's channel at

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