This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2013/mar/22/universityofhull-fishing
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Hull seeks designer for a memorial to its lost trawler crews | Hull seeks designer for a memorial to its lost trawler crews |
| (10 days later) | |
| A competition has been launched to design a permanent memorial to the over 6000 trawlermen who lost their lives in the deep sea fishing industry. | A competition has been launched to design a permanent memorial to the over 6000 trawlermen who lost their lives in the deep sea fishing industry. |
| Hull's St Andrew's Dock Heritage Park Action Group (STAND) is hoping to create | Hull's St Andrew's Dock Heritage Park Action Group (STAND) is hoping to create |
| a special place to mark and preserve the memory of the thousands of Hull trawlermen's lives lost and their contribution to the life of the city and the nation. | a special place to mark and preserve the memory of the thousands of Hull trawlermen's lives lost and their contribution to the life of the city and the nation. |
The site is next to the Humber, where the trawlers used to unload their thousands of tons of fish daily. Advertisements are being placed internationally to attract the right artist, architect or designer to create the memorial. | The site is next to the Humber, where the trawlers used to unload their thousands of tons of fish daily. Advertisements are being placed internationally to attract the right artist, architect or designer to create the memorial. |
| STAND has been fundraising for the memorial for the last 10 years, and has managed to raise over £160,000 of the £250,000 needed for the memorial. They have already established the Books of Remembrance which record the names of those who lost their lives, the date of their death and the name of the trawler on which they were serving. The books are on display in Hull's Maritime Museum and every day are open at the page that shows those lost on that date. | STAND has been fundraising for the memorial for the last 10 years, and has managed to raise over £160,000 of the £250,000 needed for the memorial. They have already established the Books of Remembrance which record the names of those who lost their lives, the date of their death and the name of the trawler on which they were serving. The books are on display in Hull's Maritime Museum and every day are open at the page that shows those lost on that date. |
| At its height, Hull's fishing industry saw 180 deep water trawlers going out to sea – up to Iceland and the Artic Circle round northern Norway, and as far as the Grand Banks off Newfoundland – with around 20 men on each trawler. The boats could be away for three weeks or more on each trip, and come back laden with 2,500 kit of fish – a kit weighs ten stone, or over 60 kilos. It is estimated that, for every trawlerman at sea, there were an additional eight people being sustained on-shore, supporting up to 60,000 jobs - or one in five of the local population being dependent, directly and indirectly, on the fishing industry. This was especially significant from the 1940s, when the availability of abundant supplies of fish helped feed the country still suffering from wartime rationing. | At its height, Hull's fishing industry saw 180 deep water trawlers going out to sea – up to Iceland and the Artic Circle round northern Norway, and as far as the Grand Banks off Newfoundland – with around 20 men on each trawler. The boats could be away for three weeks or more on each trip, and come back laden with 2,500 kit of fish – a kit weighs ten stone, or over 60 kilos. It is estimated that, for every trawlerman at sea, there were an additional eight people being sustained on-shore, supporting up to 60,000 jobs - or one in five of the local population being dependent, directly and indirectly, on the fishing industry. This was especially significant from the 1940s, when the availability of abundant supplies of fish helped feed the country still suffering from wartime rationing. |
| During the war, trawlers from Hull were used as minesweepers, and also helped keep supplies flowing to the Norwegian resistance. | During the war, trawlers from Hull were used as minesweepers, and also helped keep supplies flowing to the Norwegian resistance. |
| Former trawler skipper Ron Wilkinson spent 25 years at sea and is the treasurer of STAND. He said: | Former trawler skipper Ron Wilkinson spent 25 years at sea and is the treasurer of STAND. He said: |
| It's tragic that there's no memorial to the industry that built this city, and that people who lost family have nowhere to go to remember them. I'd like to see something that will be a place people can come to remember, and that will also tell a story so younger generations can come and learn about the history of what happened here. | It's tragic that there's no memorial to the industry that built this city, and that people who lost family have nowhere to go to remember them. I'd like to see something that will be a place people can come to remember, and that will also tell a story so younger generations can come and learn about the history of what happened here. |
Disasters included the record-breaking St Finbarr, which caught fire with the loss of 12 lives on Christmas Day 1966. The worst month for Hull was in January 1968, when three trawlers were lost in the "Triple Trawler" tragedy. Fifty eight crew members died, with only one reaching safety - Harry Eddom, the mate of the Ross Cleveland, who almost miraculously survived the hurricane conditions and temperature of -40 aboard a liferaft which was washed on to the Icelandic shore. Within weeks he was back at sea, and four years later he was the skipper of the Benella during the cod wars when his boat's fishing nets were cut by an Icelandic patrol boat while fishing within the disputed 50 mile exclusion zone. | Disasters included the record-breaking St Finbarr, which caught fire with the loss of 12 lives on Christmas Day 1966. The worst month for Hull was in January 1968, when three trawlers were lost in the "Triple Trawler" tragedy. Fifty eight crew members died, with only one reaching safety - Harry Eddom, the mate of the Ross Cleveland, who almost miraculously survived the hurricane conditions and temperature of -40 aboard a liferaft which was washed on to the Icelandic shore. Within weeks he was back at sea, and four years later he was the skipper of the Benella during the cod wars when his boat's fishing nets were cut by an Icelandic patrol boat while fishing within the disputed 50 mile exclusion zone. |
| STAND, with support from Hull city council, has now launched a call for Expressions of Interest from which three competitors will be selected to enter a Design Competition for the memorial - local MP Alan Johnson, who has already helped with the memorial fundraising campaign, will be on the judging panel. Those shortlisted will be each receive a fee of £3000. The competition is open to individuals, design practices or teams of architects, landscape architects, artists and other professionals. The deadline for receipt of Expressions of Interest is Friday 19 April 2013. Details on how to apply can be found here. | STAND, with support from Hull city council, has now launched a call for Expressions of Interest from which three competitors will be selected to enter a Design Competition for the memorial - local MP Alan Johnson, who has already helped with the memorial fundraising campaign, will be on the judging panel. Those shortlisted will be each receive a fee of £3000. The competition is open to individuals, design practices or teams of architects, landscape architects, artists and other professionals. The deadline for receipt of Expressions of Interest is Friday 19 April 2013. Details on how to apply can be found here. |
| There will be a public presentation of the shortlisted designs this July, and it is hoped that the memorial will be installed by July 2014. | There will be a public presentation of the shortlisted designs this July, and it is hoped that the memorial will be installed by July 2014. |
| Alan Sykes is the Guardian Northerner's roving arts specialist and a sheep farmer in the high Pennines. He Tweets here. | Alan Sykes is the Guardian Northerner's roving arts specialist and a sheep farmer in the high Pennines. He Tweets here. |
| Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. | Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. |
| Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Enter your email address to subscribe. | Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Enter your email address to subscribe. |
| Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. |