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The city of Hull was hit by the triple trawler tragedy in early 1968. The fishing trawler St. Romanus was thought lost with all 20 hands on 26 January. [2] Shocked by the loss, that same night Blenkinsop – who was then 30 years old – wrote down 27 safety measures that she thought would reduce the level of risk in the industry. [1]
John Alderton, actor, grew up in Hull and attended Kingston High School [6]; Lucy Beaumont (Cornwall born) award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy writer starred at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and wrote the Radio 4 comedy To Hull & Back, starring herself and Maureen Lipman.
Larkin was born in Coventry and lived in Hull while he was head librarian at the Brynmor Jones Library [6] from 1955 until his death in 1985. Larkin was a jazz critic for The Daily Telegraph between 1961 and 1971. [7] He lived for much of this time in a flat in Pearson Park in Hull [8] near the university, and later in a house at Newland Park. [9]
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Born in 1903 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Amy Johnson was the daughter of Amy Hodge, granddaughter of William Hodge, a Mayor of Hull, and John William Johnson whose family were fish merchants in the firm of Andrew Johnson, Knudtzon and Company. She was the eldest of three sisters, the next in age being Irene who was a year ...
Alder was one of 69 people who died in police custody in 1998. [89] Between 1990 and 2011, 980 people died in police custody. [90] Prosecutions were recommended against 13 officers based on "relatively strong evidence of misconduct or neglect". [91] There was one conviction, relating to the death of Craig Boyd in March 2004.
John Cockin (28 January 1939 – 1 January 2024) was an English professional golfer.He won two important events, the Penfold Tournament in 1967 and the Dutch Open in 1968. He played little tournament golf and was primarily a club professional in Sweden, where he lived for more than 60 years.
William Dent Priestman (23 August 1847 – 7 September 1936), born near Kingston upon Hull was a Quaker and engineering pioneer, inventor of the Priestman Oil Engine, and co-founder with his brother Samuel of the Priestman Brothers engineering company, manufacturers of cranes, winches and excavators.