Hull's fish and chip heritage deserves more recognition

[DockWorker67]

Hull was one of the biggest fishing ports in the world. Thousands of men went out into the North Sea on trawlers and plenty of them never came back. The fishing industry built this city and when it collapsed in the 70s it devastated entire communities.
That heritage is everywhere if you know where to look. The street names around Hessle Road, the triple trawler memorial on St Andrew's Quay, the Arctic Corsair museum ship. But I feel like the younger generation doesn't really know or care about it.
The reason Hull has such incredible fish and chips is directly connected to this heritage. Places like Bob Carver's aren't just chippy shops, they're living links to a way of life that shaped this city. When you eat fish and chips in Hull you're eating history.
I might sound like an old man banging on about the past but I think it's important we don't forget where Hull came from. Especially now that the city is changing so fa
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[HumberBridge82]

The triple trawler disaster should be taught in schools. Fifty eight men from one city lost in a matter of weeks and most people in this country have never heard of it. Lillian Bilocca and the headscarf revolutionaries who campaigned for trawler safety afterwards are genuine Hull heroes. The fishing heritage isn't just about nostalgia, it's about real people who lived and died to build this city. I'm glad the Arctic Corsair is being preserved because without it future generations would have no connection to that history at all.

 

[TigerLily_HC]

My granddad was a trawlerman. He never talked about it much but my nan used to tell us stories about him going away for three weeks at a time and her not knowing if he was coming back. The street I grew up on near Hessle Road, nearly every family had someone who worked on the trawlers. That whole community was built around the fishing industry and when it collapsed the area never really recovered. We owe it to those families to keep the memory alive. Bob Carver's chips are incredible but the story behind why Hull does fish and chips so well is even more important.