 | WEDDING PICTURES |
| PIANO brought into terrace for all-night party |
| WOMEN left work soon after married |
| DOMESTIC ROUTINE |
| MOTHERHOOD |
| MID-WIVES
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| SUPERSTITIONS
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| KIDS - 'Mother and father both'- large families in small houses |
| SCHOOLS |
| HOUSES - 'Little palaces'- donkey-stone step |
| HOUSEWORK- full-time job hard work,
esp. on washing day. |
| LAUNDRY: REGENT STREET |
| SHOPPING
 | WINTER: Hot pies / Peas / Bread cakes / chestnuts / toffee-apples; |
| SUMMER: Cockles / Mussels / Winkles / Crabs / Shrimps / Fish / Water-cress /
Ice-cream. |
| ALL-YEAR ROUND: |
| Milk / Knife-grinder / Newspapers / Musicians, etc. |
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| PAWN-BROKERS: fishermen's suits in pawn parcel under arm Monday morning |
| HUSBANDS
| home between trips |
| THREE WEEKS AWAY: |
| First week missed him; |
| Second week got used to him being away; |
| Third week wanted him home. |
| BUT after being home couple of days 'he got
under your feet' - no place for him and kids asked, "When are you going away?" |
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| LOST TRAWLERS OF HULL = 900 (1835-1987)
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| W I D O W S - Lil Bilocca |
| W O R K
| Net braiding at home to be there for the kids |
| Herring girls |
| Cloggie Walsh |
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| P L A Y - Bingo |
| OLD AGE
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| WOMEN IN GENERAL |
| PERSONALITIES
| Annie Croft - Waverlee Dancers |
| Amy Johnson and her flight to Australia in her Gypsy
Moth plane called 'Jason'. |
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| CONCLUSION:
| 'Community Spirit' of the Fishing Community stems from The Women of Hessle Road. |
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