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Review: The Headscarf Revolutionaries by Brian W. Lavery
As Northern English cities go, Hull is generally regarded as punching under its weight. It’s got character though – oh aye, bags of that.
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Brian W. Lavery, author of The Headscarf Revolutionaries: Lillian Bilocca and the Hull Triple Trawler Disaster, writes for Northern Soul about a series of small quirks of fate which, across the decades, led him to write the story of a remarkable woman.
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