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OpenCampus Culture Cafe: Distant-Water Man, William Oliver (1884-1959)

UNIVERSITY OF HULL, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 74X

3 Mar 2018

6+

William Oliver was a skipper in Hull’s distant-water trawl fishery from 1906 to 1939. The daily logs and diaries he kept during that period offer valuable personal insights into this highly significant business, how it changed during one practitioner’s lifetime, and what it was like working aboard a trawler in distant waters, as well as living ashore with a wife and family of ten children.

Drawing upon these fascinating sources, this talk not only sheds light on William Oliver’s career in an extreme occupation, but also reveals much about life in Hull during the first half of the twentieth century.

Venue Details

UNIVERSITY OF HULL,
Cottingham Road,
Hull,
HU6 74X

01482 346311

sdms@hull.ac.uk

http://www.hull.ac.uk

The University of Hull has been changing the way people think for 90 years. Our motto, Lampada Ferens, translates as ‘carrying the light of learning’, and over the years, we’ve shared that light with thousands of people from across the world. As England’s 14th-oldest university, we have a proud heritage of academic excellence, and a history of creating and inspiring life-changing research. And we have no plans to stop helping to build a better world.

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