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Admin History:

Michael Thompson was a native of Hull. Educated at Endike Lane School, he descended from a sea-faring family. His grandfather had been a Danish trawler skipper who settled in Hull. Mike spent much of his early life working life aboard trawlers, sailing on vessels including Cape Crozier, Macbeth and the Lord Lancaster. He later transferred to the Merchant Navy, sailing both deep-sea and short-sea routes. In 1985 Mike left the sea for a shore job. Mike wrote several books on Hull's fishing history, its trawlers and its docks over the years and was a regular researcher at the History Centre until his death in c.2021.

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C DIMT/1 contains a file of papers issued by the Port Emergency Committee, Hull during World War Two relating to Hull Docks regulations and including a history of the docks during the war.

C DIMT/2 is a collection of black and white digital photographs showing work on Hull's docks together with its fishing industry.