Hi Peter, I have a devoloped a real interest in lighthouses through watching your stuff and would just like to Thank You for your videos that i have really enjoyed, my favourite being Needles Lighthouse at Christmas 1992🙂
Thank you ever so much. Yes, I enjoyed making the Needles at Christmas, and recording it too. Now the place will never see the likes of us on the inside again. I watch that video at Christmas time just to remind me what it was like. Cheers and stay safe.
Hi and thank you very much. Sorry that you missed out on a wonderful job. The only possibles in this Country now are as Technicians going out to service Lighthouses. Cheers and stay safe.
Great video, yes we have always had the yobs with nothing better to do than wanting to destroy something. Apparently the Tannoy Horns here are still wired up which is unusual since they are often cut or completely removed. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much. Yes, some people are just beyond description. I was in Florida earlier this year and did a tiny bit of Lighthouse visiting and was witness to how they seem to love and cherish their Lighthouse History, a real eye opener to me. Sorry, that sounded a bit random, but with even all the money and obvious love thrown at their lights, they also get the random vandals. Anyway, mustn't dwell on the negatives, there are far more positives in life. Cheers, take care and stay safe.
Brilliant video thank you. Where I live in British Columbia, Canada, we still have staffed lighthouses. Sadly two have been lost recently to automation. Carmanah Point (1891) and Pachena Point (1907) will have keepers withdrawn as the 'land beneath is unsafe'. Both are land based stations. It is considered too cost prohibitive to relocate the buildings. The union is not happy. Very short notice was given. The keepers will be moved to ther stations or Coast Guard positions. Many hikers pass these lighthouses, sometimes needing help, and as in the UK, machines do not replace human eyes and ears. Thankfully we still have 25 other staffed ones.
Thank you very much and Hello Canada. So glad you still have some manned Lighthouses. I hope somebody up there will try and record their memories before they too are all gone forever. Thank you for the information, cheers and stay safe.
Hi peter, The Helwick is still moored at Swansea Marina although in need of tlc and a few gallons of paint. Also point of interest if you wicki " Whiteford point Lighthouse" it says there was a cast iron light at Swansea 1803 it goes on to say about the Maryport plus other cast iron lights. Whiteford is still there & i went over to Burryport harbour ( where Amelia Earhart landed 1929) to se it have a light put in it on the occasion of the Queens Jubillee the R.N.L.I. inshore did the honours it was a nice jesture. Thanks for the Videos all are Great 👍 🏴🏴😎
Thank you very much Barrie, much appreciated. I'm not sure of the whereabouts of the Helwick that I filmed in Maryport, so many seem to fall by the wayside and are either ripped apart to become something else or are sadly scrapped. Anyway thanks a bunch, take care and stay safe.
