Lighthouses of Wales, Skerries Lighthouse, Anglesey...early 90's 

Another great video Peter. I was on the Skerries as an SAK in early 1975. I did two months out there. Such a fantastic island to spend time on. As regards the question as to why the house is so large. I was told by various keepers, that two families used to live out there, Principal Keeper and Senior Assistant Keeper in the main house. And a single keeper in the cottage. The building that later became the oil store. A listed building as far as I know. When attending school became compulsory for all children, they brought the families back to the mainland and turned the Skerries into a rock status lighthouse. Also, the Skerries was privately owned until 1841. The education act was passed in 1880. I went back to the Skerries in 1981 for a month during the 18 months I spent as a relief Assistant Keeper travelling to different lighthouse before being appointed to the Smalls. I would have loved to have been appointed to the Skerries.

Fascinating, thank you. When I was a coastal radio operator, last century, we received weather observation messages from the Foveaux Strait lighthouses, Dog Island, Center Island and Puysegur Point, until they were automated in the 1980s.

Hello Peter. I am enjoying your work very much. David Gill

Absolutely love your videos. This one was excellent. Amazing how the original keeper’s cottage is still standing

Not quite as confined as life in a tower! Please keep these films a-coming - they're great. Cheers Peter

Excellent video, I love watching your videos.

Peter, that was very entertaining thank you. I used to live in Anglesey when a boy - just south of Mynydd y Garn and could see the flash from the lighthouse (not the actual direct light, just reflected light in the sky). On foggy days and nights we could also hear the foghorn and I can still remember that eerie sound in my mind's ear even now, sixty odd years later! The terns seemed to give you a hard time for crossing their nesting grounds. I remember some divebombing me whilst playing golf in Llandudno - can't have been on the fairway then Ha-ha.

Nice video of thr good old time👍

Excellent historical documentation. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing the video! Wonderful place! Awesome Radio Room! How I wish owned that DME(Radio Beacon) set up!

I have a fascination with Lighthouses, I don’t know why. Strange that the light house keeper had a small cottage out side when there was such a huge building for him to stay in. I have a feeling you didn’t show all of it to us, massive from external view.

Great footage........lovely scenery Wales is AWSOME

Can hear the listers banging away in the background... nice video.. thanks for sharing..

another great record, thanks Peter

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Peter, I'm so pleased to see this video. It will probably be the closest I will ever get to the Skerries Lighthouse where my Great Great Grandfather was a keeper. One of the children of this family was born here on the Skerries in 1866.

I watched Hanois too, much more space here to stretch the legs although the Terns quite overwhelming. I met you years ago, remember you in Cemaes. I did a short video 'Skerries to Skerries, islands of Wales and Ireland' a few years ago, sailed from the lagoon to the Irish Skerries.

that lens is fantastic

Great footage, interesting at around the 4:25 mark when you zoomed in on the entrance there is diaphone foghorn sounding in the background. The only one I know of and still active today is at Pen Anglas near Fishguard but, that seems a little far away from this part of Wales to reach. It’s a shame that these historical maritime buildings are now being downsized.

I always daydream bout living on a lighthouse. As a child im Withensea i used paid 3d to clime to the top of the big lighthouse which i was told was the most inland lighthouse on the mainland - if correct Cheers Rob

The lens at Longstone has 'wings', or at least it did 15 years ago- I'll find out next month if it still has after becoming LED. When I was up Holyhead mountain one evening, I could see a false flash from Bardsey.

at 1:52 upper left hand corner, looks like a face in the rocks screaming "Look Out!"

Seems like a good place for a ferret, or an air rifle. ;o) Must be nice to have an island to yourself.

Hydro Turbines are interesting as are Bell Siphons.

Thank you again, there must have been so much more to see. How often did you need to clean the lenses? It looked like a days work to clean in itself. Loved the Rabbits! But why were the birds attacking you?

How many people lived here? Why is the support house so massive? It's almost five times the usual size. Every lighthouse I've seen has a single bedroom house with a bathroom and radio room and nothing more. What kind of camcorder was used? This is amazing quality for the early 1990s.

At 27:15, there’s a little viewing lens attached to the main lens framework - what’s its purpose?

know it well , live on Anglesey close by

Very interesting Sir, thankyou. Could you please explain why the mercury bath would need changing. Do you mean the receptacle within which the fluid is retained, or the fluid metal itself? (I do already understand the principle of the dense fluid displacement medium). Kind regards.

Hi Peter, I've got a question for you: Were lighthouses like this one provided with an electrical line from shore or they were only running on diesel-generators? I understood from your videos- which are an amazing heritage for the future generations anyway - that the 'rocks' they were mainly powered by onboard diesel generators, but I was wondering about the bigger ones, like the one in this video. I'm very curious. Thank you in advance.

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Hi Peter, I’ve noticed that in quite a few of your videos the lighthouse lens remains in motion even when the light is off. Any particular reason for this as opposed to it being stopped? Thanks.

I swear I have a toaster that is bigger than the tv in the main relaxing room.

Why on earth would you change the mercury does it wear out,,,, brilliant by the way