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Thank you very much. Yes indeed, a brilliant Lady. I was very much impressed just by the fact that she and her sister painted the Lighthouse, whilst lowering themselves down the outside on a bosuns chair! Cheers and stay safe mate.

Ha Ha, Really? take care.

@@PeterHalil unfortunately yes haha. Mid 90s. Nothing nasty. Young and foolish. You could hear the foghorn from there, I remember that. I ended up getting a trustee job on the works (helping the maintenance officers) while the Parkhurst museum was being built. I got to see a lot of the prison usually out of bounds. The old cells for the people being deported to Australia springs to mind. That place has a lot of history.

Thank you very much. Take care and stay safe.

Thank you very much, much appreciated. A brilliant Lady, RIP Peg. Cheers and stay safe.

Thank you very much, and yes a lovely lady that I'm really glad that I met. Also I totally agree about the snowflakes too, stay safe mate.

You too mate, thank you.

Thank you very much. Stay safe.

Thank you very much for your kind comments and memories. Glad that you liked the video. Shame they got rid of the bell sound, cheers and stay safe.

Me too, perhaps I should do a video of all of the fog horn sounds that I have? I even have a recording of the San Francisco Bay bridge in fog with lots of ships/fog horns plus traffic in the mix, quite atmospheric. No idea of the author so don't know if I could ever upload it. I think it was done in the 60's era? Cheers and stay safe.

Thank you very much, Hola Espania. The jug was only the Needles and it was full of hot tea for the boatman. One full jug swapped with his empty one on each of his journeys. Cheers and take care.

@@PeterHalil Thanks / gracias for your prompt reply 😄 Another question, what happened once all the lights were automated? Was it the end of your career with Trinity House, or did you continue working for them? After watching many of your videos from the 90's, I imagine the job of lighthouse keeper is more a way of life than just a career. As a farmer, I can relate to that and can only imagine how hard it must be to adjust to work in another trade. I left the UK 16 years ago, but have still been drawn back into farming here in Spain! 😅

@@LocalmotionSpain Thank you for that. I believe that all the Keepers once made redundant, then that was it for us, no jobs offered in Trinity House as far as I know. I eventually got a job on a Military base, near where I live, as a driver. My main job that I liked the most was refueling the jets and helicopters, it being a RAF base. Cheers and stay safe.

Ha Ha, no, I was always a Hendrix fan, which sort of blends in nicely with the fog horn! Cheers and stay safe.

Yes the dunes have really suffered over the years with erosion, the Lighthouse is now quite a distance from the dunes. It could do with one of those American teams that can move buildings to a safer spot maybe, or somebody doing some serious work on saving the dunes. cheers and stay safe.

Yes, and it vibrates through the Lighthouse. Cheers and take care.

Thank you very much. I had some great help from Stephen Pickles from Bidston Lighthouse, as it is a minefield of misinformation out there. Cheers and stay safe Mate.

Thank you. Yes, I noticed that too, quite a dramatic amount. Cheers and take care.

Thank you very much. Glad you have some wonderful childhood memories of sand, sea and the Lighthouse. Stay safe Mate.

Thank you for your memories, much apprecited. Not sure if the Lighthouse is in better shape now. I will have to pick a nice day and try and get over to it to get some more up to date pictures, (and search for treasure:). Cheers and take care.

@@PeterHalil Smashing Peter! Many thanks.

You can't as a Keeper any more. But, technicians/labourers etc have to go around these Lighthouses to maintain them, so that is the only way now. Contact Trinity House London or Harwich to see if there are any openings. Cheers, stay safe.

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@@user-lh4ly4xl4y Honestly, I don't know the answer to that. Good luck, you can but try

Thank you very much, much appreciated. As for the hat, that got accidently (or so I was told) thrown in the bin! Mind you, the replacement is only a tad better. Cheers and stay safe.

Thank you for liking them, all the best, take care and stay safe.

Thank you for that. I haven't been back here for a few years now, so no idea if the Lighthouse has had any TLC yet. I agree, one very big lovely beach to wander along. Cheers and stay safe.

Thank you very much. No, I didn't get to go inside, the internal pics were from the internet when the Lighthouse was up for sale. Cheers and take care.

Thank you very much. I know what you mean, crazy times now, glad you enjoy my videos. Cheers, stay safe

Yes it is still there, but like the rest, now automatic.

Hi Raymond, I had left Dungeness by then so don't know if our paths ever crossed somewhere? I also remember the experimental station, lots of stuff going on there. Thanks for your input. Cheers and stay safe.

@@PeterHalil you might have met my workmates. Jackie hardy from amble and Allan from harwich/dovercourt. they worked on the lighthouses for years. mainly painting. both mid/late 50s then. there was a keeper at south foreland bill or could have been bob. big guy. lived there on his time off when he wasn't offshore. lovely guy. som great stories. as a 22 year old it was unreal. thanks for the videos.

@@raymondscott906 Hi Raymond, thanks for that. The names don't ring a bell, but then I'm better with faces normally. Cheers and take care.

Hi and welcome to my channel. Yes when I visited it was only one bulb, so a standby light would probly have been on the roof or gallery. The lighthouse will also more likely to be solar powered LED's now. When I served on this station, I can't honestly remember the setup, but it would normally have a lamp changer mechanism with a main, standby and battery bulb as final failsafe. All alarmed to give the Keepers warnings. Cheers and stay safe.

@@PeterHalil Thanks! Fascinating! 😊

Thank You, I'm OK thanks. I guess are countries are pretty much similar at the moment, with the crazy people everywhere? Cheers and take care.

Hi, thank you very much for the kind comments. If you watch the Lighthouse Keeper's guided tours videos, episode 5 which was this lighthouse, you will hear me reading an account of that storm I believe. As for how deep, what you see above water is almost replicated under the water, so about 60 feet deep, give or take. Cheers and stay safe.

@@PeterHalilthanks Pete. I’ll check out the episodes.

Grief, you've made me feel really old now! LOL

Thank you, that's the way the cookie crumbles I guess. But, we definitley need more people with hearts that make these decisions.

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers and take care.

Thank you and to prove that it is a very small World with lots of coincidenses, the Waverley passed by here where I live only a day or so ago. Cheers and stay safe.

@@PeterHalil Excellent.

Thank you very much. The Christmas on the Needles was a Special one for me, even more so now that Gerry has gone on to that Lighthouse in the sky RIP Mate. Take care and styay safe.

Thank you so much for replying Peter. You, Ralph and Gerry make this so enjoyable to watch. So very sorry to hear of Gerry 's passing.

Thank you very much for that, sounds interesting. Somebody somewhere may have that stashed. It would be like looking for a needle in the proverbial haystack I guess. I often think of how little footage that seems to be out there on Keepers going up the winch on boat reliefs on the Bishop Rock, and yet every boat relief had tourist boats out watching it all with several people filming it. Lost in a box in the loft no doubt. Cheers and take care.

Thank you and we are well thanks. I'm almost at the end of this run of video and then I will be doing a few other lighthouses from this years trip to Florida. Then I have no idea, unless I can do more Holiday lighthouses, Scotland maybe? Cheers and take care.

Thank you very much. I totally agree with not taking life for granted, we are only here for a blink of an eye in time, so why not enjoy it and be nice to each other. Cheers Mate and take care.

Yes, it is. Not what the Keepers were used too, I bet. Take care and thank you.

Definitely, beautiful pieces of art. Thank you for your comments. Stay safe.

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Sorry I was enquiring as to the Lister diesels . I have a couple of their gensets myself and was curious if you knew what models they were as I have a fascination for the oily bits !! It's wonderful watching your films as they really give a true feeling of what it was like . Thank you for documenting them .Cheers 👍

@@christopherhampson265 Hi, if you haven't done so yet, watch my Needles at Christmas part 2, I believe that Gerry Douglas-Sherwood PK gives an intensive walk through tour of the Lighthouse with a fair bit in the engine room. Thanks again cheers and stay safe.

Hi, thanks for that. Yes, I was full of good intentions in doing the whole Wales Coast Path but age,fitness and life just got in the way. I made a very good portion of it so that will have to do I guess. Glad you enjoyed my videos, and yes Wales is a very pretty place, take care and above all, stay safe.

Hi, most of our engines were gardener/listers and the compressors were mainly by reevel of Ipswich, but I can't give you an answer about the generators for the Needles, sorry Cheers take care.

Dam Busters 😂

I haven't been anywhere near Trinity's new ships, but I assume they will be much quieter, cheers take care.

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers, stay safe and take care.

Thank you for that, much appreciated. I did do a longer intro once but got complaints from someone that it was too long! I only have a certain amount of footage, so to achieve what you are asking I would have to do some sort of loop. I will seriously think about it, but can't promise. Thanks again and stay safe.

Thank you for the reply. It's sort of hilarious that someone thought that video was too long. All they had to do was stop watching when they'd had enough of it. Ah well.....