Thank you Peter for all your work documenting and organizing these priceless pieces of history. Incredible and dedicated group of keepers who kept shipping safe.
Another great video! I’m so happy that you had a passion to make and share these films. Come to Australia and I’ll show you some of my favourite towers.
Oh yeah, another lighthouse video from Peter Halil! Cheers for this because without your fantastic efforts this would be just lost to history - it's fascinating as always, it's an 'era' that will never be repeated, so fantastic that you had the foresight to record what you could!
Thank you Doc, for the kind words. I'm glad that I did it too, because there has been far too many moments during editing, where I've said out loud, " I don't remember this" Ha Ha' old age creeps up on you, cheers, take care
Still a huge fan of the channel. Too bad I'm not a millionaire they have a 14 million dollar island on lake Michigan for sale with a 70 foot light house . That would be the dream! A island property and get to help out the ship's on the lake. Please keep making videos. I really appreciate them. Take care and cheers.
Thank you, and I wish I could remember his name, but hopefully, somebody who knows him will enlighten us? A time gone forever I guess, it's amazing how much editing these videos, has taken me back, to almost relive it again. Cheers again and stay safe
Thank you Matt, Ha Ha, the rock climbers used to scare us too! especially the ones that turned up too late on a Friday and climbed anyway. Later, in the dark we could hear the shouts and we called out the coastguard. I tried rock climbing just the once, not for me! Cheers and stay safe
Thank you very much for your kind comments, it was a labour of love on my part, and it is still continuing as I'm down to try and record a couple I missed in a few days time. Flatholm and Caldey Islands. Cheers and take care
@@PeterHalil I spent time on flatholm, only time I had access to the lighthouse I didnt have my camera. But counted the steps and have it wrote in a book here somewhere "safe". I'll have to emails you
@@welshwizard822 I'm off in a short while for a few days, the weather forecast is already beginning to unravel everything planned and paid for! fingers crossed that it all pans out in the end, cheers and stay safe
I'll see if my comments stay on this video! We visited The South Stack various times when I was a child in the mid-1960s. (Dad was stationed at Valley) My abiding memory was the long path and steps down to it, and how windy it was crossing what was then a swaying suspension bridge onto the stack. Some memories stay imprinted for life, and this was one of them. South Stack and various other bits of Anglesey featured in a recent TV advert for The AA!
Thank you David, You Tube every now and then does weird things with peoples comments and my ability to answer them. No idea why. I live not too many miles away from South Stack, and after the Lighthouses I ended up employed at Valley camp too. South Stack bridge has been changed since the swaying one, but haven't been over there for a while. Cheers and stay safe.
Another excellent video. Interesting to see too the memorial to the Shanghai lighthouse keeper. That city has a waterfront that almost mirror's Liverpool's.
There is still a fog signal at South Stack, I suspect the fog detector had failed on the fog day you were there. It is now located in front of the tannoy and is an electric Honeywells/Pharos Marine bi-directional fog signal- something like an ELG300. Three second blast every 30 sec. The fog detector is on the tannoy roof. The Submarine Bell was a failure too. It was heard a long distance away, but boats needed special equipment to pick the sound up. Cables and the bell got weeded & barnicaled up etc too.
Another nice video ! I am still surprised that solar & wind power ain't used to power fog signals where the space is there for the kit. Was out walking at north shields ..... fog just offshore but no signal.... stay safe !
Cheers for that Bryan, I have an awful suspicion that most fog horns may be doomed to the past as technology in the navigation department leaps ahead constantly, stay safe
Thank you so much for recording your unique working life as a lighthouse keeper. I visited South Stacks recently but was unable to visit the lighthouse itself as its closed in the winter. I don't know how you must feel, seeing your former workspace and living quarters transformed for the tourists. I wish it were better maintained, I feel that the former keepers may feel that the place is neglected. Do Trinity still regularly visit to clean the lens?
Thank you for your kind comments. I don't know how often the Lighthouse lens gets cleaned now. I'm assuming that the tourist guides would perhaps get involved in that. When I visited it looked like somebody was taking care of it all. Cheers and take care.
Thank you. Peter have you thought of selling copies of your compilation of lighthouse videos? I only ask because it’s an awesome resource and sometimes channels go dark… I have all sorts of video favorites which are no longer on UA-cam.
Brilliant again Peter, if you had to put curtains around the lantern because of a fire risk with the lens, how is this negated with automation? Does the lens rotate constantly?
I will be asking questions like that from some Trinity House technicians tomorrow, I assume if they still use the big lenses, they would have to constantly rotate, cheers
@@hellooldchap I was looking at that very issue today on Caldey Island where they have a fixed lens with an LED light source, and no shades. The fixed lenses don't have the great big bullseye magnifying lenses like the rotating lenses, so no powerful concentration of the suns rays on one spot I guess, cheers
Hi Andrew, During Wars time lighthouses consulted their "Secret" papers, and only were lit for our convoys etc and only at designated times, cheers, take care
@@PeterHalil thank you so much here in durban during the second world war to tower off the old natal command building never replaced to put axis powers off to where durban is
Thank you Peter for all your work documenting and organizing these priceless pieces of history. Incredible and dedicated group of keepers who kept shipping safe.
Thank you for your very kind words, all the best and take care
Another great video! I’m so happy that you had a passion to make and share these films. Come to Australia and I’ll show you some of my favourite towers.
Always very interesting. Thank you from Bakersfield California USA
Thank you Katherine, much appreciated, hope you are taking care and staying safe in Bakersfield.
As always thanks for sharing this for those of us who will probably never get to visit these places in person.
Thank you, glad you like the videos, cheers and stay safe
Oh yeah, another lighthouse video from Peter Halil! Cheers for this because without your fantastic efforts this would be just lost to history - it's fascinating as always, it's an 'era' that will never be repeated, so fantastic that you had the foresight to record what you could!
Thank you Doc, for the kind words. I'm glad that I did it too, because there has been far too many moments during editing, where I've said out loud, " I don't remember this" Ha Ha' old age creeps up on you, cheers, take care
These video's are so interesting, thank you Peter for taking the time to film them and share them.
Thank you very much for that, glad you like them, stay safe.
Still a huge fan of the channel. Too bad I'm not a millionaire they have a 14 million dollar island on lake Michigan for sale with a 70 foot light house . That would be the dream! A island property and get to help out the ship's on the lake. Please keep making videos. I really appreciate them. Take care and cheers.
Another great video, the combination of still shots and video is brilliant. The technician with the tie at 15:44 exemplifies the British professional.
Thank you, and I wish I could remember his name, but hopefully, somebody who knows him will enlighten us? A time gone forever I guess, it's amazing how much editing these videos, has taken me back, to almost relive it again. Cheers again and stay safe
Peter, I love your films. They're so interesting and relaxing. Not like me rock climbing on those cliffs back in the 90s - scared myself witless!!
Thank you Matt, Ha Ha, the rock climbers used to scare us too! especially the ones that turned up too late on a Friday and climbed anyway. Later, in the dark we could hear the shouts and we called out the coastguard. I tried rock climbing just the once, not for me! Cheers and stay safe
Maravilloso y único… gracias Peter por estos grandes episodios😁
Thank you Yesica, Muchas gracias, stay safe
Fantastic, my favourite lighthouse, great video Peter 👍👍👍
Glad you liked it Ronnie, thanks for your kind words, stay safe
Another great Sunday episode.. Thanks Peter.. Hope this comment finds you safe and well.
I musta read this as you posted lol in Austalia it is Sunday
Thank you, still surviving so far! Cheers and stay safe
Magnificent Peter. I'm really enjoying these.
Thank you for that, glad you are liking them, cheers and take care
Great video Peter thank you 👏👏
Cheers David, much appreciated👍
Thank you Peter for sharing yet another great record of times past. Nice to see there was an AK with my name :-)
Thank you Stephen, at one brief moment, that's who I thought you were! take care and thank you
Thank you for the fantastic video Peter. The scenery was beautiful and the behind the scenes of the lighthouse was very interesting..
Thank you Doug, much appreciated, glad you liked it. Take care and stay safe
Thanks again for uploading Peter. This time with a little nature excursion, I like it a lot. Greetings from Germany!
Thank you, glad you liked it, stay safe
Thanks again Peter for posting another wonderful video, greetings and best wishes as always from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thank you for the kind words, Hope you are all keeping safe down in New Zealand, best wishes from here too, take care
Another lovely video the path down to it reminds me of the path to the Bailey and Wicklow head
Wonderful film, really excellent. Marvellous content.
Thank you for that, stay safe
Yay a new video thanks Peter I love your channel
Thank you, glad you like the videos, take care
Thanks :)
Another great video peter (as always) thanks for recording history that's gone forever. Brilliant foresight, well done ;-)
Thank you very much for your kind comments, it was a labour of love on my part, and it is still continuing as I'm down to try and record a couple I missed in a few days time. Flatholm and Caldey Islands. Cheers and take care
@@PeterHalil I spent time on flatholm, only time I had access to the lighthouse I didnt have my camera. But counted the steps and have it wrote in a book here somewhere "safe". I'll have to emails you
@@welshwizard822 I'm off in a short while for a few days, the weather forecast is already beginning to unravel everything planned and paid for! fingers crossed that it all pans out in the end, cheers and stay safe
I'll see if my comments stay on this video! We visited The South Stack various times when I was a child in the mid-1960s. (Dad was stationed at Valley) My abiding memory was the long path and steps down to it, and how windy it was crossing what was then a swaying suspension bridge onto the stack. Some memories stay imprinted for life, and this was one of them. South Stack and various other bits of Anglesey featured in a recent TV advert for The AA!
Thank you David, You Tube every now and then does weird things with peoples comments and my ability to answer them. No idea why. I live not too many miles away from South Stack, and after the Lighthouses I ended up employed at Valley camp too. South Stack bridge has been changed since the swaying one, but haven't been over there for a while. Cheers and stay safe.
Another excellent video. Interesting to see too the memorial to the Shanghai lighthouse keeper. That city has a waterfront that almost mirror's Liverpool's.
Hi Liam, Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, that Keepers memorial has to be the best that I've ever seen. Cheers and stay safe
There is still a fog signal at South Stack, I suspect the fog detector had failed on the fog day you were there. It is now located in front of the tannoy and is an electric Honeywells/Pharos Marine bi-directional fog signal- something like an ELG300. Three second blast every 30 sec. The fog detector is on the tannoy roof. The Submarine Bell was a failure too. It was heard a long distance away, but boats needed special equipment to pick the sound up. Cables and the bell got weeded & barnicaled up etc too.
Thanks for all that information, glad they still have a fog horn down there still, cheers and stay safe
Brilliant Peter thanks 😁👍👏👏👏
Thank you David, stay safe Mate 👍
Another nice video ! I am still surprised that solar & wind power ain't used to power fog signals where the space is there for the kit.
Was out walking at north shields ..... fog just offshore but no signal.... stay safe !
Cheers for that Bryan, I have an awful suspicion that most fog horns may be doomed to the past as technology in the navigation department leaps ahead constantly, stay safe
Fabulous content as always
Thank you Isla.
Fantastic again Peter. Have you seen the Channel 5 documentary ,lighthouses, building the impossible, may be of interest to you.
Thanks for that and yes I've been told and have recorded it, cheers. stay safe
Thank you so much for recording your unique working life as a lighthouse keeper. I visited South Stacks recently but was unable to visit the lighthouse itself as its closed in the winter. I don't know how you must feel, seeing your former workspace and living quarters transformed for the tourists. I wish it were better maintained, I feel that the former keepers may feel that the place is neglected. Do Trinity still regularly visit to clean the lens?
Thank you for your kind comments. I don't know how often the Lighthouse lens gets cleaned now. I'm assuming that the tourist guides would perhaps get involved in that. When I visited it looked like somebody was taking care of it all. Cheers and take care.
Thank you. Peter have you thought of selling copies of your compilation of lighthouse videos? I only ask because it’s an awesome resource and sometimes channels go dark… I have all sorts of video favorites which are no longer on UA-cam.
No I haven't David, I'm still in editing mode, but if there really is a market for them out there, then maybe in the future, cheers.
Brilliant again Peter, if you had to put curtains around the lantern because of a fire risk with the lens, how is this negated with automation? Does the lens rotate constantly?
I will be asking questions like that from some Trinity House technicians tomorrow, I assume if they still use the big lenses, they would have to constantly rotate, cheers
Lenses normally continue to rotate when the lamp is not lit. However the fixed lenses have had no issues over the decades.
@@hellooldchap I was looking at that very issue today on Caldey Island where they have a fixed lens with an LED light source, and no shades. The fixed lenses don't have the great big bullseye magnifying lenses like the rotating lenses, so no powerful concentration of the suns rays on one spot I guess, cheers
Loverly place Caldey, was there in June for the third time. TH use a picture of mine of Caldey (amonst others) on their website.
Making a comment before it's begun for the logarithms
Bet them fog cannons packed a rare punch 🥊😂😂
I bet they did!, cheers, stay safe👍
Peter, in case not noticed, Channel 5, Friday 2100hrs 17 Sept 2021 may be of interest to you. Ian
Thank you for that, and no I didn't know about this, cheers. It is now on record thanks, stay safe
Peter I did ask before before about the light house during the second world war you did answer me but I forgot the answer how did they operate
Hi Andrew, During Wars time lighthouses consulted their "Secret" papers, and only were lit for our convoys etc and only at designated times, cheers, take care
@@PeterHalil thank you so much here in durban during the second world war to tower off the old natal command building never replaced to put axis powers off to where durban is