So fabulous to be taken on a guided tour. I can only try to imagine what life for the keepers was like in the not too distant history. Not to mention the builders and designers/engineers way back when they had a choice to make. Either allow ships to keep crashing on submerged rocks and dangerous currents and the loss of numerous lives, or risk the lives of a few less on building these phenomenal structures. From tunnels, through dams, sewer systems, bridges and other infrastructures, they can be measured in lives lost and families of loved ones. Not all together unlike the loss of miners at Pike River, Greymouth, New Zealand. Loss of life measured in share holder dividends.
Thanks, glad you liked it, if you check out my site you will find a longer semi documentary of us Keepers going about our daily life on board a wave washed tower out to sea, take care.
A fantastic video of a fantastic location. Trwyn Du is such a peaceful place and the bell every 30 secs tops it off. I have seen waves crash over the lantern there but never seen a low enough tide to be able to reach the tower. A lighthouse I have always wanted to see from the inside.
The painters did a great job for the 1991 film with a more pleasing high gloss chocolate colour. Those automatic acetylene lights are remarkable and appear to be very reliable. I wish my kitchen stove would light up so easily.
Great video, thank you. I also appreciate the very good camera work with well planned and coherent shot sequence. Love the ambient sounds. Thanks again!
Remarkable ... Seeing it like that pleases me in that it is still in such good condition but saddens me that it no longer has anyone there to tend to it. Mind you I imagine you have to be of a certain mind to ignore that bell as it's just the right tone to ensure it's always heard!
Trinity House has hit the front page of the North Wales Chronicle because they want to replace the bell with an electric poop poop one, the locals don't like that idea.
I absolutely have to support the locals on this. It's been a bell for a long time obviously. When you take something like that away from people who've had it all their lives it can mess with the mind and indeed potentially the mental well being of some. I had a friend who literally could not sleep without the sound of a ticking clock. His life changed when I suggested switching to a metronome app on his phone.
@@mjallenuk I agree, I've just written in to the paper to suggest they keep it but if it must be an electric one, why can't they use a recording of the bell instead.
Absolutely top idea ... well a much improved compromise at least. The question is why change something without good cause? It will I'm sure all come down to money.
@@PeterHalil i am in awe of the UK lighthouses, here in Australia there are not as many. I have visited some, close to me is the Griffith island light, port fairy Victoria. And Cape Nelson light is around the coast a bit. Thanks again Peter !
So much quieter than those noisy motors. That bloody bell would soon start to annoy me though. Thanks for uploading these fascinating pieces of history.
@@sarkybugger5009 I don't remember ever seeing a pilot light but it must have.The following information confirms that and also gives you all manners of lighting through the ages, hope it helps. I remember that whenever we went out to acetylene lights, that we never had to re light any pilot .uslhs.org/lighthouse-lamps-through-time
Peter Halil Sadly apparently the mechanism for the bell had become obsolete and expensive so much to the dismay of the residence last year, they started testing a foghorn which now sounds only in fog with a fog detector but the locals were not happy the dongs from the bell were gone. In place a puny high patched beep.
Absolutely fascinating! I've been to Penmon Head many times back in the day (1970s and 80s) while camping at Kingsbridge Caravan Site near Beaumaris. I always wondered what went on at the Trwyn Du lighthouse. What a magical place, with Puffin Island over yonder. Thanks for this guide to this life-saving lighthouse.
I used to fish there every summer on my school holidays - I went back a few years ago on a holiday tour followed by tea in the keepers cottage cafe and fish and chips in Beaumaris and a visit to the castle - just like old times :)
Thanks Annette, I think that they have silenced the bell now for the usual electric fog horn, but I haven't been that way for a fair while so don't know that for certain.cheers.
I have just enjoyed this film and your previous one out to the Farne island lights. I have had great trips out to all of the lights in these 2 films with the Association of Lighthouse Keepers. It's great that you have preserved this footage of these iconic lighthouses, as a former keeper I appreciate your work on all of your films dedicated to these magnificent structures which are all part of our maritime heritage.
Thank you Neil, much appreciated. I found the videoing a joy to do. I just had this desire to capture our way of life before it was lost forever. I also thank you for those many moments that I email you for yet more info to put into these videos. If anybody out there also wants to know more about our Lighthouses, then please do so at the following alk.org.uk/
Another superb film! The old black fireplaces and sink are interesting. I wonder how many layers and how often they needed painting to keep the rust at bay!
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it, I suppose back in the day, somebody would have black leaded all of that. Found this on You Tube, not a Lighthouse range, but still gives a good idea. ua-cam.com/video/o26wsMACJM0/v-deo.html
Wonderful to have seen inside penmon lighthouse and to see the gravestone of Henry Bowen, my great great great grandfather who was the principal lighthousekeeper here in 1871. I only recently found this out and I'm trying to trace my family history. Would love to find a photograph of him one day.
Hi Wendy, great news to hear that you have those links to Henry Bowen and Trwyn Du Lighthouse. I don't have a photo of your Great Great Great Grandfather, but I found this following on line. www.artwarefineart.com/gallery/trwyn-du-lighthouse-penmon-puffin-island-anglesey This article mentions him. thanks again for your input, stay safe. PS. Amazon have for sale a Trwyn Du Lighthouse model, which is very realistic and the cheapest I've found. I have this one in my own collection. It is found at the following. www.amazon.co.uk/Littledart-Lighthouse-Model-Trywn-Du/dp/B06XPDQK2H/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2PHRYKK2X8KPJ&keywords=littledart+lighthouse+models&qid=1667668805&sprefix=%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-3
Hello Peter, I guess as a former lighthouse keeper you are coping better than most of us in this coronavirus lockdown! Apparently Trinity House are planning to replace the bell signal with a modern signal emitter. It has been trialled, but the local residents say it sounds like a prison klaxon. They are likening the bell to a nautical melody that they will miss. Apparently the bell mechanism is becoming unreliable say trinity House, hence the modern alternative. I suppose it’s right, maybe the council could fund a repair to the bell? What are your thoughts? Keep these archive films coming, Simon.
Hi Simon, I actually had a letter posted in the local paper about my thoughts on that, my idea was that if it was what Trinity House was saying ie an issue with reliability with the mechanism and they have to replace it with the poop poop! electric type then why can't they at the very least record the sound of the bell and have that as the sound on an electric fog horn? Take care, stay safe
@@PeterHalil Interesting point, I read in sea shaken houses that instead of repairing replace is the de facto procedure. Interesting how going to renewable will affect the lighthoused conditions across the world
Thanks Peter, Er we saw the kitchen but where's the toilet....... Have seen this lighthouse from the shore, nice to see inside--- not sure about the way they handle the cylinders though.......
I'm assuming it was bucket and chuck it!...as for the way they handled those cylinders, that was the edited highlights,I missed out all the dropping and throwing around before they got to the flat bit of the journey!...I kept thinking Bombs....
From Wikipedia "Walker also pioneered, unsuccessfully, the use of a primitive water closet, comprising a specially designed drain exiting at the base of the tower. The stepped design of the lighthouse may have helped water exit the closet, but surges of seawater made its use difficult during heavy weather" ....so no paper required during a storm then!
Peter Halil yeh just click my little circle bumpkins drones then look for videos icon scroll down for Puffin Iskand I’m the only drone pilot to do the whole island in one take
Peter, just north of the village of Borth, north of Aberystwyth, is a single story building which looks as though it was a Trinity House property , it looks as though it had something to do with lighthouses but I can't find anything about it, can you assist, regards Peter
Sorry but I have no idea, but if you contact the association of Lighthouse Keepers, someone there may be able to help but I suspect they will need a picture and location alk.org.uk/ Or failing that, Trinity House in London enquiries@trinityhouse.co.uk hope that is OK cheers.
Interesting one...where early automation actually saved the Victorian features which it seems were often ripped out in lighthouses that remained manned into the 90s. I guess the empty room with the beautiful little fireplace would have been the dormitory. Wikepedia says that the light went solar in 1996. Do you know if the features survived that? Let´s hope so. Ah....just spotted that keepers lived off-site. So..probably not a dormitory then.
As far as I know from looking at the outside there is a lot of solar panels up on the outside glazing facing the land. It looks like somebody has made the effort to match the panels to the glazing so it doesn't look horrible. They wouldn't have any need to rip anything out but they would have had to put in batteries and cables.
This one is truly a gem! The first sea-washed tower designed by James Walker. The first tower automated by Trinity House. And, best of all, the first attempt (albeit not completely successful) at installing a water closet in a lighthouse! The living arrangement is curious due to the keepers housing on shore, and the relative ease of access to the lighthouse from the shore. My best guess would be that since this is still a sea-washed tower, it was expected that if relief was impossible due to weather conditions, whoever happened to be on watch in the tower at the time, was expected to just stay aboard until a relief was possible. And since this was Walkers first design of this nature for Trinity House, it was kind of like a prototype tower for future projects, so it was designed to be lived aboard full-time, although, perhaps, never finished out with bunks, and possibly just a bed. Anyway, it's a fascinating glimpse into what it must have been like to live aboard in the early 19th century.
Hi Oscar, once this lockdown is over and we have nicer weather then I must go over to Trwyn Du as I haven't been there since the bell was silenced. The fog horns have been slowly gotten rid of.
Love watching your films, it was made for UA-cam. How did you know in the early 90s the UA-cam was going to exist? 😂 That bell and the wind on your 91 visit was really creepy, just needed fog to complete the spooky atmosphere.
I didn't know, my aim was to try and get as much footage as possible and get them archived somewhere where people had free access to them (which I'm still looking for) but you tube arrived! Trwyn Du is now silenced, well, no bell going off every 30 seconds. It now just has an electronic sound when foggy that the locals dislike. Stay safe.
With regards to the first lighthouse, I'm assuming that before the switch to an automated gas light, the two rooms with the fireplaces, were living/working spaces and the winch wasn't there? The level below the lense would have housed the original lighting apparatus?
Hi, the Keepers lived ashore but yes the place would have been more habitable with the rooms in use with fires going etc. I assume the cellar would have been the coal store. I doubt there would have been the crane and below the lens area would probably be as you've stated. You might be interested with the following. www.penmon.org/page6.htm
@@PeterHalil Thank you Peter. I live in Canada, but my father was merchant and Fleet Auxiliary, sailed out of Liverpool, late 50's-60's. I love the the flag in the first video I saw, and will be forwarding these videos to him; we both have a lifelong affinity for lighthouses!
@@geographyinaction7814 Hello Canada and hello to your Dad. I was in the Royal Navy from mid 60's on Carriers so I wonder if your Dad ever stored us out to sea?, take care.
Hi Guy, Not in the true sense in this country, maybe have attendants who just pop in when called to do so but they still exist in other countries, I think, cheers.
It should still be flashing, Can't remember if the blanked off area of the lens is facing Lynas or not. Maybe with the LED lights now, they have lowered the range? cheers. Take care
@@mickbrod550 If by Point of Ayr you mean Talacre? then that isn't lit. There isn't anything else belonging to Trinity till you get to St Bees, way up that coast.
@@PeterHalil ... just a quick note i was told the other day that the light at the lighthouse at penmon point faces south-- if correct that would be the reason i couldnt see the light from point lynas
So fabulous to be taken on a guided tour. I can only try to imagine what life for the keepers was like in the not too distant history. Not to mention the builders and designers/engineers way back when they had a choice to make. Either allow ships to keep crashing on submerged rocks and dangerous currents and the loss of numerous lives, or risk the lives of a few less on building these phenomenal structures. From tunnels, through dams, sewer systems, bridges and other infrastructures, they can be measured in lives lost and families of loved ones. Not all together unlike the loss of miners at Pike River, Greymouth, New Zealand. Loss of life measured in share holder dividends.
Thanks, glad you liked it, if you check out my site you will find a longer semi documentary of us Keepers going about our daily life on board a wave washed tower out to sea, take care.
I'm starting to watch all of lighthouses! Your videos are the best thing ever seen! Thank you!
God bless you always!
Hi Oki, Thank you very much for your kind comments, glad you like them, God bless you too. stay safe.
@@PeterHalil Thank you! I saved lots of your videos. It's very relaxing and heart warming. Appreciate your passion and hard works! 🙏
@@okistewart1359 Thanks again Oki, take care
A fantastic video of a fantastic location. Trwyn Du is such a peaceful place and the bell every 30 secs tops it off. I have seen waves crash over the lantern there but never seen a low enough tide to be able to reach the tower. A lighthouse I have always wanted to see from the inside.
Thank you and I'm glad to share my world that people wouldn't normally get to see.
The painters did a great job for the 1991 film with a more pleasing high gloss chocolate colour. Those automatic acetylene lights are remarkable and appear to be very reliable. I wish my kitchen stove would light up so easily.
I was noticing the paint runs on the cellar stairs.
@@PeterHalil Over enthusiastic apprentice!
Great video, thank you. I also appreciate the very good camera work with well planned and coherent shot sequence. Love the ambient sounds. Thanks again!
Thank you for your kind comments, must admit though before I get very big headed that I made some awful mistakes at the start of all this.
I’m fascinated with lighthouses, came across your channel today. I should be asleep but I keep watching them all haha
Cheers, I know that feeling, I'l just watch a little bit more haha..take care.
Same here... I can not believe that I'm going inside these amazing structures!!! This is like Christmas to me!!!
@@elonmust7470 Well, my beard is white now! glad you enjoy the videos.
Remarkable ... Seeing it like that pleases me in that it is still in such good condition but saddens me that it no longer has anyone there to tend to it. Mind you I imagine you have to be of a certain mind to ignore that bell as it's just the right tone to ensure it's always heard!
Trinity House has hit the front page of the North Wales Chronicle because they want to replace the bell with an electric poop poop one, the locals don't like that idea.
I absolutely have to support the locals on this. It's been a bell for a long time obviously. When you take something like that away from people who've had it all their lives it can mess with the mind and indeed potentially the mental well being of some. I had a friend who literally could not sleep without the sound of a ticking clock. His life changed when I suggested switching to a metronome app on his phone.
@@mjallenuk I agree, I've just written in to the paper to suggest they keep it but if it must be an electric one, why can't they use a recording of the bell instead.
Absolutely top idea ... well a much improved compromise at least. The question is why change something without good cause? It will I'm sure all come down to money.
Thank you Peter, for bringing these experiences to the world through UA-cam 😊
Thank you very much. Glad you like them. Cheers and take care
@@PeterHalil i am in awe of the UK lighthouses, here in Australia there are not as many. I have visited some, close to me is the Griffith island light, port fairy Victoria. And Cape Nelson light is around the coast a bit.
Thanks again Peter !
Thank you very much. We certainly have quite a variety, The Scottish Lights are pretty cool . cheers and stay safe@@evolveausevolveaus
Very interesting to see the lighthouse maintained and a great tour.
The wind howling around was quite eerie
So much quieter than those noisy motors. That bloody bell would soon start to annoy me though.
Thanks for uploading these fascinating pieces of history.
Thanks, they now have that bell operating on solar power and it still tolls every 30 seconds.
Lovely! :o(
Can I ask how the acetylene lamps are ignited? Is there a pilot light, or some other means to light the gas.
@@sarkybugger5009 I don't remember ever seeing a pilot light but it must have.The following information confirms that and also gives you all manners of lighting through the ages, hope it helps. I remember that whenever we went out to acetylene lights, that we never had to re light any pilot .uslhs.org/lighthouse-lamps-through-time
Thanks for that link, Peter. I just spent an hour learning all about the history of lamps.
Pilot light it is, according to the drawing.
Peter Halil Sadly apparently the mechanism for the bell had become obsolete and expensive so much to the dismay of the residence last year, they started testing a foghorn which now sounds only in fog with a fog detector but the locals were not happy the dongs from the bell were gone. In place a puny high patched beep.
i am in love with these lighthouses..every night i watch these muted video..its so relaxing... Take love from Bangladesh
Hello Bangladesh, thank you so much for your kind words, glad you love lighthouses and enjoy my films. Take care and stay safe
Absolutely fascinating! I've been to Penmon Head many times back in the day (1970s and 80s) while camping at Kingsbridge Caravan Site near Beaumaris. I always wondered what went on at the Trwyn Du lighthouse. What a magical place, with Puffin Island over yonder. Thanks for this guide to this life-saving lighthouse.
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.
I used to fish there every summer on my school holidays - I went back a few years ago on a holiday tour followed by tea in the keepers cottage cafe and fish and chips in Beaumaris and a visit to the castle - just like old times :)
Cheers mate, Makes my day to jog somebody's memories, take care.
Fascinating film thank you Peter.
Cheers Jack, glad you liked it.
what a fantastic video exellent work with 1991 tech ,thank you for sharing
Thank you for your nice comments, take care
It seems so lonely now. Absolutely loved the graveyard footage. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Annette, I think that they have silenced the bell now for the usual electric fog horn, but I haven't been that way for a fair while so don't know that for certain.cheers.
I have just enjoyed this film and your previous one out to the Farne island lights. I have had great trips out to all of the lights in these 2 films with the Association of Lighthouse Keepers. It's great that you have preserved this footage of these iconic lighthouses, as a former keeper I appreciate your work on all of your films dedicated to these magnificent structures which are all part of our maritime heritage.
Thank you Neil, much appreciated. I found the videoing a joy to do. I just had this desire to capture our way of life before it was lost forever. I also thank you for those many moments that I email you for yet more info to put into these videos. If anybody out there also wants to know more about our Lighthouses, then please do so at the following alk.org.uk/
@@PeterHalil Thank you for the reply, you are most welcome only too glad to help. And thanks for the plug.
Really nice mate looking good there mate nice one 👌👌👌👍🤠🇬🇧
Thanks mate, if I had shown how they really threw those gas cylinders up and down those rocks.....? before Health & Safety was invented!
Thank you so much for showing me a life I knew nothing about.
Glad to be of service Ed, you take care.
Thankyou. I have been to Penmon several times but never though to look at the graveyard. Kind regards.
Hi, I always like to look at the local graveyards if time permits, and the churches if open. Glad you like the videos, cheers.
This one nice and quiet. Can hear the echoes inside and the wind howling.
Yes makes a change from the engines going 24/7, cheers.
@@PeterHalil How effective was carbide
@@oscarosullivan4513 The acetylene lights were very effective and mostly worry free
@@PeterHalil Did it keep the lighthouse warm, one of the first to go Auto here was Beeves rock
@@oscarosullivan4513 To some degree it did I suppose.
Another superb film! The old black fireplaces and sink are interesting. I wonder how many layers and how often they needed painting to keep the rust at bay!
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it, I suppose back in the day, somebody would have black leaded all of that. Found this on You Tube, not a Lighthouse range, but still gives a good idea. ua-cam.com/video/o26wsMACJM0/v-deo.html
That's very interesting, Great camera technique & commentary very professional indeed.
Thank you, glad you liked it. Much appreciated. stay safe.
Wonderful to have seen inside penmon lighthouse and to see the gravestone of Henry Bowen, my great great great grandfather who was the principal lighthousekeeper here in 1871. I only recently found this out and I'm trying to trace my family history. Would love to find a photograph of him one day.
Hi Wendy, great news to hear that you have those links to Henry Bowen and Trwyn Du Lighthouse.
I don't have a photo of your Great Great Great Grandfather, but I found this following on line.
www.artwarefineart.com/gallery/trwyn-du-lighthouse-penmon-puffin-island-anglesey
This article mentions him. thanks again for your input, stay safe.
PS. Amazon have for sale a Trwyn Du Lighthouse model,
which is very realistic and the cheapest I've found. I have this one in my own collection. It is found at the following.
www.amazon.co.uk/Littledart-Lighthouse-Model-Trywn-Du/dp/B06XPDQK2H/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2PHRYKK2X8KPJ&keywords=littledart+lighthouse+models&qid=1667668805&sprefix=%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-3
Is the lamp has powered,thanks for another fantastic video,seen this lighthouse many times on my visits to Anglesey,nice to see inside.👍
Thank you very much. Glad you liked the video and the look inside Trwyn Du. Cheers and stay safe.
Another Great Video Peter. Well Done, And I Hope That You Are Well.
Hi Dennis, I'm still well thankyou, hope you are too. Thank you for the kind comments. Stay safe.
Hello Peter, I guess as a former lighthouse keeper you are coping better than most of us in this coronavirus lockdown!
Apparently Trinity House are planning to replace the bell signal with a modern signal emitter. It has been trialled, but the local residents say it sounds like a prison klaxon. They are likening the bell to a nautical melody that they will miss.
Apparently the bell mechanism is becoming unreliable say trinity House, hence the modern alternative.
I suppose it’s right, maybe the council could fund a repair to the bell?
What are your thoughts?
Keep these archive films coming,
Simon.
Hi Simon, I actually had a letter posted in the local paper about my thoughts on that, my idea was that if it was what Trinity House was saying ie an issue with reliability with the mechanism and they have to replace it with the poop poop! electric type then why can't they at the very least record the sound of the bell and have that as the sound on an electric fog horn? Take care, stay safe
@@PeterHalil Interesting point, I read in sea shaken houses that instead of repairing replace is the de facto procedure. Interesting how going to renewable will affect the lighthoused conditions across the world
Thanks Peter, Er we saw the kitchen but where's the toilet.......
Have seen this lighthouse from the shore, nice to see inside--- not sure about the way they handle the cylinders though.......
I'm assuming it was bucket and chuck it!...as for the way they handled those cylinders, that was the edited highlights,I missed out all the dropping and throwing around before they got to the flat bit of the journey!...I kept thinking Bombs....
From Wikipedia "Walker also pioneered, unsuccessfully, the use of a primitive water closet, comprising a specially designed drain exiting at the base of the tower. The stepped design of the lighthouse may have helped water exit the closet, but surges of seawater made its use difficult during heavy weather" ....so no paper required during a storm then!
interesting to see the older light houses with not too many modern changes.
Thank you, this was a very interesting light to visit, full of character. Stay safe
@@PeterHalil stay safe too
Wow brilliant I often wondered what it was like inside thanks, I am the one that filmed all around puffin island with my drone, awesome
Great, I wish drones and gopros were around when I started these, I will now hunt down your footage to look at cheers
Peter Halil yeh just click my little circle bumpkins drones then look for videos icon scroll down for Puffin Iskand I’m the only drone pilot to do the whole island in one take
Peter, just north of the village of Borth, north of Aberystwyth, is a single story building which looks as though it was a Trinity House property , it looks as though it had something to do with lighthouses but I can't find anything about it, can you assist, regards Peter
Sorry but I have no idea, but if you contact the association of Lighthouse Keepers, someone there may be able to help but I suspect they will need a picture and location
alk.org.uk/
Or failing that, Trinity House in London
enquiries@trinityhouse.co.uk
hope that is OK cheers.
Peter Halil "thanks I'll give it a go
Interesting one...where early automation actually saved the Victorian features which it seems were often ripped out in lighthouses that remained manned into the 90s. I guess the empty room with the beautiful little fireplace would have been the dormitory. Wikepedia says that the light went solar in 1996. Do you know if the features survived that? Let´s hope so. Ah....just spotted that keepers lived off-site. So..probably not a dormitory then.
As far as I know from looking at the outside there is a lot of solar panels up on the outside glazing facing the land. It looks like somebody has made the effort to match the panels to the glazing so it doesn't look horrible. They wouldn't have any need to rip anything out but they would have had to put in batteries and cables.
This one is truly a gem!
The first sea-washed tower designed by James Walker.
The first tower automated by Trinity House.
And, best of all, the first attempt (albeit not completely successful) at installing a water closet in a lighthouse!
The living arrangement is curious due to the keepers housing on shore, and the relative ease of access to the lighthouse from the shore.
My best guess would be that since this is still a sea-washed tower, it was expected that if relief was impossible due to weather conditions, whoever happened to be on watch in the tower at the time, was expected to just stay aboard until a relief was possible.
And since this was Walkers first design of this nature for Trinity House, it was kind of like a prototype tower for future projects, so it was designed to be lived aboard full-time, although, perhaps, never finished out with bunks, and possibly just a bed.
Anyway, it's a fascinating glimpse into what it must have been like to live aboard in the early 19th century.
Shame about the bell, dun loaghaire east used to have a bell and then a horn until 2011, would be great to recommission a fog signal
Hi Oscar, once this lockdown is over and we have nicer weather then I must go over to Trwyn Du as I haven't been there since the bell was silenced. The fog horns have been slowly gotten rid of.
Love watching your films, it was made for UA-cam. How did you know in the early 90s the UA-cam was going to exist? 😂
That bell and the wind on your 91 visit was really creepy, just needed fog to complete the spooky atmosphere.
I didn't know, my aim was to try and get as much footage as possible and get them archived somewhere where people had free access to them (which I'm still looking for) but you tube arrived!
Trwyn Du is now silenced, well, no bell going off every 30 seconds. It now just has an electronic sound when foggy that the locals dislike. Stay safe.
With regards to the first lighthouse, I'm assuming that before the switch to an automated gas light, the two rooms with the fireplaces, were living/working spaces and the winch wasn't there? The level below the lense would have housed the original lighting apparatus?
Hi, the Keepers lived ashore but yes the place would have been more habitable with the rooms in use with fires going etc. I assume the cellar would have been the coal store. I doubt there would have been the crane and below the lens area would probably be as you've stated. You might be interested with the following.
www.penmon.org/page6.htm
@@PeterHalil Thank you Peter. I live in Canada, but my father was merchant and Fleet Auxiliary, sailed out of Liverpool, late 50's-60's. I love the the flag in the first video I saw, and will be forwarding these videos to him; we both have a lifelong affinity for lighthouses!
@@geographyinaction7814 Hello Canada and hello to your Dad. I was in the Royal Navy from mid 60's on Carriers so I wonder if your Dad ever stored us out to sea?, take care.
@@PeterHalil Were you on Eagle or Ark Royal? Wow! The big carriers of that time were awesome! I will speak to him, but I think he was out by late 66.
@@geographyinaction7814 I joined in 64 and was out on the Victorious by about 66, then the Ark.
Do lighthouse keepers still exist?
Hi Guy, Not in the true sense in this country, maybe have attendants who just pop in when called to do so but they still exist in other countries, I think, cheers.
Peter Halil Shame really as it’s a job that really appeals to me
does the light still flash at trwyn du?-i never noticed it when staying at point lynas
It should still be flashing, Can't remember if the blanked off area of the lens is facing Lynas or not. Maybe with the LED lights now, they have lowered the range? cheers. Take care
@@PeterHalil ---thanks again- going round to the east apart from maybe light buoys or light ship would the point of ayr be the next light?
@@mickbrod550 If by Point of Ayr you mean Talacre? then that isn't lit. There isn't anything else belonging to Trinity till you get to St Bees, way up that coast.
@@PeterHalil ... just a quick note i was told the other day that the light at the lighthouse at penmon point faces south-- if correct that would be the reason i couldnt see the light from point lynas
thank you peter
Thank you too, stay safe
😁👍👏👏👏
cheers mate.
Was that the attendant
No that was part of our Holyhead Control Centre ex Depot team.
@@PeterHalil Thanks
Amazing physics such weak lumins can be amplified.
Yes Jonathan, amazing indeed, cheers.
Than one looks like a bit of a bugger to service
Yes it was a bit, always a bit of a dodgy climb to get in or out of it as well.