The isolated life of lighthouse families in 1966 | RetroFocus

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  • @PS-Straya_M8
    @PS-Straya_M8 4 роки тому +41

    I lived on several lighthouse stations as a child in the early 70s, amazing experiences!

    • @wakeoftheflood2
      @wakeoftheflood2 4 роки тому +2

      In Australia ?

    • @PS-Straya_M8
      @PS-Straya_M8 4 роки тому +3

      @@wakeoftheflood2 i lived on New Zealand lighthouse stations

    • @jacintabyline
      @jacintabyline 4 роки тому +2

      @@PS-Straya_M8 - How fascinating. I always wished my dad had been a Kiwi lighthouse keeper. But he was one of NZ's top nuclear physicists. But we did get to grow up in a few different countries.

    • @TJ-nq5nt
      @TJ-nq5nt 2 роки тому

      @@PS-Straya_M8 what did you do when a animal got to close to the lighthouse.

    • @michel76543321
      @michel76543321 2 роки тому +1

      Hi @P S
      I am doing some research on the people who are living/have lived on a lighthouse station.
      May I ask you some questions please? I'll be very grateful!

  • @hoderharris
    @hoderharris 5 років тому +42

    The woman waving goodbye with her 3 kids, is like,get me the hell of this island. See ya sucker's! Ha

  • @jeromecabral7464
    @jeromecabral7464 5 років тому +24

    I have always wanted to be a lighthouse keeper as a kid

    • @PS-Straya_M8
      @PS-Straya_M8 4 роки тому +1

      Great for kids I loved it!

    • @mevoy2702
      @mevoy2702 3 роки тому

      Omg me too but now it seems to lonely and scary for me

    • @OscarOSullivan
      @OscarOSullivan 9 місяців тому

      Mevoy in Irish or British lights you were always guaranteed two other people after 1817. You could get a station like Crookhaven lighthouse, Lowestoft Lighthouse or Dún Laoghaire lighthouse which are smack bang in the middle of the towns they are named after.

  • @MaxFuckinFightmaster
    @MaxFuckinFightmaster 5 років тому +22

    Have you ever, ever felt like this?

    • @gordywarin6804
      @gordywarin6804 5 років тому +6

      Strangeee things happen...are ya goin' round the twist

  • @klattalexis
    @klattalexis 5 років тому +7

    Sounds exciting!

  • @user-lx5ue4wm5k
    @user-lx5ue4wm5k 3 роки тому +1

    Just beautiful love these documentary s

  • @dianegray5164
    @dianegray5164 2 роки тому +1

    This reminded me so much of Nan Chauncy's Lizzy Lights book with the hauling basket contraption and the tracks although the trolley car was used for leaving the island the main character lived on. I read it several times. Amongst even the tiny island community there was diversity. The daily lives unfold beautifully, there are secrets and some surprising and unpleasant moments. Written in 1968 for girls to adolescents. If you can get hold of it, it's a great read for anyone.

  • @tanyapetersen8354
    @tanyapetersen8354 2 роки тому +5

    My family lived on Tasman island 👌

  • @Mr2pint
    @Mr2pint 5 років тому +37

    As soon as smartphones were invented they all died from taking selfies on the cliffs.

    • @bevcd3625
      @bevcd3625 5 років тому +2

      😂😂😂👍

  • @TheWorld-of7dd
    @TheWorld-of7dd Рік тому +1

    It's not so lonely with your family with you

  • @bengello
    @bengello 4 роки тому +3

    That would be a great life!

  • @seawynd99
    @seawynd99 5 років тому +8

    Looks like heaven.

  • @TheRebelliousrabbit
    @TheRebelliousrabbit 4 роки тому +3

    i would sign up for this

  • @MultiPalop
    @MultiPalop 3 місяці тому

    3:05 that family must be thinking this is totaly safe

  • @AleMelgoza
    @AleMelgoza 5 років тому +2

    Crazy but kinda cool

  • @mystfaex8794
    @mystfaex8794 5 років тому +7

    💓Ahh! If only they still necessary... I would go live & work there in a heartbeat!😁 1900's... simpler times...

    • @derinko
      @derinko 3 роки тому

      Are you forgetting the fact that WWI was on 1914 and WWII 1939?

    • @cassandrawilliams9610
      @cassandrawilliams9610 3 роки тому +1

      You still can live at Maatsuyker Island rent free to take care of the land and wildlife

  • @grgr6720
    @grgr6720 3 роки тому +11

    Living in a lighthouse with no TV or Internet.. No wonder why they had so many children.🙄🙄

  • @mohit5496
    @mohit5496 10 місяців тому

    light house ghost is gonna have fun

  • @kalahi7050
    @kalahi7050 5 років тому +2

    Poor basterds, guess the fishin would keep you busy.

  • @ReluctantReader
    @ReluctantReader 5 років тому +18

    Back when Australia was white

    • @MrLunithy
      @MrLunithy 5 років тому +4

      Just stay jerking of to manga and leave the real world to the adults also don't eat on the train OK Barret.......

    • @Pseudosurfer
      @Pseudosurfer 5 років тому +29

      Australia's never been white, you drongo

    • @jacintabyline
      @jacintabyline 4 роки тому

      Your comment alone proves what a 'reluctant reader' you are... and thus - your total ignorance of history.

  • @abramgoldberg1014
    @abramgoldberg1014 5 років тому +2

    stopping jewish subversion since 1966