Bishop Rock Lighthouse, walk through tour. mid 1990's
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- This was shot on video tape with a fisheye lens, in the 1990's.
I got a helicopter ride out with the crew who were about to automate the place. So i only had a few hours on site. This was also the 1st time I had been back from when I was stationed here in the 80's. I was a Lighthouse Keeper from 1974 to 1997.
It was so good you were able to get some video footage for posterity! Amazing tour, thanks for sharing!
Cheers, glad you liked it.
I am 73 years old and have been waiting for the best part of it for your scintillating insight into life in a light house. Thank you. I strongly feel it must have been a fascinating place for people to have spent part at least of their lives in.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm now 70 and wish I could be doing my Lighthouse years all over again. Lots more to come out but a fair amount will be the inside of empty buildings, the reason being that not every Keeper wanted a camera pointed at them. I did do a good one on the Needles Lighthouse that includes Christmas and New Years celebrations on board, so hopefully I will be posting that in the not too distant future.
That was fascinating to watch. Not sure if I would ever get used to the generators running and the fog horn blasting to get a hour's sleep though!
Thanks, if you look on my site there is a 50 minute movie I made of life in a wave washed lighthouse which tries to show what our keepers lives were like. As can be seen from the film, it takes a while to get used to the din of the fog horn!
I see we are men of similar interests lol
Peter Hall my dad was a keeper as a baby I learnt to sleep through fog horns and nothing wakes me now
Well done on preserving the history of this light house on video.
Thank you, I will slowly bring out more that I managed to do.
Hi my dad was a lighthouse keeper in the 40,s on bishop Rock. They used to make rag rugs to amuse themselves and for a but of extra money for families at home.
Digitizing these old tapes for prosperity is a great way to show life of a bygone era - very interesting to see how people coped living in Lighthouses
Thanks again Peter for another fantastic lighthouse tour. I can only imagine the obstacles the masons and engineers had to overcome so far out at sea to build this magnificent edifice in 1858.
Cheers mate, take care and stay safe.
Superb film. Really enjoyed it , its such a shame that trinity house automated all its lighthouses as that would be such a good job living and working in those off shore towers.
Thank you, I agree about it would be great still to employ people to go out on the Tower Rocks.
Yeah.. For better maintenance... From 🇵🇭
Mind boggling to think of the tremendous work it took to get all the furniture, appliances, cooking utensils, bedding, etc out there and installed. I can barely comprehend how many trips it must have taken and all the hardship associated with it all. I've always wondered what these offshore lights truly looked like inside. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome, yes indeed, and to think everything was man handled back in the day. Cheers and stay safe
I love these tours so much. There’s no way most of us would ever get to experience the atmosphere of a lighthouse. You capture it perfectly. Thanks for doing it.
Thank you Dave for your kind words, glad you like them, I enjoyed making them, cheers and stay safe
I agree Dave triple wow!
@@PeterHalil I have a friend who comes from Peacehaven and his accent and pronunciation is identical to yours. If I close my eyes it could be him speaking. You're not from round that way are you?
@@davesaunders3334 Hi Dave, not sure where my accent really comes from, I was born a Cockney in Stepney, London. Moved to East Anglia when I was 8, then the Royal Navy, so I guess it must be a blend of all of that? cheers
@@larryteager6382 Thank you Larry, glad you enjoy my videos too. Take care and stay safe.
Thanks Peter. Lighthouses have always fascinated me.
You are welcome, and you may have guessed already but they fascinate me too, take care
Fascinating! This is such valuable stuff - a proper historical record from the days before automation put an end to keepers' work. Cheers :-)
Glad you liked it, more to come later hopefully.
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I have taken boat trips out to Bishop Rock Lighthouse and admired the other thanks to St. Mary's Boatman's Association, while holidaying on Scilly. Thanks for the tour of the inside.
Thank you very much Fernley, glad you liked the tour inside and welcome to my channel. Take care and stay safe.
Thanks again Peter,they are really something these lighthouses perched upon a bit of rock,waves crashing😊
Thank you, I think so too.
Thank you very much for preserving these fascinating moments with detailed narrations for future generations to see.
All the best.
Thank you very much for your kind comments. Glad you found my channel. Cheers and stay safe.
Very interesting video. I never knew there was so much stuff in a lighthouse!! I could live there - no problem!!
Me too!, thanks, glad you found it interesting, stay safe.
Thank you for sharing these amazing stories.
I sincerely enjoyed watching your video from beginning to end. I've seen the outside of New England lighthouses from Maine to Rhode Island, watched a winter storm batter Minot's Ledge Light on the Massachusetts coast, but your presentation was totally fascinating to watch. I had no idea how complicated the workings of a modern-day lighthouse were until I saw your presentation. Thank you very much for a clear description of living conditions in a lighthouse. Again, it is fascinating.
Thank you, glad you liked it. It was a dream job for me, one where I loved going to work.
Very interesting tour! Thank you very much for sharing this with us.
Glad you liked it, thanks.
Amazing video and tour.
Thanks for posting.
Cheers, glad you liked it. Stay safe
Thanks for posting. I have sailed past the light many times and wondered what life was like for the keepers - well, now I know!
Thanks, safe sailing.
Thank you for posting. I live in the USA, but I'm from Canada. I remember going to the islands where my grandfather was a keeper on big fish island in Nova Scotia. The lighthouse was nothing like this one. But have times changed
Thanks for your comments, I shall now have to Google Big fish island lighthouse to see where your Grandfather served, take care.
@@PeterHalil if you look at the southern tip of Nova Scotia find a town called wedgeport it's right in the inlet to the tusket river. He also helped pease island. What country was your light?
@@dwaynepothier6161 Thanks I've found it ok. My lighthouses are all in England and Wales. This one, the Bishop rock is South of Lands end in Cornwall and offshore from the Isles of Scilly.
Fascinating, I really enjoyed the tour. Thanks so much 👍👍👍
Glad you liked it, take care and stay safe.
I have always wanted to explore this lighthouse but it was impossible for general public, thanks for posting this.
Now that I'm a member of the Public, I wouldn't be allowed to visit it either. Thank you for your comments. Stay safe.
Fantastic video Peter! This was really interesting to see. Quite educational too. Videos like this help to preserve the past and show people what life (for some) was like. Thank you very much for sharing this! I’m impressed by the complexity of the place also!
Thank you, glad you liked it. I did loads of videoing over the dieing years of us keepers so hopefully will put them out in time, once I learn more about editing. Only a few movies with us keepers in trying to show our passing way of life mainly because an awful lot of them were camera shy, the nature of the beast I guess.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this video. Excellent work explaining and describing each level. Outstanding. I used to be a nuclear missile maintenance officer in an underground silo and I see so many similarities. This being the world's smallest island with a building on it makes it even more fascinating.
Grief, that sounds an interesting job, glad you enjoyed our efforts, take care and stay safe.
Another excellent preservation video - Its so amazing to show much effort went into keeping that light burning, and how now solar and gps have changed the lighthouses and sea navigation.
Makes no sense that GPS has destroyed the existence of the lighthouse. They are notoriously fickle and work only half the time. Getting a signal is almost impossible in a storm so how does a ship find its way when the GPS equipment keeps losing its signal. Isn't the $500 unit you buy off the shelf the same used in a fishing boat?
Incredible! One of the most extra-ordinary jobs in the world. Thanks for making and sharing this very important documentation because that will shows it's outmost importance in the future.
Thank you very much for your kind words, much appreciated. Take care and stay safe
Thanks for sharing this fascinating piece of our maritime history. Countless lives saved by brave men.
Thanks for your comments and I loved every minute (well almost Ha! ) of my job.
Thank you again. Being from the western US where there are no large bodies of water, I find your videos really interesting. Your walkthrough and interview videos are a valuable record.
Glad you like them Buzz, take care.
I really love these videos Peter.. Ive spent the last 3 Sunday mornings going through your walk through videos.. I never thought id see inside so many lighthouse.. Wonderful..
Thank you very much for the kind words, glad you enjoy my videos, cheers. Stay safe and take care.
Thanks for the tour round Bishop rock Lghthouse,it was very enjoyable, I've always liked lighthouses,they do a great job in keeping ships safe out at sea.
Thank you, glad you liked it, cheers.
Just caught this now, I also would like to say thank you for recording this. It's been so long since I've seen a video flimed from the 1990's with such clear picture and explanations. I hope your doing well and thanks again!
Thank you for the kind words Sweet Mammoth, glad you like the videos. Take care and stay safe.
The attention to details is phenomenal in your videos Peter. Another incredible tour of a beautiful lighthouse
Thank you for your very kind words, glad you found my channel. Take care, cheers
wonderful tour. thanks for sharing.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for posting this video, fascinating insight , very enjoyable.
Glad you liked it, more to come hopefully.
Fantastic video ! Thanks for making it , must have been amazing during storms
Thanks, yes Tower rocks are brill in storms. There is a good storm one on my site.
Hi Peter, I’m so pleased to have found this. When I was a little girl in the 80s I wrote to Trinity House and they put me in touch with one of the lighthouse keepers at Bishop Rock who wrote to me. Sadly I can’t remember the name of the lighthouse keeper but it could have been yourself of one of your colleagues. I was a lonely child and the fact that someone had taken the trouble to write to me has stayed with my for my entire life. I have always wondered about ‘my lighthouse keeper’ and what became of him and wish I had stayed in touch.
Hi Lindy, I don't think it was me that you wrote to.
If you really feel the need to try to track him down, then I suggest contacting the Association Of Lighthouse Keepers who can be found at alk.org.uk/
It may be a long shot but there is a bigger pool of ex Lighthouse Keepers to draw from there. Anyway, you have found my you tube channel and I'm pleased that my videos have reached people like yourself. I'm also glad that your request reached a Keeper that took the time to respond to you.
Hope you are OK in these troubled times, there will be many more Lighthouse videos, some longer than others. Here's hoping you like those as well. Take care and stay safe.
Peter Halil thank you so much for responding. Finding this video of the lighthouse where he wrote his letters has certainly reignited my curiosity so I might pursue the lead that you’ve given me. I am in the process of writing a book for my children which is loosely based on my communications with a lighthouse keeper so your videos are going to be a really useful source of information. I’ll certainly follow your channel with interest! Thanks, Linda
What a heartwarming storie very nice thanks Lindy!
Great video. Thanks. My Uncle Colin was a Keeper on the Bishop Rock, in 1988 for my 13th birthday, I was flown out to the BR as he was heading out for his month on, I was invited onto the helipad, but declined as terrified of heights. ( I deeply regret not going out now, just stayed in the helicopter).
Thanks Brian, glad you like the video, I know what you mean about heights, although I was OK if there was a railing or a safety net. At least you were one of the few that got to see the bishop out to sea from a unique angle. Your Uncles name rings a bell but I don't think we ever met, but could be wrong on that. Take care.
Again. A really interesting video. thanks. That last helicopter shot was great.
So beautiful to see this film, and lovely to know you were at South Stack. I've loved lighthouses all my life and as a child we used to do the South Stack tour by the keepers a lot - loved it. I still remember as a child pushing the lantern around on the mercury and being amazed! Maybe it's your fault I love lighthouses! :o) Your photo with the lantern is beautiful.
Now, we are near the *beautiful* Plover Scar lighthouse (1847 - managed at one point by the Parkinson family and Mrs Parkinson was filmed managing the light in 1948!). Plover Scar was *so* fortunate to have been critically hit by shipping in 2016 and as a result was repaired. Prior to the collision, she was in a very poor state and, although a wonderful repair was done, I was so sad it wasn't a full restoration because her lanturn is now shuttered with metal plates and a solar powered light sits on the outside of her lantern. *However*: without the accident they were looking to pull her down she was in such a sad state, so we have to be thankful for small (or huge ship-shaped!) mercies that will allow her to be there for another hundred or so years. At high tide she sits two-thirds of her deep in water so the engineering is amazing that she has stayed there since 1847... and I would personally hug the ship-Captain who hit her, as she is beautiful to see and I'm so glad she's now going to be there for a long time!
Thank you Ani, so glad you enjoy my videos, I must have shown hundreds around South Stack on a tour so that's brought back some memories.
Thank you also for telling us about the Plover Scar Lighthouse, I never knew that Lighthouse existed till your memories when I hastily Googled it! Isn't it strange how many ships collide with Lighthouses that are pretty much hard to miss!...visually I mean, take care.
Superb footage, and well done for capturing it and sharing with us.
I hadn't appreciated how tight it is inside or just how intrusive the generator noise is, a twinge of sadness knowing that this was at the time of automation. I have always admired the Bishop from afar as my family are from the Scillies, some going back in time were involved with the boat relief. I have an uncle on St Agnes who used to keep a look out on the light and would report if anything appeared wrong, I believe he mentioned that the main doors were ripped away by the waves once.
I also fondly remember the Trinity House Bo105 helicopter which was based at St Mawgan for a while, even the sound of it on your film brought back memories. Thank you again Peter.
Hi, thanks for your kind words and so glad the footage tugged at your memories. I lived in the Trinity cottages on the Scillies for a while and did a one and only winched boat relief, the rest were helicopter. I have a photo of me plus one without me in it of the damaged doors on the Bishop. The picture was taken at the Lighthouse Museum in Penzance (since closed) don't know where all the museum stuff went to or the Bishop doors, take care.
@@PeterHalil sorry for delay, that museum at Penzance was a great little place, shame like many small museums that it closed. I believe some of the exhibits went to the National Maritime Museum at Falmouth, but haven't been there to confirm.
Thanks very much...I really enjoyed your vlog.Been to the Scillies twice now,and always wondered what the BR lighthouse was like..👍🍺
Thank you, glad you liked it, take care.
Thanks for uploading and especially thanks for filming in the first place.
Cheers, I enjoyed my videoing and to be honest it kept my mind focused away from my pending redundancy.
Terrific video, thanks for putting this together.
Thanks for the kind comments, and I'm glad you liked it, more to follow hopefully.
Thanks for such a well made record. As a child I made a number of trips to this lighthouse, in the boat of a friend of my Aunt, who lived on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. They were mostly sightseeing tours but I'm fairly sure, on one occasion, that something was delivered to the keeper. Would have been around 1960, no helipad then.
Thank you, I was editing one of my Keeper interviews and he was on about all the "Goodies" that were sent up from the tourist boats.
Fascinating. Thank you for doing this.
Thank you Jason, glad you liked it, take care.
Interesting. I can imagine it would look very different now. Thanks for filming this.
I've discovered that I did go back on a trip and filmed it again with most of the automation done, but I think the lens may still have been intact so will eventually try and put that up on here.
Really fascinating viewing, felt i was there with you, amazing. thankyou
Thank you June, much appreciated, so glad the video worked the way I intended. Stay safe and take care.
Amazing. What a piece of art.
Great stuff, and no music !,, hooray. Thanks
So it's not just me?..Ha, thanks
Great video. Thanks for uploading it.
Hi Peter, thank you for this brilliant video. The history of Bishop Rock has always fascinated me, I believe that my (4 or 5 times) great grandfather was one of the longest serving keepers on this light. Thank you for showing all the levels, it does give you some insight into just how crampted and claustrophobic these places are. Going up and down those steep, narrow stairs must've been a pain. Also, my father's family lived (and still live) in the house attached to the old light on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly which this replaced.
Also, thank you for showing the old museum - I have fond memories of visiting it as a young lad. It is such a shame and we are all the poorer for such places being closed.
Hope you're well, and thanks again.
Hi Dave, Thank you very much for that. I bet your Great(4 or 5) times Great Grandfather would have had some tales to tell? You have a Famous surname from those parts as well. Yes, it was a crying shame about our Museum, some people have no souls it seems. Don't even mention what is going on at Newquay Airport? Thanks again, hope you are well. Take care and stay safe.
Amazing views, thank you for sharing
Thank you, glad you liked it.
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Thanks for recording it.
You are welcome, I enjoyed doing it, hope you found it interesting.
Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it.Cheers.
Great footage of this magnificent structure. I'll be forwarding this to my dad who was a keeper back in the late 60's / early 70's. He served on The Bishop as well as the Longships, Wolf and several others. Coincidentally, my 2nd cousin, 3x removed served on the very same rocks but at the start of the 20th century. Thank you for sharing.
Great to hear, what are the names of your Dad and cousin.
@@PeterHalil My 2nd cousin (3x removed) was called Richard Trenoweth Grenfell (1881-1943). Sadly, he was killed in an air raid while he was Principal Keeper of the St Catherine's light on the Isle of Wight. My dad is called Michael G (surname withheld as he is a very private person) and is still very proud to have served on the rocks. I think he left about 1972. He has some great stories, my particular favourite is how he kicked HRH Prince Philip up the arse, 'cos he didn't swing himself clear enough as he was being winched off (The Wolf, I think). My dad just gave him a little physical encouragement and got called "you bastard!" for his efforts. Some gratitude!!
@@kevg3320 I was stationed on st Catherines for a few years and have visited the graves of the keepers killed in that air raid. Your dad seems to have left before i joined, so our paths never crossed.
Ik very happy to see they restored abandoned light house..
This was just the video I needed to watch, thank you
Thank you Mateo, glad you liked it, stay safe
Fascinating, thanks for putting this up.
Cheers, glad you liked it, take care.
Really awesome work thanks for sharing.I need to get me a light house
Thank you, I couldn't afford one so I live opposite a lovely harbour and beach instead.
Stayed in the old light house keepers cottages in sennen cove about the time this was filmed waking up to the views of the lighthouses each morning was an amazing view
Fascinating look at the inside of a lighthouse.
Many years ago I had to winch the keeper off Bishop Rock, we couldn’t land on it like they do now, Wessex 5, we where too big and heavy.
Very interesting as you are hovering 150ft up. Pilot has no visual reference, and the crew man, is glancing between 15ft below to instantly 150ft below.
We had... several attempts ... before we managed to get the keeper off. He was not happy with our efforts... but as he had broken ribs he had no choice but to be flown off.
great, that brings back several memories. I was a chockhead in the Navy before being a Keeper and did 2 years a piece on HMS Victorious and Ark Royal flight decks. After the Lighthouses I was a Refueler of 22 squadron rescue helicopters at RAF Valley up here on Anglesey, also did the fixed as well, but I've always loved the helos .Cheers you boys did a very tricky job in some atrocious conditions, take care
Peter Halil I was an aircrewman at Culdrose, ended up on Seakings. I’ll dig out my flying log book and see if I can find the date :)
@@999rooneydog Small world, I was also at Culdrose and Yeovil and of course up here 22 were all Seakings. I was in the Navy 64 to 72 and Lighthouses 74 to 97. The next video I'm editing as we speak should be about the Skerries up here on Anglesey and has a sequence when 22 popped in for a practice in a Wessex.
Just flew out here in Microsoft Flight Simulator as there's a fantastic recreation of the lighthouse and Scilly Isles and St Marys airfield. I got curious and then discovered this video which really brings a lot to my enjoyment in the sim. Cheers!
Cheers Daniel, can you sim out in a helicopter and try to land on the roof?
Amazing tour.
Glad you liked it.
Awesome video! I love this !
Thank you very much Martha, glad you liked it. Take care and stay safe
I saw your comment in *_RAN Sailing_* about your career as a Lighthouse Keeper, and out of curiosity found your interesting Channel. I'm glad you made that comment, so I subscribed for more fascinating walks and views of places far from my home in South East Asia.
great, where in south east asia?
@@PeterHalil Chiang Mai, Thailand. A city far from the ocean, so your videos are quite a contrast to my daily experience!
I liked your video.Always wanted to now what it was like inside a light house thanks.
I can vividly remember seeing Bishops Rock 🪨 Lighthouse!!
Awesome video! It is so sad that no one will ever be able to be a lighthouse keeper here again.
Thank you, yes sad indeed, so I'm glad that I was in the position to capture something for myself and others to see.Take care.
Great tour Peter 👍
Excellent thanks I was raised on Merseyside and visited perch rock lighthouse as a kid and often wondered how that compared with other lighthouses..really informative video bud
Thanks, I live on Anglesey, so not too far from Merseyside, cheers.
Id love to have a nose around perch rock lighthouse but ive been in bidston lighthouse which is very cool especially with its bookshop inside. Its well worth a visit.
@@anthonyheath7675 sounds like a plan sometime, cheers
I had no idea they were that complex, great tour.
Cheers for that, glad you liked it.
Greetings from NZ Peter & thanks for recording this brilliant video. Most impressed with that magnificent 1st order lense. Must have been hard yakka on watch during early years when it ran a paraffin vapor light ! Your tour reminded me of my visit to the seawashed Rotersand lighthouse in Germany. Most appreciated to view inside Bishop Rock pre automation !
Thank you Paul and hello New Zealand. Yes the Bishop Rock was certainly impressive and that lens was huge, and yes looking after two paraffin lights and all the cleaning that entails must have been hard work. Cheers and stay safe
Awesome video.. Thank you very much!
Thanks glad you liked it.
Another great film Peter
Thank you Myles, much appreciated.
Fascinating thank you!
Thank you, glad you liked it.
Great video👍🏻 hope to visit this station during my time as a lighthouse technician.
Great perhaps you can give an update of what it looks like now inside?, cheers.
If I’m ever sent to the station I will be sure to :) watching this video the ones I have visited don’t seem to be too different in terms of appearance apart from there is more wiring and electronic cubicles, and there’s only 1 generator. The banana bunks are still in use and surprisingly comfortable 😁
Brilliant, informative video👍
Thanks, glad you liked it.
I love the way the fuel tanks were designed to get through the narrow stairwells, that and the 'portapotty' windows version that had to be emptied with great care unless you wanted to go back to your bendy bunk damp and smelly.
Ha Ha, yes we had to be very careful! and one of the morning jobs was to bleach the potties.
Love it so much Thank you
Thank you, glad you loved it, take care
Great video Peter - thanks for sharing this!
Thank you, much appreciated.
Peter Halil I’m sure you’ve been asked this before, but what was the consensus from you and the other keepers regarding the Flannan Isles mystery?
@@Sirdigbyfafontbittocks Mmm, how long is a piece of string?, The easy answer is, nobody will never know the truth but it was more likely that two were working down nearer the sea when a large wave swept one or both into the water, the second man shouts for help and the 3rd man goes against one of the golden rules and rushes into the danger area as well. Then those two are washed in and there is no getting back from that. I've personally seen a grown man drown in moments next to a Lighthouse I was on (land based) when a big swell swept him from the rocks, then the surge swept him into the rocks then he vanished, gone in a couple of surges, nothing anybody could have done other than to die with him.
Peter Halil yes indeed an awful position to be in on both counts. I was often called out by local residents to various weirs down the river Thames where adults/children were reported as swimming close by; once they went over, there was no recovering their body until after they had drowned - and that was nowhere near the power of the open sea!
So in this instance where all three keepers drowned how would that be discovered/reported?
@@Sirdigbyfafontbittocks Yes, Horrible, people just don't think when it comes to the power of water. take care
Really enjoyed this
This is awesome!
Hello Peter
Hope you are keeping well?. Just to thank you for a marvellous and unique set of videos documenting life before automation.
How marvellous you filmed the people and the interiors of these fascinating buildings.
The advent of You Tube has allowed many to enjoy your videos and personal insights.
I am surprised that the Northern Lights board did not invite you to film the inside of some of their lights.... particularly,
Skerryvore. It was good PR for Trinity.
I wish you a long and happy retirement.
Leo K
Hello Leo, Thank you for your very kind words. To my eternal shame, the Northern Lighthouse board did invite me to film inside some of their Lighthouses too. But, I was just in over my head, trying to get as much as I could done before my ever looming redundancy caught up with me. Then it was trying to find another job etc etc. I'm hoping to put out feelers again at sometime to be able to film up in their Lighthouse Museum at least, we shall see if that is possible. Not sure if anybody will allow me offshore to film now, my Trinity House says NO to the 2 lights that I missed. Thanks again, stay safe.
thx a lot for uploading this!
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Amazing video and yet sad at the same time, I couldn't help feeling as if the automation crew had somehow invaded and taken over this beautiful building, I feel for all the keepers who maybe spend much of their time living in memories now, respect to all of you past and present 👍
Thank you for your kind comments, much appreciated.
Great video! Peter your time being a lighthouse keeper did you see any strange lights out at sea like UFOs and or did you hear of any other keepers talk about strange sightings ?
Thank you and no I never saw anything like that, and no other Keeper has ever mentioned it to me either. That said, we are only looking out of tiny windows and I never asked any other Keepers those questions, take care and Merry Christmas
That's a awesome job
Thank you, glad you liked it.
Thank you for documenting the lifehouse ,it's truly a remarkable history and one that should be preserved. It's sadden that's men no longer take care of it the way that it once did. I'm sure it's more lonely now without the men present. Thank you
Thank you, it saddened me to be made redundant with all the other Keepers and I didn't want us all to pass into History without leaving a trace of our lives behind, take care.
Great tour! Thank you so much. But the amount of noise is already driving me crazy!
Ha, add into the scenario the fog horn and the compressor to run it, and it gets interesting.
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you, take care
Brilliant. Really interesting but also sad that it’s all automated now
Thank you, yes it is sad, have a Merry Christmas,take care.
@@PeterHalil Sup Pete?
“Sea view of course”!
Of course, on all sides and sometimes over the top.
this is a gem
Thank you very much, glad you liked it. Take care and stay safe
Wonderful footage ,thank you so much for sharing. What did you do after finishing in such an unusual job? It must of been hard to follow!
Amazing!
Cheers mate.
Great video, I had thought there would be more room inside for ssuch a large structure but then again its crammed with a lot of equipment
If it wasn't for the extra living room on the Bishop it would be like the other towers that you just get the kitchen/living room and the bedroom to chill out in. In fact we watched the "News" one night where some prisoners were complaining about their lack of space and exercise, we watched in awe at their facilities! Ha Ha
Fantastic stuff - thankyou for all your hard work capturing and documenting this truly unique way of life. Is any accommodation maintained for periodic maintenance crews on lighthouses? Also I take it from your commentary that automation was fairly destructive. Did they do-away with the diesel powered electrics and incandescent lamp/rotating lens combination altogether? What’s the setup in a modern automated lighthouse? Many Thanks and congratulations again on some wonderful filmmaking. Nick
It's too bad the lighthouses are automated now. I was born 100 years too late. Lol. Love your videos Peter.
Thank you Dean, glad you like the videos.
Wonderful. I have photos I took in the 60s of mail being delivered at Bishop Rock, and also keepers being exchanged.. before the buoy mentioned in the video was there to stabilise the launches.
Brill, it would be great to see those. You also might find that they didn't always use the bouy because the boatmen that looked after the Keepers were so expert at what they did.
I'll try to dig out the photos. I's as sure as I can be that there was no buoy there in the 1960s. I took quite a few trips out there over the course of nearly a decade or so, starting around 1964-ish, and a buoy would have been of great help to the launch pilots on some of the rougher trips. I well recall the frustration of watching them and the keepers trying to get the line in place in poor weather. I'm not sure how to get the photos to you...?
@@n7dr14 thanks, if you manage to find them you can always email them to me to peterandisla@tiscali.co.uk cheers mate, take care
I'll send them in the next couple of days.
@@n7dr14 Cheers mate