Lighthouses of England, Start Point, Devon, early 1990's
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- This was filmed in the early 1990's. It was shot on video tape, some of you may have to Google what that is/was!
I have also included a short interview with Gordon Partridge, one of the Keepers there. Also there are fog horn sounds but it is the electric peep peep and not the old fog horn sounds as that structure had collapsed some years before, as can be seen in the footage.
The Fresnel lens is gone here too now. It was recently replaced by an LED lamp. Also, I see the old fog signal building that collapsed after the cliff gave way. I never thought I'd see that.
Yes everything seems to be a lot different now, I wonder how long into the future before they do away with the lights entirely, cheers.
@@PeterHalil Lighthouses have a global following, and many are coming under private operation. In the US, many lights that were deactivated are being relit as private aids to navigation. Lighthouses won't be phased out altogether.
According to a US Coast Guard statement, one cannot rely on one type of aid to navigation. Lighthouses, fog signals, buoys, GPS, and radar are all necessary for safe navigation.
There was a lighthouse in British Columbia Canada that still has keepers that the Canadian Coast Guard had announced was to be de-staffed, but they quickly changed their minds after the keepers saved the lives of the crew of a stricken yacht that sank not far from the lighthouse.
@@TheKilroyman Thanks that's great to know.
Great video, lovely content. The sound of the Kittiwakes, true seabirds as against Gulls. Only come into shore to breed nesting on perilous perches, rest of their lives they spend out at sea.
Thanks for that and yes I tend to go more for the Kittiwakes and Fulmars. Take care and thanks again.
I look forward to each episode. Thank you from Bakersfield California USA.
Thank you Katherine, so glad you like them, you take care and keep safe.
Great little mix up of sites and people. Thanks Peter!
Thank you Sparky, hope you are keeping well and safe.
Start Point is a great lighthouse, thank you for uploading this footage - it's all an important part of history I think. Me and my mate up until a few years ago used to enjoy sitting by the beach at Slapton and watching it sweep. I'm sure it always seemed alot brighter than other lighthouses too, when coming over the hills towards Slapton you could see the 3 sweeps lighting up the sky. Sadly, as per many comments below, the optic and bulb were removed in favour of the usual LED upgrade. I appreciate that TH are going to make these as simple as possible, especially considering they're not really needed so much now, but it absolutely strips it of any character and almost takes away the historical element.
Thank you for your comments. I'm heavily biased, but agree that the lighthouses nowadays seem stripped of the character that I knew and loved. There are not many lighthouses left now I guess where you can still see that majestic sweep of the light that used to be. Cheers and stay safe.
@@PeterHalil I would like to get 'across the water' to Wales and visit Nash Point. At present that still has it's regular rotating optic with two flashes (I think every 10 seconds). Out of interest would you know why Nash Point continues to flash all day long? No other lighthouse I've seen does this, even Flatholm switches off during the day (which has now also been converted to LED).
@@ajs2120 With static lenses that don't rotate. as far as I recall, they don't have the great big circular magnifying bulls eye lenses that give the rotating lenses their flash. So they seem ok to just sit there during the day in the sunlight, however, the bulls eyes in the rotating lenses are so powerful that they work in reverse and if stopped, with no Keepers to put the curtains up, can melt stuff or start fires. Clear as mud Lol. cheers.
Fantastic video! My great great great grandfather was a keeper here many years ago so this was very interesting to watch.
Hi Dan, Thanks for that, glad you liked it. Can you perhaps tell us more about your Great Great Great Grandfather please? Take care and stay safe
Another great video Peter. Many thanks for taking the time to record all these lighthouses for posterity.
Thank you Mark, much appreciated, I'm just glad that most people like yourself enjoy them. Take care.
Another awesome video thanks for sharing it loved it👍😊...
Thank you Cheryl, glad you enjoy them. Stay safe.
Great video as always Peter thank you . What a shame about the fog signal collapse 😔
Hi David, thank you for the kind words. Yes it was a shame about the engine room. My penultimate light that I served on was at Trevose. Whilst there they demolished the engine room stating subsidence but I never saw any visible reason to do that but when I upload that video, you can judge for yourselves, either way it was a crying shame to have done it, Cheers and stay safe.
Absolutely wonderful information and history Peter! Take care my friend!
Thank you very much for your kind words, so glad you liked it, take care and stay safe. Cheers Mate.
Great video as always Peter. Enjoyed the interview with the keeper, wasn’t expecting that. It was a pleasant surprise, a bit like getting a double yoke egg for breakfast.
Cheers Peter, much appreciated. It was a shortish interview, plus the fog horn in the background, so it seemed fitting to include it. Stay safe
Another interesting vlog Peter thanks 😁👍👏👏👏
Cheers David, thanks for your comments, always appreciated. Take care mate.👍
Two local ones, nice job thanks.
Thank you for that, glad you liked them. Stay safe.
@@PeterHalil Yes definitely thanks
I live in Morriston, Swansea and I can see this from my house.
Nice i visit Schottland in my School Hollydays in the Early 90s. England ist a Nice country .
It certainly is Josef, glad you liked the video, stay safe.
Another good video pete . what a laid back character Gorden is , I have one of his videos lol and had it copied on to dvd needless to say who was in the engine house and other areas lol . it was very good video number six it was . keep them coming please . regards john..
Thank you for that John, much appreciated. It was very remiss of me when I was interviewing Gordon to have not asked him about his videos, perhaps you can tell us on here please? I'm nearly at the bottom of the video barrel now, just enough to see into the Autumn I hope, then who knows what? Stay safe and cheers.
Hi pete hope all is well . It was when Gordon was on the casquets lighthouse he was filming the automation of the station he was on . lots of aviation action and how the station was changing around him telling us lots of history about the place and how it was the only lighthouse with it,s own train to take the equipment from the old helipad up to the station ,and the old fog horn sounding wow what a sound that was it was a wonder you guys never went deaf lol. i will try and get them copied and send them to you if so wish .. take care and stay safe and well ...
@@johndawes2397 Wow that sounds great, yes it would be nice to get a copy please sometime. It's a shame that he doesn't put them onto You Tube so we can all enjoy them? Thanks again and take care
@@PeterHalil HI pete i agree , i have dug them out there are 3 dvd s 1 which gorden filmed and 2 on the other dvd filmed on the patricia and the other of the history of trinity house . i will endeavor to sort something out ; if unsuccessful i could send to you and you can work your magic and send them back ,just a thought .. stay lucky . john.
@@johndawes2397 Thanks John, I wish I could work magic Ha! cheers
How much more in the Halil video vault? Do you still have lots to upload to CZcams?
Hi Sirron, I still have enough to get us through the Summer, then hopefully when all the restrictions may have been lifted, then I can get out to do the few that I missed before I was made redundant.
@@PeterHalil thanks, look forward to them. And hope any more wild camping experiences are more pleasant for you
@@sirronnitram8937 Cheers, what can I say? Bear Grills has nothing to fear from me Lol
What happened to the radio beacons? Were they made obsolete by GPS satellites?
Hi Sirron, yes all the radio beacons were pretty much finished once GPS came in.
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Cheers, stay safe.
What is a siren
Hi Oscar, A Siren is a fog signal that still works on compressed air but the noise is made by passing the air through a spinning disc with holes in it, cheers.
@@PeterHalil Thanks love the look of a big red trumpet