Association of Lighthouse Keepers

Lamp 131 Edition


Spring 2022

Lamp 131

Inside this issue:

  • Harbouring – A Desire Parts 1 – 4: Kevin Scott
  • Letters to the Editor
  • The Executive Committee in action – David Taylor
  • ALK Archive Weekend at Bidston Observatory, October 2021
  • ALK Lighthouse of the Year Award
  • The day the roof came off: Storm Aren at the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses – Lynda McGuigan
  • More tales from a keeper’s son: Whitby Lighthouse – Nick Hart
  • Leasowe Lighthouse – Rose Campion, Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse
  • Augustin-Jean Fresnel – not just the inventor of the lens – John Grierson
  • Lighthouses and prohibition: Part 1 – Larry Wright
  • Weather observations at lighthouses and the history of the Northern Lighthouse Board. Two questions? – Richard Griffith
  • Roger Lea: A life of lighthouse development – Interview by Ian Hogarth
  • My Creative Isolation Project: Digitising lighthouse movies from the 1960s – David Taylor
  • A unique visit to South Foreland, October 2021 – Ken Trethewey
  • Book Talk: Lighthouse Accommodation Britain and Worldwide by Joy Tubby – Review by Helen Fairlie
  • Galley Head Lighthouse experience – Sydney T Scott
  • Haulbowline and me: Lee Maginnis
  • Events Update
  • Front cover: Clare Island Lighthouse, County Mayo
  • Back cover: Historic American Lighthouse Plans

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