Association of Lighthouse Keepers

Journal


The ALK’s Quarterly Journal

Next copy deadline: LAMP 149 - 15th July 2026

Lamp 147 Spring 2026

Lamp 147 Spring 2026

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Lamp 134 Winter 2022

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Dedicated to Gerry Douglas-Sherwood 15 August 1948 – 6 August 2022 Gerry Douglas-Sherwood service history and tributes Training at Harwich – David Appleby A Tour of Cape Schanck, Cape Otway and Cape Nelson Lighthouses – Lin Richards Gerry Douglas-Sherwood – Trinity House Lighthouse Keeper 1970 – 1998 More tales from a keeper’s son: Islands – […]

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Lamp 133 Summer 2022

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Letters to the Editors – Lighthouse stained glass windows Farewell to Dallas Stone, former ALK Lamp Editor The Executive Committee in Action Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse – Rose Campion More tales from a keeper’s son: The Kitchen Chimney – Nick Hart Desert Lighthouses – Chris Preece Inland Navigation, UK Style? Church of St Mary the […]

Lamp 132

Lamp 132 Summer 2022

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Nigel Callaghan obituary – Keith Morton The Executive Team in Action – David Taylor, Secretary The ALK AGM 2022 Wireless through water at Fastnet Rock, 1895 – Michael Kirwan Dunnet Head Lighthouse: A personal visit on my northern adventures – Sydney Scott Lighthouses of Greece tour – Kim Fahlen Book Talk: When the light goes […]

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Lamp 131 Spring 2022

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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 […]

Lamp 130

Lamp 130 Winter 2021

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Norman Wakley, RIP – Gordon Medlicott ALK Online AGM and Bonus Events The most southerly lighthouse of Australia: Maatsuyker Island – Welmoed Ybema Keeping the lights on in a pandemic – Joanna Shimmin My big adventure – John Best Gabo Island and its lighthouse – Lin Richards Between a rock and a wet place: BBC […]

Lamp 129

Lamp 129 Autumn 2021

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Cape Byron Lighthouse shines bright on World Aids to Navigation Day A dream realised: An ex-lighthouse keeper’s story – Lin Richards Flatholm – Nick Hart AGM notice 2021 Vanishing lights and murder in southwest Scotland – Joy Tubby Cape Jaffa mystery: The disappearance of Edwin Blavins and Alfred Ashcroft, 1996 – John Nicholson and Denise […]

Lamp 128

Lamp 128 Summer 2021

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New representatives: Arent van der Veen, Europe Representative Ian Hogarth, Media and Publicity Officer The Executive Committee in action – David Taylor Hurst News – John Best AGM 2021 Arrangements Gem of the Norfolk Coast: Conclusion of Graham Fearn’s Career Memoirs – Patrick Tubby Blackhead Lighthouse – Lee Maginnis Memories of a Keeper’s Son – […]

Lamp 127 Spring 2021

Lamp 127 Spring 2021

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Tribute to Laura Burkett The Executive Committee in Action – David Taylor Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Bicentenary – Jane Outram Memories of Graham Fearn: North Foreland to St Catherine’s – Patrick Tubby Zoom and the Association of Lighthouse Keepers ALK Online Events prove a great success! – Sarah Kerr The Listing of Lighthouses – Kerry Larbalestier […]

Lamp 126

Lamp 126 December 2020

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Memories of Esbjorn Hillberg, Swedish Lighthouse Society Obituary and memories of Phil Griffiths – Keith Morton Commissioners of Irish Lights update on capital projects The Executive Committee in action Meet the new trustees: Sarah Kerr, Laura Burkett The Blackwall Workshops – Jim Ridgeon AGM update Round Island to Nash Point – memories of Graham Fearn […]

Lamp 125

Lamp 125 Autumn 2020

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Obituary: Ted Borley – Keith Morton Did you serve on LV8? – Sietse Brouwer Requiem for a light: Orfordness Lighthouse Trust Jim Ridgeon’s Letter to the Editor, November 2011 AGM and Officer Reports Towering Seas: Photos by Graham Fearn – Patrick Tubby Point Loma Lighthouse: Recalled to Life – Kimberly Fahlen Hurst Castle battles the […]

Lamp 124 Summer 2020

Lamp 124 Summer 2020

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Jim Ridgeon – Obituary – Keith Morton Letters to the editors – Montague Steps, Lundy – Roger Chapple ALK Archive Weekend, Bidston – Alan Hodson Life on a lightvessel – John Beamish The Longstone business – David Appleby Remembering the Fastnet disaster 40 years on – Gerald Butler and Ian Hogarth Rain later, good – […]

Lamp 123 Spring 2020

Lamp 123 Spring 2020

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Walter Parkinson – obituary James Ridgeon – obituary Working oil lamps and the hyper-radial optic – Graham Fearn A lightshipman’s daughter – Angela Trorey A visit to New Zealand’s South Island – John Best La Jument: a beacon built with money from a will – Christopher Nicholson Smeaton’s Tower granite bust project – Philip Chatfield […]

Lamp 122 Winter 2019

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John Eagle and his ‘Extreme Lighthouse Tours’ – In memory of John (1965-2018) – Keith Morton In memory of David John Williams (1940-2019) Beware the Sea! In memory of Bill O’Brien – Chris Foulds The Executive Committee in action Trinity House to commission new vessel ALK AGM weekend 2010 Humberside – Helen Fairlie and Helen […]

Lamp 121 Autumn 2019

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Letters to the editors Joan Hague: A lady for all seasons Trinity House celebrates World Aids to Navigation Day 2019 ALK Representative for Ireland: Aodhan Quinn The Executive Committee in action Rathlin Island – Lee Maginnis Lighthouse Scottish Country Dance: Brian Johnson Lighthouse Keeper ALK North coast trip, May 2019 – Suzanne Bullock Helping to […]

Lamp 120 Summer 2019

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Harold Taylor PK obituary – Gerry Douglas-Sherwood Joan Hague obituary – Keith Morton Lord Hector MacKenzie Introducing your new ALK officers The Executive Committee in action – David Taylor ALK AGM weekend A Super’s life in 1900 – Peter Smith ALK trip to Lismore and Ardnamurchan – Peter Gellatly Lismore: How to join (almost…) your […]

Lamp 119 Spring 2019

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Twenty-seven years of lighthouse engineering – Adrian Wilkins The Executive Committee in action ALK AGM Weekend 2019 A solitary calling: Light keepers in Devon and Cornwall in the later medieval period (Part 1) – Chris Preece Australia’s highest operating lighthouse: Tasman Island – Erika Shankley A very visible act of ‘keeping lighthouse heritage alive’ – […]

Lamp 118 Winter 2018

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Farewell to Graham Fearn, 1925-2018 The Executive Committee in action Profile: Sarah Kerr, Events Team; Nerys Lamerick, North Wales Regional Representative Do you fancy a career in lighthouse keeping? Jeff George, A/PK Lennard Island Lightstation Fire devastates historic Holyhead workshop – Mike Underwood Liverpool Giants 2018 – Alan Hodson A blast from the past! A […]

Lamp 117 Autumn 2018

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The Executive Committee in action (Two) Five go on a Cornish adventure – Kerry Larbalestier Book review: Living by the Lighthouse by Margaret Cordiner – Patrick Tubby After the Lord Mackenzie’s show – Sydney Scott A remote life in confined spaces – Commander Jane Allen RD RNR Lighthouses in unusual places – Peter Goulding ALK […]

Lamp 116 Summer 2018

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The ALK celebrates its 30th anniversary Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the automation of Scottish lighthouses The Executive Committee in action Round Island unique craft pieces – Mark Hunter Bagging Lighthouses: what got me started – Suzanne Bullock Lighthouse Memories A devotion to duty – Gordon Medlicott ALK 30th anniversry photo competition Play Review: Skerryvore: […]

Lamp 115 Spring 2018

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In memoriam – Henry Henvey Peter Humphrey Alan Taylor Dennis Skillicorn Who are they now? The ALK’s 30th anniversary photo competition Meet your new president: Ian Duff ALK AGM Weekend 2018 The Executive Committee in action – David taylor Lighthouses in unusual places: Mike Rose Building a Lighthouse: A giant task carried on between the […]

Lamp 114 Winter 2017

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A view of the ALK AGM: Lynda McGuigan, Museum Manager, News from the North West - Wyre Lighthouse: Gordon Medlicott. Congratulations to Gordon and Louise Medlicott: Anne Gur. A Scottish lighthouse foray: John Best

Lamp 113 Autumn 2017

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Campaign to rebuild lighthouse at New Quay, Wales An interview with Gerald Butler - Ian Hogarth The history of Rozewie II Lighthouse: Yesterday, today and tomorrow (Part 2) - Apoloniusz Lysejko Skull Rock - A Place for a Lighthouse? - Denise Shultz

Lamp 112 Summer 2017

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The History of Rozewie II Lighthouse: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Part 1) - Apoloniusz Lysejko Andrew William Rosie - Eric Thomson An interview with Afternoon Pictures (ALK DVD) Annual General Meeting Weekend 2017 ALK Lighthouse Museum - Keith Morton

Lamp 111 Spring 2017

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News from St Mary's Lighthouse: Lin Sunderland Scottish Lighthouse Pioneers: Travels with the Stevensons in Orkney and Shetland: Paul A Lynn Trips and tips: Lighthouses and pastures new: David (Bellrock) Taylor

Lamp 110 Winter 2016

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The Executive Committee in action and trustee profiles: John Best, Gerry Douglas-Sherwood ILHW at Hurst Castle: Keith Morton and Martin Clack ILHW at Happisburgh: Joy Tubby ILHW in Sweden: Tommy Oberg Pillars of Light - Coastal lighthouses of the south west

Lamp 109 Autumn 2016

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Sometimes it's worse (Smalls Lighthouse) - Mike O'Sullivan ALK South Central visit to the Isle of Wight - Jeremy Garlick Stargazing: An interview with author Peter Hill My favourite lighthouse - Trevose Head - Mike Rose

Lamp 108 Summer 2016

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How did you get interested in lighthouses? Judy Weeks The story of LV50 - a surviving wooden lightvessel - Lester Sher ALK at Hurst Castle ALK trip to Oban April 2016 - John Best

Lamp 107 Spring 2016

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Shetland Lights show the way: Sydney T Scott To brightly shine again? LV72: Lyndon Pritchard How did you get interested in lighthouses?: John Mobbs My favourite lighthouse - Haulbowline: Lee Maginnis

Lamp 106 Winter 2015

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Lighthouses in Chelsea: Charles Franklyn German Lighthouse Association visit: Keith Morton International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend: Hurst: Keith Morton Voyage with MV Balmoral: John Best

Lamp 105 Autumn 2015

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Lighthouse Stories: Charles Franklyn Pendeen Lighthouse in January: Kirsty Andrews Pentland Firth event: David Taylor Orkney visit: Denise Schultz

Lamp 104 Summer 2015

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Ushenish Lighthouse, South Uist: Denise Schultz and Alan Johnson A visit to Australia: John Best The Bishop and the Chopper: Gerry Douglas-Sherwood My Favourite Lighthouse: St Catherine's: Ritchie Hunt-King

Lamp 103 Spring 2015

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The Five Star Panel An alternative interest in lighthouses Majestic Metal Monument: Whiteford Point My Favourite Lighthouse: Portland Bill

Lamp 102 Winter 2014

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Meet your new volunteer officers Cape Wrath: ALK visit, June 2014 Jersey and Sark: ALK visit, April 2014 ALK AGM Weekend, Anglesey, September 2014

Lamp 101 Autumn 2014

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Return to Casquets SULA for Sale: former Spurn LV Memories of a Lighthouse Keeper Repro of first ever issue of LAMP, February 1989

Lamp 100 Summer 2014

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Lighthouse Passport Scheme International Lighthouse Heritage Weekend Photo: name the keeper Facelift for South Foreland

Lamp 99 Spring 2014

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Irish Lights Still Shining - East coast of Ireland Lights - Pamela and Ross Griffiths Lighthouses of London - Peter Humphrey Postcard from the Outer Hebrides Part 3 - Joy & Patrick Tubby Front and back cover: Monach Lighthouse

Lamp 98 Winter 2013

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Grace Darling Celebrations Parliamentary Papers 1859 The Loch Indaal Clock Needles on Air: H20 Hurst on Air: ILLW 2013

Lamp 97 Autumn 2013

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Parliamentary Papers 1859 Southwest Sojourn - Naomi Cryer Chanonry Point - Alistair Mainland Your Gift, Our Aid - Gift Aid

Lamp 96 Summer 2013

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Foghorn Requieum: Souter News: Bell Rock Tartan, Nash Point Symbols for Jubilee Southwold Pier and ALK Plaque

Lamp 95 Spring 2013

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Salute to Anneke Menting St Mary's optic repatriation Three go off to Harwich Parliamentary Papers 1861

Lamp 94 Winter 2012

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Living in a lamp post Forever Changing Coastline Review of ALK AGM 2012

Lamp 93 Autumn 2012

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Photos: Cornwallis Fort -Malaysia, Bodie Island - USA Rich in Memory - Anglesey Hello Happisburgh East Sutton Lighthouse

Lamp 92 Summer 2012

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The Montmagny The Captain: A short story Conjugal Lights - Nash Point Lighthouse Creating an Illusion - prose

Lamp 91 Spring 2012

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Santa's Flashy Present Haslar Marina Lightvessel Extraordinary General Meeting Whitby West Lighthouse

Lamp 90 Winter 2011

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Last Italian lights fading Parliamentary Papers 1861 Diary of a Lighthouse Keeper The Third Lighthouse Keeper - ghost story

Lamp 89 Autumn 2011

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Postcard from Islay What a Relief - a keepers tale Twas on the Isle of Capri Loch Indaal - The Last Light

Lamp 88 Summer 2011

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Lighthouse Weekend, Noup Head, Orkney The Lights of Lake Michigan Not just any old lens A Grandmother's Tale

Lamp 87 Spring 2011

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The Littlest Lighthouse: North Queensferry An unsolved mystery: Flannan Isle Gnat's Life - All Terrain Vehicle Pladda: Distant memories

Lamp 86 December 2010

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Gloucester debut for SULA Lightvessel Strawberry Lighthouse Calshot Spit Lightvessel ALK AGM Weekend 2010

Lamp 85 September 2010

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LV21 reuniting with optic Isle of Man visit Lighthouse Bagging in Norfolk Point No Point proves point

Lamp 84 June 2010

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Kyleakin update Chance Find Caldey Island Memories of Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Lunacy

Lamp 83 March 2010

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My trip to a land down under! Kyleakin Lighthouse Bikes, Boats, Bivvi-Bags and Beer Early Fog Signals - Bells

Lamp 82 December 2009

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The Man who brought fame to St Mary's Lighthouse Smalls Lighthouse New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge International Lighthouse Weekend 2009

Lamp 81 September 2009

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The machinery of Souter Lighthouse An Eddystone visit (1988) Another Eddystone - this one has wheels! ALK visit to Eddystone

Lamp 80 June 2009

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The Lighthouse Tea Room Flamborough Head Port St Mary Breakwater loses its light Postcard from Buchan

Lamp 79 March 2009

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Postcard from Galloway Old Point Loma Lighthouse, USA Letters to the Editor Update on Suffolk Lighthouses

Lamp 78 December 2008

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ALK tour to west coast of Scotland Junior SAK Watch: Lighthouse Bagging Devonport Lighthouse Exhibition The Lighthouses of Fleetwood

Lamp 77 September 2008

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Lighthouse Weather Observations Bishop Rock 150th Anniversary Portland Bill Triathlon Nash Point and Flatholm

Lamp 76 May 2008

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Life on Wolf Rock A night to remember - Casquets Start Point Lighthouse, Orkney Lights of the Mediterranean

Lamp 75 January 2008

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The day the helicopter first visited Wolf Rock Holiday photos from Croatia Pirates on a Lightship

Lamp 74 September 2007

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Old Travemünde Lighthouse AGA Clockwork Gas Mantle Changer Lighthouse Keeper Exposed ALK Room at Hurst

Lamp 73 June 2007

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Archive Photographs Obituary - Paul Howard ALK Visit to Hurst Point Lighthouse Trinity House on the Alert!

Lamp 72 September 2006

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Portland Bill - a helping hand from fog Surplus lighthouse items for sale Anvil Point remembered Lightkeeper ancestors in South Africa

Lamp 71 June 2006

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ALK's 18th Birthday A visit to Start Point Lighthouse Lightship modelling Fog signal at Portland Bill

Lamp 70 March 2006

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Toward Point Lighthouse Eddystone - what a history! Cape Pembroke Lighthouse

Lamp 69 December 2005

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Last Surviving Acetylene Generating Room A Lighthouse, in London? Elbe 1 visits Penzance Smeaton's First Wedding

Lamp 68 October 2005

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Smalls Lighthouse Lost Lighthouses No 9 - Tynemouth Castle Light on Top - Orfordness Lighthouse ALK goes International - IFOS

Lamp 67 July 2005

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Light Duties Bramley Point, Port Jackson, Sydney Lundy Experience Hartland and Lundy Experiences Keepers photofeature Royal Sovereign Lighthouse

Lamp 66 March 2005

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Brittany 2004 Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, Australia History of Serpentine Lighthouses Friends of King Alfred Buses Go Climbing Lighthouses La Corbiere, Jersey

Lamp 65 December 2004

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Hospital Point Range Lights, Massachusetts London River Lights Dungeness Lighthouse Memories of the Engineer in Chief's Department 1948 - 1984 Lighthouse Wedding at Nash Point

Lamp 64 September 2004

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Lost Lighthouses - Braunton, Devon A Shining Example at South Foreland Kap Arkona Lighthouses, A Brief History Remembrance at Niton, St Catherines Reliving the Light Years

Lamp 63 June 2004

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ALK Netherlands Tour Lost Lighthouses No 3 Avonmouth and Portishead East Anglian Lights The Lady and the Light Five go to Cumbria

Lamp 62 March 2004

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Lost Lighthouses no 2: New Quay, Wales Northern Lights and the Aurora Borealis Happisburgh Survival Top Secret Keeper of the Bluff Light Saved at Sea A research visit to the lighthouses in Sesimbra, Portugal

Lamp 61 December 2003

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Shedding light on Mersey Vessels Touring the Isle of Wight (with a Bear) ALK Charity Walk 2004 Lost Lighthouses no 1, Whitstable 152 or 153 steps to the top

Lamp 60 September 2003

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Lighthouse Paintings and the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA Great Brittany - ALK trip Lighthouse Life

Lamp 59 June 2003

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Notes from the World Lighthouse Society Order Book entries for Europa Point Lighthouse Lighthouse Keepers in the Census Preservation

Lamp 58 March 2003

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The Lighthouse Ghoul Care in the Community Lighthouses of Sydney, Australia A visit to Wolf Rock Round Island, Then and Now

Lamp 57 December 2002

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The Scottish Play, a personal review Great Orme's Head Bishop Rock Door Notes from the North Foreland and Gibraltar

Lamp 56 September 2002

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Lighthouses of the Isle of Wight Sturm und Bang! Pembrokeshire, come rain or shine Christmas at the Bishop Rock

Lamp 55 June 2002

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Lighthouse Tender ablaze, Greenock 1954 A Lighthouse Keeper's life Dungeness a century ago Notes from the North Foreland Photo Feature: Helicopter relief at Inner Dowsing 1986

Lamp 54 March 2002

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Lighthouse Amateur Radio Notes from North Foreland Events Weekend to Isles of Scilly Journey to the Red Planet: Story of a Lightvessel Restoration Project

Lamp 53 December 2001

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Lights, Camera, Action Notes from North Foreland Wartime experience on St Mary's Lighthouse Cover photo: Dovercourt Lighthouse

Lamp 52 September 2001

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Touring the Northumberlands lights Fastnet and Eddystone Notes from North Foreland Cyprus Lights Teignmouth Lighthouse

Lamp 51 June 2001

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St Mary's Island, Tynemouth Tragedy at Penzance Lighthouse Optics Lightvessel pastimes

Lamp 50 March 2001

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Lighthouses of Cape Cod Lighthouses of Northern England Noss Head Lighthouse Cover photo: Hurst Point

Lamp 49 December 2000

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A Victorian visit to North Foreland Tragedy at the Flannan Islands Survival of an airman of Auskerry Georgian Bay lighthouses, Ontario Photofeature: Polish lighthouses

Lamp 48 September 2000

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Scarborough Lighthouse bombardment Tybee Island Lighthouse A weekend lighthouse tour of Anglesey The ALK lighthouse tour of North Wales Dungeness Lighthouses photofeature

Lamp 47 June 2000

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A history of Philip's Shipyard, Dartmouth Helicopter aid to the Wolf in 1948 Marooned on the Gull Lightship in 1898 Trinity House and the 1971 Dover Straits Disaster

Lamp 46 March 2000

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Scarborough Lighthouse history recalled Life on a Lightship in the Thirties Mersey Lightvessels remembered Lightship cuisine to whet your appetite

Lamp 45 December 1999

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When fog lasted longer than the tonite charges: fog memories Lightvessel Pyrotechnics Recent experiences afloat on Lightvessel No 18 A tour of Irish Lights How to avoid the Millenniu

Lamp 44 September 1999

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Disappearance of the old Eddystone bi-form lens Survival of a Nash Point Hornsby engine A tour of Tenerife A lighthouse that might have been

Lamp 43 June 1999

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Explosive fog signals explained Højen Lighthouse remembered Recollections by an American of a lighthouse tour of England

Lamp 42 March 1999

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Lighthouse Keepers at Trinity House A few Marconi reminiscences - Interesting early experiments New Warnemünde Lights Beware of fog signals Almost a hundred years of Ramsgate Depot

Lamp 41 December 1998

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Eddystone Tercentenary Latest on the Holländer Turm 100 years after Marconi Harwich in Wartime Not so much illness but the chest came in handy! Blacknore developments

Lamp 40 September 1998

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A tour of the Channel Islands Harwich Lighthouses Scotland's lighthouses Radio beacons in 1930 Cover photo: North Foreland

Lamp 39 June 1998

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Eddystone Lighthouse remembered Lizard automated The Old Pakefield Lighthouse Scotland completes automation Cover photo: LV95 South Goodwin

Lamp 38 March 1998

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100 lighthouses in two weeks Burnham lights South Foreland Memories Scottish lighthouses photofeature Helicopter Relief of Tongue Lightvessel

Lamp 37 December 1997

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Automation update Nautical Owls Protect the Lightvessels The lighthouses at Portishead A recollection of Point Robert, Sark

Lamp 36 September 1997

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Photo: LV92 in dry dock What a Shambles: Shambles Lightvessel Photo: Portland Old Higher Light, pre 1906 Joyous Odssey: A tour of Kent Lighthouses Photo: South Foreland Low Light, 1911

Lamp 35 June 1997

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Photo: Nore Lightvessel, 1932 Open Talk at North Foreland Photo: Foruaes Lighthouse, Denmark Photo: Point of Ayre Lighthouses Photo: Nab Tower Keeper Clocking On: Marconi wireless beacons Photo: Cromer Lighthouse, 1948

Lamp 34 March 1997

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Photo: Cockerham Lighthouse, Lancashire 1942 Foreland Mystery: Vessel "Foreland" Photo: Hood PVB, Smalls Lighthouse, 1974 Wolf Rock: Now you see it, now you don't Charging the Light Brigade

Lamp 33 December 1996

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Flower Pot - Try Pot Trinity House carnival floats Archive Photos: Flatholm, Nash Point, Portland Lower, Braunton, Point of Ayr 1996 AGM Swedish Lighthouse Society

Lamp 32 Septemeber 1996

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The Dowsing Lightvessels Spurn Head Lighthouse Blackwall and Penzance Depots Fog Signal Stations: Penlee Point Isle of Man Lighthouses

Lamp 31 June 1996

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A Light Story: Sultan Shoal Lighthouse, Singapore Land and Sea of my Fathers: West Coast Lights Lifeline to Dowsing: Dowsing LV Calf of Man

Lamp 30 March 1996

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Tea, Bacon and Manchester Tart Fog Signal Stations: Flamborough Maritime Rites Hanois Handsight Teignmouth Lighthouse

Lamp 29 December 1995

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Trinity House Depot Holyhead North Stack Fog Gun Sylt the jewel in the north The lighthouse of Munich The last of the lightship men

Lamp 28 September 1995

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Bideford and Braunton Lighthouses - The sands of time The Five Lights of Fehmarn South Foreland Lighthouse Coningbeg Rock

Lamp 27 June 1995

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Brake Lightvessel - A story of two collisions North Stack Fog Gun English Lighthouse Tours, or two weeks at Flamborough The women of old Mumbles Head Archive photo: LV56 Helwick

Lamp 26 June 1995

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Skerried Treasure THL Lodesman Lighthouse hunting on Fuerteventura Photo: Coningbeg Lightvessel

Lamp 25 December 1994

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New Boy at Holyhead Control Centre Photos: Holyhead depot, Lighthouse headstone, Amlwch - Thomas Cunningham Fog signals research The lights of Skagen

Lamp 24 September 1994

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Photo: Inner Dowsing Learning the Black Arts Photo IOB in Eddystone's bi-form lens, Holyhead depot Transport of Delight - Hollander Turm Disaster at the South Goodwin

Lamp 23 June 1994

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Roval Commission on electrical communications with lighthouses and lightvessels A spot of botha at Skerries Japanese Maritime Safety Agency The first siren fog signal

Lamp 22 March 1994

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Lighthouse News Hornsby - Horror and Harmony Posted to Puysegur Flights to the Lights - Chris Nicholson Devon's Heartland

Lamp 21 December 1993

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Counting the pennies A visit to Kiel Lighthouse RH Brunton, Japanese lighthouse engineer Greece-ing the wheels, or what do keepers do in their time off, part 3 Fellowship Afloat

Lamp 20 September 1993

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Whitby initiative pays off Fleetwood Lighthouses St Catherine's tribute Video tours - the latest news Today's oldest lighthouse - La Coruna

Lamp 19 June 1993

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Blackwall Reunion proposed Not all light at Happisburgh Photo: Pulau Pisang Lighthouse, Singapore South Stack Lighthouse 1887

Lamp 18 March 1993

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Cape Jaffa Lighthouse Pay A month on Skokholm Island, or Horse Sense Greece-ing the wheels, or what do keepers do in their time off Homecoming Fever Cover photo: Old LV4, Scarweather

Lamp 17 December 1992

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Nothing to declare Texel LV's End Swedish Delight - Kullen Lighthouse Westkapelle Lighthouse A day's break at Lundy North

Lamp 16 September 1992

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Double-Manning arrives Photos: Darsser Ort Lighthouse The Old Lighthouse, Avonmouth South Bishop and Coquet Goats...?

Lamp 15 June 1992

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Cartel crme fears for Sombrero Photo: Brive-la-Gaillarde Lighthouse, France Passing of an old lightship: Leman and Owers SAK and AK 1949 - 1952 Pharology: the study of lighthouses part 2

Lamp 14 March 1992

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Kolobrzeg Lighthouse, Poland True Stories The Italian Lighthouse Service Brass Nerve

Lamp 13 December 1991

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Life on a Lightship and THV Stella South Bishop 1947 Lightships under Sail Australia's First Lighthouse - Macquarie True Stories

Lamp 12 September 1991

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Press here Not "Just the Ticket" Light removals True stories The bombing of St Catherines Come Fly with Me

Lamp 11 June 1991

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The timing of the light Photo: LV 78 Mid Barrow Pharology: The Study of Lighthouses Bill Jones and the Bombing of St Catherines Part 2 Purfleet Experimental Lighthouse

Lamp 10 March 1991

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Time and Tide... Photo: THV Mermaid's motorboat landing water on the Needles Photo: Lundy South 1981 Magic Moments Half Rations Bill Jones and the Bombing of St Catherines, Part One

Lamp 9 December 1990

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More Gulls: Gull Lightvessel A Christmas at the Bishop Rock Inflexible Solution: "Inflexible" running down a lightvessel, 1908 Eddystone Curios The Gull Lightvessel

Lamp 8 September 1990

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visits Happisburgh Lighthouse Photo: archive photo of St Catherine's Lighthouse The really old days, from a memo of 1960: painted brasswork to be cleaned off News: Light dues, Souter Lighthouse, Happisburgh Lighthouse, North Sea hurricane,

Lamp 7 May 1990

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St Catherines - recollections More Cork Popping: Cork Lightvessel, List of lightvessels in 1908 Photo: 1878 Cork Lightvessel NLB Engines Photo: Cape Wrath Lighthouse

Lamp 6 March 1990

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Update to Hornsby engines Oil with everything Photo: Needles kitchen 1966-69 Photo: Kolobrzeg Lighthouse, Poland My family and other IOBs Photo: Beachy Head Lighthouse

Lamp 5 December 1989

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Illustration: Maplin Sands pile lighthouse Time for a brew - lighthouse tea cards Photo: Trevose Head Lighthouse Photo: Sevenstones Lightvessel

Lamp 4 August 1989

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New ALK car sticker To hell and back with a Hornsby List of Hornsby engines supplied to Trinity House to 1906 Photo: Blackstone engine Photo: Blackwall Lighthouse Back cover photo: THV Argus, 1973

Lamp 3 August 1989

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Happisburgh Lighthouse Trust formed Rotersand Lighthouse, Germany Photo: Rotersand Lighthouse Photo: South Bishop The Lighthouse Keeper's story - poem Photo: Owers Lightvessel, 1971

Lamp 2 February 1989

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Festive air at first gathering Stardom for Needles Keepers Photo: Hanois, May 1971

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