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LIGHTHOUSES
THERE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PORTLAND BILL AREA HERE. SEE ALSO MY WEBSITE HERE FOR MANY RECENT PICTURES OF THIS AREA.
THERE ARE THREE LIGHTHOUSES ON PORTLAND - NOT COUNTING THE LIGHTS ON THE BREAKWATER - AND THESE ARE CLUSTERED ON PORTLAND BILL.
THE FIRST PROPOSAL TO BUILD A LIGHTHOUSE AT THE BILL WAS MADE IN 1669 BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1716 THAT THE FIRST COAL-FIRED LAMP SHONE OUT FROM WHERE THE UPPER LIGHTHOUSE NOW STANDS - PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE OLD AND RECENT PICTURES OF THIS BUILDING.
IN 1789 A SECOND LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT WHERE THE LOWER - BIRD OBSERVATORY - LIGHTHOUSE NOW STANDS - PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE OLD AND RECENT PICTURES OF THIS BUILDING.
THE MAIN LIGHTHOUSE ON THE BILL WAS BUILT AND FIRST SHONE OUT ON 11TH JANUARY 1906 - PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE OLD AND RECENT PICTURES OF THIS BUILDING.
A LIGHTSHIP OPERATED OFF THE SHAMBLES SANDBANK - CLICK HERE FOR A PICTURE.
OLD HIGHER LIGHTHOUSE
THE UPPER LIGHTHOUSE AROUND 1920. THE MEN ARE JACK THORNE AND HIS BROTHERS.
L - R:- MRS HARDY, THOMAS HARDY & MARIE STOPES OUTSIDE THE OLD UPPER LIGHTHOUSE.
03 SEPTEMBER 1923
MARIE STOPES WITH THOMAS HARDY AND WUFFLES HER DOG AT HER UPPER LIGHTHOUSE HOME
MARIE STOPES' PICTURE OF WALLSEND COVE AND THE OLD UPPER LIGHTHOUSE .
HIGHER LIGHTHOUSE, HOME OF THE STOPES - ROE FAMILY . NOTE WIRELESS MASTS, 1924
HARRY STOPES - ROE & ROBYN?
WITH 'NIGGER' THE DOG AT THE LOWER LIGHTHOUSE 1930 (NOTE NEW LOUNGE IN QUADRANGLE)
HARRY & ROBYN? ON THE WALL. THE STUDIO WAS PREVIOUSLY FOR OIL STORAGE.
HARRY STOPES - ROE OUTSIDE THE LOUNGE. 1935
DR MARIE STOPES WITH NURSE JONES AND BUFFKINS (HARRY STOPES-ROE) SEPTEMBER 1924
LOWER LIGHTHOUSE
MODERN PICTURES OF THE OLD LOWER LIGHTHOUSE ARE BELOW
NEW LIGHTHOUSE
THIS PICTURE AND THE ONE BELOW FORM A “SPOT THE DIFFERENCE” PAIR.
VIEW FROM POWELL JAR OF PULPIT ROCK AND LIGHTHOUSE. ALSO IN PHOTO IS THE RAISED BEACH, CENTRE LEFT. A RECENT VIEW IS BELOW. THE ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE LEFT ARE THE DEGAUSSING ESTABLISHMENT.
PORTLAND BILL FROM AIR.
VIEW FROM LIGHTHOUSE OF OUTING TO PORTLAND BILL 1936
SHAMBLES LIGHTSHIP
Keywords: Portland Bill Lighthouses Marie Stopes Thomas Hardy
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