Lighthouse-related posts by Warren Kovach, local history author (@angleseyhistory.bsky.social). New book "Lighthouses of Wales", from Amberley: https://www.amberley-books.com/lighthouses-of-wales.html
Website: lighthouses.wales
Lighthouses Of Wales
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I'm pleased to hear that the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea will be putting the South Bishop Lighthouse Fresnel lens on display. It will be fully rotating, with visitors invited to wind the clockwork mechanism!
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"I'll have a pint of lighthouse, please". I recently found this beer tap badge, with Nash Point lighthouse, on eBay. Has anyone tried Light Headed from Vale of Glamorgan brewery?
If you are visiting Oriel Môn in Llangefni you can pick up both my Lighthouses of Wales book and Ian Jones' excellent South Stack book. Or get my book online at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
The latest Flash journal from lighthouse authority Trinity House has a very interesting article about the modernisation programme just completed at the Skerries lighthouse, off Anglesey. Download the PDF here: www.trinityhouse.co.uk/asset/5898/d...
It was great to see a review of my Lighthouses of Wales book in Amateur Photographer magazine, saying ‘…from a photography perspective, it’s illustrated beautifully’
Available from all good bookshops in Wales, online dealers, or get your signed copy from me at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
Did you know South Stack lighthouse once had a telegraph station, relaying messages from approaching ships to the Liverpool docks? Check out my latest blog about the station and the people who ran it at www.anglesey-history.co.uk/the-south-st...
I'll be giving a talk about the Lighthouses of Wales tomorrow, 15 April, 7pm, for Menai Heritage (across from Waitrose, Menai Bridge). All welcome!
More info on my Lighthouses book at www.anglesey-history.co.uk/shop/lightho...
If you happen to be at @storielbangor.bsky.social in Bangor, you can pick up a copy of my Lighthouses of Wales book in their shop. Or get a signed copy from me at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
The latest addition to the #LighthouseLibrary.
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Skokholm lighthouse last week, backed by dramatic outcrops & facing south-west across wide seas at the mouth of the Bristol Channel
Completed in 1915, it is the last traditionally built lighthouse in Britain - now owned by @wtsww.bsky.social
📷 My own
The best first day back at work: spent on a visit to the workshop where our South Bishop Lighthouse optic is currently getting prepared for display.
The lighthouse was built in 1839 to aid vessels al...
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Another nice eBay find has dropped through the letterbox. I’m always on the lookout for items related to Welsh lighthouses (some of which have appeared in my latest book Lighthouses of Wales). I recen...
