Lighthouses of England, Souter Point, Sunderland, early 1990's

This Lighthouse was decommissioned in 1988 and obtained by the National Trust. This means that basically nothing was ripped out and automated so the Lighthouse inside is like the Keepers from 1988 have just stepped outside. It should be on your place to visit as the National Trust have done a great job in preserving this Lighthouse time capsule for all to see.

[@davidbutler4363]

Brilliant Peter thanks 😁👍👏👏👏

[@PeterHalil]

Thank you David, hope you are still OK cheers👍.

[@David-uf8ex]

Another great video Peter thank you so much 👍🏻

[@PeterHalil]

Cheers David, glad you liked it, take care

[@cherylt8590]

Awesome video loved it and thanks for sharing this 👍 😊...

[@PeterHalil]

Glad you enjoyed it Cheryl, you stay safe now, cheers.

[@NapierNimbus]

Great video and content. So pleased they fired up the fog horn, bet the sound waves being a lower frequency type pummeled your body!

[@PeterHalil]

Cheers for that, yes those fog horns you could feel!

[@oscarosullivan4513]

@@PeterHalil The Commissioners for Irish lights claimed that fog horns were imprecise and expensive, hint the final ones were electric. I saw one of your comments about new Trinity. I wish to know about new Trinity

[@PeterHalil]

@@oscarosullivan4513 I really don't know about new trinity, I've been outside for over 20 plus years. I was just saying that when I was in and doing these videos, I talked to people there that knew me. Nowadays, I don't know them and they don't know me , so everything is harder to try to organise.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Harbour and land lighthouses on sheltered coasts must be nice to live in

[@PeterHalil]

Yes, we got to work and live in destinations that most people saved up to holiday in.

[@paulford8651]

Wow, that horn is impressive.

[@PeterHalil]

Yes a real rib scrambler, cheers.

[@bull010163]

Not many jobs from the past i would have wanted, however i think lighthouse keeper is one i would have enjoyed.

[@PeterHalil]

Yes I was one of those very lucky people that went to work nearly every day with a great big grin!, cheers and stay safe.

[@pairojeans]

Boy this is pure childhood nostalgia, from the bottom of my street in Whitley Bay, in 1982 from north to south you could see: Blyth pier head light St Mary's Island Tyne pier head light And the mysterious Red light of Souter. Only Tyne pier head light still visible with original optic I believe.

[@PeterHalil]

It was a great trip for me too, I even got to get a glimpse of some real working dockside cranes! Glad you enjoyed it too, take care and stay safe, cheers.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

I love when Fresnel lenses are retained, Ireland is the only place where hyper radials are still in use

[@oscarosullivan4513]

@Xavier Lennox Stop advertising

[@TheKilroyman]

The foghorns here are the exact same models as those at Bull Point, so they would most likely sound the same too. The Roker Pier Lighthouse was recently restored and opened up to the public.

[@PeterHalil]

Could be, but that I'm not sure of.

[@hellooldchap]

They may look similar on the outside, but the size of the piston and air pressure is what gave the sound its uniqueness.

[@PeterHalil]

@@hellooldchap Thanks for that as I'm not by any means knowledgeable on either of these Lighthouse fog horns, cheers and stay safe

[@tommyhanlon8012]

Now that must be the coolest sounding foghorn ever, that would make your fillings fall out !!! .... Where those other lights manned permanently, where there living quarters or where the keepers housed ashore ? Where they run by Trinity or the port ?

[@PeterHalil]

Thank you, much appreciated. Those other Lights were just to wet your appetites for all the local harbour lights in the areas that I visit, if I had time to record them. As far as I know, they were not trinity House but run by the Ports or Councils, so no idea if they were ever manned, but I doubt it but not sure, cheers.

[@tommyhanlon8012]

@@PeterHalil thanks again Peter.

[@bryanearthloop2403]

@@PeterHalil Regarding North Shields Pier Head light, there is a small disused cottage that I understand was used by keepers. This could do with being renovated and rented out though it is close to the road that takes you to the Spanish Battery and the Tynemouth sailing and canoe clubs. The pier itself features a tunnel to the tower , and long disused public loos in two locations along its length. I also presumed Acetelene gas power originally working the south shields light and the same or parafin working the north light before they were electrified. An interesting first few years re the north pier. Great Vid & Stay Safe !

[@PeterHalil]

@@bryanearthloop2403 Thank you very much for that Bryan, much appreciated as quite often trying to find out details of these other Lighthouses is a mine field, if there is any information at all. Thanks again and you stay safe too.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Souter is quite an English lighthouse in terms of visual design

[@oscarosullivan4513]

How was the clock powered

[@PeterHalil]

They were hand wound.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

@@PeterHalil I meant the wall clock

[@PeterHalil]

@@oscarosullivan4513 hand wound

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Thanks, you would have thought Trinity would have replaced the mechanical wall clock with a quartz clock, suppose that leads me onto my next question what watches did keepers wear