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Wirral’s sea lights to shine again for one night only
Wirral’s Sea Lights – Bidston and Leasowe Lighthouses – are to shine again for one night only, on Sunday 11th November 2018. The occasion is the nationwide “WW1 Beacons of Light” event, part of the...
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Halloween on Bidston Hill 2018
We received this in the post from an anonymous author. Now, where did I leave that Nimbus 2000? Enjoy! “Halloween on Bidston Hill 2018” The post Halloween on Bidston Hill 2018 appeared first on Bidston...
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Turn Left for Liverpool
“Turn Left for Liverpool”, © Bob Hughes, 2018. Those who know their local maritime history may appreciate the significance of this picture. Before the present-day approach into Liverpool by the...
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The one o’clock gun, fifty years after
Liverpool’s One O’Clock Gun was fired for the last time on 18th July 1969. At one second before one o’clock, Sylvia Asquith flicked the switch at Bidston Observatory that caused the cannon to fire down...
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The tragic death of John Hartnup Jr A ghost story by Stephen Pickles, October 2016. John rose early that fateful Thursday in April, 1892, just as he did every day. The last few weeks had been unusually...
View ArticleALK Archives Working Bee and Film Screening
A unique opportunity to discover the films and audio held in the archives of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers, including reel-to-reel and video footage. The three-day event will be run under the...
View ArticleCoronavirus
We regret to announce that Bidston Lighthouse will be closed to visitors until Tuesday 9th June 2020 at the earliest. During this time, the residents of the Lighthouse Cottages will be in...
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We regret to announce that Bidston Lighthouse will remain closed to visitors until further notice, for your safety and ours. In March, we went into self-isolation for 12 weeks, in accordance with the...
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The Ballad of Wally the Woodpecker
Wally the Woodpecker gets his beak stuck while pecking on the ball vent at Bidston Lighthouse. Pencil sketch by Bob Hughes, 6 June 2021. Wally the Woodpecker never watched What it was he was working...
View ArticleMister Jack
Mister Jack, the lighthouse cat, died yesterday in his twenty-second year. This is for him. I missed our Mister Jack this morning, mammoth purring on our pillow, fur matched to mine, warming in the...
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