When we think of Lighthouse Keepers, we tend to think of men. It’s International Women’s Day on the 8th of March. So let me introduce… some of the women lighthouse keepers in Britain. Mrs Cormes and Elizabeth Wilding The Guinness Book of Records also says that Elizabeth Wilding …
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It’s International Women’s Day, so this is a tribute to the women married to lightkeepers here in Scotland. Margaret Aitken was not exceptional, which is why I chose her voice to celebrate today. Born in Orkney, married in the mid-1950s, she and her husband lived in Stroma, an …
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October is Black History month, so I am sharing some of the stories of black lightkeepers in the UK and the USA In the days when British lighthouses were manned (and I use that word advisedly) light-keeping was a white affair. The people of colour who have been …
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It’s pride month, so I thought I would take a look at LGBT fiction and it’s no surprise that there’s a fair amount about lighthouses and lightkeepers. Authors love a lighthouse. There is so much symbolism in a building that’s simultaneously recognisable and romantic but remote. Plus the …
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