recreation – Lighthouse Memories

What Do You Do On a Lighthouse?

November 22, 2011boredom, dollhouse, furniture, hobbies, lighthouse, litehouse, miniature, recreation, woodwórkAdult Memories, Beachcombing, Books, Construction, Equipment, Hobbies, LighthousesretlkprLeave a Comment

Besides the usual question Don’t You Get Bored?, the next question “What do you do on a lighthouse?” also needs to be answered. What do you do in your house? TV, video games, go to a show, eat out? We did not have those luxuries, so we worked with our hands as they did in the […]

Fishing in the Fog – Pulteney Point c. 1970s

September 26, 2011fishing, fog, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, Pulteney Point, recreation, TanskyAdult Memories, British Columbia, Equipment, Fishing, Foghorns, Lighthouses, On The Job, Recreation, Shipsretlkpr2 Comments

The following story came to mind when a friend of mine from Victoria made a comment on this website. The water on the Inside Passage called Queen Charlotte Strait is know for its enveloping fogs which cover all land and sea, sometimes for days at a a time. In the early 1970s I was stationed […]

Sisters Island Fog Horn & Light c. 1927

September 19, 2011emergency, Equipment, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, medical, recreationLight, LighthousesretlkprLeave a Comment

– Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929). Story donated by her grandson Allen Smithman. The fog alarm has to be kept going when it is foggy or snowing a blizzard. This alarm is also used when it is smoky in summer from […]

Life on a Lighthouse by Grandma Stannard c. 1927

September 19, 2011Ballenas, emergency, Equipment, foghorn, lighthouse, litehouse, medical, recreationAdult Memories, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Equipment, Fishing, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Keepers, Lighthouses, Medical, Medical Emergency, Old Website, On The Job, Recreation, Ships, Stories, Travel, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island 1927 – 1929) Ballenas and Sisters Islands I thought you might be interested to hear about “Life On a Lighthouse”. We lived on them for about 5 ½ to 6 years and I guess we would have stayed and made a […]

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