Occasional papers in pharology This series has been initiated to encourage original research into specific topics relating to pharology and publish the outcomes as a resource for researchers. These publications will focus on various aspects of the history and technology of lighthouses, lightvessels and other navigational aids, providing scholarly, but accessible reference material for maritime historians. Much of the content of these publications will be drawn from the ALK archives and other specialist collections and published for the first time. |
| Issue 1: | A Glossary of Lighthouse Service Terminology |
| Issue 2: | The North Goodwin Lightvessels |
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Issue 1: | A
Glossary of Lighthouse Service Terminology
by G F Douglas-Sherwood |
| Format: | A4, 28 pages | |
| Price: | £4.50 inc postage and packing |
| When it was clear the days of lighthouse keeping in the UK were drawing to a close, a small group of keepers met to found the Association of Lighthouse Keepers. The principal motivation was to keep in touch with one another and to record for posterity a dying way of life. This germ of an idea grew, and the Association was soon to attract a great deal of interest from lighthouse enthusiasts from all walks of life quite unconnected with the lighthouse services. It was to this sector of the Association's membership that an initial four-page glossary of light-keeping terms was addressed to assist them in understanding just what it was the keepers and lightsmen were talking about. Specialised language evolves within every sphere of human activity to ensure swift, concise and effective communication. The martime trades are no exception to this trait. |
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Issue 2: | The North Goodwin
Lightvessels
by Anthony Lane |
| Format: | A4, 26 pages, photographs throughout | |
| Price: | £4.50 inc postage and packing |
| The history of the North Goodwin lightvessels spans almost two hundred years. During that time many men have served afloat aboard them to warn shipping away from the dangers of the Sands. A few have recorded their experiences, which is unusual, for lightsmen tend to be quiet and unassuming men. Out of these recollections, verbal and written, the author has compiled this account which is also a story of the general development of the lightvessel from the time of its paramount importance to today's somewhat lesser role in the light of all the shipborne aids now available to the navigator. |
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