File. 'Coastguard Lookout'

Reference No:
U DDB/4/3/34
Dates:
1971-1978
Description:

Comprises correspondence to and from various sources including Yorkshire Naturalists' Trust (YNT) and its members, Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves and S. J. Weston.

Topics include proposed Lookout Post on Spurn Point (1973); possible grant for the maintenance of the road at Spurn (Aug 1978); oil spill (Jul 1973); issues with the removal of a wall and interference with Heligoland traps (Mar 1972); plans for HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), to visit Spurn (Sep 1972); proposals for new Pilot Station and lifeboat crew accommodation (1972); increases in car park charges; two boys caught poaching; oil washed ashore; permission given to Department of Environment to continue their meteorological experiments (Jun 1975).

Also contains list of buildings on Spurn; newspaper cuttings (Nov 1971, Nov 1973); copy of 'Conservation Review' for members of the County Trusts for Nature Conservation (Autumn 1973); hand written account by George de Boer of oil pollution at Spurn Point following breakdown of Conoco Britannia (Jun 1973); copy of plan of proposed lifeboat cottages.

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Archive Item
Extent:
1 file (c.35 pieces)
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of George de Boer