File. Bardsey Lighthouse

Reference No:
U DMS/8/1/2
Dates:
4 Oct 1936-14 Jan 1965
Description:
File containing notes and correspondence between Miss Elsie M. James as the contact for Bardsey Lighthouse, A.G.D. 'Guy' Bagot as the Organising Secretary for North Wales, and Captain G.L. Parnell as secretary for the Lightships and Lighthouses Committee of the Missions to Seamen. Includes references to the following: Miss Elsie M. James as 'Parent Leader' of a group at St John's Sunday School who had linked themselves to Bardsey Lighthouse in 1939, and notification of the the dissolution of that link in Dec 1964; work of Trinity House and the British Legion in the area of lighthouse keeper relief; hampers and parcels to be sent to lighthouse keeper for Christmas; monthly parcels of papers and newsletters sent to the lighthouse; names of keepers at Bardsey; account by A.G.D. 'Guy' Bagot of his visit to Bardsey Island in 1960; impact of WWII on supplies to lighthouse keepers; list of Parent Group members c.1941; subscription paid for wireless at the lighthouse by the Parent Group.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)