- Reference No:
- U DMS/8/1/69
- Dates:
- 24 Jan 1935-12 Dec 1963
- Description:
- File containing correspondence between Miss E.G. Hebblethwaite and Mr Borland as members of the 'Parent' group for Skokham lighthouse and G.L. Parnell as secretary of the Lightships and Lighthouses Committee of the Missions to Seamen. Includes references to the following: Skokham being relieved by the Holyhead steamer 'Beacon'; Skokham 'adopted' by a group led by Hebblethwaite in 1938; names of keepers at the lighthouse; recommendation of 1 parent group member per lightkeeper; packets and letters for lightkeepers; Mrs Jervis-Edwards having previously been the 'Parent' for Skokham; Christmas hampers; issues with letter writing between parent members and lightkeepers; shoeboxes for lightkeepers; Trinity House vessel 'Argus'; relief trips to change crew; retirement of Hebblethwaite as a parent leader in December 1963.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)
