On the Rocks: A Lightkeeper's Tale by Lawrence Tulloch

by Lawrence Tulloch

The history and architecture of lighthouses has been well documented. But what of the people who lived and worked on the lights around our coastline? When Lawrence Tulloch became a lightkeeper aged twenty-eight it gave him and his family job security and a home. In On the Rocks a lightkeeper's tale he looks back at the work and routines involved in keeping lights from Muckle Flugga to Chicken Rock and recounts the ups and downs of living in close proximity with other keepers. Many became friends for life, but great patience had to be exercised with those few who made things a bit difficult. The characters he met and the stories they had to tell bring a vanished era back to life.

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First published December 31, 2009