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Posted By: derekdwc Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 10:31am


I think this is the furthest inland built lighthouse in Britain
being more than two miles from the sea. click



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Posted By: derekdwc Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 10:36am
some views from it


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Posted By: derekdwc Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 10:43am
Would be nice if they still had the flags and flagpoles that you used to be able to see long ago (too many trees blocking the view now)


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Posted By: derekdwc Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 10:50am
sorry about the quality of pics off new camera plus the quickish tour and the number of people in a smallish room didn't help
History facts going around thcentre part of 2nd room

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Posted By: missmahjong Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 11:09am
Derek ,was this a Heritage day event ..
Posted By: Madge Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 11:10am
when did you do the tour, as those shoes in your picture look like mine haha
Posted By: derekdwc Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 11:29am
Originally Posted by missmahjong
Derek ,was this a Heritage day event ..


yes - did the 1st one
Posted By: derekdwc Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 11:57am
Bidston Lighthouse webcam
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Posted By: Madge Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 12:22pm
i did the 1st one too, so they are my shoes
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 12:51pm
Great set of pics, thanks for posting. thumbsup
Posted By: petethebike Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 2:06pm
It's an interesting fact that Trinity House looks after navigational aids ashore.There is one such between Fenny Compton and Southam in Warwickshire.It looks incredibly like the Eifel Tower,and is visible for miles around.It used to be part of the Decca Navigation system,couldn't get much farther from the sea.
One of it's brothers is in Wallasey.
Posted By: Greenwood Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 11:01pm
Great pics - interesting place! Must have looked amazing with the flags flying. Pity there couldn't be some sort of re-enactment of that, but as someone said, the trees are too well grown now.
Posted By: granny Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 13th Oct 2014 11:44pm
Didn't someone intend for the land to be developed at one time ?

Posted By: chriskay Re: Bidston Lighthouse - 14th Oct 2014 10:10am
Originally Posted by Greenwood
Great pics - interesting place! Must have looked amazing with the flags flying. Pity there couldn't be some sort of re-enactment of that, but as someone said, the trees are too well grown now.


No problem: just need taller flagpoles. grin
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