Hargreaves, originally from Lancashire, spent 16 years on lighthouses and lightships before taking voluntary redundancy in 1988 and becoming a security guard. The Principal Light Keeper is held responsible for the execution of the duties of the Establishment, and the observance of the foregoing regulations.So, er, it doesn’t reflect his own experiences? “Oh no, no, no,” he says, quickly.The Light Keepers both Principals and Assistants, are cautioned that their retention or promotion in the Service depends upon their strict adherence to the Rules laid down for their guidance and also in the constant habit of cleanliness and good order in their own persons, and the preservation thereof in every part of the Lighthouse, Lantern and other premises and they are enjoined to the invariable exercise of temperance and morality in all their habits and proceedings, so that by their example they may enforce as far as lies in his power, the observance of the same laudable conduct by their wives and families.The Keepers are to attend a place of worship upon each Sunday in turn, and when the Rule shall, by reason of distance, be incompatible with the performance of the Light House Service, the Principal Light Keeper shall, at least once in every Sunday assemble his own family, and his assistants and their families, in his own dwelling or other convenient place, and there read to them throughout the Church Service for the day, also a sermon or homily from the volume provided by the Corporation for this purpose.The Light Keepers are to exercise a proper discretion in the admission of Visitors to view the Establishment, conducting themselves with civility to strangers and other persons upon all occasions, and observing that no person is, on any account, to be permitted to inspect the interior of the Lantern unattended by one of the Light Keepers, and they are held responsible that no damage is thereby occasioned to the lighting apparatus, or disfigurement to any part of the premises.
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