Peter takes you on a journey into the world of lighthouses and he begins that journey when he applies to become a lighthouse keeper.
His first six months is spent travelling to 5 lighthouses as a Supernumerary Lightkeeper…A Spare Man…He is appointed Assistant Lighthouse Keeper at Inchkeith Lighthouse in the Firth of Forth; one of four lighthouses in the Firth.
He is not alone on his journey as Margaret and their two girls go with him when they make the move to Edinburgh to join the larger lighthouse community based at Salvesen Crescent.
Margaret picks up the story and says what it was like for her being the wife of a lighthouse keeper.
The journey then takes them to the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse where they find their own piece of heaven thus giving rise to the title… Star of the Four Kingdoms… A new addition joins the family with the arrival of their son Gavin and no family would be complete without a few pets.
Drastic changes are afoot and overnight Peter’s position at the Mull becomes redundant when the decision to dicontinue the fogsignal is made and only one keeper is retained.
It will be five years before Peter is made redundant and not before seeing service at Ailsa Craig and Rhinns of Islay lighthouses.
The last lighthouse keeper retired in 1998.