Post by Administrator on Apr 11, 2016 16:55:49 GMT
Grace Darling's lighthouse home reopened to visitors.
Following the successful reengineering of Longstone Lighthouse, the visitor centre has been reopened to the public with improved displays and interactives for all the family
The lighthouse is famous as the scene of one of Britain’s most courageous rescues, when lighthouse keeper’s daughter Grace Darling rowed out with her father into storm conditions to save nine victims of the foundering steamer Forfarshire in 1838.
Much of the design of the upgraded visitor centre areas are given over to telling the story of Grace and her father William, of the rescue and their life at the lighthouse; the Darling family were the first to live in the lighthouse after it was built by Trinity House in 1826.
The visitor centre also looks at the history of Trinity House and brings visitors of all ages up to date on what the maritime charity and General Lighthouse Authority is doing today to carry on the work it began in 1514.
Visitors can view Grace's tiny bedroom from where she spotted nine survivors desperately clinging to the rocks. Despite a raging storm, the Darlings launched the lighthouse boat and rescued the survivors, caring for them in the lighthouse for two days until the storm subsided.
In putting together the new and improved displays, Trinity House was assisted in part by the team at the RNLI Grace Darling Museum in nearby Bamburgh, to whom Trinity House is very grateful; it is hoped that the two attractions will be the perfect complement to each other.
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Following the successful reengineering of Longstone Lighthouse, the visitor centre has been reopened to the public with improved displays and interactives for all the family
The lighthouse is famous as the scene of one of Britain’s most courageous rescues, when lighthouse keeper’s daughter Grace Darling rowed out with her father into storm conditions to save nine victims of the foundering steamer Forfarshire in 1838.
Much of the design of the upgraded visitor centre areas are given over to telling the story of Grace and her father William, of the rescue and their life at the lighthouse; the Darling family were the first to live in the lighthouse after it was built by Trinity House in 1826.
The visitor centre also looks at the history of Trinity House and brings visitors of all ages up to date on what the maritime charity and General Lighthouse Authority is doing today to carry on the work it began in 1514.
Visitors can view Grace's tiny bedroom from where she spotted nine survivors desperately clinging to the rocks. Despite a raging storm, the Darlings launched the lighthouse boat and rescued the survivors, caring for them in the lighthouse for two days until the storm subsided.
In putting together the new and improved displays, Trinity House was assisted in part by the team at the RNLI Grace Darling Museum in nearby Bamburgh, to whom Trinity House is very grateful; it is hoped that the two attractions will be the perfect complement to each other.
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