Welcome to Season 2 of KEEPING WATCH - a fortnightly podcast for enthusiasts of lighthouses, lighthouse keepers, light vessels and other aids to maritime navigation. 

Now following the final episode in our first Season, we were contacted by David Jones, a former lighthouse keeper who lives just a couple of miles away from me at Dungeness, in Kent. David was born and brought up in Dungeness, and it turned out also to be the first lighthouse where he was stationed, following his National Service and then training at the Trinity House depot in Harwich.

Yes ... National Service - believe it or not, David began his Trinity House career back in 1956 - and after Dungeness he went on to serve at the Hanois, Casquets, Portland Breakwater, the Needles, Beachy Head and North Foreland.

We pick up our conversation from where I asked David how he came to consider a career as a lighthouse keeper in the first place.

Dungeness Old Light website: https://dungenesslighthouse.com

If you have a family connection with any of the names David mentioned then he would love to hear from you - you can contact me at [email protected], and I’ll forward your details on to him.

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You can contact me at [email protected]. 

KEEPING WATCH is brought to you in association with the ALK - The Association of Lighthouse Keepers - a charitable trust in the UK dedicated to keeping lighthouse heritage alive. 

Visit the Association of Lighthouse Keepers: www.alk.org.uk