Look Out Post - Blackhall (blac0150)

Photograph showing three young women dressed in skirts and cardigans standing on foot rests on a crucifix-shaped pole; at the bottom of the pole is a man with a child on his shoulders; an indistinct landscape can be seen behind the pole, which has been identified as being in Blackhall

Look Out Post - Blackhall

Photograph showing three young women dressed in skirts and cardigans standing on foot rests on a crucifix-shaped pole; at the bottom of the pole is a man with a child on his shoulders; an indistinct landscape can be seen behind the pole, which has been identified as being in Blackhall

Date: 1950 - 1959

This photo was taken by Albert Routledge Blackhall it was a look out post on Blackhall Rocks Beach Banks at the top Marjorie Routledge Blackhall Jennifer Brown " Sheila Routledge " Elizabeth Dacre on holiday from Bath . Maxwell Dacre " Somerset

Comment added by Marjorie Burn on 31/08/2008 17:15:00

This pole was used by the coast guard for the Breeches Bouy practice in case of any shipwreckes on the rockie coast of Blackhall Rocks, it was used in 1919 when the Kasco came ashore to rescue the Captain and Crew from the wreck.

Comment added by R. Will on 28/08/2008 17:37:00

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