Lighthouses with Tom Nancollas
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Tom Nancollas talks about offshore lighthouses, the men who worked within them and the hardships they endured. Recorded in a lighthouse on the Thames, the Trinity Buoy Wharf, which contains Longplayer, a continuous 1,000 year long piece of music, made of Tibetan Bells. For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod4' at checkout to get a 30 day free trial and your first 4 months for £4/$4.  Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Peter Curry
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