United Kingdom - Ireland

Feb. 29 SIXTEEN YEAR HID - GUIDES ATLANTIC LINEAR ON THEIR WAY. 05 KEEPS THE SOLENT SHIPPING LANES SAFE. The youngest Lighthouse keeper in Britain - is sixteen year old ARCHIE HOLBROOK - Who every Gaye sets out from BEMERIDGE, Isle of Wight to Abe St. Helen's Sea Fort, in the Solent - from whioh a powerful 20-second beam of light shines out as a guide to ehippiage some of the world's, reatest liners - in the narr. St. Helens is a gun emplacement under War Office Control and with hie tinnily - it ueed to be Archie,s home - his father tending the light. One night in Becanber Archie's rather vs. takes 111 - and hal to be rescued and taken to the mainland by helicopter - aft which the family were evacuated to their new home at.ehbridgei Arohie's tabor is now recuperating - but the light still has to be tended - and that is Archies job. Each day - for Z3 10 - Od. per teak he sets off for his o*d home -tri, -refuels and checks the :tamp - whatever the weather, - KEYETNKE PHOTO SHOWS. ARCHIE HOLBROOK polishes the leap __once every twenty four hours - to keep the shipping of the Solent - safe

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