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Photograph of Ernie Coulthard in the Souter Lighthouse engine room

Ernie Coulthard

Ernie belongs to: Souter Lighthouse

Ernie was born in Gosforth, Newcastle. He served his apprenticeship at Vickers Armstrong at Elswick in the gun shops. After retiring Ernie began volunteering at Souter Lighthouse where he has a particular interest in the lighthouse's engineering.

Ernie was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 2 March 2006. The interview took place at Souter Lighthouse and lasted 10 minutes and 49 seconds.

Photograph of Ernie Coulthard in the Souter Lighthouse engine room
Photograph of Ernie Coulthard in the Souter Lighthouse engine room

Role at Souter

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"I do mainly the tower and the engine room "

I do mainly the tower and the engine room because that is, the parts that interest me and I know about them and I’ve researched and I do the history side of it as well.

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