Unloading building materials for Trinity House at the South Bishop, late 1920s-early 1930s.

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My grandfather, Ernest Rouse, his father and his five brothers operated William Rouse & Sons Marine Salvage Contractors from Hazelbeach, Pembrokeshire, c. 1911-1945. In 1926 they got the contract from Trinity House to do the regular "reliefs" (taking supplies and staff) for the Smalls, South Bishops, and Skokholm lighthouses. They also did special delivery trips like this one, bringing their small steamer close in and transporting loads up the cliff on a sort of heavy-duty breeches buoy apparatus that they trusted enough to ride on themselves.