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Light Hearted – Ep. 3, Dolly Bicknell, Roman Lighthouse at Dover
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29 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Dolly Bicknell at Scituate Lighthouse
In this episode, host Jeremy D'Entremont is joined by co-host Michelle Jewell Shaw of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses , recent winner of a volunteerism award from the American Lighthouse Foundation. The lighthouse history segment focuses on the ancient Roman lighthouse in Dover, England, and the ruins of the Roman lighthouse at Leptis Magna in Libya. And once again, there's a trivia question with prizes going out to the first two listeners who get the answer right.
The Roman lighthouse at Dover, England. U.S. Lighthouse Society archives.
Co-host Michelle Jewell Shaw
The feature interview is with Dolly Bicknell, president of Project Gurnet and Bug Lights, the organization that cares for Plymouth (Gurnet) Lighthouse and Duxbury Pier (Bug) Lighthouse in Massachusetts. Dolly is also the daughter of the famed historian Edward Rowe Snow, and she was recently the recipient of a "Keeper of the Light" award from the American Lighthouse Foundation.
In this episode, host Jeremy D'Entremont is joined by co-host Michelle Jewell Shaw of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses , recent winner of a volunteerism award from the American Lighthouse Foundation. The lighthouse history segment focuses on the ancient Roman lighthouse in Dover, England, and the ruins of the Roman lighthouse at Leptis Magna in Libya. And once again, there's a trivia question with prizes going out to the first two listeners who get the answer right.
The Roman lighthouse at Dover, England. U.S. Lighthouse Society archives.
Co-host Michelle Jewell Shaw
The feature interview is with Dolly Bicknell, president of Project Gurnet and Bug Lights, the organization that cares for Plymouth (Gurnet) Lighthouse and Duxbury Pier (Bug) Lighthouse in Massachusetts. Dolly is also the daughter of the famed historian Edward Rowe Snow, and she was recently the recipient of a "Keeper of the Light" award from the American Lighthouse Foundation.
Released:
Jun 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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