I’d love to hear the “Foghorn reqiuem” at Souter Lighthouse tomorrow.
Did you know that foghorns owe a lot to Wirral? Modern foghorns rely on the diaphone, which was invented by Robert Hope-Jones. Robert Hope-Jones was born in Hooton, Wirral, in 1859. He was apprenticed at Laird’s shipbuilders in Birkenhead, then set himself up in business making electric organs.
More about the Foghorn Requiem.
Enjoyed the article on Fog Horns and Robert Hope-jones. Pity he’s not in Flaybrick Cem.
Another local person to be first at something. We could of spoke about him on our history walks in Flaybrick.
BBC Radio 4 ran a programme called The Foghorn: A Celebration in February 2011. You can still listen to it at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yqp5z