my granddad relieved the Flannan men's replacement and never talked about it onc

Scottish side here. Eilean Mor, Flannan Isles, December 1900. Three lighthouse keepers just gone. Ship Hesperus couldn't land for days cause of weather, when they finally got the assistant up the steps the door was shut, the clock stopped, beds not slept in, one oilskin coat still hanging on its peg……