The cadets are based on board an old 1950’s lighthouse ship, which was decommissioned and converted in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s. Good to see the ship put to use, it gives a reminder that the Hythe used to be a port (much of its maritime history is long since gone). Opposite the lighthouse ship is a concrete pillar with a metal lantern on top - this was once part of the entranceway into a coal-fired power station, which stood where the warehouses are now from the 1920’s until the 1960’s. T...
