Henry Vale

“If you wait long enough, the sea always brings something back. Patience is the quietest kind of love.”

Henry was born in a small Cornish fishing village and never quite left it. He kept the lamp at Trevose Head for thirty-one years, raised three children, mended four boats, and — by his last count — taught seventeen grandchildren how to tie a bowline.

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Henry Vale

1958 — 2023

Kept the lamp at Trevose Head for thirty-one years. Taught seventeen grandchildren how to tie a bowline.

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