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Article: MARKING BI-CENTENARY OF BELL ROCK.
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- The Arbroath Herald Guide and Gazette (Arbroath, Scotland)
- Article date:
- April 19, 2008
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ARBROATH and Area Partnership is to form a specific sub-group to help develop a programme of events to celebrate the bicentenary of the Bell Rock Lighthouse in 2011.
The partnership had been informed that Angus Council had been approached by the Northern Lighthouse Board to assist in the celebration what is one of the most famous lighthouses in the world.
The news was welcomed this week by Councillor Jim Millar who said: "This anniversary has national and international significance and I am delighted that the community wish to take a leading role in what will be an exciting year.
"The Stevenson family who built the Bell Rock were true pioneers ...