Cockersands Lighthouse with Lighthouse Keepers Thomas and Beatrice Parkinson and their son Bob

Lighthouse Keepers of the Plover Scar and Cockersham lighthouses for the first 100 years were the Raby family. In 1945, The second and final family to take up the role was the Parkinson family with Thomas and Beatrice Parkinson and their son Bob. In 1948, Beatrice Parkinson became something of a celebrity when she appeared in national magazines as the only woman Lighthouse Keeper in Britain.