She was the lighthouse keeper’s wife more than half a century ago. Now aged 103,
Connie Small thought she might never glimpse her old home from the sea again.
But then along came Tug Alley Too. (Update included: Connies Small died in January
2005)
Tugboats aren’t just for pushing big ships around. They also provide a steady
base for a delicate mission. When tugboat owner Bob Hassold offered Connie Small
the chance to see her lighthouse home again, she grabbed the opportunity.
"The morning was perfect," Hassold said when he showed us the photos he had taken.
"The day was misty, not hot and the seas were calm."
Wife of the former keeper at Portsmouth Harbor Light, Connie Small with her nurses from the Wentworth Nursing Home and friends traveled
aboard Tug Alley Too to the mouth of the Piscataqua. Capt. Hassold, who offers
tugboat tours of the harbor, edged close to Small’s former home, the keeper’s
cottage by the lighthouse in New Castle.
Connie and her husband Elson Small were the last keepers of the light starting
in 1946. She has recorded her memories in a popular book entitled "The Lighthouse
Keeper’s Wife. The lighthouse was taken over by the Coast Guard two years later
and today automated in 1960. Today it is managed by the active Friends of Portsmouth
Harbor Light. Small, who has lectured about her experience over 600 times, was
recently named "guiding light" by the lighthouse group.
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