Roselyn Atkins

With her sister, Evelyn Atkins, Babs was the owner of Looe Island from 1965 until her death in 2004. The sisters moved to Looe in 1964 and purchased Looe Island the following year. Babs Atkins was Senior Mistress of Looe Secondary School until 1977. Due to her teaching work, Babs often spent weekdays on the mainland, only able to communicate with Evelyn by waving or, in the winter, flashing a light from Hannafore Point. On her death in 2004, Atkins left Looe Island to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.