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G0TEZ/TPK 1.83c Num 262 05-08-02T00:02:08 GMT: COLNE,Lancs:
Bob VK6BE says.
>Both Tilley and Coleman lamps were used here for many years in places
>where there was no electricity, or on outside activities at night
>(e.g.fishing). I can remember any difference between the two - looked the
>same - worked the same. They are still available I think, but the LPG
>powered mantle lamps are favoured these days. They are much cheaper to run
>for one thing. In the 1940s and 50s came the Aladdin lamp favoured for
>indoor use. These had a large cone shaped mantle, small end up, which was
>heated by a circular wick. They were my source of night lamp in the house
>for some years. I don't remember the Tilley or the Aladdin running for a
>week on half a pint of fuel though. At least a gallon a week to my memory.
>However since then the price of kerosene (paraffin) was about 2/- (20c) a
>gallon. Now it is more like $1.00 a litre ($4.50 a gallon)
>Cheers, and peace on you too Ian!!
>Bob VK6BE.
>
>> I wonder if the Coleman lamp is the same as the 'Tilley' lamp we used on
>> the farm in my youth, before electricity.
>
I never met a Coleman lamp either,Bob, which is unusual as, in the UK just
after WW II, there was a lot of American stuff floating around dirt cheap.
Left behind be departing US forces.
I have received a couple of messages saying that the Tilley lamp, both
the normal type and the spotlight type are still in use in some places.
As for other types. I took a look in a specialist shop after sending my
original bull and found that versions of the Tilley lamp are still on
sale, as are versions of Primus stoves. The reason they are still sold
is that camping gaz refuses to evaporate at low temperatures and great
heights so serious explorer types use petrol, paraffin or solid fuel
stoves.
Sadly, these were all being sold as camping lights and were Made in Japan.
I could be wrong on the running costs of the Tilley lamps and the Alladin
lamp which we also used. My mind dims. Then you do have to take into
account that the US Gallon is smaller than the Imperial (UK) Gallon and the
same goes for pints. quarts and fluid ozs. The same goes for the Aussie
pound and the UK pound sterling. The Aussie quid w2as worth 16/- UK and
the $US was at 4 to the UKP, so $US 1 was 5/- making US 20c = 1 shilling.
Still far cheaper than electricity,Hi!
All the best. Ian.
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