A warning to all who are considering purchasing a first lantern.

Congratulations ... m8te ... !!!!!! you can have the grand award of a " dog licence " that was a legal
licence which cost way back in yesteryear in dear old blighty...... the sum of 7 s 6d ... if you were the
owner of a dog over the age of 6 months that is ... har har .... I do not know how the Police proved the age of the dog ?... they abolished the dog licence in the 70's here ..got to have doggy on leads now ..

 

So far the tally is: Coleman 214A,288,285,639; Vapalux/Bialaddin 300x,315,M320,320, Bowlfire;Tilley x246b(2), x246a, FL6; Petromax 829/500; Hipolito H502; Optimus 350/350(2), 550/550,1350/350, Anchor 909/350. Before June this year all I had was a FL6 and a fond memory of using Tilleys in the boy scouts. I have to say the good people on this board had a lot to do with this mushrooming of interest in terms of encouragement, information, support and leads on spares, as well as some things posted to me to help me out. If you had told me it would end up like this (actually some of you may have), I might have questioned your sanity - now I only question my own.

 

That’s right. The hobby is infectious but half of the satisfaction comes from sharing photos, successes and failures with people on the forum who give so much advice and encouragement.

 

@Fireexit1
At 16.000 cp and 3 digit count and growing. But still a tiny light amongst the grown up collectors.