Very interesting! :thumbup: Is it possible to see somehow which buildings were used by Tilley and which by other companies? Considering that...
Thanks for the suggestion :) I have bought it already, waiting for it to show up in the mail.
Yes, that explains partly something - I have been wondering why Aladdin after the war went into a collaboration with Willis & Bates rather than...
Graham - I guess that I understand now what that outer ring is there for - simply decoration. :roll: So obviously there is no need to hurry in...
:D/ Sounds plausible, thanks :)
Well, how can I describe it... The cage consists of a bottom plate and a top ring, these being connected through four sticks, leaving enough...
Yes, that really is a terrible habbit :shock:
No sock, instead a modern (broken) filter. And I cannot find any stamps on neither the control cock nor the rest of the lamp. With regards to...
Thank you very much, this is a great help. It is interesting to see that John Tilley was a travelling glass-blower. That, perhaps, explains why...
Thanks Matty - I did search the gallery before posting but somehow I missed that one. And thanks to Graham also - now I am on the hunt for such a...
Amazing lamps! I never knew that carbide lamps could be that beautiful. Did Optimus resume the production during WW II? You have a good taste in...
The couriers were busy during the day that passed... The TL11 should later be equipped with a shade - just need to find out which one would be...
Thank you both. Mick, I think that it is safe to claim that history never ends - in every sense of the words. I like the book on Tilley very much...
Now you have made me interested :) I will start looking into the carbide lamps soon. One more thing than the lack of beauty prevents people from...
Maybe someone in this forum has knowledge about Chalwyn Lamps, former manufacturer of lanterns? I have done some research (and put the findings...
Thanks, Jeff - do you know if Tilley's war time models were actually used for any war purposes or if they were "just" popular for domestic use?
Hi Mick - this is a great story! And filling out many of the gaps in my knowledge. But one more thing really puzzles me: what happened to that...
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