Hi ! Everything on this site comes in through the front door so we have to look at , I personelly hardly ever look at the open Forum site...
Wicky lamps ? Why is some one from the Shetlands piling on all these adverts for wick lamps ? It was agreed at the start of this Classic...
Hi David ! You must be close to that nuclear power station that is not for generating electricity all the time ! Its got some other hidden agenda...
R ! David ! Your still alive ,have you come south yet to roost or are you still wandering Dumfriesshire aimlessly ! mick PS. see you at the...
Hi Dave ! Just for the record I have had 6 Bretby vase lamps but only have one left , the black one with hand painted flowers front and back ! Its...
Dave ! Its all about money and how to make it ! Mathew ! Presentation goes along way and now you've got it ,stick with it ! Definately better...
Vapalux 300 ! Nick Juett on the Scottish borders has just been robbed ! His lamp only made £72 yet the last one made £560 thats a short fall of...
Hi Mathew ! Thats it, your on a roll now ,you've got the lamps and the presentation right ! Your bank manager will be helping you round the back...
Mathew ! Next time you sign for a posting get rid of the pic of your two vase lamps ,there worthless ! Your bank manager would much rather see a...
Hi Gniess ! Your right it gives a softer light source when the glass is frosted over .The light is all over not just from one point ie the mantle....
Hi Dave ! Alot of the acids we have in the college have been banished to our hazardous chemical store hopefully never to be seen again ! The only...
Hi ! Its possible to get a light smooth dusting onto glass shades with a sand blaster , using a glancing blow not head on straight at it !...
Etched ? You talk about etching a 182 glass which implies the use of acid and Moncrieff sends them off specially to be etched ! Some how doubt it...
Dear David ! The illustration of the HL16 I found in the Buck and hickman catalogue is reproducedon on page 31 of Jim Dick's book. mick
Hi ! David are you trying to tell me you don't own a copy of " The Versatile Vapour Lamp book " All the work Jim Dick , myself , Neil...
Hi ! I don't really mind where the accolade should be hung ! The Tilley storm lamp history is facinating to see from a 1920 advert in a " Buck...
Martin ! You mention your a totally blind Tilley lamp enthusiast ! Well thats one thing you have in common with the Tilley lamp company on the...
Hi Ray ! My big proberlem is a liking for " Southern Comfort " . However we were out showing lamps one weekend at a traction / vintage rally...
Ray ! Dungness is a very very long way from Watford ! Hows Miss Turbine 2012 ? Has she made it into the 2013 calendar ? ....mick
Hi ! Mathew ? Why do say with such conviction there won't be any VL 1's in the collection ? Thats a bit mean like for some one who has never...
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