Classic paraffin stoves and lamps

[Outdoors Dad]

I thought I would share our latest trip on my first ever post. A long weekend at Newark at our annual classic paraffin stoves and lamp rally.

A cracking weekend

 

[guerdeval]

Is it a club locally or is there a national organisation?,

 

[andyjanet]

Very illuminating

 

[guerdeval]

Very illuminating

He’s getting on my wick already

 

[mistericeman]

Is it a club locally or is there a national organisation?,

These are two of the usual stalwarts

Classic Camp Stoves

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classiccampstoves.com

Classic Pressure Lamps & Heaters

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classicpressurelamps.com

Spent a fair amount of time on there with the military side of things ...including British petrol stoves etc and American Coleman petrol cookers .

 

[trevskoda]

Still got my aladin parafin heater which was used in the last home in the bathroom, also have 2/3 lamps, handy if there is a power cut.

 

[mistericeman]

Nothing like the 2 gallons of pressurised petrol in a British military No1 burner/trench cooker to focus the mind

 

[maingate]

In a similar vein (but electric), I have just completed the repair of an Art Deco Spelter light. The hardest part was feeding the new wiring through the bodies of the ladies. I have not yet taken a photo since I finished but here are 2 'before' photos.

 

[Robmac]

In a similar vein (but electric), I have just completed the repair of an Art Deco Spelter light. The hardest part was feeding the new wiring through the bodies of the ladies. I have not yet taken a photo since I finished but here are 2 'before' photos.

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Does the lady on the left know she has her knickers round her ankles Jim??

 

[maingate]

Does the lady on the left know she has her knickers round her ankles Jim??

That was my first job Rob. I renewed the knicker elastic and pulled them up.

 

[n brown]

we used a portuguese pressure lamp like the night fishers use . gave tons of light and heat too . sadly it also frightened us to death by belching out the occasional cloud of flame for no reason - not good in a van !

 

[trevskoda]

Last week i was givan 2 gallons of parafin in new containers, expensive stuff these days.

 

[n brown]

when we had gaslights i made shades from cut down jamjars and made coleman lantern mantles to fit

 

[runnach]

Image is from the net, I have a storm lamp, had it for over 50 year, swapped a spare set of COO cycle handlebars for the storm lamp. Still has wick intact.

It was used for illuminating our way around the under ground part of the disused brickworks at the Lady Victoria Pit.

 

[trevskoda]

Image is from the net, I have a storm lamp, had it for over 50 year, swapped a spare set of COO cycle handlebars for the storm lamp. Still has wick intact.

It was used for illuminating our way around the under ground part of the disused brickworks at the Lady Victoria Pit.
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Lucky no gas down there. hence electric lamps were invented.

 

[trevskoda]

when we had gaslights i made shades from cut down jamjars and made coleman lantern mantles to fit

You sound like me, not saying we are tight, just making use of things around us which are free.

 

[mistericeman]

Swiss army Benzinkocher was fun (and nicely made)

Still involved 2 gallons of pressurised petrol though ...

 

[guerdeval]

Last week i was givan 2 gallons of parafin in new containers, expensive stuff these days.

Blue or pink?

 

[maingate]

Now ready to be refitted to the newel post.

 

[guerdeval]

I thought the original post was a wind up,thought the poster was gaslighting us