Many thanks to all (50+) who came to Newark this year. There was some excellent displays put on as usual & good to see a handful of new attendees! Some pics; Displays from Gneiss (Chris) Henry Plews: Julie & George I'll add some more to CCS
I didn't take a huge amount of pictures and many that I did take didn't come out all that well but... I rather liked this taken from behind my display and looking out across the field. And this rather nice hollow wire lamp...
The Ol-Tilley, the FL5 and Unic hollowwire really knocked my socks off. You really have access to beautyfull lamps over there. Beside all those, it looks cozy and even warm-ish. Thanks for sharing. Claus C
Yes Jean, pleased to say that there was more sun shine than rain. Gutted to have to wait another 12 months to do it all again. There is of course Ashover to look forward to for all those going.
And Thank you Ian, for relieving me of so much of my cash Just kidding, good bash Ross and as Ian says, THANKS
Yeah! Thanks for your pictures guys. I liked the tribute to Shedman on your fettlers arms sign. But where's the Chrysler, Ray...? I missed that one. *Edit: Car talk split to this topic.
Hello, new member here with a question. The fifth picture down from the top seems to show a pressure lantern with a blue glass. I have never seen this before, were blue glasses once made ? or even still made ? Or was some suitably heat resistant colour filter material applied to a standard clear glass. I suppose that theatre lighting colour filter might survive the heat of a pressure lantern, at least for a while. I think that I have seen a Tilley X246B with a red glass, but only the once. IIRC, Tilley once made a signalling lamp with red, green, or white Fresnel lenses that could be rotated in front of the light. I have never seen one though. Wick lamps with coloured globes, or filters are of course common for signalling or warning purposes.
Broadgage, the lantern with blue lense is from an ex Swiss Army boxed set: "Emergency Lighting, Field Hospital for the use of". When you are in extreme pain, the last thing you want is a very bright light shining in your eyes. Blue light is softer on the retina. David, probably mine actually, not that it really matters as Neil and I have identical sets but I can't remember Neil lighting his at Newark. Henry.
Interesting, thanks for the information. It does however seem to be a bit odd to go to the trouble, fuel consumption and capital cost of a pressure lantern when only a subdued light is desired. A small wick lamp, with a coloured globe if need be might be more suitable for night lighting in a field hospital. With of course the bright light of a pressure lantern in reserve for any emergency treatment. Current day thinking is that blue light is undesirable in the evening or at night as sleep patterns are thereby disrupted. That however would not have been known decades ago. On seeing the blue light I presumed a police connection !
Not really - they were already making the lanterns so it was only a case of bunging a blue glass in it. Given military thinking, the cost of a little extra fuel being used is very small beer compared with the cost of all the rest. It's also easier to standardise kit wherever possible...
The blue globes are made of imbued (wordbook suggests this word: not only coated but all the glass is colored) glass. They break easily during pre-heating as they are not made of heat-resisting glass. As I was told it was meant to reduce visibility of the lantern as air-raid protection. Not a Newark Photo: Image by Ernst Frei / prela.ch Erik
