The back cover of the leaflet. Sole UK Concessionaires The Pneumatic Tent Co. Ltd. The front cover. It outlines the prospects of taking ‘B’ (Bleuet), ‘SB’ (Super Bleuet) pierceable gas cartridges an refillable Camping Gaz cylinders 901, 904, 907 (small to largest) by sea and air to mainland Europe. Though passenger-only air carriers ruled out carrying cartridges or cylinders, Silver City Airways, which carried passengers and their vehicles, allowed them, a commendably pragmatic approach, given the gasoline in fuel tanks! Note too the reference to ‘Early Closing’, a legacy of the Shops Act of 1911 that required shop owners to grant their staff a half-day off during the working week to compensate for working all day on Saturdays. With the onset of retailer chains and shift working the practice has largely died out now. For a tourist out of ‘Gaz’, knowing the Early Closing day for the locality they were in could ensure a hot meal if they timed their purchase accordingly. Inner pages relating to stockists in my home county of Lancashire. A detail, with Early Closing days specified, along with the types of Gaz refillable cylinders stocked. Information on The Pneumatic Tent company. Pdf’s of front and back covers for greater definition, below.
Thanks John ! i remember being at a cousins house and their Mum lighting the fire in the back room, picked up this steel bar, lit it (huh?) and shoved it into the grate with lumps of coal! that tent looks marvellous
