Historic Lighting Club Newsletter. August 2015
The Historic Lighting Club “To encourage interest in the collecting and restoration of lighting artifacts and the research into and study of the history of illumination” Website: www.historiclightingclub.co.uk
President Ian Caunter.
Chairman Ian Smith Tel & Fax: 01752783565 Tel: 01279 651405
Honorary President David Denny
caunteris@aol.com
iansmith6666@btinternet.com
Publications Officer
Vice Chairman
John Kidger Tel: 01242 236794 johnkidger@talktalk.net
Mike Parker Commercial Officer Tel: 01386 881863 David Burnett. mike@parkers-paraffinalia.co.uk Tel: 01584 877803
MO Enterprises and
Treasurer & Membership Secretary: Dave Horrocks Whitewall Cottage, Milbury Heath, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos, GL12 8QL. Tel: 01454 281095. Email: davidwhorrocks@gmail.com
Note: We have combined the role of Treasurer & Membership Secretary to streamline member communications, save costs and reduce duplication, with Dave Horrocks assuming the extra mantle.
Newsletter Index 1. Front-piece 2. Committee Members 2. Index 3. Editorial 4. Tilley Conundrum 5. Christopher Wray 6. Goodbye Oil 7. Hello Air
8. Army and Navy What’s this about? 9 . Two Forms for 12. Membership 13. Members Book Service 13. Meeting Dates 14. Joseph Hinks Exhibition 14. Answer to “What’s It All About” 15. MO Online 2
15. 16. 17. 18.
Wants & For Sale Black Country Museum W/E Susy’s Cottage Of Content 1868 19. More Domestic Bliss 1848 20. Details of the Publication Deadlines For 2015/16
Editorial. We are receiving good feedback about both of our new publications and hopefully this effort will present better with slightly thicker paper. Apologies to any of you who suffered from the Royal Mail’s uncertainty about what actually is a large letter and what it should weigh. Hopefully it was only a few of us.
Members Handbook Enclosed with this Newsletter is the latest edition of the 2015 Members Handbook, with a specimen sample of a future Addendum for you to insert into your main copy. It will keep you up to date with our membership details and save the cost of frequent reprints of the whole booklet. Submitting material for publication. Please consider sending any items that reflect your own passion and interests, illustrated with some quality pictures, that you can share with members. I have agreed to be the focus point for all editorial material destined for both the full colour magazine and the black and white newsletters. For copy deadlines see the last page of this publication. Ask yourself two questions. One: which of all those lighting gems of mine can I share, either in black & white in the Newsletter, or with glorious colour in the next Midnight Oil? Two: have I enrolled a new member this year? Others have, because we have increased paid membership with new members.
Attracting new members. By showing your copy of the latest colour magazine to any likely candidates for membership (the many that you must meet as the consequence of your hobby) it will help encourage them to join. The Centre Fold of this newsletter contains two membership forms that are easily removed, for you to ask new members to complete and return with the relevant fee. If possible you are best to collect the fee there and then and arrange to get it and the completed form to our Treasurer/Membership Secretary Dave Horrocks at the address shown on page 2, or at the next meeting. If you can successfully pull off any of those feats, then you will know that you really are doing your bit David Burnett (MO Enterprises and Commercial Officer). Mike Parker (Editor 2015) Contact for material: Email: mike@parkers-paraffinalia.co.uk. Landline: 01386 881863. Mob: 07949200207. 3
A Tilley Conundrum
There is no shortage of Surprises at HLC meetings and this gem arrived at the last Wythal with inevitable questions. I even forgot the owner’s name in the excitement. What better to do than take a picture and ask Neil? Editor
Tilley LDR This lamp is unique in that it is a model I have not seen before or have details of in any illustrated advert or catalogue. I do believe it is possibly a Model LDR because it is a larger version of SDR which I am familiar with. We don’t actually know what S or L DR mean but perhaps Short or small Double Reflector and Long or the Large Double reflector. The LDR is only mentioned in an early 1950s Tilley Guide for Spares which is not illustrated but does list some replacement parts. This lamp has all the parts such as Control Cock, Generator, Burner, Pump filler valve and mantle as listed for LDR. The globe part number is given as part 96 which is not listed in any other Tilley paper so is unique to this lamp. My only real reservation is that the lamp illustrated had two globes and the Guide for Spares only gives one. There is we know one other larger version of SDR which was advertised in the late 1940s as a Tilley Excellent. From that illustration there are some similarities with this lantern and some obvious differences. From the illustration I have, we know that the Excellent cannot be LDR because the parts shown do not agree with the list in the Guide. As yet I am not aware of any known examples of Excellent with collectors. So from what I can see in this lamp, and from the Guide for Spares, I have to assume on the balance of probability that what we have here is a totally unique example of a Tilley LDR. Neil McRae 4
Christopher Wray 1940-2014 I believe the passing of Christopher Wray deserves mention within the HLC Newsletter of this, a most interesting character, an actor, entrepreneur, antique stall holder and successful store retailer. In the lamp world we will know him as a restorer and manufacturer of oil lamps. After abandoning his “A” level studies in 1957 and working in Bridlington as an Assistant to a clown he went to acting school and found himself in TV shows such as Upstairs,Downstairs, Doctor Who and Doctor Who as well as a part in Pickwick with Harry Secombe. He seems to have developed his taste for antiques when sourcing props for Tommy Cooper and Arthur Askey. Getting work got tough during an actor’s strike so he set up a stall in the Chelsea Antiques Market selling the bric-a-brac he had gathered for himself. Later he set up a shop in the Old Kings Road. He found his best sellers at the time were oil lamps which he was sourcing at five shillings and selling them on at £3 after polishing them. After customers started asking for replacement glass shades and chimneys Christopher moved into manufacturing. He discovered old moulds at a Yorkshire glassworks, Hailwood and Ackroyd, and persuaded them to manufacture shades for him. Another factory (?) produced brass parts for him in Birmingham. His retail empire expanded and by 1992 he opened his “Christopher Wray Lighting Emporium” in the Kings Road which was described as the largest decorative shop in Europe selling a range of over 5000 different lamps and lamp fittings, mainly electric. I am of the opinion that we owe him a great debt of gratitude, in that he was one of the key figures in ensuring that paraffin lighting and decorative oil Statuesque Table Lamp, lamps had an extension of popularity and basic with wick winders marked: functionality particularly across the UK. Hinks 2nd Quality Burner Members are invited to extend this article with their and S. Hooper, Lower own recollections of Christopher Wray and thus Temple St, Birmingham. illuminating this colourful character. John White. No other Hinks marks. 5
Goodbye Oil, Hello Air! What’s in a phrase? “Burning the Midnight Oil” is one that makes me react with wonder to the dramatic difference the arrival of abundant light and heat made to humankind. By burning a plentiful supply of oil and then gas our ancestors accelerated development of an era of remarkable progress. Even though the history of lighting encompasses a much wider field than oil, the phrase still sticks. I’m confident that we shan’t be hearing the expression, “ Burning the Midnight Bulb” anytime yet. Oil and also clever entrepreneurs like James Young and Hinks & Sons were the trailblazers that led the way into modern lighting for the benefit of all. The permission it gave for extended activity is however especially pertinent to my present personal experience. I often “burn the midnight oil” as sit I before my computer screen, tackling the material for the six bi-monthly Village Magazines and our four HLC publications I edit. There is an irony for me here that much of the HLC content is a celebration of the glorious past history of oil, whilst a significant part of my village activities is about negating the presence of oil and its fossil family in the present. The latter is driven by an awareness that fossil fuels for light and heating need to be superseded by renewable sources of energy as soon as possible, and left firmly in the past. I find it difficult for me to celebrate fossil fuels for the future, on a level that matches the nostalgia I still have for the history of ancient oil lamps and gas lighting. We have known for more than two decades that they are harming the planet, our only home. Hence I have come to write this article with, what must be for you the reader, a rather strange title. Please bear with me and read on. In my village area I run an Oil Buying Club with over 120 members. It aims to minimise oil’s current impact as a fossil fuel contributing to global warming, by reducing the delivery footprint, whilst reducing its financial impact on villager’s daily lives. Members have together saved £5000 over six winter months. Alongside this some of the villagers have been facilitating household insulation and encouraging the renewable energy sources of air, sun, wind and water. Three events have led to me writing this article. Firstly a member of the Oil Buying Club emailed to say that he would not be buying any more oil, that he had converted his boiler system to air source water heating, and “would I like an article about it for the village 6
magazine?” When it came it was titled “Goodbye Oil, Hello Air!” Go to www.energy.me.uk click on the Kingfisher and read the June/July 2015 Sedgeberrow Post, issue No 22, pages 20 & 21, to see the article. Secondly I had recently written that tongue in cheek article in the last MO about a boastful old Kinslow Oil advert, one that smacked of the oil men’s similarity to snake oil salesmen in their over egging of the power of their oil in that advertisement. The final trigger was reading the excellent report by Phil Harris about the Black Country Museum Gas Conference “the History and Impact of Natural Gas.” Suddenly at the end I read that Des Correia, on the behalf of Cuadrilla Gas, is enthusiastically promoting gas as the Future, rather than History. Something my Lancashire has recently roundly rejected. He was recommending exploratory work on the viability of Chemical Fracking for shale gas, to make it a leading player in an emerging energy industry. Though I was disappointed, it’s easy to understand why he did. I understand that Cuadrilla Gas is a multi-national company, based in the UK, owned 42% by the Australian engineering company AJ Lucas, with an approximately equal ownership by the Anglo-American equity firm Riverstone Holdings and the remainder owned by the company management. Drilling is what they do and without it they too are History! It shouldn’t be necessary for me to explore here the overwhelming scientific evidence as to why fossil fuels need to now stay History. Sufficient to say that a more fitting end to the Conference would have been to share with members the “carbon bubble” theory that coal, gas and oil assets are at risk. A view supported by Bank of England governor Mark Carney. According to a Business Green report, Carney told a World Bank seminar on integrated reporting that the “vast majority of fossil fuel reserves are unburnable” if global temperature rises are to be limited to below 2oC. The Bank of England governor reiterated his warning that fossil fuel companies cannot burn all of their reserves, if the world is to avoid a catastrophic climate change, and called for investors to consider the longterm impacts of their decisions. (See also the Pope’s recent encyclical) So there you have it. To my mind oil and gas will always be celebrated for their past technical achievements to bring heat and light into people’s lives but we are best advised to plan making them simply History, not our Future. Goodbye Oil, and Hello Air, Sun, Wind and Water! Mike Parker (Editor) 7
Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd. General Price List 1923-24 It pays when you have bought an old sales catalogue, as I did this splendid one recently, to take your time and browse. How else can you find details of a chimney cleaning brush under the heading of “Shoe, Scrubbing and Painters’ Brushes and Sundries.” The brush was easy to find and the shoulder on the bristles sadly told me that my latest, almost identical, boot-sale find was almost right, but just not quite! I was more surprised, remember this is a 1920s catalogue, at the following offer of repairs under the heading below:
Special Notice to Members. “Repairs are undertaken to Moderator and all kinds of lamps. Vases mounted as lamps; also Moderator and others converted to Duplex, Belge or Annular.” No wonder that some of the “adaptations” we find are so well done! Mike Parker
What’s this all about then ? Would you carry this “Hand-Lamp” up the stairs to bed with you? Of course not! You must know what it’s for, don’t you? Shackled with that edifice, instead of its familiar 2.1/2 inch tram comet, that’s one Heavy English “Eureka Burner” that’s not possibly going to illuminate your way. Well not in the expected way! Perhaps you don’t know? In that case the answer is on page 14. Go there to find the answer. Mike Parker 8
Membership Application/Renewal Website: www.historiclightingclub.co.uk The Historic Lighting Club was founded in 1989 as a forum for the exchange of information and research into all aspects of early lighting. Membership entitles all the adult members (18 years and over) of a household to attend Meetings; vote at Meetings; stand for office; purchase books, etc., from the Club at favourable rates and take part in the Club's private auctions. Please note though that only one set of the club's publications (Magazine, Newsletter, Handbook etc.) will be sent to the address you provide. The Club‟s subscription year runs from November 1st until the subsequent October 31st.. Members joining within the year will, where possible, be sent copies of publications they have missed. Applications received late in the year may be held over by the Treasurer (you will still receive notification and a Members‟ Handbook). New Membership
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Subscriptions in Pounds Sterling only, please: cheques should be made payable to Historic Lighting Club and mailed, with this completed Application Form, to: The Treasurer, Historic Lighting Club, Dave Horrocks Whitewall Cottage, Milbury Heath, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., GL12 8QL Telephone : 01454 281095 Email: davidwhorrocks@gmail.com Please enter your details, below: Names…………………………………………………………………………… Address: …………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………….. Post/Zip Code: …..……………Country.................................................................. Tel.: Home:……………………………Cell……………………………………... Email Address…………………………………………………………………….. Website…………………………………………………………………………… [ continue to next page ] 9
Subject(s) of Interest : …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… ………The HLC’s Membership Records are processed electronically, on a Personal Computer – normally, that of the Treasurer: It is the Club’s policy to encourage communication among Members: to this end, all details given in your Application Form will normally be published in the Club’s Handbook for reference by other Members, unless otherwise requested. Experience shows that full publication has not yet caused problems or embarrassment and over 98.5% of Members agree to it. Please indicate, below, whether or not you wish your Contact Details to be included in the annual Members’ Handbook :Publish Full Details:
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I understand that, should my subscription not have been renewed within three months of the due date (AGM in November), my Membership will be deemed to have lapsed: Signature………………………………………Date : ……………………… 10
Membership Application/Renewal Website: www.historiclightingclub.co.uk The Historic Lighting Club was founded in 1989 as a forum for the exchange of information and research into all aspects of early lighting. Membership entitles all the adult members (18 years and over) of a household to attend Meetings; vote at Meetings; stand for office; purchase books, etc., from the Club at favourable rates and take part in the Club's private auctions. Please note though that only one set of the club's publications (Magazine, Newsletter, Handbook etc.) will be sent to the address you provide. The Club‟s subscription year runs from November 1st until the subsequent October 31st.. Members joining within the year will, where possible, be sent copies of publications they have missed. Applications received late in the year may be held over by the Treasurer (you will still receive notification and a Members‟ Handbook). New Membership
Renewal and/or Update of details
* UK, EU membership and Overseas Surface Mail * Overseas Air Mail
£20 £25
Subscriptions in Pounds Sterling only, please: cheques should be made payable to Historic Lighting Club and mailed, with this completed Application Form, to: The Treasurer, Historic Lighting Club, Dave Horrocks Whitewall Cottage, Milbury Heath, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., GL12 8QL Telephone : 01454 281095 Email: davidwhorrocks@gmail.com Please enter your details, below: Names…………………………………………………………………………… Address: …………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………….. Post/Zip Code: …..……………Country.................................................................. Tel.: Home:……………………………Cell……………………………………... Email Address…………………………………………………………………….. Website…………………………………………………………………………… [ continue to next page ] 11
Subject(s) of Interest : …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… ………The HLC’s Membership Records are processed electronically, on a Personal Computer – normally, that of the Treasurer: It is the Club’s policy to encourage communication among Members: to this end, all details given in your Application Form will normally be published in the Club’s Handbook for reference by other Members, unless otherwise requested. Experience shows that full publication has not yet caused problems or embarrassment and over 98.5% of Members agree to it. Please indicate, below, whether or not you wish your Contact Details to be included in the annual Members’ Handbook :Publish Full Details:
Yes (Default)
No
… or, if „No‟ ~ Publish Address details:
Yes
No
Publish Telephone Number(s):
Yes
No
Publish Email Address(es):
Yes
No
I understand that, should my subscription not have been renewed within three months of the due date (AGM in November), my Membership will be deemed to have lapsed: Signature………………………………………Date : ……………………… 12
Members Book Service The following books and reprints are available to members only :BooksBrandy, Balloons and Lamps. – John J Wolfe £35.00 Trading Places - Hitchcock and Wanzer Ltd £13.50 Candle Snuffers – Martyn Fry Wolton, Willowbeck. £6.00 Kerosene Burners Brands (England & Europe) £5.00 Shire books Discovering Oil Lamps – Cecil A Meadows, Shire books £2.50 Gas Lighting – David Gledhill, Shire books £2.25 Candle Lighting – Eveleigh, Shire books £3.25 Early Vehicle Lighting – Peter W Card, Shire books £4.25 Catalogues Country House Lighting - Frederic Wise £1.00 Moderator Lamps, 1854 - J. Tyler & Sons, Reprint £1.00 Pifco Lamps 1925/6 Reprint £2.00 Veritas (Oil Lamps and Fittings) 1933 Reprint £15.00 Veritas (Falk, Stadelmann & Co) 1896/7 Reprint £35.00 Dietz and Company. 1860 Reprint. £15.00 New Book for 2012 Eclairage et Chauffage au Gaz d’Essence et de Petrole. (French catalogue of “SUCCES” lamps and cookers 1932 Reprint) £5.00 Club magazine Midnight Oil - recent copies £2.50 & £5.00 Miscellaneous Famos Mantle Carriers. New manufacture. £5.00 2 Copies of the above publications are brought to each HLC meeting. Copies can be ordered by post from: John Kidger. Tel 01242-236794 E/mail: johnkidger@talktalk.net
HLC meeting dates for 2015/16 Wythal .……………….. Black Country Museum Wheels by Lamplight… North Tuddenham …... Leamington Exhibition
13th Sept.15 10-11th Oct.15 17th Oct.15 18th Oct.15 Last Oct W/E 13
Uffington………... Wythal…………... North Tuddenham Uffington………... Wythal…………...
22nd Nov.15 13th March.16 10thApril.16 26th June.16 11th Sept.16
Joseph Hinks: an exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, October 2015
Joseph Hink’s portrait courtesy of the Town Hall.
David Burnett, John Kidger and Mike Parker had a second meeting with Vicki Slade Senior Curator (Human History) at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum at the beginning of June. They met to agree a timetable for action, update Vicki about potential material that would be available, and then explore the possible structure of the exhibition, This will be based on the three themes: of Lamps andBirmingham, Family History, and Leamington Spa. They will form the basis for three main Information Panels, supplemented by related items that we decide to display.
The planned timetable is: the need to finalise the content (objects, text and labels) on Friday 25 September, with installation of the exhibition taking place on Monday 26 October, ready for the W/E, 31st October opening, and to provide the copy for the Museum’s “What’s On” publicity by mid-August. What have you got to offer? We have already identified a good selection of potential display items but would welcome any historical material that you may have, so that we can compare notes and be as authentic as possible. The exhibition will be open from then on, throughout November, and we hope as many members as possible will manage to visit, perhaps even sparing the time to interact with visitors to the exhibition. Further details about such possibilities will be in MO 92, but you can always contact the Editor, on 01386 881863 at any time, to get an update. Handbook Update. Please note that Mr N McRae’s email is no longer tilleydoctor etc but macburner@btinternet.com. Do let the Membership Secretary know of any other discrepencies that have occurred, anything that the change of style and system update will not have identified. Thanks to Mike Bradley & Dave Horrocks for their hard work.
What it’s all about. (From page 8) It’s a Candling Lamp. Candling involves shining a bright light into an egg, allowing you to see its contents. It’s a way of examining an egg for freshness and fertility. Halfway down the lower tube there is a rather bulbous lens, which presumably is there to concentrate the light and to minimise any extreme heat exchange during the process. Courtesy the Editor’s Collection 14
Accessing the Midnight Oil online Go to the website: www.historiclightingclub.co.uk. Open Midnight Oil in the Header. Insert User name and Password (These will be sent to via your email once transfer of membership details is finalised) Login. Go to link at the end of the text, or click on the MO front page. Voila, he says! Turn pages using arrows either side of the Magazine. You can create a mini picture of all the pages underneath the main screen by clicking on the 9 cube square below. Enter full screen mode, which eliminates adverts for other publications, by clicking on the two arrows. To leave press Escape. The magnifying glass logo will enlarge the text. Let Mike Parker know, if you have any hiccups, but try a different Browser first, as some of the older ones can’t cope with new things. (01386 881863)
Wants and for Sale Wanted: Wells Patent Oil Gas-Generating Lamp, or similar. (See page 23 of the reprinted “Wells Light” catalogue) I understand that these lamps have several other names, including “Showman's Lamp” and
“Barrow Boy's Lamp”. In view of my approaching octogenarian-ship I am NOT looking for 'a project' but seek a lamp in good working order to illuminate my patio on Summer evenings. It will enable my friends and neighbours to savour the sight and odour of burning paraffin in this way. If you have such a device which you are prepared to sell, please contact me, John Hadley, on 01606 553739 or at my address printed in the H.L.C. Handbook. Wanted: Chimney holder and perforated air inlet tube, which surrounds it, for a Carcel or Moderator lamp. Base diameter of the air inlet tube 2 3/8 inches, (typically the larger size). John Kidger at johnkidger@talktalk.net
or 01242236794 Wanted: Two brass back-plates either to buy, or as a template for a new casting, to complete a pair of HINKS art nouveau brass wall brackets, No 3717 as featured on page 54 of the Hinks, circa 1882, catalogue reprint. Mike Parker at mike@parkers-paraffinalia.co.uk or 01386 881863 Raffle Prizes: Do bring them along for the Meeting raffle fundraiser. Wanted: Midnight Oil Back Numbers, 1 to 8. To buy or be donated. Contact the Editor. 15
HLC Lamp Exhibition at the Black Country Living Museum (BCLM), Dudley 10th and 11th of Oct 2015 The BCLM is hosting an "Historic lighting event" and our club members will display lamps. Also present will be other lighting exhibitors, mainly gas, and gas museum objects. We will do some demonstrations including:From Fire to Flame: a demonstration of candles and candle holders delivered in the back room of the Pub. Lamps/artefacts provided by John Kidger. Humphrey Davy and the Safety Lamp: delivered in the Mine entrance. Lamps/artefacts provided by John Kidger. Lighting the Road: an overview of the acetylene lamp delivered in Bradburn and Wedge. Lamps/artefacts provided by John Kidger. In the Lime Light: a demonstration of the creation of limelight delivered in or by the cinema. Lamps/artefacts provided by Ian Caunter. The museum is advertising the event and theming the weekend with a trail to visit the demonstration sites. This is a great opportunity to showcase our lamps and help us pick up more members as we will also have our new MO format and membership forms. This time we will be able light some lamps. The Museum is offering a fish and chips supper on Saturday evening and refreshment tokens to exhibitors. Several of us have booked in the Quality Hotel, Birmingham Road Dudley, DY14RN. 2 miles from junction 2, M5 and 1 mile from the Black Country Museum. To book Tel 01384 458070. Remember it's Fish and Chips on Saturday, so don't book Dinner. Please advise John Kidger if you intend to:Come as an exhibitor and display lamps, and join the fish and chip supper on Sat. Just come as a visitor, and join the fish and chip supper on Sat. Advise if you intend to stay over on the Fri? Sat? Sun? Exhibitors, please advise if prepared give a demonstration and subject, (lamps and crib sheet are provided). Exhibitors, indicate the number of tables you require. (tables 6 foot by 3 foot). Contd over 16
Attendees so far:Sue and John Kidger: Booked in Friday as well. 3 tables. Both days. 2 f/chips Elaine and John White: Booked in Friday as well. 3 tables. Both days. 2 f/chips John Dedman. 1 table. Both days. 1 f/chips Ian and Angela Caunter. 3 tables. Both days. 2 f/chips Phil Harris. On duty in the Radio shop.1 f/chips Mike Parker.1 f/chips Dave and Jennie Horrocks. 2 tables One day. 2 f/chips Mike and John Bradley. 2 tables Both days 2 f/chips MOs.1 table
Proposed 2015 details Advance party (staying overnight in Dudley) to arrive on Friday afternoon 1 pm-ish to layout room. Saturday - Arrive 8am prompt for set-up lamps prior to the 10am museum opening. The museum does not want unloading during opening hours. The HLC will be in Hall 2 just inside the front entrance, L/H side, which is adjacent to the car park. Hall 2 is well lit and has power sockets around the walls. It is close to the cafĂŠ. Whilst lamps may be lit in hall 2, we should discuss times on the day to ensure safety and a good atmosphere with clean burning lamps. No petrol lamps. The museum will not charge entry fee to named exhibitors. The museum closes at 5 pm. Those displaying only on Saturday may commence packing up at 4.30pm. The gates to the car park are locked at 6pm. Exit from the car park is via a token which will be distributed to exhibitors on the day. Those staying on for the Fish and Chip supper will be able to leave later.
Sunday leaving procedure is the same as Saturday. The museum will advertise the event locally, on leaflets and on Face book and Twitter. The Newcomen beam engine will not be operating on the week end. For any more info please contact: John Kidger, TEL 01242236794 and johnkidger@talktalk.net 17
Susy’s Cottage of Content in 1868
This etching was taken from a bound collection of penny leaflets dated 1869 entitled “The British Workman”. It’s clear from their content that their purpose is not reading entertainment for workmen - how many would be literate- rather as readings to be given to the “Industrial Classes” at Church, and Sunday school related gatherings, encouraging hard work and godliness in workers everywhere. This impression is well illustrated by the presence of an embossed label revealing it was “Presented to” Henry Cleuters for General Good Conduct and Regularity of Attendance at School during 1871. It comes as part of a piece entitled “Kind words are never lost” which presents Susy in her cottage of content and extols the virtue of her kind husband, telling us what he needs to do to earn that accolade– no angry looks, enraged temper, scolding and complaint of everything around him, being essential for pleasing his wife. It then asks what woman in the world wouldn’t make such a husband a good wife! Susy looks content and “sweet little Nanny” is clearly flourishing in her cot. It’s unlikely that running water and a flushing toilet would have been provided to contribute to their overall happiness, but look closely and you will see the very desirable Crusie Lamp hanging from the mantelpiece. An item that took me much searching for in the 1990s and left me departing the NEC with a large hole in my housekeeping. Mike Parker 18
More Domestic Bliss circa 1848 This was found from an etching in Punch, or the London Charivari, of July to December 1848, this time from the realm of the Middle Classes, with a bit of a humorous edge, taking the Mickey out of the man of the house. The family are blessed with what, having consulted John Kidger, appears to be an Astral lamp. It not being a lighting area I am familiar with. The shades are apparently very wide at the bottom, about 8 - 10 inches. I took John’s advice to put “Astral antique lamps” into Google and select "images" I discovered there are dozens to view. Try it and see. Mike Parker
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HLC Publication Deadlines for 2015/16 Collated Copy to Design Team from Mike Final Design to Printer
Finished Item delivered for dispatch
Uffington
Oct 2016
Nth Tuddenham
11th Sept 2016
Wythal
26th June 2016
Uffington
10thApril 2016
Nth Tuddenham
13th March 2016
Wythal
22nd Nov 2015
Uffington
18th Oct 2015
Nth Tuddenham
Meeting Dates
All copy to Mike: - mike@parkers-paraffinalia.co.uk. Tel: 01386 881863 Copy Deadline to Mike
Mon 14th Sept 2015
Mon 18th July 2016 Mike & John K.
Mon 16th May Ian & Anne Smith
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Mon 28th September Ian & Anne Smith
(2 Weeks at Printer)
Mon 1st February 2016
(2 Weeks at Printer) Mon 2nd May
(2 Weeks at Printer) Mon 4th July 2016
(2 Weeks at Printer)
Mon 15 Feb 2016 Mike & John K.
Mon 31st Aug 2015 David & Pete
Weds 29th June 2016 David & Mike
Mon 4th April 2016 David & Pete
Weds 27h January 2016 David & Mike
MO Magazine (92) Mon 24th Aug 2015 Mike
Newsletter Mon 25th January 2016 Mike MO Magazine (93) Mon 28th March 2016 Mike
Newsletter Mon 27th June 2016 Mike
27th Nov 2016
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