Old School Lamps

[South hams hunter 8,837]

My old man still has several lucas lights and I have no doubt they were good at the time but I found em shite lol. Other thing him and his partner used to do was make 'ever lasting' switches from feeler gauges, had to put plasters and electrical tape on their thumbs so they didnt get burnt

[tatsblisters 7,946]

First lamp was one of those swinford contraptions in the metal box then progressed onto the halford specials them small sguare lamps that fitted well into a barbour front pocket then to the Q beams wich if i remember from the adverts for them these lamps were used on helicopters in the vietnam war .lol

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Had some great nights out,..with a Halford's Special ...

Edited December 20, 2015 by Phil Lloyd

[low plains drifter 9,463]

A blast from the past here guys......

 

Did anyone have a nite owl?

Did'nt have one, but can remember the local gun shops having them on the shelves, seemed to be all kinds of lamps on offer back then

[rough dog 333]

LR6 LR 9 LR14 still using the LR9 now after over 30 years , I have never wanted a lamp that will light up the fields and in to the farmers bedroom 10 miles away :thumbs:

[mackem 23,785]

My kids are in HK,my missus is in canada,so i am having the perfect peacefull christmas,dug this pic out of my sisters garage yesterday,halfords special.

[mackem 23,785]

Another oldie,motorbike battery and haversack.

[maxwell 88]

When me and my mates first started lamping in the seventies we used to use a round car headlight with a car battery in a haversack, we then moved onto a car spotlight with a bulb fitted and the smallest car battery we could find normally out of a reliant robin, but some spotlights were no good because the beam had a wide spread and you could not get the distance. The old lucas spotlights with the bulb fitted were about the best.When we finally discovered motor bike batteries we were in a different league we use to take two home made lamps and two of the biggest amp motor bike batteries and used to stay out until the batteries drained. Then as halogen spotlights came out we would try as many different types as we could until we found one with the beam we needed.It was a few year until commercial lamps for lamping could be purchased.

[green dragon 694]

Good read that maxell it's amazing how much the game has changed

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

There's one of them blue eye things for sale on one Facebook page

[YOKEL 2,121]

First lamp I ever had was given me by a fella no longer with us. It was an old car spot light toshed onto a qualcast lawn mower handle...lol.

Yokel

[mackem 23,785]

First ever proper shop bought lamp a gift from my first ever proper girlfriend,cant remember what happened to her or the lamp.

[mackem 23,785]

Oldie.

[toblue 149]

Like others mine was a Cibie Sport (clear lens) and motorbike battery. At the time 35 years ago there wasn't a motorbike or car with lamps on safe in the whole of West Cumbria

Edited April 16, 2016 by toblue

[neil cooney 10,415]

Oldie.

That set up looks familiar.

Back in those days done one night and one night only with a lad who had a car battery attached to a piece of plywood with straps on it that attached at the front like an old school satchel.

We were being chased one night and I slipped under a gate but when he went to slip under the gate this thing on his back, sticking out about 15'' of his back got stuck and he nearly got caught.

Thank God for the new smaller set ups.