Hurricane Lanterns, where can you get them?

Derek,

I haven't seen them for years. Mustn't be looking hard enough LOL

Does the lantern let out enough smoke to keep the nasties away?

Regards,

Jim

What have been around 2nd hand shops lately are the old lanterns that they use to use at road works, the ones with the red and green , some with clear glass.

Usually only about $5.00 ea.

They are a good talking point as well.

They don't smoke if you keep the flame low.

Yes the oil does help with the nasties.

Hi All,
Genuine "Hurricane" lamps/lanterns are a rarity now, most are found in trendy homes or in Ye Olde Antique Shoppe's in yuppy suburbs.
If you can find a genuine article (except down the back in Granpa's shed) you are bloody lucky.

Most of those in Camping shops etc are relatively poor chinese copies, they work but do not match the originals for quality or even light output. Not that the genuine article could ever be considered a bright light.

For those of us who grew up in the days of the dunny down the back fence, the Hurricane was the only source of light for the midnight call of nature that couldn't be relieved at the lemon tree. It was usually kept alight all night just outside the back door and only turned out in the morning.

Who else can remember those times.

Cheers

Disco.

I have a cheap Chinese one. $7 if I remember and 5 years old now and still on the same wick. It has some rust on the lower edge but works great.

Hi Derek,
Nice Photo, with atmosphere.
What was the red like, most Cab Shiraz blends are rather drinkable.

Regards

Disco.

Thanks, It is at Gibraltar N.P. 'Mulligans Hut'.

The red was quite acceptable.

Regards

Derek.

So Derek if you use the Red for lantern fuel what sort of nasties does that keep away?

Once I get the wick to light I will let you know :-)

No such thing as a tilly lantern

Here is the Storm model but in the UK

Doug

I must be missing something here in the telling. There certainly was a "Tilly" lamp when I grew up in the bush.

Regards

Kim

96 GXL 80
Now things are looking up eh , you went and done some research , OK now look at the text under the heavy blue text and see how it's proper name , Now you see why I said it don't exist ....oh and don't believe what Poms tell you/

Tilley Lamp or Lantern

Now that you have been educated on that subject all messages to you will cease until you start acting like an adult and actually ask some good questions and or make sensible answers.

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Kim
The correct name is TILLEY not TILLY

Thanks Kim,
they were known as Tilly originally and and sold mainly in the old hardware stores.

My uncle still has about 5 of them and still get used.

Doug

I missed your point. Sorry about the spelling.

We used both the Tilley and Hurricane in the bush when I was growiing up, which probably explains why I'm half blind now.

Regards

Kim

My wife still has her Grandmothers glass bottomed lantern. We keep it filled with citronella and occasionally light it for "mood" lighting. One night about 20 yrs ago we turned all the lights out and tried to eat dinner by it to show the kids how people used to live. Bad idea. Could not see a bloody thing.
Jim

Kim
The point is the spelling ,
The Tilley Lamp derives from John Tilley’s invention of the hydro-pneumatic blowpipe in 1813. W.H.Tilley were manufacturing pressure lamps at their works in Stoke Newington in 1818, and Shoreditch in the 1830s. It's correct name is Tilley, not Tilly , I know it's only a small technicallity but that's the facts.
Tilley Lamp

You see this bloke I been ...well not exactly arguing with, it might look that way to you but to me it's been a bit of entertainment after he made the big statement that he would surely know more than I ever would about Wide Loads , very funny really , because he went in full bore and made a real goose of himself , a white Ant chippee saying that to someone with 30 years truck driving , with 9 of those years hauling wide loads and 5 years escorting wide loads , All I did was tried to help him with a bit of knowledge, well it seems he cant handle being made for what he is and has to make stupid remarks about people trying to make himself look good and the further he goes the worse he looks , all you have to do is trawl back through his posts over the last week and you will see what I and others mean .Pathetic.
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From DT:
someone with 30 years truck driving , with 9 of those years hauling wide loads and 5 years escorting wide loads , All I did was tried to help him with a bit of knowledge,

This was all done just to move paddocks, imagine if he had to cross a road.

Adam and Eve should have taken the pill the night they had you in mind DT.

Kim
See what I mean above ...bloody pathetic

DT, so you want others to be Sympathetic to you.

Everyone can play word games.

How come you didn't have ago at the others??

Hahahaha!!!
Id slap my kids if they ever carried on like that!
Luckily they have grown up into sensible 9 and 10 year olds....

Yes Hairy,
good to see the old Tilly has settled down for the night.

When are you going to get a hair cut?

96 GXL,
Ill get a Hair cut when you grow up!
And that will probably be when Hell freezers over and my ass stops pointing to the ground.
LOL

Hairy,
so your already in hell? if your Ass is pointing up wards to the ground.

Pass on my condolences to DT when he arrives.

Send DT an email and tell him to bring you down a pair of scissors.

Let me know when you want some more Daisies and will get DT to arrange them for you.

PS, the ice is melting. LOL :))) :))) :)))

Hey Hairy! what have you done?

DougT has left the net.

96 GXL

Might be time to give it a rest young fella!

Regards

kim

Odourless Kero
Submitted: Monday, Jul 19, 2004 at 16:35
Billy
Hi all,

We just got back from our winter trip so I've been off line for a few weeks, although having had a quick look at last few pages it seems like there has been plenty of the usual action.....

You may remember a few weeks ago I was asking about where I could get some decent Kero for the old Pressure Lamps I was resurrecting having discovered some of the dark blue stuff is not up to the job in a lantern of this type. The thread seemed to take off in all directions and ended up covering Carbide, Shellite, how to light a Tilly, Carbide as expanding bait etc tec. All good fun but still no wiser on the Kero.

Even the old Milko delivering Milk by horse and cart use to use them.

Also the old Chimney sweep had them on his cart to travel from town to town.

Thanks Derek.