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Old 1st Nov 2016, 10:29 pm   #81
IanBland
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Default Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them?

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Originally Posted by McMurdo View Post
How we were easily entertained!
Indeed. We had (i.e. my dad had) one of the rubber torches already discussed with the on and off buttons as part of the rubber moulding, and I remember being quite fascinated by the "dink" noise it made switching it on and off. I seem to remember being told to "stop doing that, you'll break it".

Remembering dim old torches (and the appropriate HP and SP Ever Ready batteries) in this age of blinding LEDs is one of the things that makes me feel old.
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