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Old 2nd Nov 2016, 1:23 am   #87
emeritus
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Default Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them?

It's not fabric, just a fabric-like pattern, printed directly on the tinplate casing that is similar to the Formica on the kitchen table we used to have. There is some rust from a leaked battery, but it wasn't sufficiently advanced to break through, although it has bubbled slightly in places. From memory, the earlier one I have seen were plain colour, and I think it was only the later batches that had this patterned finish. I just noticed it still has a label inside bearing my name and the address I lived at until 1967, so it can't be later than that.

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