Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them?
The Ever Ready Trimlite. (Or was it Trimlight?)
Longevity courtesy of the simplest switch on the planet. I had two, one red one blue, this being salvaged from the best bits. The blue one was the best but unfortunately got destroyed.
The one pictured had been adorned with a leftover RAF roundel decal from an Airfix kit for no particular reason (I was 8, after all) which was a distinct advantage when i mislaid it on the school bus and the driver's mate (AKA kid supervisor) came walking up the aisle waving it around and looking for the owner.
V: Anyone lost a torch?
DP: Oh, yeah, thanks it's mine.
GM: No it's mine!
DP: It's mine, have a look on the side, it's got a roundel on it!
GM: SO HAS MINE!
A message going back in time to the 8 yr old Gregory Meakin, if you're going to try deception, make it convincing! (Oh names changed, of course....)
So, saved by a roundel, it then survived a week's school trip to Stalag Luft Bognor Regis....and so it goes on.
Dave
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