In reply to Post #19
Things like this need collating Gerry, your experience echoes that like Dave from Kryston, stand out moments that have influenced generations. I can't help but feel that the younger generation take so many things forgranted, having said that the pace at which stuff evolves nowadays is breath taking, for better or worse
Things like this need collating Gerry, your experience echoes that like Dave from Kryston, stand out moments that have influenced generations. I can't help but feel that the younger generation take so many things forgranted, having said that the pace at which stuff evolves nowadays is breath taking, for better or worse
In reply to Post #20
only picture I have wearing the cold store Jacket long time ago Cut Mill pond Farnham late 60s to early 70s when I fished there
only picture I have wearing the cold store Jacket long time ago Cut Mill pond Farnham late 60s to early 70s when I fished there
In reply to Post #21
Looks cosy Do you look at your old pics and think who the hells that too 
Looks cosy
Do you look at your old pics and think who the hells that too
In reply to Post #22
is that a polite way of saying Im a fat **** now
is that a polite way of saying Im a fat **** now
Only two manufacturers in the world and as Gerry has mentioned age and size.
Years ago it would be a 300 or 500 rating I have a 500 rating that's 34 years old from a float I had as a kid. Still works and the half life is ten years plus. Can still see it from a few meters away, now housed in a bic pen case that's strapped to my net float that I made. Sewing machines are great.
Years ago it would be a 300 or 500 rating I have a 500 rating that's 34 years old from a float I had as a kid. Still works and the half life is ten years plus. Can still see it from a few meters away, now housed in a bic pen case that's strapped to my net float that I made. Sewing machines are great.
In reply to Post #21
I thought that Oliver Reed at first glance
I thought that Oliver Reed at first glance
In reply to Post #21
I thought bedchairs where not around until the mid eighties? Sun loungers where the thing, then again I was a kid and my paper round wouldn't have afforded me one anyhow.
I thought bedchairs where not around until the mid eighties? Sun loungers where the thing, then again I was a kid and my paper round wouldn't have afforded me one anyhow.
In reply to Post #26
people in the know upgraded from the tip up shytey ratchet sun lounger to the lafuma and thats a bit of foam and a cover made out of a pair of old curtains
people in the know upgraded from the tip up shytey ratchet sun lounger to the lafuma and thats a bit of foam and a cover made out of a pair of old curtains
In reply to Post #17
Remember those isotopes in a Fairy Liquid bottletop wafting on a 3 foot drop at Darenth in the early 70s.
Was surreal to see them jump up in the dark, yes they were indeed brighter😁
Remember those isotopes in a Fairy Liquid bottletop wafting on a 3 foot drop at Darenth in the early 70s.
Was surreal to see them jump up in the dark, yes they were indeed brighter😁
I read the original Isotopes where nicked from some form of roadside emergency breakdown box? Which where indeed super bright from what I recall from the story I read/heard.
In reply to Post #29
nope people started looking for them after Brian and I started using them trust me the ones from the motorway boxes were bigger and later you could not buy Isotopes when I bought the show samples
they did for a while sell Beta lights not sure if they are still allowed ? but they were encased in plastic a much shorter life instead of glass
nope people started looking for them after Brian and I started using them trust me the ones from the motorway boxes were bigger and later you could not buy Isotopes when I bought the show samples
they did for a while sell Beta lights not sure if they are still allowed ? but they were encased in plastic a much shorter life instead of glass
In reply to Post #30
I got the idea off Baz Griffiths fishing on Llandrindod Wells in the 80s... That boy could fish
I got the idea off Baz Griffiths fishing on Llandrindod Wells in the 80s... That boy could fish