LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Oh have I got the wrong sort of paraffin!!! ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Think so, the stuff you sold would be paraffin as burnt in heaters, liquid paraffin is medicinal used back then to free the bowels amongst other things 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Phew, glad of that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 We had a paraffin heater in the kitchen at home in the mornings, of course that was in the days when we had severe winters and no central heating, ice inside bedroom windows and a cold nose when you woke up! The only room in the house was the sitting room with the coal fire. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Yes, we all had those in the 50's and 60's. H&S would have palpitations these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,303 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 When I was born...almost 60 years ago, we had a paraffin heater. Mum bought it in 1950 when my sister was born. Terry nappies were still rationed then...as were many things...and mum didn't have many. If the weather was wet and she couldn't dry them outdoors, they were ranged on the clothes horse in front of the Paul Warma heater. It was made of stove enamel and had a fuel reservoir that lifted out of the back by means of a handle. I too remember freezing cold bedrooms with Jack Frost fronds inside the window panes. Although there were fireplaces in the bedrooms, there were no fires unless anyone was ill or confined to bed. Over the winter of 62/63, everything froze, even the water main in the road. We really appreciated our paraffin heater then! This is an almost identical model to ours! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,576 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 We had one of those heaters in the garage where I was an apprentice, we also had a large paraffin tank in the back of the garage where we sold the stuff to the public,one day the tank was almost empty and a customer arrived wanting some paraffin,he always had five gallon at a time,before he came into the garage we quickly filled our small heater tank with paraffin and rushed back in the office to put the small tank back in the heater which was still lit,needless to say quite a bit of paraffin was dripping from the small tank all over the flame when we attampted to put it back in the heater, whoosh,the bloody thing went up in flames, so as not to set fire to the whole office my mate (another apprentice) quickly picked up the heater and rushed outside with it and set it down on the pavement outside the garage, safe we thought until we saw what was above the now well burning heater,it was the petrol pump boom hoses that went from the fuel pumps over the pavement to the road side,(remember them?) panic overtook us,we couldn't use the fire extinguishers (which were the small brass water filled hand pumped type) because the day before we had a water fight with them and they were empty, all ended fairly well though,we just pulled the pump hose boom back over the pavement to the side of the garage and let the excess paraffin burn out, Sorry it's a long winded post but at least it's off my chest now and can I take this opportunity to appologise to Denys who had the shop next to the garage for giving him and his customers the potential for a heart attack Rog 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 11 hours ago, LizzieM said: Oh have I got the wrong sort of paraffin!!! ?? I thought you were joking; deliberately meaning the wrong sort of paraffin! Bum-bum-bum-bum....Esso Blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Wish I had been joking! Feel dumb not knowing about the medicinal sort, I obviously never needed it! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 5 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: I too remember freezing cold bedrooms with Jack Frost fronds inside the window panes. Although there were fireplaces in the bedrooms, there were no fires unless anyone was ill or confined to bed. Over the winter of 62/63, everything froze, even the water main in the road. We really appreciated our paraffin heater then! You were obviously upmarket ! At least you had fireplaces in the bedrooms. In a 1950s council house we didn't even have the luxury of an empty fireplace; it was either a paraffin heater or a one-or-two bar electric fire. The designers obviously thought that any kind of heating upstairs was unnecessary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,576 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 I was always told it was character building,Character building my ar$e,and that was cold too Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 I'm surprised more folks didn't die of carbon monoxide poisoning. Maybe the rooms were so drafty the air kept circulating. Compo. I guess you were thinking of the Esso blee dooler! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 I thought Lizzie was joking about the medicinal paraffin being sold by the galleon. It brought to mind the telly adverts "Esso Blue" and Alladin's "Ring for Pink" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 I think there's an echo in here, Compo! LOL. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,576 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 One for Carni Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Only plain ones Plantfit.....Cork tip was for wimps. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 A pal's father smoked Parkie plain. He was from Czechoslovakia and had a strong accent - called them "Sags" meaning "Fags". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,576 Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 A few more to bring back some memories Remington electric shaver Shippo's beer barrel Be-Ro cakes,scones and puddings OXO using economy cuts of beef Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 Great collection Rog! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 Here's a photo of some techy bits from my little museum. The micrometer and vernier calliper are courtesy of our very own Plantfit: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 A Rover 75 seen at Dwarwick Pier, Caithness,Tuesday19th Sept. 2017. Note that it still has trafficators, despite having indicators fitted. I wonder if this was a factory-fit job during an interim changeover period of manufacture? 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,303 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 Brings back memories. We had one when I was little. Dad loved it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 I had a Rover 80 and always hung my nose over the 110. My dad called them the poor mans Rolls Royce. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 Those green polythene strips that you placed inside the top of your car windscreen to prevent sun glare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 Especially those that had names on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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