Must be a modified Garforth then.....otherwise, how would they get the flame out?

And why is that bloke setting fire to his beard? wouldn't it be less painful to shave? :lol:

The BBC described it as an 'enclosed lantern'. Poor old Mr Davey never got a mention :thumbdown:

....Lister;~)

So, we can now have a certificate to carry a ceremonial gas testing lantern???

Shame they won't be dloing the relay with the flame in the safety lamp, rather than the official torch. I look at it and keep thinking it was designed by Ali-G,who came up with the giant bling spliff....

Watch this footage for some Davy relics at the Royal Society.

All this talk of Davey lamps has reminded me of something a friend once mentioned.
He went to Truro Cathedral School (public) and said that most of Davey's developments were conducted in the schools science labs, and that much of his equipment was still there along with parts from prototypes; that was in the mid to late 1960's. Just what has happened to all that stuff now is anyone's guess, but it would be nice to know it was in safe hands and has not been fed into some skip, like some of the stuff from CSM was when they moved premises BOTH TIMES!
Their mineral collection had labels that were seperated from the samples and so they binned the samples :curse:
There were also beautifully made wooden models of crystals (victorian) which I have seen similar selling for amazingly high prices on ebay.
Anyway, I think I might just try to chase up the Davey story and see where it goes.