1960s UK penlight

DanDfellow · Sep 8, 2020

I'm looking to boost my collection of UK penlights. I am mainly collecting Penlights from the 1960's but cannot find reference web pages or photos, can anyone reccomend a 'history of' webpage for me. Failing that any photos of collections on this thread would really help me in my quest.

I think my rarest find so far has to be the Eveready (cat No.1980) penlite with a white on/off click switch. Unfortunately it no longer works. These were only made for 2yrs before being 'upgraded' to a blue twist cap.

Nyctophiliac · Sep 8, 2020

Aha! If that's the one that takes 2 x AAA batteries, then I believe it might be the type they used as 'The Sonic Screwdriver' in Patrick Troughton's last Doctor Who story. A rare find indeed! (I only have a copy).I, too, love the old pen lights - always my favourite type of torch. A useful historical site is : www.flashlightmuseum.com

Lots of good stuff on there. 143 penlight from 1916 to 2012.I hope you get inspired!

DanDfellow · Sep 9, 2020

Ah I did hear about the Screwdriver prop. Thanks for the link. I'd seen that before. However, it's worth another look. It does seem to be more US than UK.

1960s UK penlight

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