Anchor Light/Chandlers

[hurley_happy]

Can anyone advise me of a good WEBsite to purchase a more traditional parrafin riding light from (not the pressed and dipped variety which 'jump' around alarmingly before rusting up)

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[snowleopard]

your best bet is Davey & co, don't know if they are still around but try this website <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.classic-boats.co.uk>http://www.classic-boats.co.uk</A>

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[ianwright]

,,,,,,,, or better still this one,,,,,,,,,,

http://www.classicmarine.co.uk/

IanW.

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[Gunfleet]

Davey and Co are alive and well on an industrial estate in Colchester and will send a catalogue against £2 in stamps. They're in the phone book!

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[Mirelle]

Yes, or try fossicking around antique shops!

Davey and Co are a very erratic firm; their cone burner anchor lamp is legendary but they no longer make it - although they did order in a supply of new glass cones. Don't ask me to explain!

Seriously, my sister presented me with a 1951 Davey cone burner pattern, galvanised, unused, which she had found in an antique shop in Kent - it is larger than yacht size and had obviously been a coaster's NUC light - just remove red shade! Since I already had a yacht size one (boat's original equipment) I now have a serious steamer scarer as well!

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[ianwright]

>Davey and Co are a very erratic firm; their cone burner anchor lamp is legendary but they no longer make it - although they did order in a supply of new glass cones.<

Oh good, I'll lay in a supply for mine, copper and brass, bought new in1988 from Grenade St and VERY expensive even then, after they doubled the price folk stopped buying them, can't imagine why,,,,,,,,,,

IanW




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[jsl]

Would that be Davey London and Co, West Mersea? It sounds like a solicitors'.

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[Gunfleet]

http://www.davey.co.uk/default.htm is the website. Click on Chandlery. Your Davey & Co London sounds right but I don't know what West Mersea has to do with it - the industrial estate is nowhere near there.

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