Wednesday, November 22, 2006

DATING YOUR LAMP

IT WAS MADE IN 1978


Hi,

I have found in my attic a miners lamp of your manufacture, I was most surprised to find you were still producing !

I wondered if you could date the lamp for me, I suspect its not that old judging by the condition. The details on the plate are Type 6 M & Q safety lamp Approval B/28. On the horizonal area below the glass there is a M and 78/ stamped in.

Regards

David Baldock

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi
my lamp says GR6S M&Q...approval number B2/233, do you know how old it is?
Kind Regards
Tina

Anonymous said...

the gr6 was made until the early 1970's,it was then modified to the
gr6s. so if you haven't got a 2 digit number eg;77/ for 1977. its
somewhere from mid 70's
regards david

Anonymous said...

Hi

Am I right in presuming that a letter J and 73/ dates my lamp to 1973?

I am also having some difficulty opening it in any way to clean can you advise?

Thanks

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