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Ever Ready headtorch in box

Accession Number

1041.2013.1

Object Name

Ever Ready headtorch in box

Created

15/01/2013

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

15/01/2013

Brief Description

A red headtorch with attached battery case in its original box

Materials

metal,plastic

Dimensions

15(l) x 10.5(h) x7.5(w) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On battery case "EVER READY" On box " EVER READY HEAD LAMP CATALOGUE NO. 4001 MADE IN BRITAIN"

Colour

silver, red

Maker

Ever Ready

Object Production Place

Britain

Provenance

We're not too sure when headlamps were first used in the mountains. There's a distinct lack of them in any photos that we've seen from the 1950's and 60's and one time leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, Ian Sutherland, has a rather harrowing tale of finishing the North East Buttress of Ben Nevis with a torch firmly clenched in his teeth.
Early 1970's equipment catalogues started to show headlamps, so they proabably arrived on the mountain scene in the late 1960's.
Ever Ready started life in America in 1899 with the British version following soon after in 1901; though it seems the two companies led separate lives pretty much from the outset.
Batteries were their main concern and there were lots of radios and bicycle lamps that needed power. They started making their own lamps in the 1930's and we suspect the headlamp we have here in the collection dates from the 1970's. In mint condition, it's an excellent example of technology at the time. Mick Tighe bought it for £8.00 in 2012.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

15/01/2013

Condition Check Date

15/01/2013

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

15/01/2013

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