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Soldanella minima
By Pcw
27 Apr, 2013
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Gas mantles?
28 Apr, 2013
Gas wall lights, Pcw.
When I was a kid some folk still used them.
An old fella used to do his rounds on a bike, in Glasgow, with a short ladder, which he used to get up to 'spark up' the streetlights.
In the mornings he'd use one of those thingummyjigs (Can't recall what they're called) to snuff them out, wait a few secs, 'til the control had cooled, then switch the gas off.
Us kids thought he had a brilliant job, along with the rag-and-bone man and the coalman. Lol.
29 Apr, 2013
Photo 15 of 21
What else?
This photo is of species Soldanella minima.
See who else has plants in genus Soldanella.
They remind me of. the old gas mantles. :-)
28 Apr, 2013