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9th Feb 2023, 12:13 am | #21 |
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It is lovely, isn't it? The earlier versions were in two-tone colours with small panels picked out in a darker shade. Blue, green and beige from memory.
I *might* have one of those firebars, if you intend to keep it. I've wondered if fire cement would stick it back together - I have an oil lamp that needs the gallery sticking back on its base and have wondered if that will do. The oldest electric fire in my collection dates from 1920 so the "Cubic" is a bit modern - and I have a 1915 Belling catalogue. |
9th Feb 2023, 2:02 am | #22 |
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Another 'Like' for Cathovisor's vintage Belling fire - and for saving it from the 'upcyclers'.
There's a picture of my vintage copper bowl fire attached to this post: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...2&postcount=34 |
9th Feb 2023, 2:34 am | #23 |
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Yes, the Belling Cubic is a rare delight. Here's one of my fairly recent arrivals, a Revo Moderna of similar vintage, identified from a sales leaflet that appeared on eBay: working, but I need to replace its modern cable with a heat resistant version as I soon pulled the plug once my nostrils were assailed by the smell of hot PVC. I do like its enamel.
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9th Feb 2023, 12:07 pm | #24 | |
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D'you know, one day (ha!) I really ought to scan all my Belling catalogues - they run from 1915 to 1975. |
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9th Feb 2023, 12:18 pm | #25 | |
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9th Feb 2023, 12:31 pm | #26 | |
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The Pillar? We've a probably late version of it, in a matt pink finish. Belling Champions remain in favour here for keeping us warm, and I've lately acquired a No.81 to add to the fleet (two 79s, two versions of No.1, a 2A, an 82A, a couple of 83Aa and three or four 91A/92A. Several of them over 80 years old and I've yet to meet one that isn't fully working. Last edited by Paul_RK; 9th Feb 2023 at 12:41 pm. |
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I'm rather hoping this will convince the OP to keep his fire even if non-operational, although I do have a wall-mount fire with surround that meets 'modern' regulations re: guarding if he prefers! |
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9th Feb 2023, 10:11 pm | #28 |
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I have a 1935 Elrco catalogue which has similar Electric Fires but not the same make as yours. What is mentioned though is that they required you to state exact voltage when ordering. Which suggests there was still variation according to your location in '35.
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9th Feb 2023, 10:39 pm | #29 |
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The nice thing about that catalogue is it shows what the two-tone Belling Cubic looked like
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9th Feb 2023, 10:39 pm | #30 | |
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9th Feb 2023, 10:41 pm | #31 |
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And don't forget the widely varying frequencies of AC mains too - from 25 to 100c/s.
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10th Feb 2023, 7:51 pm | #33 |
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Is there anywhere/anyone likely to have catalogues that would include a less well known brand/company like this? (i.e. Walsall Conduits, which is not the Walsall Conduits that exists now) or Walglow (brand)? If I could find catalogues from mid-20s through to about 1940 could probably pin this down. Is there anywhere that collects such things for posterity?
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10th Feb 2023, 8:29 pm | #34 |
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Anybody interested in how these odd and slightly dangerous multipurpose electric heaters were actually used should get hold of a copy of Katherine Whitehorn's classic Penguin paperback 'Cooking in a Bedsitter' (1961), which gives a tremendous insight into bedsitter life in the 50s and 60s, a long vanished world. Belling had a big presence in the bedsitter market.
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10th Feb 2023, 9:16 pm | #35 |
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11th Feb 2023, 6:41 pm | #36 |
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Any way to know when Holmfirth might have had 200 until? It's a Huddersfield postcode, but Thongsbridge is more rural - it's the other side of Holmfirth from Huddersfield, near Wooldale (which is the parish my house is in)
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11th Feb 2023, 9:02 pm | #37 |
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I've no data from before 1933, when Holmfirth was already 230/400V: the list doesn't mention Thongsbridge or Wooldale. The Trade Annuals also catalogue the arrival of mains supply, very relevant to inform dealers as to the likely balance between mains and battery set demand in a particular area: around Huddersfield some 23,000 of the 40,500 households were wired, a somewhat higher proportion than the average in England.
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5th Mar 2023, 9:20 pm | #38 |
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i have a belling Zephyr 2 bar electric fire. made around 1960 which also has a convector built in .the build quality is fantastic .Its in daily use and i feel safer using it than i would a modern plastic fan heater
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