Have a look at this catalogue page from The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection. Check out the fact that it's cheaper to buy a Borde than a Camping Gaz stove! Early 1970's judging by the decimal prices.
Tough choice between a 96 @ £3.95 and a 00 at £4.15 An 80 for £3.78 vs a 123 for £3.60 is maybe swung by the power output if you can equate that to the factor of 3 in running times. Regards John
£41 buys you one of everything ! Right enough , my first full working weeks wage in 1975 was £13.40 for 46 hours . Granted it was a summer job in a shoe shop but it gives an idea. An LP record at that time cost about £4.40. I think the cost of postage seems even more unbelievable !
Luxury - you were lucky! We dreamed of earning £13.40... When I was 14 (in 1964) my first week's wages as a summer job in the mercery of a local department store earned me £3/17/6. That's £3.88 for Monday - Saturday less Wednesday afternoon half-day closing. A bag of chips was 6d (2.5p), fish and chips was 1/6d (7.5p). Three years later, a pint of Newcastle Exhibition was 1/9d (~9p) and a Bhuna Chicken curry with Pilau rice was 14/- (70p) - drunk as a monkey with a full belly for less than £1. A single 45rpm was 6/8d (~33p) and an LP was, I think, £1/16/0d (£1.80). And we lived in't shoebox in't middle of't bloomin' road. Kids today don't even know they're born...
In the UK in those days (early 70s) the Camping Gaz would have been the most popular choice; no smell, no mess, replacement cartridges at less than one tenth the initial stove cost and available all over Europe. Paraffin stoves would also still have been popular (210 type). In the 70s I never saw a 96 type with lipstick burner, and I only knew one climber who had a petrol stove. Unlike paraffin which could be bought at hardware stores, petrol could only be bought at petrol stations in gallons - so it was difficult to get in small quantities unless you syphoned from someone’s vehicle!
@Twoberth . I agree about the use of camping gas stoves in the early 70`s . We started camping and hill walking in 1972 and we had Bluets or «blow-outs» as they were commonly known . A bind to keep lit in even a slight breeze .
