Flashlights

[SARID]

When I was a child in Carradale, before the village had electricity,a battery torch was essential, especially if you were going out in the dark.My Father always called the torch the "flashlight " The definition of "Flashlight " is "a light that flashes periodically " I wonder if flashlights were used to signal between fishing boats in the dark, before radio became the means of communication

[Malky]

When I was a child in Carradale, before the village had electricity,a battery torch was essential, especially if you were going out in the dark.My Father always called the torch the "flashlight " The definition of "Flashlight " is "a light that flashes periodically " I wonder if flashlights were used to signal between fishing boats in the dark, before radio became the means of communication

I remember reading somewhere that flashlights were so called because the bulbs they used burnt out if they were on for too long, so they were just used for short "flashes" hence flashlight.

[Bitter End]

Torches were / are called ' flashlights ' in America ----have no idea why. Perhaps that is where they came from originally

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I believe that the early batteries had a limited capacity so therefore could only be switched on or"flashed"for short periods.There is a forum called candlepower forums which explains this.(I really need to get out more).

[four eyes]

When I was a child in Carradale, before the village had electricity,a battery torch was essential, especially if you were going out in the dark.My Father always called the torch the "flashlight " The definition of "Flashlight " is "a light that flashes periodically " I wonder if flashlights were used to signal between fishing boats in the dark, before radio became the means of communication

they have electricity in the dale? wow

[SARID]

Everything that opens and shuts can be found in Carradale, Four Eyes !!! Electricity's the least of it!