On 19/04/2019 18:24, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA
but shorter than c
Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the
3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern
batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire
wool to start a fire. grin.


Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas?
Brian

There's a danger of sounding like Maurice Chevalier but "yes, ah
remember zem well".
Eee lad, tell that to kids today and they won't believe thee.