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

My parents' gas fire had a battery holder, with a tube inside, that held
one D-cell and a dummy or two D-cells. It started with one plus dummy
when installed, but had to switch to two when we changed from town gas
to natural gas.

SteveW