SARID wrote: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
SARID wrote: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
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