On 2014-08-14 22:15:11 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:

In article ,
Martin wrote:

In the 1970s before Singapore was totally modernised. I ate in an open air
restaurant set in a garden of fan palms illuminated by tiny paraffin lights. It
was magic. I want back a few years later and the garden had been
replaced by yet
another hotel.

When I were a lad, the sole illumination at night was either hurricane
or Tilley lamps - both using paraffin, of course.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

That helped keep mosquitoes away - the paraffin, I mean.
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