Timothy Whites was a chemist a bit like Boots.

thats megga rare, we had a timothy whites in our town, they all got taken over and closed down in 1985 country wide, they were a department store, sold all sorts, electrical goods, hardwear, kitchen equipement, you name it they sold it, never ever seen a tungsten from them Timothy whites was owned by boots.

does anyone know what mushrooms were all about lamp wise? like why did they make them? what was the benefit over a standard pearl lamp?

Had not heard of Timothy Whites before, thanks for the info. Apart from this I had only ever seen 1 other TW branded lamp in someone else's collection. I have never seen a Boots branded lamp before but have the wrapper for a Boots 150w mushroom lamp (pity the lamp is nowhere to be found!)

i can only just recall timothy whites as i was 10 when it shot down, recall going in there with my parents shopping as a kid, was a big shop, like i said it sold all types of homewares pots pans, electricals can defo recall the blue logo and the TW branding on everything

Mushroom lamps were generally Krypton filled for a slightly higher lumen output and extended life.

I think I was a bit off the mark with my comment LOL!