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Description Who remembers or had a Valor heater when they where young.They ran on keroseneDate of Photoca.1950`s - 60`s.Map[1] ContributorDavid PowersTony Kokshoorn
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Date Created29th August 2020CommentsKaren Beaumont
We had one. It would smell
Megan Muir
Yes , we had a few, I liked them
Fiona Goodwin
Frances Leah Robyn Haggerty at Grans
Margaret Newton Alley
Yes, my mum use to put my school uniform on it to warm it up.
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Mel Higson
We did,sister set fire to our curtains with ours
]Paul Snee
We had one..
Dale Jones
Oh my gosh I had one of those .. I felt so fancy with having a dryer lol
Wayne Garraway
Sure do
Jeanie Stechman-nee Mann
Had to keep warm some how.
Dennis Crawford
Still got one that i use. Kero pretty expensive now tho
Sharyn Kevin Ratcliffe
omg i so remember this valor heater
Steve Turnell
Yip, we had a couple. One at the end of the passage nice and warm when you get out of bed
Helen Sinclair
I remember that well!! And the smell of kerosene
Lynley McInroe
Yep we did
Bruce Dando
A few end there days in huts in the hills.grate for drying skins.
John Hunt
Kero was the fuel. They also had their own tin fuel can with a spout attached for refueling.
Margaret Grant
They were good to.
Anne Honey
Had 2 1at each end of the passage
Brent David
Theses ones used to take a half g with special cap so you tipped them upside down onto a fitting inside the cabinet
Anne Lowe
Yes we had one of those
Trish Rennie
Smelly....
Shelley Lock
Feel like vomiting thinking about the smell
Nigel Walker
Brings back the memories lol remember the smell they made
Annette Mead
I think we had one at sacred heart school in Cobden.
Aaron Vanessa Adcock
Theresa Adcock remember this
Shona Mcclelland
Yes we had one in the bathroom the smell of the kerosene was Devine not
Sue O'Hara
A home in Northcote Christchurch was burnt to the ground when one of these exploded back in the 60's
Tony Mcgowan
yes we had one, my job to get the kero.
Greg King
Yes and oh the pong. Truly horrible.
Andrew John Wilson
Greg King that's my memory also
Miree Gibson
Had 2 of these, back in the early 70's. All we could afford then.
Zanda Lari
dangerous dam things they were to
Eve Holley
yep had them both m8
Jill Bain
I do lol
Luke Oconnell
Yip got one in the shed
Stephen McIlroy
My Grandmother had one in Dunedin, haven't seen one for years.
Noeline McCaughan
We did, stinky thing.
Shona Simmons
I remember we had one in the passage for those cold winter nights.
Lois Stevenson
Yip we did
Lisa Taylor
Yip terrible headache causing thing it was
Rosemary Hutchison
Yep
Marion Palmer
It looks a tad old. Get rid of it. I had a 3ry old suffered 3rd deg burns from a heater that had been dumped, we were short of money. I had to go to the loo urgently not giving the heater a thought. Next thing my daughter is screaming, I new the scream… Next thing my daughter is screaming, I new the screaming told me something is terribly wrong. I flew out of loo, and here was my 3 yrs daughter on fire. No ph those days, put fire off her and dashed to neighbours. By this time I was in shock. Ambulance came rather quickly They ask me for a bucket of cold water ? What for I' dint know. My 3 yr old was in hospital 9 weeks. She nearly died a couple of times. But she did pull through. If any one has finished with any electro and dont want any more plz destroy so this will never happen to a another child again.
Mal Russell
Yep
Cheryl Johnston
Yes, have got one.
Michael Nottingham
We had one when living in ChCh. Thank Heaven for vastly improved forms of heating a home e.g heat pumps. Those kerosene heaters were smelly and dangerous.
Catherine Powell
Instantly could smell it.
Richard Roberts
we had one growing up in odonnell st
Heather Newby
we had one.. it was smelly.. but it kept chill off the passage and the bedrooms.
Pam Finch It was cheap and economical but had that kerosene smell.Takes me back a few years looking at photo .
Averil Thorpe We had one for years. Darn good when you had nothing else to keep you warm in winter
Cherie Hunter-Wright Gosh I had forgotten about these. We had one for years. Put out a decent heat but certainly smelt.
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Marie Summers those things used to stink
Michelle Clarkson Yes we had two
Fergus Bryant They did smell a bit but if the wick was trimmed and no kero spilt, they were good. We had a kero fridge that could get a bit whiffy but it was out in the shed and used to freeze the tops off the milk bottles, so us kids got a real cream freeze f we didnt get caught.
M
Cheryl Newlands Yes can remember it in passage in waipawa
Joseph Hicks we had one
Glynnis Mae Hobbs-Thompson We had one mum use to lite it on cold winter morning ☺️ oh can't spell it lol
Glynnis Mae Hobbs-Thompson Remembers lol - thanks Cheryl
Les Bryce and they stank when first lit
Denise Lois Gordon - Hill Gillian Hill we had one didn’t we
Rob Elwood Long ago (late 60's) I worked after school in a ChCh hardware store. A regular winter job was riding the big black delivery bike around the streets of Riccarton delivering kerosene refills to the people who ran those things. We also sold the wicks and I often got the job of fitting them. Yes they ponged if the wick was turned up too high (yellow flame) but turned down to the correct height (blue flame) they were inoffensive. The old shop didn't have any built-in heating and sitting on top of the kero heater was a great way to get warm on a winter's morning while waiting for customers.
Katarina Leaf-Dobbs
Geez those things sure smelled bad lol
Lyn Murphy
Our family had one
Eileen Rosson
Loved our one
Denise Falloon
You could buy kerosene from a bowser at certain garages.
=Jason Mather
i used to have one of them a few haircuts ago
Pete Cheryl Ewan
If they weren't in good order they were known to cause numerous house fires
Mary Cusdin
Omg so do!!! God they were dangerous, it's a wonder we didnt burn the house down at times!!!
Susan Lightbown
They stunk like mad too!!!
Leroy Peirce
I remember those days!
Lyn King
Oh my yes we did when I was first married. I remember fixing a lot of stuff washing machines heaters etc when first married. Wouldn't now lol
Christina Mitchell
Yes ran on kero
Dave Hamilton
My father had one. He replaced the asbestos rope wick several times.
Anne McAllister
We sure did.
Annie Smith
Yes. Had forgotten about those.
Tony Smith
Chris O'brien-Smith, did we have one of these Chris?
Mary Molloy
They were horrid stinky and made things damp
Charles Carson
Sure did
Scot Templeton Yes I still have one in the box
Murray Hill My old man was 88 and moving house,I said to him I think you are supposed to leave a heater in the house when you are selling it Pop, so he put the Valour in and 2 days after the new owners moved in the schoolboy son came home and went to fill the heater up when it was going and burnt the house down,,,.,
Pauline Tucker We had two!
Neville Reilly Still have a couple one like that and a small cream colored one great for drying possum skins out the shed
Tarsh Blair Elwood Didnt they have a 1/2 g glass bottle in them?
Anne Brown I can still smell them!
Graham Porter they also came with twin wick burners with 2 vents.
Margaret Harris Had one of those ran on Kerosene
Allan Dahren Hey I’ve still got one but it doesn’t have either of the wicks does anyone know if you are still able to get them and if so whereabouts do you get them from please ??
Steve Jones Hell yer haven't seen one for meney years.
Frances Keating Yes we had one. Treated it with respect.
Robert Kiesanowski Wow I can smell that damn thing. 1/2G bottles of kero Twas my job to keep em toped up.
Annemarie Wilson Was the only time I wad allowed to light something
Greg Mait 4 Shore . we also had the cream colored ones that had a 1/2 gallon of keroseen in it .
Graham Schaef There were 2 models, single or double burner. Smelt of Kero when heating. Not good to use Turps by mistake, phew what a stink!
Gail N Gary Martin We also had one
Deb Ramage We had a nightstore with bricks in it. Always took the dampness out of the washing, and warm clothes in the morning.
Robert Webber Yep we had two of these
Peter Leversedge Had one back in the 50's. Still had it until a few years ago. Went to the scrap metal dealer when I was having a clean out in my workshop
Zona Reckitt I’ve still got my nanas one and use it in shed lol
Glenys Breeze Zona Reckitt Really Ma, I will always remember the smell of the Kerosene. We had one in our Hallway and I used to like watching the little blue light down the bottom. Funny what we remember.
Jonathan Paul Crofton
Jonathan Paul Crofton they were the go to heater for drying possum skins in the hills
Doug Griffin Yes had one not sure how we never died from the fumes
Kay Nichols Very toxic
Damian Briggs Still a few for sale on TM.
Sharyn Wooster "Don't run past the damn heater!!!!" I remember
Brian Ewart Chatterton Yes I was still using one till about 5 years zgo
Heather Newby how does it compare with todays heating prices?
Pamela Pugh Kerosene yes. My parents had one for years
Denise Scott Great for heating the tunnelhouse though.
Anthony Green Grew up with these:)
Anthea Rose
We did and kerosene lamp
Heather Newby
we had one.. not sure how efficient it was.It was in the passage. I grew up in a cold house.I don`t mind a cold house..I`m used to it.
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Kerry Weir
I do
Sheree Menzies
We had one, can still smell it!
Gavin Menzies
Lyn Thompson
Sheree Menzies oh yes stinky things
Brian Steele
I remember them well
Kathleen Ranger
Yes had one when we lived in Stillwater.
Peter Leversedge
Parents had one
Brian Ramsay
Sure did remember well
Alan Rennie
Yep, in the hall at Springfield
Demelza Taylor
Had one in Timaru, located in hallway, made a huge difference in an old brick uninsured house....many many years ago. Nappies aired nicely above it.
Demelza Taylor
Not uninsured, meaning not insulated.
Good ol autocorrect (not)
Jan Douglas
Wonder what it would cost for half a gallon of kerosene now.
Marion Wainman
Thinking of the smell reminds me of my grandmother
Christine Stewart
We had one in Christchurch when living there , was always in the hallway
Barry Sheard
We had a couple of them when we were young.
John Bennett
Had one for years used it in the garage after the house
Bev Clarkson
we had 2 of them were great
Jonathan Watson
We had two in the 1970s. Had to keep the wicks trimmed properly or would smoke badly.
I still have one in good condition.
Jenny Bourke
Yes!
Barbara McNair
When mum and dad moved into a unit they had one omg it stunk I often thought they'd get poisoned with the fumes ......
Chris Ogunmayin
Yes we grew up with 1 of them.
Maree Lewis
Of course - and who could forget the smell?
Jill A Purvis
We had one when I was a child. I now wonder how much it may have contributed to the asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia I had back then. Even maybe the rheumatic fever I had? Who knows. Have been healthier since moving out of the childhood home though.
Sue Murdoch
we hyad two
Raylene Cathcart
Good heaters ..
Robin James
Yes and the bowl of water that sat on the top of it.As it the water was not for heating what was tits purpose was it to nullify the fumes .?
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki
yes had one up the passage
Janet Hogan
Still have one in the shed
Sharon Cohen-Manley
In the Bathroom at Nana and Grandad's place at Black's Point, Reefton.
Can still smell it when thinking of it.
Trevor Bruce
Had two in the old state house
Wayne Lang
Can smell that picture
Chris Windley
Still got two of the original fuel cans. Use them for the lawnmower gas.
Ron Hibbs
We had them and a round tall one that you could see the flame. Whataroa school had some also in the late 50’s, brings back memories
Christopher Narbey
Mum and dad had one very smelly
Steve Rodda
Used paraffin in them , super smelly
Ross Antoniuk
We had one with an electric conversion.....flash
Murray Bradley
Had one in a flat in Ashburton
Julian Toon
We had one for years
And one day it burst into flames in our lounge and I took control and pushed dad out of the road and chucked it out on the lawn
Was pretty exciting
For a 12 year old
I felt empowered
Sally King
still have a couple .
Jan Bruhn
Yes , Had one setup for drying possum skins
Craig Norman
no, but you could smell them in houses that did.
Arthur Barnett
We had several. Fuel tank was a large glass jar I think,
Lyn Murphy
We had one..lovely and warm however one day as a child I stood in front putting on my nickers and burnt my bottom..ended up with three bars across my bottom making it look as though I’d been beaten!!
Margaret Grant
Smelly things they were.
Eve Holley
Yep and very smelly
Richard Woodham
Pop n grandma did the ol kero heater with the bottle upside down in the back of it still can smile the warmth today brilliant
Julie Kevin Hawthorn
Still have one... in the shed, in case of a power cut...
John Fowler
Half gallon jar upside down. Blue Pennant Kerosene
Murray Saunders
Where these run on a flagon upside down with a drip needle ?
Waste of a perfectly good flagon. Beer only.
Bruce Dando
To dry skins years ago.
Elizabeth Mehrtens
We had one moved around a bit, I now know that it contributed to the ice on the windows inside when we woke up did the job at the up until the earthquake we lived in Reefton, New Zealand
Lisa Taylor
was just talking about one of these today and the smell causing headaches
Carol Scott
Lyn Bryan how did we survive nights in the hut with this burning
Shirley Merrick
Me‼️ We had one in the hallway outside our bedrooms in the Christchurch winters. Good memories.
Karen Da Via
We had one when I was younger.
Kevin Bloxham
Stinkin things.
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Sue O'Hara
Yes we did the smell I vividly remember
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Nigel Smith
I’m from the other side of the world, in Merseyside UK, and my grandma used to have two of these Valor heaters in her house. I remember as a child going to the hardware shop to fill the can of paraffin for her. Not something children would be encouraged to do these days.
The smell of these heaters remains one of the sensory memories of childhood. Thanks for rekindling it for me!
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Jocelyn Clark
Was great for instant heat.
Tony Reid
I have a double burner Valor heater in my garage with a filler can. It still works and smells great, but I don't use it........yet.
Scot Templeton
I've still got 2 ones still in the original box
Gwen Griffiths
Exactly like that. Efficient and economical. Probably very unsafe carrying it from room to room while alight!!!!
Kristine Cullen
When we were kids, we had our entire house sooted due to one of these , think dad forgot to turn off
We had one. It would smell
Megan Muir
Yes , we had a few, I liked them
Fiona Goodwin
Frances Leah Robyn Haggerty at Grans
Margaret Newton Alley
Yes, my mum use to put my school uniform on it to warm it up.
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Mel Higson
We did,sister set fire to our curtains with ours
]Paul Snee
We had one..
Dale Jones
Oh my gosh I had one of those .. I felt so fancy with having a dryer lol
Wayne Garraway
Sure do
Jeanie Stechman-nee Mann
Had to keep warm some how.
Dennis Crawford
Still got one that i use. Kero pretty expensive now tho
Sharyn Kevin Ratcliffe
omg i so remember this valor heater
Steve Turnell
Yip, we had a couple. One at the end of the passage nice and warm when you get out of bed
Helen Sinclair
I remember that well!! And the smell of kerosene
Lynley McInroe
Yep we did
Bruce Dando
A few end there days in huts in the hills.grate for drying skins.
John Hunt
Kero was the fuel. They also had their own tin fuel can with a spout attached for refueling.
Margaret Grant
They were good to.
Anne Honey
Had 2 1at each end of the passage
Brent David
Theses ones used to take a half g with special cap so you tipped them upside down onto a fitting inside the cabinet
Anne Lowe
Yes we had one of those
Trish Rennie
Smelly....
Shelley Lock
Feel like vomiting thinking about the smell
Nigel Walker
Brings back the memories lol remember the smell they made
Annette Mead
I think we had one at sacred heart school in Cobden.
Aaron Vanessa Adcock
Theresa Adcock remember this
Shona Mcclelland
Yes we had one in the bathroom the smell of the kerosene was Devine not
Sue O'Hara
A home in Northcote Christchurch was burnt to the ground when one of these exploded back in the 60's
Tony Mcgowan
yes we had one, my job to get the kero.
Greg King
Yes and oh the pong. Truly horrible.
Andrew John Wilson
Greg King that's my memory also
Miree Gibson
Had 2 of these, back in the early 70's. All we could afford then.
Zanda Lari
dangerous dam things they were to
Eve Holley
yep had them both m8
Jill Bain
I do lol
Luke Oconnell
Yip got one in the shed
Stephen McIlroy
My Grandmother had one in Dunedin, haven't seen one for years.
Noeline McCaughan
We did, stinky thing.
Shona Simmons
I remember we had one in the passage for those cold winter nights.
Lois Stevenson
Yip we did
Lisa Taylor
Yip terrible headache causing thing it was
Rosemary Hutchison
Yep
Marion Palmer
It looks a tad old. Get rid of it. I had a 3ry old suffered 3rd deg burns from a heater that had been dumped, we were short of money. I had to go to the loo urgently not giving the heater a thought. Next thing my daughter is screaming, I new the scream… Next thing my daughter is screaming, I new the screaming told me something is terribly wrong. I flew out of loo, and here was my 3 yrs daughter on fire. No ph those days, put fire off her and dashed to neighbours. By this time I was in shock. Ambulance came rather quickly They ask me for a bucket of cold water ? What for I' dint know. My 3 yr old was in hospital 9 weeks. She nearly died a couple of times. But she did pull through. If any one has finished with any electro and dont want any more plz destroy so this will never happen to a another child again.
Mal Russell
Yep
Cheryl Johnston
Yes, have got one.
Michael Nottingham
We had one when living in ChCh. Thank Heaven for vastly improved forms of heating a home e.g heat pumps. Those kerosene heaters were smelly and dangerous.
Catherine Powell
Instantly could smell it.
Richard Roberts
we had one growing up in odonnell st
Heather Newby
we had one.. it was smelly.. but it kept chill off the passage and the bedrooms.
Pam Finch It was cheap and economical but had that kerosene smell.Takes me back a few years looking at photo .
Averil Thorpe We had one for years. Darn good when you had nothing else to keep you warm in winter
Cherie Hunter-Wright Gosh I had forgotten about these. We had one for years. Put out a decent heat but certainly smelt.
2
Marie Summers those things used to stink
Michelle Clarkson Yes we had two
Fergus Bryant They did smell a bit but if the wick was trimmed and no kero spilt, they were good. We had a kero fridge that could get a bit whiffy but it was out in the shed and used to freeze the tops off the milk bottles, so us kids got a real cream freeze f we didnt get caught.
M
Cheryl Newlands Yes can remember it in passage in waipawa
Joseph Hicks we had one
Glynnis Mae Hobbs-Thompson We had one mum use to lite it on cold winter morning ☺️ oh can't spell it lol
Glynnis Mae Hobbs-Thompson Remembers lol - thanks Cheryl
Les Bryce and they stank when first lit
Denise Lois Gordon - Hill Gillian Hill we had one didn’t we
Rob Elwood Long ago (late 60's) I worked after school in a ChCh hardware store. A regular winter job was riding the big black delivery bike around the streets of Riccarton delivering kerosene refills to the people who ran those things. We also sold the wicks and I often got the job of fitting them. Yes they ponged if the wick was turned up too high (yellow flame) but turned down to the correct height (blue flame) they were inoffensive. The old shop didn't have any built-in heating and sitting on top of the kero heater was a great way to get warm on a winter's morning while waiting for customers.
Katarina Leaf-Dobbs
Geez those things sure smelled bad lol
Lyn Murphy
Our family had one
Eileen Rosson
Loved our one
Denise Falloon
You could buy kerosene from a bowser at certain garages.
=Jason Mather
i used to have one of them a few haircuts ago
Pete Cheryl Ewan
If they weren't in good order they were known to cause numerous house fires
Mary Cusdin
Omg so do!!! God they were dangerous, it's a wonder we didnt burn the house down at times!!!
Susan Lightbown
They stunk like mad too!!!
Leroy Peirce
I remember those days!
Lyn King
Oh my yes we did when I was first married. I remember fixing a lot of stuff washing machines heaters etc when first married. Wouldn't now lol
Christina Mitchell
Yes ran on kero
Dave Hamilton
My father had one. He replaced the asbestos rope wick several times.
Anne McAllister
We sure did.
Annie Smith
Yes. Had forgotten about those.
Tony Smith
Chris O'brien-Smith, did we have one of these Chris?
Mary Molloy
They were horrid stinky and made things damp
Charles Carson
Sure did
Scot Templeton Yes I still have one in the box
Murray Hill My old man was 88 and moving house,I said to him I think you are supposed to leave a heater in the house when you are selling it Pop, so he put the Valour in and 2 days after the new owners moved in the schoolboy son came home and went to fill the heater up when it was going and burnt the house down,,,.,
Pauline Tucker We had two!
Neville Reilly Still have a couple one like that and a small cream colored one great for drying possum skins out the shed
Tarsh Blair Elwood Didnt they have a 1/2 g glass bottle in them?
Anne Brown I can still smell them!
Graham Porter they also came with twin wick burners with 2 vents.
Margaret Harris Had one of those ran on Kerosene
Allan Dahren Hey I’ve still got one but it doesn’t have either of the wicks does anyone know if you are still able to get them and if so whereabouts do you get them from please ??
Steve Jones Hell yer haven't seen one for meney years.
Frances Keating Yes we had one. Treated it with respect.
Robert Kiesanowski Wow I can smell that damn thing. 1/2G bottles of kero Twas my job to keep em toped up.
Annemarie Wilson Was the only time I wad allowed to light something
Greg Mait 4 Shore . we also had the cream colored ones that had a 1/2 gallon of keroseen in it .
Graham Schaef There were 2 models, single or double burner. Smelt of Kero when heating. Not good to use Turps by mistake, phew what a stink!
Gail N Gary Martin We also had one
Deb Ramage We had a nightstore with bricks in it. Always took the dampness out of the washing, and warm clothes in the morning.
Robert Webber Yep we had two of these
Peter Leversedge Had one back in the 50's. Still had it until a few years ago. Went to the scrap metal dealer when I was having a clean out in my workshop
Zona Reckitt I’ve still got my nanas one and use it in shed lol
Glenys Breeze Zona Reckitt Really Ma, I will always remember the smell of the Kerosene. We had one in our Hallway and I used to like watching the little blue light down the bottom. Funny what we remember.
Jonathan Paul Crofton
Jonathan Paul Crofton they were the go to heater for drying possum skins in the hills
Doug Griffin Yes had one not sure how we never died from the fumes
Kay Nichols Very toxic
Damian Briggs Still a few for sale on TM.
Sharyn Wooster "Don't run past the damn heater!!!!" I remember
Brian Ewart Chatterton Yes I was still using one till about 5 years zgo
Heather Newby how does it compare with todays heating prices?
Pamela Pugh Kerosene yes. My parents had one for years
Denise Scott Great for heating the tunnelhouse though.
Anthony Green Grew up with these:)
Anthea Rose
We did and kerosene lamp
Heather Newby
we had one.. not sure how efficient it was.It was in the passage. I grew up in a cold house.I don`t mind a cold house..I`m used to it.
Reply3h
Kerry Weir
I do
Sheree Menzies
We had one, can still smell it!
Gavin Menzies
Lyn Thompson
Sheree Menzies oh yes stinky things
Brian Steele
I remember them well
Kathleen Ranger
Yes had one when we lived in Stillwater.
Peter Leversedge
Parents had one
Brian Ramsay
Sure did remember well
Alan Rennie
Yep, in the hall at Springfield
Demelza Taylor
Had one in Timaru, located in hallway, made a huge difference in an old brick uninsured house....many many years ago. Nappies aired nicely above it.
Demelza Taylor
Not uninsured, meaning not insulated.
Good ol autocorrect (not)
Jan Douglas
Wonder what it would cost for half a gallon of kerosene now.
Marion Wainman
Thinking of the smell reminds me of my grandmother
Christine Stewart
We had one in Christchurch when living there , was always in the hallway
Barry Sheard
We had a couple of them when we were young.
John Bennett
Had one for years used it in the garage after the house
Bev Clarkson
we had 2 of them were great
Jonathan Watson
We had two in the 1970s. Had to keep the wicks trimmed properly or would smoke badly.
I still have one in good condition.
Jenny Bourke
Yes!
Barbara McNair
When mum and dad moved into a unit they had one omg it stunk I often thought they'd get poisoned with the fumes ......
Chris Ogunmayin
Yes we grew up with 1 of them.
Maree Lewis
Of course - and who could forget the smell?
Jill A Purvis
We had one when I was a child. I now wonder how much it may have contributed to the asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia I had back then. Even maybe the rheumatic fever I had? Who knows. Have been healthier since moving out of the childhood home though.
Sue Murdoch
we hyad two
Raylene Cathcart
Good heaters ..
Robin James
Yes and the bowl of water that sat on the top of it.As it the water was not for heating what was tits purpose was it to nullify the fumes .?
Sheryl Elizabeth Paki
yes had one up the passage
Janet Hogan
Still have one in the shed
Sharon Cohen-Manley
In the Bathroom at Nana and Grandad's place at Black's Point, Reefton.
Can still smell it when thinking of it.
Trevor Bruce
Had two in the old state house
Wayne Lang
Can smell that picture
Chris Windley
Still got two of the original fuel cans. Use them for the lawnmower gas.
Ron Hibbs
We had them and a round tall one that you could see the flame. Whataroa school had some also in the late 50’s, brings back memories
Christopher Narbey
Mum and dad had one very smelly
Steve Rodda
Used paraffin in them , super smelly
Ross Antoniuk
We had one with an electric conversion.....flash
Murray Bradley
Had one in a flat in Ashburton
Julian Toon
We had one for years
And one day it burst into flames in our lounge and I took control and pushed dad out of the road and chucked it out on the lawn
Was pretty exciting
For a 12 year old
I felt empowered
Sally King
still have a couple .
Jan Bruhn
Yes , Had one setup for drying possum skins
Craig Norman
no, but you could smell them in houses that did.
Arthur Barnett
We had several. Fuel tank was a large glass jar I think,
Lyn Murphy
We had one..lovely and warm however one day as a child I stood in front putting on my nickers and burnt my bottom..ended up with three bars across my bottom making it look as though I’d been beaten!!
Margaret Grant
Smelly things they were.
Eve Holley
Yep and very smelly
Richard Woodham
Pop n grandma did the ol kero heater with the bottle upside down in the back of it still can smile the warmth today brilliant
Julie Kevin Hawthorn
Still have one... in the shed, in case of a power cut...
John Fowler
Half gallon jar upside down. Blue Pennant Kerosene
Murray Saunders
Where these run on a flagon upside down with a drip needle ?
Waste of a perfectly good flagon. Beer only.
Bruce Dando
To dry skins years ago.
Elizabeth Mehrtens
We had one moved around a bit, I now know that it contributed to the ice on the windows inside when we woke up did the job at the up until the earthquake we lived in Reefton, New Zealand
Lisa Taylor
was just talking about one of these today and the smell causing headaches
Carol Scott
Lyn Bryan how did we survive nights in the hut with this burning
Shirley Merrick
Me‼️ We had one in the hallway outside our bedrooms in the Christchurch winters. Good memories.
Karen Da Via
We had one when I was younger.
Kevin Bloxham
Stinkin things.
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Sue O'Hara
Yes we did the smell I vividly remember
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Nigel Smith
I’m from the other side of the world, in Merseyside UK, and my grandma used to have two of these Valor heaters in her house. I remember as a child going to the hardware shop to fill the can of paraffin for her. Not something children would be encouraged to do these days.
The smell of these heaters remains one of the sensory memories of childhood. Thanks for rekindling it for me!
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Jocelyn Clark
Was great for instant heat.
Tony Reid
I have a double burner Valor heater in my garage with a filler can. It still works and smells great, but I don't use it........yet.
Scot Templeton
I've still got 2 ones still in the original box
Gwen Griffiths
Exactly like that. Efficient and economical. Probably very unsafe carrying it from room to room while alight!!!!
Kristine Cullen
When we were kids, we had our entire house sooted due to one of these , think dad forgot to turn off
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West Coast New Zealand History (10th Jul 2023). Kerosene heater. ca.1950`s - 60`s.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 5th Apr 2026 16:32, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/28368