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The pioneering nudist filmmaker, inventor of the lava lamp, and owner of a helicopter and a fire engine, was buried in a small cemetery in the New Forest.
Selfridges was the first major customer of the iconic table lamp.
Tree Top Orange Squash Bottles
Using hand-blown crystal glass was going to hold the company back. It grows, breaks up, falls down and then starts all over again".
His 1959 naturist film Travelling Light was the first naturist film to receive public release in the UK, running for many months in the West End and receiving world wide distribution.
Sales exploded across both sides of the pond. Walker set up a manufacturing plant in Poole, England under the name of Crestworth, Ltd.
The following year, at a trade show in Hamburg, Germany, American executives bought rights to manufacture the lamps in North America. They were amused, not knowing how the iconic 20th century table lamp design would outlast the British fashion for the orange juice brand.
The Tree Top orange squash bottle therefore was the shape for the Astro Mini, which later became known as the Astro Baby Lamp.
The company slowly grew as Edward Craven Walker continually sought corporate buyers.
Launched In America – And Sales Explode!
Two American entrepreneurs spotted the Astro Lamps at a 1965 trade show in Brussels.
The incredibly popular lamps came to signify the mindset of the 1960s both in Great Britain and the U.S., and sales resurged beginning in the early 1990s.
Edward Craven Walker is credited with having developed the classic version of the lava lamp in 1948 after he saw an egg timer in a bar in Hampshire, England, made of a glass shaker placed in a pan with a boiling egg.
To placate sensors at the British Board of Film Classification, pubic hair wasn’t shown.
When Edward Craven Walker died in the year 2000, the family closed the facility, which was in need of renovation. It’s amusing to think of these associations with a table lamp invented by a British inventor in a shed, who patiently experimented with warmed wax and bottle designs.
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The lamps were a massive success through the 60's, becoming symbolic of psychedelia, and virtually every household had one.
His passion for nudity was evidently shared by many, as the campsite became one of the largest in England. If it takes longer to start in an average room temperature, check that the bulb is correct for your local voltage. Craven Walker said of its mesmerizing motions, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs... They started production in small buildings on an industrial estate in Poole, Dorset.
A 240 Volt 40 Watt bulb is normally supplied with the lamp, and on no account should a bulb with a different Wattage be used.
If the room temperature is too low (less than about 10 degrees C), the lamp may not start at all. His unique life story is reflected in a fascinating way in his iconic lava lamps. He spent some time working for the British-American Tobacco Company, followed by his service with the Royal Air Force during World War II where he piloted Mosquito Aircraft on photoreconnaissance missions.
Early Astro 1960's Instructions...
Original Documentation of Crestworth Astro Typed Below.
These instructions come from an Early Astro and has an early address which is rare to see referred to: Crestworth Ltd. West Quay Road. On a visit to the Ile du Levant, off the south coast of France, he discovered the naturist movement.
He became a member of Spielplatz naturist camp, where he met Elizabeth Elcoate Gilbert in the 1950s.