THE EYDON STORM KETTLE Eydon have only recently introduced the ‘Popular’ version of these famous storm kettles that started life many years ago in a remote farm cottage on the west coast of Ireland. History And Amusing Uses Of The Storm Kettle The western part of Ireland is particularly remote and the winter nights must be particularly long. In order to while away the long evenings some of the Irish crofters used to manufacture a simple water boiler using hand tools. These were normally manufactured in copper and took them many hours to produce. These water boilers were used in the summer months to easily and satisfactorily boil tea for the enthusiastic fishermen who came regularly to Ireland to enjoy the splendid fishing. In the early 1970’s John Grindlay and some colleagues decided that the time had come when these wonderful water boilers should be manufactured in quantity so that they could be made available to fishermen and sportsmen, John Grindlay borrowed an original copper kettle and took it to England during the winter. Tooling was manufactured and the first 10 kettles eventually produced. These were very quickly sold for £ 10 each in 1979, the assembly work being carried out by Mr Grindlay’s children who were then 8 years and 10 years old. Popular demand meant that production had to increase. Since 1979 the numbers sold have substantially increased each year.
It has always been the policy of the company to produce at a very low cost in order to primarily satisfy demand and only make a very modest profit. Enthusiastic sportsmen all over the world now enjoy use of the kettle. All this started in a remote farm cottage on the West Coast of Ireland many years ago. The kettles are used in all Continents of the world. One of the more interesting sales areas is in the remote parts of Southern Africa where dried cattle dung is used by the Zulus to fire the Storm Kettles. In the Sahara Desert many explorers and travellers have taken their kettles and used dried camel dung as fuel. Indeed the late Desmond Bagley, who was a well known novelist, incorporated the use of a kettle into one of his novels, ‘Flyaway’, when the hero crashed a plane in the Sahara Desert. His life was saved only by the use of his Storm Kettle. Nowadays, the Storm Kettle is a vital piece of equipment for sportsmen and expedition organisers. The simplicity of the product means that boiling water is always available without the need to use gas, petrol or any other artificial fuel. For further information contact: Visit the web site: www.eydonkettle.co.uk | ||||||
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