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Lantern or Clerestory? Roofs that is.
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Penman



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:34 pm    Post subject: Lantern or Clerestory? Roofs that is. Reply with quote

Hi
Lantern roofs on caravans appear to be the same type of thing as Clerestory roofs on railway carriages.
Are they in fact the same and does anyone know why they have different names in different usages?
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pistonbroke



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've heard the term mollycroft
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Brian M



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On Carlights and Safaris I have also seen them referred to as a Mollycroft roof. Now where does that name come from?
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Uncle Alec



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's easy Brian - they were invented by a Molly Croft.
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Penman



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi
That's a big tongue in your cheek I think Uncle Alec. Laughing

I had forgotten about Mollycrofts, this word seems to be most used in relation to Roma and/or Showman's vans.
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