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Originally Posted by pauldavies
Hi David and the only thing I can say is I don't know! Tilleys came from Northern Ireland (Belfast) and my dad had loads of them as he worked on British Rail and seemed to borrow them a lot, I used to have and may well have one in my storage shed but can't find it. Mike may throw some light (no pun intended) on the subject as he is a wealth of knowledge on these things.
Good luck
Paul
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Yes, they moved the business to Northern Ireland sometime around 1960. The earlier pre Ireland X246A Tillies are considered to be of better quality , The 246 B models were changed around by the accountants. The 1946 to 50 models are highly sought after, all brass construction.
I will PM you Paul.
