Hi Simon Mine is a light green one and textured. I have seen silver and light green but not blue. Perhaps they were camouflaged aginst the sunny sumer sky! Bob...
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Mike Barford
mike_barford
Nov 2, 2003 10:32 am
Hi All, Just to let you know - the ESLA is working now. I've put some pictures on the site under the "'Finished and Working' ESLA Photographs" page. I'll get...
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tluck63312@...
turbo123498
Nov 2, 2003 11:13 pm
HI CHRIS . There is some THORN BETA 6 lanterns in some towns ---- CAMBRIDGE, GREAT BARFORD and CASTER that I know of. There are some photos of the GREAT...
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Docherty Michael
soxville90
Nov 3, 2003 12:54 pm
Hi Mike, The finished photo's are great. I love the old bakelite and glass cover on the Sangamo! - Most of mine have either no cover, or the more modern clear...
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Mike Barford
mike_barford
Nov 3, 2003 4:52 pm
Hi Mike, To look at the case, it appears to be plastic, but it's only when you look at it for a while you can tell it's not. He certainly did a good job on...
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i_want_a_alpha_3_now
i_want_a_alp...
Nov 3, 2003 9:04 pm
Hi all, I noticed when I was in town today that the GEC Z8534 (Z8536?) lanterns on upwardly tilted wall brackets in Abbeygate Street have been removed and...
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i_want_a_alpha_3_now
i_want_a_alp...
Nov 3, 2003 9:23 pm
Hi all, I thought you might be interested about the following two lanterns. (NB: they are both privately owned, and therefore not used for street lighting). An...
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chris gale
ynys8wyth
Nov 6, 2003 10:51 pm
Hi Tim - Many thanks for the reply! I enjoyed looking at your site, and seeing the Beta 6's at Great Barford - especially on the concrete posts. It was good to...
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chris gale
ynys8wyth
Nov 7, 2003 10:06 pm
Tonight took a closer look at some recently-installed lanters I had previously thought used metal halide, and was a bit puzzled. Resembling a little the...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 8, 2003 10:45 pm
Folks... These are cropping up quite a lot in the local press recently...this one's interesting in that it mentions the colour of the light being a problem and...
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robert cookson
horizal33
Nov 9, 2003 7:13 pm
Hi all and Mike Finally got around to loking at the pictures of Mikes Esla going up. It looks excellent! I agree about the old sangamo case as well(was it Mike...
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Mike Boyd
yodeledeo
Nov 10, 2003 12:43 pm
On 09/11/03 19:11, "robert cookson" <robert@...> wrote: <snipped> ... I'm sure it is excellent and I'd like to share in the enjoyment too....
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Docherty Michael
soxville90
Nov 10, 2003 1:29 pm
Hi Mike(Boyd) Please find attached a link to the site owned by Mike Barford, the photos that Bob refers to are in the Collection Pages, under the 155 ESLA...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 10, 2003 2:24 pm
Mike Boyd <mike@...> writes ... Here you go Mike... http://members.lycos.co.uk/streetlights/ and follow the 'updates' link. Most of the list...
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Mike Barford
mike_barford
Nov 10, 2003 5:04 pm
Hi all, I'm glad the ESLA's been such a talking point! Bob - Yeah, much better than that rusty cream thing I got in July anyway! I was thinking at first about...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 10, 2003 5:53 pm
Inspired by Sander Sloot's 'wegscenes' pages and Jon's 'lighingtelephoto' amongst others, I've collected together some 'street scene' type pics I've taken...
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Sander
santaarnpaal
Nov 10, 2003 6:18 pm
Hi Phil, Very nice street scene pictures. They are great. That "blurred" posttop lantern is not a Phosco but i looks very close to a Industria 2000 lantern. I...
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wwsl_uk
Nov 10, 2003 8:57 pm
Hi Phil, Great new "streetscenes" pages on your site. It's good to see you're photographing contemporary HPS lanterns too - I'm sure that in the future photos...
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robert cookson
horizal33
Nov 10, 2003 9:18 pm
Hi Phil Dont forget we have a Scottish contingent too, they probably think you're a woosy southerner and the weathers mediteranean! Yes some good old Deep bowl...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 10, 2003 11:00 pm
Sander <Santaarnpaal@...> writes ... Thanks! It's coming to wintertime when I usually go out taking pics....hopefully I'll have some more soon... ... I...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 10, 2003 11:08 pm
wwsl_uk <wwsl@...> writes ... Thanks Ian- my interest has always been seeing these lights in their environment- and I'm too lazy to do the amazing...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 10, 2003 11:13 pm
robert cookson <robert@...> writes ... Yeah, but don't forget, with a surname like mine, I'm down wit' the Scottish massive! Also they're...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 10, 2003 11:20 pm
Mike Barford <mike.jbarford@...> writes ... I've just realised- my original remark was a bit arsy! Whoops! It wasn't meant to come out like that :)...
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Docherty Michael
soxville90
Nov 11, 2003 1:09 pm
Hi Everyone, The old GEC lantern that I mentioned a few months ago is still for sale, at the reduced price of £30 + postage. This remote gear lantern comes...
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Jon Salmon
lightingtele
Nov 11, 2003 9:19 pm
Hi Phil Very interesting! 0067 Deeper bowl Alpha 9, like on the SOX Main Road page on my website. Not sure why they bothered with this variant. 0068 Gear in...
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Jon Salmon
lightingtele
Nov 11, 2003 9:25 pm
Correction ... D'Oh! I meant Alpha 4. Jon...
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Phil Macbean
phil4444uk
Nov 12, 2003 12:31 am
Jon Salmon <hunt@...> writes ... <snip> Jon...you da'man! Thanks for the info....I'll add it to the pages tomorrow... ... Erm...I didn't...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Nov 12, 2003 5:05 pm
I think it was Phil who asked a while back if anyone had any pictures of magnetic arc deflectors. Well, Bob reminded me indirectly that I did have some...
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Mike Boyd
yodeledeo
Nov 12, 2003 7:53 pm
On 10/11/03 14:21, "Phil Macbean" <phil@...> wrote: <snipped> ... A brilliant idea, that I now remember I have seen in some newsgroups (eg ...
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Sander
santaarnpaal
Nov 12, 2003 9:45 pm
Hi All, I was yesterday in Nijmegen. I met there another dutch streetlight enthousiast. He showed me the lampposts in his town and i had taken a lot of...
