Hi Graeme, It was actually me who posted John's photos of the Hailes replacement scheme under way! (I hope he doesn't mind, I thought they'd complement your...
PS - I meant of course a Z9465. However the prospect of a Z9564 on a slimline column presents a very interesting image! For the record, the number of...
Pete, I thought "Doing a Fred" wasn't complete without an old Hooter to warn people as well as shouting "It's Going!" Scot B ... [Non-text portions of this...
Hi Michael / All, I think the only way to post photo's for quick reference now is to set up a Photo Album on the Group and then upload to it. You can click...
Hi Graeme, Now I remember - the "bridge to nowhere" which, despite numerous attempts over the years to link it with something, remained as such until a few...
Hello all No - I don't mind the Edinburgh photos - but then I'm biased as it brings many memories back! I'm trying to find a decent shot of the odd ...
The column has to narrowly miss your earole, hitting the deck with a nice wallop giving you a good covering of crap and dust and you finish the job rolling a...
Wow! Great work, Mike! Two photos in your Flickr album stand out for me. Firstly, the flourescents in Lothian Road, which didn't last very long; they were ...
Photos of North Bridge in cable car days show that it had Mackenzie columns on it then. There's a good picture of the overhead lines for electric trams being...
Indeed it does. I stand corrected! The Mackenzies must have disappeared during the tramway era. I can remember reading somewhere that when Lothian Regional...
Hi folks Glad that you're enjoying the pics so I scanned a few more. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/2818330117/ is another view looking south down...
Cheers Mikey. Wow, that Lothian Road one is a beauty! Note that on the left (east) side of the street former tram poles were used as lighting columns as far...
There was another fluorescent installation similar to Lothian Road on Mayfield Street, and there was also the longer lived 1950s one in George Street. Peter ...
How could I have forgotten the George Street ones? I remember them from my formative years. These went in 1982/3 - around the same that the roundabouts were...
Hi all, Â Best guess from books and photos etc; I think that Lothian Road's (and Earl Grey Street)fluorescents on CU columns were installed in 1960 or...
Sorry not Mayfield Street - Minto Street! I'm not quite sure how far out this installation extended but it covered a stretch with a lot of Victorian villas...
Hi again, Â Now another great mystery, this time in Morningside Road: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/557793591/ That M&M slimline column with the...
Hi Graeme, I knew that you'd come up with the goods! I can back-up the date of the demise of the Lothian Road flourescent lanterns as being 1975 - in Gavin...
I think the Atholl Crescent columns still survive. I remember seeing them when I passed through the area a week past Saturday. Steven ... old column I...
Hi Steven, Â I'm sure the Atholl Crescent four all fell to 'same site replacement' around 2005 when Edinburgh City Council had its purge on nearly all the...
Hi Graeme, Think you're right, my memory must have been playing tricks! Odd that Atholl Crescent has been relit while its opposite number across the road...
Thanks for this Peter. Â I think that the fluorescents in Minto Street could only have lasted until 1965/66 at the latest. Â The 10m columns which were...
Hi Steven, Â Only two left now. one was lost in 2001, probably accidently - Kirk Street, west side south end. The two survivors, one in Casselbank Street and...
Hi Steven,  As it just so happens, I also have Gavin Booth's book "Streets of Edinburgh". Looking at the photo on page 48, it appears that the Earl Grey...
Hello all I've scanned a photo on to Flickr that shows the old traction posts that have been spoken of - well, they do in the distance! I salvaged the photo...
"A unique feature on these columns was a post top box containing the time switch. The finials must have been removed when the brackets were fitted." These...
Looking at the pictures, the fluorescent lanterns appear to be Phosco Princess lanterns (originally called the F3-80/H and latterly called the more consise...
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