Hi Pete - and all I may be a bit late in this response - but if these are the same 'Galleon" columns then they're likely to be the 1913 design by Sir Aston...
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Peter Owen
pete.owen1
Dec 1, 2011 7:59 pm
Hi Mikey, Thanks for the info, very interesting! We think they're probably 3rd generation lanterns on them at present, going by a couple of pictures that have...
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tluck63312@...
turbo123498
Dec 1, 2011 8:13 pm
Hi Pete . JW LTD done some work on them .Here is a link to their web site . http://www.jw-uk-ltd.co.uk/html/buckingham_palace_lighting_ref.html Best Regards ...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Dec 1, 2011 10:05 pm
... I knew the name Peter Varnon ran a bell. See: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=47961 - "Watch his technique as he climbs up to work" i.e. steals...
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Peter Owen
pete.owen1
Dec 1, 2011 10:11 pm
He probably had the hump with them cos he couldn't get them down off that ladder of his!! ;) Peter ________________________________ From: Simon Cornwell...
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Bob Cookson
horizal33
Dec 2, 2011 8:11 pm
fantastic -good man that Pete! Bob ... From: Simon Cornwell To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 10:05 PM Subject: Re:...
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we1sbach
Dec 3, 2011 5:53 pm
Was up at Culver today as dusk fell - situation the same as before. Although slightly jumbled I counted them, and the numbers of LED and SON seem identical or...
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Peter Owen
pete.owen1
Dec 8, 2011 9:37 pm
Hi All, Following further survey works today on The Mall & Constitution Hill schemes I noticed today that one last Alpha 8 has survived the removals done by...
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we1sbach
Dec 8, 2011 11:37 pm
Hi Pete - which version of the Alpha 8 was it? Cheers, Chris G....
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Dec 9, 2011 8:50 am
... The original multi-bulb version. Alas, not the original three bulb high-pressure mercury version. I came across an advert in one of the later issues of...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Dec 9, 2011 8:57 am
The 20th Century Society have asked me to write a piece about the Richardson Candles and sent me a excerpt from his biography which dealt with his fight...
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Peter Rivet
peter_rivet
Dec 9, 2011 5:55 pm
You are almost certainly right about Duncombe Place in York. Stamford was the first ever Conservation Area in the late 1960s (I would have to look up the...
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nelboy001
Dec 9, 2011 8:38 pm
Interesting... The York installations would likely be the Dumcombe Place Festivals, and possibly the Revo's on Ouse Bridge (the middle of the 3 bridges in the...
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nelboy001
Dec 9, 2011 8:58 pm
Hmmmm, I'm struggling to find it on Streetview... not helped by the camera seeming to have a fascination with going underground! It's nice that one is still in...
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we1sbach
Dec 9, 2011 9:48 pm
Oh, I loved those - took a photo of one from the coach on a school trip in 1967. Will put it on here, if I manage to dig it out! Didn't realise these were...
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Davy Warren
beta5man
Dec 9, 2011 10:29 pm
just randomly clicked on streetview and landed right on it! Not surprised its still there typically awkward London spot to get a HIAB! ...
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we1sbach
Dec 10, 2011 9:24 am
Oh - it seems to be on the boundary of the local authority area and the Royal Parks area then? Cheers, Chris G....
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Peter Owen
pete.owen1
Dec 10, 2011 1:53 pm
Looks like 'Horse' is still the way to get around the big smoke! if you take a second look at that street view link! ;) May have to see if I have a nice black...
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we1sbach
Dec 10, 2011 2:25 pm
The columns in the roads in Hyde Park were painted gold, I think - including the canopies of the Alpha 3's. If I'm correct, when did this change...? Cheers,...
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Davy Warren
beta5man
Dec 10, 2011 5:57 pm
that'd be like top shelf material for a collector of traffic signals. Won't find a red horse signal in any old collection... Tower tactics sounds good mate. ...
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Adam lachlan
paiigull
Dec 10, 2011 11:44 pm
Handy tool google street view - I just spotted a flying saucer near Earls Court. Adam...
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kally210883
Dec 12, 2011 8:09 am
I have a Thorn Alpha 3 for sale http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160699095145&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT Photos will be uploaded later today...
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colin
brightliteto...
Dec 13, 2011 7:32 pm
Hi all. I was kindly given permission by the site manager of this former railway goods yard to remove this old Eleco lantern which has been hanging...
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Peter Owen
pete.owen1
Dec 13, 2011 9:00 pm
Hi Col, Good little save there mate!! How did you get it down? Pete ________________________________ From: colin <colinfowler062@...> To:...
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Bob Cookson
horizal33
Dec 13, 2011 9:35 pm
where was that from then Col? ... From: colin To: StreetlightingUK@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 7:31 PM Subject: [StreetlightingUK] Saved....
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colin
brightliteto...
Dec 13, 2011 10:15 pm
Hi Pete. I went with my mate from work to get it,as I forced the rusted middle saddle off of the wood pole with a floor board jemmy he steadied the conduit and...
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colin
brightliteto...
Dec 13, 2011 10:23 pm
Hi Bob From a driveway off Gatwick Road here...
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andrew
meppso
Dec 14, 2011 7:26 pm
Hi all, Hope everyone is ok. I've just got back from York, I'm quite saddened to see the mercury light fittings have gone from Dewsbury terrace. It's a shame...
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Davy Warren
beta5man
Dec 14, 2011 8:08 pm
How easy does Col get it? It even had its own ladder waiting there for him! Sun always shines on the righteous eh Col? ;o) Davy From: colin Sent: Tuesday,...
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nelboy001
Dec 15, 2011 1:54 am
Hi Andrew, So you've been round my neck of the woods. Those particular mercuries went in late summer 2010, and I was too busy trying to get mercuries from...
