Third time lucky hopefully - or giving up for the night. Links! http://g.co/maps/vrcxb Graeme Paterson clochandighter@... ...
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we1sbach
Apr 29, 2012 6:42 am
Thanks will look forward. WRTL use the Girvan LED installation as a case study on their website btw: ...
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we1sbach
Apr 29, 2012 6:50 am
The Dundee cfl's are WRTL Iris by the way... Chris...
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mrstreetlight95
Apr 29, 2012 12:00 pm
Nice finds, I've seen those one's before in High Wycombe as we go that way to reading, it's odd to see MA lanterns on very short arms like that, I wounder why...
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mrstreetlight95
Apr 29, 2012 12:06 pm
Hi Andrew, A bottle of red wine and sox's that works well both being red! lol well when the sox lanterns first come on anyway lol White wine I think would go...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Apr 29, 2012 12:44 pm
... Very nice. Good to see another of those lanterns being saved. However, does anyone know the definitive history of this lantern? They are often referred to...
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Davy Warren
beta5man
Apr 29, 2012 6:37 pm
Hi Chris, was this the mercury one which was on-by-day? What sort of weird bowl is that? Very milky? Cheers, Davy From: nelboy001 Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012...
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nelboy001
Apr 30, 2012 2:21 am
Hi Davy, Yes this was the mercury one that was dayburning (Hadassah Grove). It was the last mercury one left and the last with a complete bowl. Oddly enough,...
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nelboy001
Apr 30, 2012 2:23 am
Thanks Andrew, It was more of an organised save, as these lanterns are earmarked for replacement and there's only half a dozen left (if that). The clock is...
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nelboy001
Apr 30, 2012 2:38 am
... Hi Simon, The information I have, which I believe was originally from Colin G, states that they were made by Phosco Lighting Ltd in conjunction with the...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Apr 30, 2012 7:43 pm
... That's the part that doesn't quite make sense. Phosco (or PhosWare as it was then) was founded in the early 1950s to take advantage of post-war rebuilding....
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mrstreetlight95
Apr 30, 2012 8:38 pm
Hi All, Came by this a few minutes ago, it as some photos of street lights being repaired at the end of WW 2, this first pic I love just picture a repair to a...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
May 1, 2012 6:29 am
I think the column length of street lighting in the BBC drama Silent Witness is inversely related to the sanity of the plot. Last week's two-parter of barely...
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andrew
meppso
May 1, 2012 1:08 pm
Hi James, I think the motorway lantern is a phosco p415. The red wine went down nicely :-) Regards, Andrew....
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andrew
meppso
May 1, 2012 1:11 pm
Those are amazing photographs. Love the way people in those days just got on with jobs lol. Regards, Andrew....
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mrstreetlight95
May 1, 2012 3:31 pm
Hi Andrew, I think i've seen a phosco p415 before somewhere on a motorway lol Here's a fine looking church house lantern, it's since been cleaned when the lamp...
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mrstreetlight95
May 1, 2012 3:33 pm
Indeed they are. Yeah, at least those two men aren't sitting about doing nothing, or maybe they did after the photos were taken lol Regards James...
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andrew
meppso
May 1, 2012 4:21 pm
Hi James, Are those columns just made of box section? Regards, Andrew....
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mrstreetlight95
May 1, 2012 5:35 pm
Hi Andrew, I believe they, as MK is one of those towns that likes it's designs, like our Station Square is a glass building, and our shopping centre has a...
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mrstreetlight95
May 2, 2012 5:53 pm
Hi Andrew, Darren's told me that those columns are folded metal in one piece then a weld down the middle of them so there not box section oh well lol :) ...
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nelboy001
May 3, 2012 2:18 am
Unless the first version (the metal one with two lamps) was either made by a local company or in-house and then when a mercury version was required and many of...
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we1sbach
May 3, 2012 5:49 pm
As bizarre as fascia-board mounted Thorn Precincts in a film set in the 1920's (Keep the Aspadistra flying, George Orwell)....?...
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turbo123498
May 4, 2012 9:10 pm
Hi James. I dont know why these brackets are sort type in High Wycombe . There is a few long type along this road . When they installed these posts ,they had...
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Davy Warren
beta5man
May 4, 2012 9:13 pm
There are some nice old Steel S&L 8m columns in Caversham, Reading with top entry SOX lanterns. They have unusual brackets with finials above the lantern. Nice...
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phosco152
May 5, 2012 3:36 am
More of the same in Reading here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wessex_streetlighting/5821845364/in/set-72157626746825501 and here: ...
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mrstreetlight95
May 5, 2012 12:32 pm
Were those thorn alpha 5's saved the other week? Regards James...
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Davy Warren
beta5man
May 5, 2012 12:54 pm
any idea what lanterns were used when they first went in? Must be an old pic somewhere... From: phosco152 Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 4:35 AM To:...
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mrstreetlight95
May 5, 2012 2:48 pm
Davy, Don't know what would have been there before, but good luck with finding a old pic of them :o) A few of those other street lights on Wessex...
