Hi Simon Allways interesting to see what the issue's of the day were and how they played out over time. Be great ifd you could load the rest of the document...
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andrew
meppso
May 25, 2012 8:35 pm
Hi James all, You have mentioned a few old programmes there lol. I've finally got around to putting a new ballast into my eleco gr501. Looking forward to it...
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andrew
meppso
May 25, 2012 8:36 pm
Hi chris, I loved sooty and sweep lol. Regards, Andrew....
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andrew
meppso
May 25, 2012 8:37 pm
Hi Stuart, Welcome to the group. Regards, Andrew....
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andrew
meppso
May 25, 2012 8:41 pm
Hi all, My time clock controlled gec z9491 just switched on. The Philips ma5 has just switched on. Any one with lights on tonight? Regards, Andrew....
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we1sbach
May 25, 2012 8:59 pm
Not to mention Butch and Kipper.... (They were kind of exotic in the same way that the Revo lanterns were that we could see on a day out to Cowes....) Cheers,...
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mrstreetlight95
May 25, 2012 9:07 pm
Hi Andrew, Yeah a few old golden TV programmes indeed! lol. Hope the GR501 works fine, in fact there are a few of the GR501 lantern in Milton Keynes, being...
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andrew
meppso
May 25, 2012 9:11 pm
Hi Chris, I had to google butch and kipper lol. I always thought the thorn alpha 3 was an exotic lantern lol. The revo baby dalek and top entry beta 5 always...
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andrew
meppso
May 25, 2012 9:58 pm
Hi James, I do like the gr range. Was it the only family which accommodated the Full range of sox lanterns which all looked the same but just got longer (if...
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mrstreetlight95
May 26, 2012 6:19 am
Hi Andrew, I think I know what you mean by that, like the GR100 runs 90w sox, and the GR150 runs 135w and the GR200 runs 180w etc. All those three lanterns...
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andrew
meppso
May 26, 2012 9:05 am
Hi James, Did you manage to save any gr200s? I have one but the bowl is not in the best condition. It also has a nema socket at the road side which doesn't...
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mrstreetlight95
May 26, 2012 9:22 am
Hi Andrew, No i don't have a GR200, though I wouldn't mind having one lol. but I don't know for sure, but maybe seeing that northampton has them maybe I could...
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andrew
meppso
May 26, 2012 10:22 am
He who dares wins lol...
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mrstreetlight95
May 26, 2012 11:35 am
Indeed Andrew lol B)...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
May 26, 2012 7:07 pm
Here's the paper about the design of the street lighting in Milton Keynes: http://www.simoncornwell.com/lighting/publications/ilp/conf/1976/index.htm All the...
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mrstreetlight95
May 26, 2012 7:46 pm
Hi Simon, Thanks for uploading that, much appreciated mate :) Just about all those lanterns and columns seen on there in those pictures are still in use today,...
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nelboy001
May 27, 2012 1:59 am
Page 7 lists the city centre as having 150w SON mounted at 6 meters... nowadays 150w SON is confined to 10m and 12m installations! I expect that setup though...
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mrstreetlight95
May 27, 2012 6:37 am
Hi Chris, Yeah that's right, there are a lot of 5m columns as well I'd say there 150w or maybe 100w SON like those globe lanterns in the car parks used to burn...
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we1sbach
May 27, 2012 7:39 pm
Well, Alpha 3 was certainly snazzy when it first arrived in town! But the shine went off for me, as they were mostly casual replacements on the IW, and never...
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we1sbach
May 27, 2012 7:50 pm
Andrew - I just Googled Butch & Kipper as well and your post to this group came up top of the list lol! Cheers, Chris G....
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mrstreetlight95
May 28, 2012 8:19 pm
Hi Andrew, fashionably late i know :) Here's that link i was going to post, of the GR501 lantern, on simpson road, ...
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andrew
meppso
Jun 2, 2012 8:38 pm
Hi Chris, The installation of alpha 3s in Carlisle was very well done back in 1976 i was -4 lol. The lanterns we're all painted different colours to match the...
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andrew
meppso
Jun 2, 2012 8:47 pm
Hi James, Have a look in keswick on helvellyn road ca12 4 there are some eleco gr501 lanterns there on eleco columns. I do like the eleco gr lanterns plus I...
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we1sbach
Jun 2, 2012 9:21 pm
Yes - I noticed when I visited in April that the wall-mounted ones had painted canopies, but not the colours. Nice to see them still going strong, though.......
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andrew
meppso
Jun 2, 2012 9:38 pm
Time is cruel lol Regards, Andrew....
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andrew
meppso
Jun 2, 2012 9:53 pm
Lol it's amazing the finds google does and anchors this website lo...
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we1sbach
Jun 2, 2012 10:03 pm
I Googled again out of curiosity, and my own post about seeing your post came out top! My brain started to hurt then lol! Cheers, Chris G....
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andrew
meppso
Jun 2, 2012 11:29 pm
Lol lol that's amused me lol I've got talk talk living in another world playing whilst looking at pictures of ma60s on m6 from last year near Liverpool they...
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mrstreetlight95
Jun 3, 2012 9:16 am
Hi Andrew, Had a look at helvellyn road I see one of the Eleco columns had loss a bit of concrete on the bracket arm, I guess that column may have been...
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Simon Cornwell
xevious1_uk
Jun 3, 2012 9:29 am
I now have many of the early British Standard Specifications for street lighting, lantern construction etc., and will be uploading them to my website. Those...
