Heh, I've remembered the pics I was talking about- they were the ones you supplied for Simon's site! Here's the link for others that haven't seen them- ...
Hey Sander That is indeed a stroke of luck! It looks in really good condition...do you find the crews in the Netherlands are usually friendly and will give you...
I'm afraid the last Sol-e-tern was removed in 1988. It was in a back alley and I tried to get it but no such luck. I've added to photos of other lanterns from...
Hi Phil, My experience is the crews are friendly and willing to give you stuff. I had to explain why i want the lantern and when i said that i was a ...
Wow, one lasted that long? That's longer than I thought...I imagined they'd all be gone by the early 80s... Hey, great pics btw! Most of them look to be from...
... There are still nine Sol-e-terns in, and around, Cambridge. And I've recently just got my first lantern from a Cambrdige street lighting crew, so here's...
Well I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on that one! Are they likely to come down soon, or are they still working OK or in an area not being worked on at the...
Hello Guys I know Colin G offered to get one for me, but does anyone know whats happening with the SLI/H lamps, I also see the seller has placed the Glide ...
Hi Brian Myself and John have bought them but have had to negotiate the price and postage. They look like being £4 to £6 each + postage so it will probably...
Hello Brian, The Philips L5090 transformer will run these fine, you can use any 90W SOX leak transformer. Best regards Mike ... whats ... the Glide ... run...
Hello Bob As I won't be lighting the Lamp much, I asked Colin to get me one as he is wanting about 4 or 5 and when it arrives I can arrange to pick it up in ...
Hi All, I have added a photograph of inside the base compartment of a CU concrete column nearby, which is about to be replaced. The lamp is a 35W SOX, and the...
Hi Mike, Good to hear that you managed to liberate the components from the base! It'll have the engineers who remove the column scratching their heads;...
Hi Mike, The door was actually off when I caught sight of the column, and the barriers were up, and a hole had been dug by the Electric Supplier to gain access...
Hi All, Thought you may be interested to see my GEC Z8596 following the fitting of its glass outer globe: http://www.freewebs.com/plymouthlighting Mike- good...
Hi Davy, That is a FIRST CLASS restoration! - I do like those little GEC mercury lanterns. I must admit I do enjoy a 'dawn raid' on a redundant column, it ...
Hi Mike, Well don't on getting the control gear from the column; I'm sure you were very pleased when you got it home. I've thought about doing the same myself...
Hi Dan, I normally go "tooled up", and carry the standard straight and pozi screwdriver, and a decent pair of cutters. A small torch is also useful, but must...
Does anyone know how big the longest concrete brackets were? Stanton made 3-and-a-half metre brackets for their Stanton 18s and 20s. There used to be two...
Does anyone know anything about 10-metre Stantons with Stanton 8 brackets? There were some in Cannock (only one had its original bracket, which was the same...
Hi All, I am just wondering, that means you guys go out and remove (without asking) streetlighting equipment of the street even if it getting removed or...
Hi all, I've got a few `new and unused' (geared) Thorn/Atlas Beta-8 Amber- Junior lanterns still in their (very dusty) boxes for disposal. These lanterns use...
I wish I had the means to remove old lanterns and brackets from derelict lamp posts. Until recently, in Dunstable, there were a group of GEC 8m concrete ...
Hello Andreas, I am not prepared to enter a debate on the rights and wrongs of what I did, except to say that when a streetlight is removed here, once the...
Hello Everyone, Please can I once and for all re-iterate that I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST THE ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY!! It is an...
Hello Mike I agree, best visiting you lighting depot or as Colin and others do catch the contractors when they are maintaining the lights, or removing them as ...
Hi Mike, it wasn't my intend to start a debate. And Sorry if i touched a "sensitive nerve". I was just amazed that's all. Since I am a collector aswell I feel...
Hello Andreas, Thankyou for your comments - No harm done. Best Regards Mike ... once ... of ... ballast ... of. ... supply, ... on ... removing ... is ... or ...
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