older BT road lamps

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 18:06

did anyone actually see these in use? i never did. apparently they were discontinued in 1995.

link to product sheet of mine.

Dave908 · Post by **Dave908** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 18:13

I'm sure I saw one or one similar. In fact, i found one lying around so I took it

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 18:18

have you got a pic?

Dave908 · Post by **Dave908** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 18:21

Nope

. It was a few years ago too, and I didn't have a digital camera then

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 18:30

do you still have it?

Dave908 · Post by **Dave908** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 19:32

No, because the battery inside was leaking, so my mum threw it out

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 19:38

That old British Telecom logo takes you back...

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 20:32

dose anyone want one of these?

True Yorkie · Post by **True Yorkie** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 00:23

there were some in use a couple of weeks ago on the Tadcaster road.

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 07:51

were they flashing or static, and were they on the ground?

True Yorkie · Post by **True Yorkie** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 23:23

Static, and were sitting on the ground.

I would've collected a couple, but they were right next to the tent. They were lining the outskirts of the work area on the path.

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 07:42

they are very hard to come by, i have 6 that i am willing to sell if anyone wants one.

chglm · Post by **chglm** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:25

Yes late 80s early 90's. But it was rare to see lit BT works as most of their work was cable pulls, duct pumping out and work generally completed in a day; so open pits and holes were rare and having to light overnight was probably not required.

Most of their work I remember the old pit guards, the old wooden or metal tube types without the modern barrier board facials prior to about 1994/5.

Thing I always remember about Telecom and the GPO were they were the first to have folding signs; and those red striped tents. Anybody still see those? The electric board used to use them round here (MEB) too.

I work in Telecoms; most major works are now subbed to contractors so as a guess I bet BT have done away with all their lamps now.

These lamps take one of those big square lantern batteries or smaller ones?

chglm · Post by **chglm** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:55

Think Dorman had a contract supplying Telecom lamps. I had one when I was a Kid. Im talking GPO days here though, probably 1976-77ish. Remember it had P.O. printed on the side and was a standard Traffi Lite design.

Talking of lamps, anybody remember the old metal, yellow 3 footed tripods you could bolt lamps to? Had one of those too. Had one in our garden for years. God knows how it ended up there; Mum made my Dad get rid of it cause she was frightened Id impale myself on it! Never see them anymore; is that why they were banned? If nobody knows what Im talking about, theres a classic episode of "The Professionals" (can get the episode title) where a bullion van gets Hyjacked in roadworks and somebody slings a batchlee lamp, tripod an all at a villan with a shooter!!

I also remember seeing Dorman lamps (the square ones with the crap paintwork) mounted on a single yellow upright bar fixed in a concrete square base. The concrete was boxed in card which I was presume was to protect it. Wouldnt imagine this caught on after the stands were manhandled and thrown about cracking the bases. Think this was a northern thing. Remember companies like the North West Gas Board and North West water using them. Never seen any down south.
One thing I remember down here was Concitina red/white barriers used with both red/yellow paraffin lamps and battery lamps. Guess they got banned too under some daft ruling!

chglm · Post by **chglm** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 13:00

Thinking about it, the cone lamp probably killed the tripod!

True Yorkie · Post by **True Yorkie** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 19:09

chglm wrote:
Thing I always remember about Telecom and the GPO were they were the first to have folding signs; and those red striped tents. Anybody still see those?

The works where I saw the old lights had two of those tents up aswell.
There was a modern comedy on C4 a while back, and one guy said to another 'i like your tent - where did you get it?' and the other guy said 'in the road... some men were in it!'

Dave908 · Post by **Dave908** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 19:26

chglm wrote:
Thing I always remember about Telecom and the GPO were they were the first to have folding signs; and those red striped tents. Anybody still see those?

I saw a folding sign for grass cuting a while back. Not seen a red striped tent for quite some time, however.

Dorman-Smith · Post by **Dorman-Smith** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:59

traffic-light-man wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2007 07:42 they are very hard to come by, i have 6 that i am willing to sell if anyone wants one.

Hi there, a long time ago... but do you still have them?
Cheers

traffic-light-man · Post by **traffic-light-man** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:49

Dorman-Smith wrote: ↑Wed Feb 20, 2019 10:59
traffic-light-man wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2007 07:42 they are very hard to come by, i have 6 that i am willing to sell if anyone wants one.
Hi there, a long time ago... but do you still have them?
Cheers

Ah back in the days when I was young, naive and couldn't find a shift key...

I'm afraid I don't have the spare units anymore. I kept one marked 'BT' for myself, and then managed to find another with the old telecom 'T' logo, both of which I've still got.

Dorman-Smith · Post by **Dorman-Smith** » Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:55

Thanks anyway, it was worth an ask

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