Concrete Lamp Posts

A303Paul · Post by **A303Paul** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 07:05

As they stopped being installed in the late '90s have these now been banned and if so by whom, when?

Haydn1971 · Post by **Haydn1971** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 09:05

Not "banned" as such, but concrete isn't specified as an option in the Specification for Works, most Authorities use this document as a basis for their own contract documents, as to when it occurred, one of the old boys might recall.

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Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 00:31

Was it as recently as that? I'm sure Liverpool stopped putting in new concrete as far ago as the mid-80s.

A303Paul · Post by **A303Paul** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 19:54

I'm sure that West Sussex used them well into the 1990's.

Bryn666 · Post by **Bryn666** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 20:09

The last brand new installations were in the mid 1990s - I remember casual concrete replacements going up in Blackburn around 1994.

The A34 Wilmslow Bypass has concrete sign supports - one of the youngest roads here to have them and that opened around 1995.

Truvelo · Post by **Truvelo** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 20:15

The same around here too. Concrete columns with Alpha 1's were going up as late as the mid 90's.

Ben302 · Post by **Ben302** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 19:40

The last concrete columns installed here were in 1990 in various new build housing estates dotted about Gillingham and Rainham and were CU columns with outreach brackets like this although zoom in from this image to the next (1991) build phase of this particular area used CU Hockeystick columns

Glenn A · Post by **Glenn A** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:00

Last used in Copeland in the late seventies. However, many still survive in Whitehaven on the B5295 and the B5343 and on the Hillcrest and Richmond estates.

Xube · Post by **Xube** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 13:18

In my area of Bedfordshire, i remember, either late 90's or perhaps even in 2000, they replaced old concrete columns with a concrete swan neck and with a G&C Z5590 lantern, to a new concrete column with a metal sleeve, (and short bracket) with a Thorn Beta 5 lantern.

poshbakerloo · Post by **poshbakerloo** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 23:39

Doncaster has a good example of concrete street lights designed for dual carriage ways (Not sure what the technical term is for them) But you don't often see them around...

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=53.515799, ... 18,,0,0.56

Paninaro · Post by **Paninaro** » Mon May 07, 2012 01:24

Bryn666 wrote:The last brand new installations were in the mid 1990s - I remember casual concrete replacements going up in Blackburn around 1994.

The A34 Wilmslow Bypass has concrete sign supports - one of the youngest roads here to have them and that opened around 1995.

I don't suppose there's any pics of that being built knocking around?

I can recall it being constructed and they had an on-site asphalt plant and several old site lorries transporting the material for the roads.

DavidNW9 · Post by **DavidNW9** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 23:28

An old thread but unless there's another for pictures here's one of the type still around in Northwood

RichardA626 · Post by **RichardA626** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:54

Stockport MBC seemed to stop using concrete in the 1970s-80s, not sure when but all the new ones in the last 30 years seem to be steel.

Lots of shorter swan necks on side streets but they are being gradually replaced.

shampooefficient · Post by **shampooefficient** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 18:24

All the concrete posts around Stockton etc are in the middle of being replaced with new LED toss.

Ive had previous disagreements with their head of Signs Etc, but if anyone wants to see about saving some, time is running out. Theres a lot of ornate steel posts in the Monkseaton estate that I really want to keep. Id love a Sabristi to help out...

Glenn A · Post by **Glenn A** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 19:17

If you want to see plenty of concrete, although it is gradually disappearing now, visit west Cumbria. Most of Cockermouth's side streets have concrete lights with some original lanterns and the B5295 out of Whitehaven is mostly concrete. Luckily as an economy measure, only the lanterns are being replaced with LED and the standards, which date back to the sixties, are being kept.

Love SOX · Post by **Love SOX** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 19:50

I miss concrete columns's. When I was a kid in Blackburn we had loads of them, my favorite being the Stanton 6B. They looked great with their Metrovick Trafford lanterns. A million miles from the galvanised tubulars which are taking over the world.

Bryn666 · Post by **Bryn666** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 20:21

Hi Love SOX,

You will be all to aware about the LED retrofit in Blackburn then. Unfortunately the last unsleeved Stantons were lost a few years ago but several columns remain with sleeves.

I too recall them being prominent but they all had Eleco G150s by the time I came around!

Love SOX · Post by **Love SOX** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 08:09

Bryn666 wrote:Hi Love SOX,

You will be all to aware about the LED retrofit in Blackburn then. Unfortunately the last unsleeved Stantons were lost a few years ago but several columns remain with sleeves.

I too recall them being prominent but they all had Eleco G150s by the time I came around!

The Trafford lanterns were disapearing at a rate of knots by the time I was old enough to take an interest. I think I could only have been about 8 or 9 by the time the ones on the road where I lived all went. I have one of the Eleco Goldenray's which replaced them in my collection.

RichardA626 · Post by **RichardA626** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 13:55

Stockport have a mixture of concrete posts, though most if not all the larger ones have been replaced in recent years.

There's still some swan necks on side streets.

In Marple there are some 1960s-70s ones unsleeved.

Welly · Post by **Welly** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 20:25

Question - why were concrete lamp posts made in the first place?

Was that due to shortage of steel after WW2? Or was it just fashionable?

Not that I have anything against them!

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