Name of street light, please

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https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/ind ... g_1966.jpg

Is there list / dictionary for the names or models of street lights?
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Simon Cornwell has quite a comprehensive list of older street lights from various manufacturers.

I'm not a street lighting expert, but just looking at them my gut would say that they're a Phosco or GEC product, but I could be wrong.
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http://www.streetlightonline.co.uk/

Mike Barford has a good collection of street lights.
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traffic-light-man wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 16:38 Simon Cornwell has quite a comprehensive list of older street lights from various manufacturers.

I'm not a street lighting expert, but just looking at them my gut would say that they're a Phosco or GEC product, but I could be wrong.
I think these were a Revo lantern, Blackburn had loads of them until the late 1980s.
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Bryn666 wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 23:48
traffic-light-man wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2020 16:38 Simon Cornwell has quite a comprehensive list of older street lights from various manufacturers.

I'm not a street lighting expert, but just looking at them my gut would say that they're a Phosco or GEC product, but I could be wrong.
I think these were a Revo lantern, Blackburn had loads of them until the late 1980s.
Ah yes, quite possibly. For some reason, Revo tends not to enter my mind beyond anything typically 'vintage', though they did plenty of products in the 'retro' era!

Perhaps a 'Helicon'. There doesn't seem to be much information floating around on those, though.
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