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Don't think this one has been mentioned before, but this fine example is standing at Brooklands Museum.
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There's a whole series of these lights, complete with original lanterns, in a quarry just off the A283 near Shoreham. Pan around in GSV and you'll see more in the grounds of the building.
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Here's a row of very pristine looking old lights in a private car park at County Hall in Hertford (turn round to see another).
The grounds of the Hall also contain a number of other very well preserved lights that are original to the building and presumably being looked after as part of the heritage of the site.
The grounds of the Hall also contain a number of other very well preserved lights that are original to the building and presumably being looked after as part of the heritage of the site.
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It looks like the first set might not be there anymore, as the 2017 photograph from the road appears to show a metal column standing where the concrete column used to be:Chris5156 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 14:30 Here's a row of very pristine looking old lights in a private car park at County Hall in Hertford (turn round to see another).
The grounds of the Hall also contain a number of other very well preserved lights that are original to the building and presumably being looked after as part of the heritage of the site.
2014 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.79183 ... 312!8i6656
2017 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.79166 ... 312!8i6656
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Oh, that's a shame! I didn't realise the coverage jumped back to 2014 around the car park.Jonathan24 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 16:54It looks like the first set might not be there anymore, as the 2017 photograph from the road appears to show a metal column standing where the concrete column used to be:Chris5156 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 14:30 Here's a row of very pristine looking old lights in a private car park at County Hall in Hertford (turn round to see another).
The grounds of the Hall also contain a number of other very well preserved lights that are original to the building and presumably being looked after as part of the heritage of the site.
2014 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.79183 ... 312!8i6656
2017 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.79166 ... 312!8i6656
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https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6178293 ... 384!8i8192 This is a very rare style of bracket further down!
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Yikes! That’s actually quite impressive. I’m surprised it has survived and still appears to have decent structural integrity.MotorwayGuy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 23:51 https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6178293 ... 384!8i8192 This is a very rare style of bracket further down!
There’s a few concrete columns with GEC Turtles on Rosehill in Aberdeen.
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I spotted this fine relic near Barnsley. I suspect it no longer works as there's a new one in front of it but otherwise it looks like it might.
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It's 2022, and the main road in to Bolton from Manchester is still a wonderful treasure trove of concrete columns.
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I think maybe they've left that in place because they are planning major works to that road there. I saw they are planning on demolishing the bungalow and putting a new road through to the other side.the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:25 I spotted this fine relic near Barnsley. I suspect it no longer works as there's a new one in front of it but otherwise it looks like it might.
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Some are in a very poorly condition, indeed in recent storms over the last decade one or two of them indeed collapsed. I can't see them lasting this decade out (they are already 50 years old).lexynoise wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 13:49 It's 2022, and the main road in to Bolton from Manchester is still a wonderful treasure trove of concrete columns.
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Here's a nice old survivor, still with what is presumably its original top-entry lantern, on private land in a station forecourt. Not easily spotted thanks to the foliage which might be why it survived! I haven't seen it after dark but I doubt it still works.
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In the South, pretty much the only surviving concrete columns are either on private land or ones that were meant to be removed but have been forgotten.
This one is a good example.
This one is a good example.
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You need to look a bit more....Jonathan24 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 16:54It looks like the first set might not be there anymore, as the 2017 photograph from the road appears to show a metal column standing where the concrete column used to be:Chris5156 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 14:30 Here's a row of very pristine looking old lights in a private car park at County Hall in Hertford (turn round to see another).
The grounds of the Hall also contain a number of other very well preserved lights that are original to the building and presumably being looked after as part of the heritage of the site.
2014 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.79183 ... 312!8i6656
2017 - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.79166 ... 312!8i6656
This one is still there and fully original: https://goo.gl/maps/V6LMp318oVUxJVzW9
And in the main car park this old post has a new floodlight head: https://goo.gl/maps/HZbZc58dg7oMBRAT6