Some more old Revo stuff

[Mikeya]

Hi all

I've posted a few more Revo items from the 1930s on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N ... 863752531/

Regards

Mikey

[worcsfan]

Heavens..tons to comment on there...

Bottom row but one- the picture of the column by the church is Owen Street in Tipton itself, the 'main street' of the town. Those columns lasted until the late 80s; I have only ever seen them in one other case- Ledbury, where they lit just the centre of the town and lasted until the 90s- with lighting extended out into the edges of town by the 70s.

Plenty of reflectors and bulbs usually found on swans necks on the top two or three lines- Worcestershire and Shropshire County Councils using them into the 90s.

Brighton promenade lanterns on the top line- if not the fittings they were affixed to: there to this day.

A real but nice surprise in recent years to find REVO supplied lanterns and columns for the original City of Westminster- and that reproductions of these are used for casual replacements and expansion into the former boroughs of Paddington and Marylebone by the 80s.

[Octaviadriver]

It's amazing to look at the Revo fans from 1955. The 12" Aermaster was £8/18/- plus £3/18/6 purchase tax = £12/16/6! That was a good week's wage back then and the purchase tax rate works out at 44%! I like the one in the picture in gay red!

A similar fan today would be about £20, but would only be plastic of course.

[Gram587]

If you could afford those, you could probably afford to have servants to fan you

Does /- mean shillings? If so some of those cast-iron lantern brackets were only 75 shillings fully-fitted or 67 shillings for the basic package, which doesn't sound like a lot for something so ornate. The most expensive ones were 240 shillings.

[Octaviadriver]

If you could afford those, you could probably afford to have servants to fan you

Does /- mean shillings? If so some of those cast-iron lantern brackets were only 75 shillings fully-fitted or 67 shillings for the basic package, which doesn't sound like a lot for something so ornate. The most expensive ones were 240 shillings.

Yes, I'll show my age now! /- does mean shillings. 75 shillings is £3.75, 67 shillings is £3.35 and 240 shillings is £12.00 in this strange new metric money!

[Glenn A]

Hey, looking at that hefty concrete Soletern from 1955 with its huge lantern, I am sure this was used in Whitehaven town centre when I moved there in the seventies and survived until 1990 or so.

[Truvelo]

The crescent shaped column in this picture features in one of those Revo brochures. I've always wondered who made it since they are quite rare.

[worcsfan]

Not that rare...Worcestershire bought quite a few of them- used on the Stourport-Lickhill-Bewdley road until they were sleeved in the 80s.

Anyone see 'Mutiny On The Buses' recently? They appear in that , in the street where Butler lived...so in reality, Elstree or Borehamwood in Herts.

[Mikeya]

I think it fair to say the Revo curved brackets are rare now! & yes, like many 1950s and '60s British Films 'On the Buses' and that ilk well worth watching for street furniture etc!

[autosignguy]

Not that rare...Worcestershire bought quite a few of them- used on the Stourport-Lickhill-Bewdley road until they were sleeved in the 80s.

Anyone see 'Mutiny On The Buses' recently? They appear in that , in the street where Butler lived...so in reality, Elstree or Borehamwood in Herts.

Not sleeved with WRTLs and Thorn Beta 5s were they?

[worcsfan]

Possibly....