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From when I was a nipper I have always had a fascination for street lighting but
I always kept it fairly much to myself as others may think I was weird :o)
But I always used to look at them and admire the different designs and used to
often watch the low pressure sodium SOX street lamps turn on and off outside my
home - gazing at them as they went from red through orange to yellow.
I used to sketch my own pictures of lamps and often wondered what it would be like
to actually own a proper streetlamp for myself (not the post, but just the
lantern itself - fully working with SOX and photocell). That wish came true as I
have got a number of different lanterns in my personal collection now. I actually didn't realise just how big street lights are!!
My area of north Bristol was lit by SOX lamps for decades but now that is
almost all gone as the
conversion to high pressure sodium and then on to LED has slowly taken place, so I have made sure
that I have taken photos of old lamps to remember them when they have long gone.
So I have decided to create a few webpages on my site showing the variety of
lamps I have taken photos of around Bristol for your enjoyment also. Having
searched around I never realised there were quite as many enthusiasts out there
who also share a love for street lighting so perhaps I don't feel so out of the
ordinary after all - Recently I worked for 5 months in the street lighting
department at South Gloucestershire Council which broadened my knowledge.
I hope you enjoy looking at the photos I have taken - and feel free to browse
the rest of my site as well. My thanks go to Mike Barford and Andrew Stanley who
helped me enormously to identify a lot of the street lighting in my photos.
STREET LIGHTING PHOTOS I HAVE TAKEN AROUND BRISTOL
I just had to include this photo of a streetlamp in Cherbourg Harbour, France -
I just think it is the most wacky design I have ever seen. If you ever go to
Cherbourg look out for them - you cannot miss them as there are loads of them
all along harbour roads.
Andrew Stanley found that the make is
THORN EUROPHANE TANGON by Yann Kersale.
Links to Streetlamps and lighting enthusiasts on the
WWW
Mike Barford -
Streetlightonline.co.uk
Simon Cornwell
Matthew Eagles - SOX lamps
Schreder
Tim Luckett - Streetlighting GB
Claire Pendrous