Some more sightings last week...
GEC Oxfords I think, in very good condition.
http://tinyurl.com/32432d8Close. They're GEC Z5580DB's - fitted with the deep glass bowl. What makes it sloce is that if a lantern like this is fitted with a refractor and the deep glass bowl, it is sometimes referred to as the "small oxford" lantern by some people. However, the Z5580 does not hold a refractor, only the Z5560 and 5590 on either side in the catalogue hold refractor rings.
Nevertheless, if somebody offered me that lantern for the collection, I wouldn't say no!
Just down the road is this acorn bowled lantern.
http://tinyurl.com/2w4c4shThat is a GEC Z5560 with the standard 'Diakon' bowl. At the western end of my street is a side street with three of these down - and one has had a new column with working QSS alongside it for ages now. I'm keeping a keen eye on it.......
Sleeved post with mercury lantern, again, quite a few in the area.
http://tinyurl.com/2uoen9tQuite a long sleeve on that. The lantern is a GEC Z8896 - which in itself is quite a common lantern (sadly not in York anymore, the last ones went about 2 weeks ago).
This is much easier to see in the winter with the leaves down!
http://tinyurl.com/3859c4qI can't make this one out - it is either an Eleco or a Phosco, I think. The shape of the collar is very similar to the Eleco Welwyn 3 that I have, which is what makes me think this is an eleco lantern. But Phosco also has other designs that are similar to eleco lanterns, and Eleco lanterns use the Phosco refractors.
Large flourescent lanterns, one pair were seen working at night.
http://tinyurl.com/3634c6yOh those... Phosco152 took a picture of those and it won the Photo of the Month competition, and now every now and then it'll appear at the top of a page in the forums next to the ukastle title.