So a bit like
this one? Full view - different type of columns to your one.
Yep, and the brackets are much shorter. Like this example:
Because of the curve in the bracket, the Iridium isn't pointing straight. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow.
It's weird because those few new concrete columns were installed in the 1980s... About a decade after the other end of the street had theirs sleeved!
I actually don't mind them at the moment. I think it's far more interesting having that [due to the rarity] rather than having it on a bog standard CU column either post-top or a bog standard bracket. I agree, it's not the prettiest thing in the world, but very quirky. It's not too far from that Stanton column but fitted with a new metal bracket and SGS 201.
God forbid, but if a top entry Beta 5 or MI51 failed, I'd quite like to see the council somehow retrofit an Iridium to that. I created a mock picture some time ago.
However these columns and bracket installations are nearing 60 years now so I doubt the council would bother.
Something else interesting I saw today [that I haven't ever before] is a slimline Beta 5 installed on a 1950s column with a 1970s sleeve. I wonder if it will receive another moderation in 2010?