A few more pictures from my trip to Suffolk yesterday (23rd January 2011)...
Popular in the Suffolk parishes, the ELECO Silver Ray Junior can still be found in many of the county's villages. The integral-geared variant, as pictured above in Trimley St. Martin (just outside Felixstowe), is most commonly found on telegraph poles due to the absence of a column base to mount the gear remotely.
A close-up of one of the Silver Rays in Trimley St. Martin. This one has the grooved bowl.
Remote-geared Silver Ray Juniors are most popularly found on columns, although this one was found to be dayburning. This one has the smooth bowl. Both types of bowl are commonly installed.
Integral-geared Silver Rays have also been installed on columns.
This street has four ELECO Silver Rays in a line. Here are two of them.
Although parts of Suffolk could be considered an ELECO stronghold, the defunct company is now losing its grip.
A close-up of one of the more popularly-installed new lanterns on the outskirts of Felixstowe. These aren't installed in my corner of Essex, and I have no idea what they are!
Deeper into Felixstowe, ELECO still makes its presence felt.
Although other historic makes can still be found, like these Atlas/Thorn Alpha Threes!
I do have some sad news for Phosco though.
The lovely old Phosco P160 photographed by Claire on the outskirts of Felixstowe back in 2009 is no more. Both the Phosco P160 and the adjacent ELECO GR150 have now been replaced with WRTL Arcs on the unsleeved concrete columns. The juxtaposition of old and new is almost a sight in itself!