It is currently Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:43 am

All times are UTC






Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 107 posts ] 


Author Message
 Post subject: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:38 am 
Offline
Site Administration
User avatar

Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:38 pm
Posts: 3400
Images: 27
Location: Salisbury
Previously spotted on GSV, but now photographed for "real" are these set of 4 GEC Z8451 fluorescent post top lanterns at a disused service station near Kirkcaldy just off the A92 north of Edinburgh. Apart from one with a taped bowl at its base, they are in excellent condition.

Image

The lanterns run 2ft, 40W tubes. It is not known if they are still in service - the bungalow attached to the garage is occupied and part of the workshops are still in use.

Image

Another enthusiast (not on Ukastle) has been trying to save these for several years with no luck so far.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:04 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:54 pm
Posts: 2977
Images: 210
If someone on here gets the green light to rescue them then excellent. The only problem is that whoever currently owns them might want to keep them if not then we (as a group) will happily have them.

_________________
From streetlighting to radio, dance through the night whilst the streetlights are glowing outside.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:26 pm 
Offline
Member
Random avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:31 pm
Posts: 612
Images: 36
Does anybody actually own the site, half the time these service stations are just left with no sure ownership. Hopefully they can be rescued.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:33 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:27 pm
Posts: 1811
Images: 200
Another enthusiast has already asked the owner about the lanterns, and he is not willing to part with them.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:41 pm 
Offline
Member
Random avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:31 pm
Posts: 612
Images: 36
Okay, wouldn't of thought they would of really cared about them to be honest, most people are just bothered about the land.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:00 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:54 pm
Posts: 2977
Images: 210
sotonsteve wrote:
Another enthusiast has already asked the owner about the lanterns, and he is not willing to part with them.


:(

_________________
From streetlighting to radio, dance through the night whilst the streetlights are glowing outside.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:17 am 
Offline
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:48 am
Posts: 6227
Images: 1729
Maybe the owner likes the lanterns and does have them in use. If it were me living there, I'd have a transponder circuit fitted to the car, so everytime I was nearly home the lights would switch on.
The fact the paint work is not scabby suggests they are looked after.

_________________
Tesco brings all the mums to the yard...
and they're like "do you have your club card"
Image


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:31 am 
Offline
Member
Random avatar

Joined: Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:20 am
Posts: 1047
Location: Cleveleys nr Blackpool
Maybe the lanterns are still in use, that's why the owner won't let them go.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:46 am 
Offline
Member
Random avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:31 pm
Posts: 612
Images: 36
Yes, they could be used as a part of a security light system or he/she just likes the look of them.

Edinburgh has one of the most strangest lighting systems I have ever seen. It used to have main road concretes in residential areas. Now it mainly consists of ZX3s, Arcs and walll mounted flood lighting.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 
 Post subject: Re: Scotland
PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:15 am 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 1529
Images: 12
The owner probably used to work there and probably has an attachment to the garage. Even if they're unused, the fact that they're cared for still suggests an attachment to the building. There's a similar situation on an old derelict camping site, not a million miles from here where the old  groundskeeper still looks after the grass, despite the derelict buildings.


Top
 Profile  Personal album 
 

Display posts from previous:  Sort by  


Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 107 posts ] 

All times are UTC



You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests



Search for: