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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:09 am 
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Today I popped over to Blackpool and on Yorkshire Street there are already new columns up with a handful of Phosco post tops being prepared for replacement, there is also a SRL8 on there too.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:25 am 
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well, if the post tops are like this one then I wouldn't mind one!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 99,,0,0.42

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:04 pm 
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Yep those are the post tops that I have mentioned.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:56 pm 
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Found this on Youtube. Its a lap of the M60 but look carefully at the lanterns especially the ones on the SOX section (2) most are out plus one SON lamp isn't working too.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:41 am 
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At 2:20 it goes from SON to SOX, and the road looks much more evenly lit!

When I was on a section of the M60 (Trafford Centre (I think about 5:40ish in this vid) to Ashton), the SOX areas appeared brighter whilst the SON bits got a bit annoying as the intensity of the lamps is suddenly there and then suddenly gone (compared to a more gradual transition with SOX). I was in a Toyota Previa though, and so the effect of the SON lighting was amplified by the light coming in through the large sunroof!

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:46 pm 
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The illuminations in Blackpool have been damaged, I'm not too sure about any lanterns losing any canopies its because of the 100mph wind last night.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:40 am 
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I knew that wind would case damage. Over here it sounded like things were being blown down the street... so what it would have been like coming straight off the sea in Blackpool must have been twice as bad.

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I was expecting something similar to the 1987 incident where Piers were smashed to pieces and trees torn from the roots even though I wasn't alive back then. This is someof the damage.

Next Friday I'll see if there is any damage to any lantern in Southport as I'll be heading to Merseyside.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 2:55 am 
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That article also mentions an over-enthusiastic wind turbine... there is footage on youtube of one in storm winds - it goes so fast it explodes and parts fly everywhere!

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 2:59 am 
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Hopefully there wasn't any goldie oldies nearby or otherwise they'd be history.

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