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Gramma6 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:18 am

That's if they haven't already replaced it (I suspect they will have...)

Lampman · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:57 pm

What's going on here?
Damaged column and lantern

Stelmer · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:48 am

Surprised that lamp is still there, look at this better view:

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mazeteam · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:34 am

With that first one, I expect the column bracket snapped - and because the area's run-down the council didn't want to put up a new column, so they've taped the bracket remainder to the column! :lol:

Gramma6 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:31 pm

That area looks so run down and derelict I'd be surprised if most of those lanterns actually work anyway. If I was in charge I wouldn't be wasting money on new lamps and lanterns/columns for areas that have nobody actually living there!

Indust · **Posted:** Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:51 pm

Lampman wrote:

What's going on here?

Oh dear! It looks like the column has been driven into at some point, meaning the bracket and lantern snapped off. That looks to be a telegraph pole bracket strapped onto a normal metal column with a Beta 2!

There's also this not too far away

EDIT: I swear the whole of Glasgow is just Beta 2s on metal columns

Gramma6 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:31 pm

Indust wrote:

[url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Iona+St,+Glasgow,+Lanarkshire+G51+2EJ,+United+Kingdom&sll=55.857052,-4.307194&sspn=0.002674,0.010858&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FXtNVAMdzEW-_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Iona+St,+Glasgow,+Lanarkshire+G51+2EJ,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=55.857395,-4.305859&panoid=8Ip4kPxPv4yjiu7cFsx3Hw&cbp=12,227.43,,1,1.94&ll=55.857274,-4.305911&spn=0,359.967084&z=15]There's also this not too far away[/url

Again, it's a derelict area, it's probably going to be redeveloped soon so why bother repairing any broken lighting?

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EDIT: I swear the whole of Glasgow is just Beta 2s on metal columns

Very flimsy-looking metal columns at that! They look like signpost columns!

Indust · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:45 pm

Gramma6 wrote:

Indust wrote:

[url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Iona+St,+Glasgow,+Lanarkshire+G51+2EJ,+United+Kingdom&sll=55.857052,-4.307194&sspn=0.002674,0.010858&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FXtNVAMdzEW-_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Iona+St,+Glasgow,+Lanarkshire+G51+2EJ,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=55.857395,-4.305859&panoid=8Ip4kPxPv4yjiu7cFsx3Hw&cbp=12,227.43,,1,1.94&ll=55.857274,-4.305911&spn=0,359.967084&z=15]There's also this not too far away[/url

Again, it's a derelict area, it's probably going to be redeveloped soon so why bother repairing any broken lighting?

I agree, it seems pointless and it also seems many of the lamps are clean!

I also found this in a non-derelict area of the estate. The bracket is going to give way any minute! In a street like this, you would've thought that the council would have done something better than that rather than just tape the lantern up. Even removing the bracket and fitting a second hand post-top lantern would be a huge improvement!

Also, these interesting replacements.

Phosco152 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:33 pm

Never mind the replacements, the original columns are far more interesting...

Indust · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:48 pm

Phosco152 wrote:

Never mind the replacements, the original columns are far more interesting...

Oops, that's what I meant. :oops:

At least the grammar was there. :lol:

Here's an Eleco GR200/152 on quite a short column, up for replacement.

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