I must be really sad, but I can't wait!

I know I can't wait either, I've been looking forward to seeing more areas covered for ages now, it's like waiting for christmas to come


Avenue columns are a great sight (still prefer the Stantons of the same era though). Lancashire definitely favoured Stantons on the whole, though as Gramma mentioned it did use to have a number here and there. A couple of examples:

http://paulharris.fotopic.net/p54959300.html

Taken in Burscough and:

http://paulharris.fotopic.net/p53554991.html

Taken in Fleetwood

Now time to start counting down to the next streetview release

Sounds good i hope many parts are included on street view before a certain PFI starts, by the way Brighton and Sussex might also appear on street view this Thursday.

Some other shots on street view already,
Thorn Alpha 1
Thorn Gamma 5
Replaced with Floodlights

What a fantastic installation! I think the GR150? (or 200?) looks good on that column, although it doesn't initially look suited. I think those columns and brackets are maybe some of my favourite installations ever.

I wonder if it has been on the RAC Wales rally circuit at Cardiff I can finally see where and how difficult the corners are and what lanterns are used to illuminate the the whole track.

Talking of Dartford, I remember those CU columns from when I was at Uni in the 1990s. There used to be many more of them along that road, and they must have been a sight when the installation was unspoilt. I also fondly remember this old chap on the Dartford to Gravesend road - the longest available version of the CU Avenue 3DNN column and bracket and supporting a gear-in-head Philips MA50 (MA60 in disguise). I thought to myself that it was surely going to come down in a gale one day and be replaced like all its neighbours have, but Google Street View confirms that it has survived far beyond my expectations!

And no matter how hard I search, I still can't find these Dartford tall-coned fluorescents in Google Street View, nor for that matter any of the town's side-entry fluorescents - and there used to be a good number of them!

The Street View updates will blanket both urban and rural areas, apparently covering more than 99% of Britain's road network.

I'm waiting for Dudley to be covered then I'll be able to see all the Z5590's and Prefects

The strange case of the road that is Belgian on one side and French on the other. Belgian and French street lighting illuminating the same road!

Ah, the very distinctive "rural" French lighting fit of concrete posts often also used for carrying power cables, and up tilted brackets.