A few years later, and the installation is little changed,
although the surrounding trees have grown somewhat!
The lantern's bowl was hanging open slightly at the front,
allowing dirt to gather within it.
By May 2020, this particular installation was now
derelict, with the bowl and lamp having been removed.
A few years prior to taking these photographs, I received an email
from someone who claimed to have involvement with these lanterns, and
was hoping to refurbish them, bringing all back into operational
condition. Sadly, although this plan may have commenced, it doesn't
appear to have existed for long before being abandoned.
The bayonet lampholder is visible hanging down from the lantern's
canopy.
A length of wire twisted around the lantern's top-entry
connector was (formerly) used to secure the bowl; the original Phosware "Oddie"
key having been lost over time.
The second column along the driveway was in much the same
condition.
A lamp cap remains attached to this lantern's lampholder, and
the supply cable can be seen entering the canopy.
The third column was situated on the outside of a sharp bend
in the roadway - much of the column itself being obscured by vegetation.
The bowl on this example was still intact, although it too was
hanging open at the front of the lantern.
A similar sight greeted me for the next lantern, although the
bowl on this example was hinged fully open.
The close-up reveals that the bowl is has some slight damage,
and that a domestic compact fluorescent lamp connected to an Edison Screw
lampholder has been installed inside the lantern.
The side refractor panels are missing from the bowl.
The following column had had a CCTV camera bracket attached to
its shaft, although the camera itself appeared to be missing.
This lantern had also had a compact fluorescent lamp fitted to
it. The flat reflector located high in the lantern suggests that the original
lamp control gear would have been situated in the column base - I wonder whether
it is still there!
Also in Little
Eaton is an old Revo concrete column. The strange thing about it is that the
bracket is a cast iron swan neck! I have seen this in other places around Derby,
where the bracket is made of metal but the column is concrete. The concrete is
not in the greatest of conditions, but considering that this column must be one
of Derby's oldest concrete columns, it has stood the test of time very well
indeed. I don't think a
Beta 5 really does a column as old as this justice.
The column was removed later; a
6 m column supporting a spigot-mounted
Philips XGS 104 served as the replacement.
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