112EB. Main Street, Padbury, Buckinghamshire With thanks to Tim Luckett for discovering these Survivors. Attached to three of the wooden poles used for supporting the overhead electricity conductors in this village are ELECO lanterns, all of which still appeared to run an 80 or 125 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) lamp in April 2025. Two of these are top-entry 'Welwyn' open-lamp types, while the third is an HW-918. More examples existed in the past, but these have been lost to newer lanterns since then.
The first 'Welwyn' is to be found on the narrow service road that runs parallel to a short length of Main Street itself.
The cover is missing from the pole bracket's fuse box, exposing the two original porcelain fuses - one on both the live and neutral conductors. A newer GRP enclosure installed separately will house a modern service cut-out, the photocell for the lantern and the lamp control gear.
The prismatic glass refractor dome surrounding the lamp is in excellent condition, with no severe chips or breaks.
The porcelain carriers are MEM (Midland Electrical Manufacturing) products.
Various other conductors tap off a master box at the top of the pole to supply the adjacent properties.
The HW-918 is located slightly further to the right.
Much of the pole is covered in ivy, with the bracket protruding out of the growth.
The photocell here appears to be a 1990s' Royce Thompson ER5N.
The second Welwyn's pole bracket is mounted particularly high up this pole. This bracket seems to have been transferred to this pole from the one behind this when the poles were renewed after 2011.
A modern enclosure positioned above the bracket now houses the cut-out and control gear. Previously, a cast AC Ford box was used for this purpose.
The canopy sports three decorative vertical prongs on three of its hexagonal faces. The lamp is misaligned within the lantern.
The bracket is also an AC Ford product.
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