131C. Welburn-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. At various points throughout this village are lanterns made by AC Ford (their AC 850 and AC 888 models, to be exact), with all of these likely to be running 80 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) lamps. A further installation, comprising a Stanton 7 15 ft (5 m) concrete column and GEC Z5581B lantern, was still extant in the village in June 2021, but three years later, when the following pictures were taken, it had been removed, without a replacement column being installed.

The first installation to be spotted, when travelling into the village from the A64, was this 5 m tubular steel column fitted with an AC 850, on Greets House Road.

A Royce Thompson Oasis 1000 NEMA photocell provides the automatic switching for this lantern.

This AC 888 (the top-entry version of the AC 850) was attached to a wooden pole on Chestnut Avenue.

A quantity of putty exists between the bracket and lantern - presumably, to act as a waterproof seal against moisture ingress.

Another AC 850 existed further along the road; at this point, it became Chanting Hill Close (despite being a through road).

This was attached to an older pole bracket. Notice that the fuse box has detached from the main bracket through corrosion, and is now hanging by the lantern supply cable.

The enclosure suggests that a Venner Time Switch was once installed within it - there may still be one, although as the AC 850 is photocell controlled, the time switch will be deactivated.

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