131D. Swinton, North Yorkshire With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. Three notable lantern types survive within this small village: a GEC Z5581B (for 80 - 125 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) lamps), an ELECO HW-747 (for 45 - 60 Watt SO/H and SOI/H, and 35 Watt SOX (low pressure sodium), lamps), and several AC Ford AC 850s, also for 80 - 125 Watt MBF lamps.

The Z5581B is attached to a 15 ft (5 m) Stanton 10 concrete column, with an 'F'-type top-entry bracket on East Street, opposite Middle Street. Sadly, this installation's days are numbered, as a new 6 m tubular steel column supporting an OrangeTek Ignis Mini LED lantern is positioned alongside.

The height difference between the two columns is obvious.

A Royce Thompson P42 two-part photocell detector is positioned on the front of the Z5581B's canopy.

There is no real system of lighting in the village; this installation exists purely because of the junction. I expect that the lack of other artificial light sources made the GEC lantern appear quite bright, even for MBF, which is always a rather "shadowy" light source.

Curiously, the concrete bracket never seems to have been fitted correctly, with a short section of the column spigot being exposed since installation in the 1960s.

Resembling the Grim Reaper's scythe, the Ignis Mini looms over the Z5581B, ready for the kill.

A vertical crack exists in the rear of the Stanton column; this could be the reason that the column is to be replaced.

The lantern itself is in good condition, with its prismatic glass refractor bowl being fully intact and...importantly for me...positioned the right way around!

Heading up East Street, this AC 850 is attached to a wooden utility pole that supports the overhead electricity conductors for two properties on the other side of the road.

The photocell here is a SELC / Westire 841. With the AC 850's bowl being polycarbonate, the once-transparent plastic has discoloured from the UV rays produced by the MBF lamp, as well as the natural sunlight.

The HW-747 is attached to a 5 m British Steel column on the junction of East Street and High Street.

Although a NEMA socket has been fitted to the front of the canopy, it is not used nowadays.

Instead, a Royce Thompson Oasis 2000 photocell with 20 mm mounting is installed adjacent. The refractor panel is missing from this side of the bowl.

Again, the column's purpose seems to be to highlight the presence of the junction after nightfall.

Happily, the lantern had not succumbed to being fitted with an LED lamp when photographed in September 2024, and still ran a 35 Watt SOX lamp.

A quick glance within the column base reveals that a GEC Z1616 ballast runs the lamp. The ballast's internal ignitor circuit must have failed, as a separate ignitor has been added later. Unfortunately, with it not being original, it is not secured to the backboard; instead, it hangs by its own wires below the ballast. The capacitor is obscured by the ignitor, but is secured.

Another AC 850 existed on Middle Street; this one was attached to a modern tubular steel column.

A later 8480 photocell (the evolution of the 841) was installed here.

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