170AA. Markfield Lane, Stanton-under-Bardon, Leicestershire Attached to a wooden pole, and fed from the overhead electricity supply, is a British Thomson-Houston (BTH) Amber lantern, dating from the 1950s, and designed to run 45 - 60 Watt SO/H / SOI/H, along with 40 Watt (later 35 Watt) SOX, lamps. The installation's survival could be attributed to its ownership - it may belong to the local Parish Council, rather than the County Council, and therefore, has avoided any mass replacement schemes conducted by the latter.

The four un-insulated electricity conductors pass above the lighting installation, which occupies only a small portion of the overall wooden pole.

The pole bracket fuse box door carries Wardle branding, but may be an AC Ford product. Notice that the lower hole in the bracket's attachment plate is missing its bolt.

The lantern's Perspex has clouded slightly, but not enough to reveal that the original lamp control gear (or the capacitor, at least) remains connected within the lantern. The refractor panels on the long sides of the bowl are missing completely, though their former positions are marked by the oblong outlines of adhesive product.

A 35 Watt SOX lamp can be glimpsed through the underside of the bowl.

At some point, the lantern was converted to run on photocell control. Thankfully, a remote cell was fitted to the pole, rather than the lantern being drilled to accommodate the control itself.

This Survivor was found as I happened to be driving along the road - encountering a view that was similar to the image below, I knew that I had to stop and investigate further!

A distinctive feature with this version of the Amber are the two bowl clips that employ a copper-based alloy in their construction - the evidence of this is the verdigris that has accumulated on them.

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