211E. Laughing Image Corner, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk With thanks to Dwight for informing me of the Survivors on this rather unusually-named street. Within the compound for a building belonging to Openreach are three 8 m sheet steel columns, and one wall bracket, all supporting Thorn Alpha 1 90 Watt SOX (low pressure sodium) lanterns. The building, and therefore, by extension, the installations, appears to date from the 1980s. Sadly, two of the four lanterns are damaged quite substantially, and are unlikely to remain in operable condition. The other two, however, may still be OK.
This column is on the eastern side of the compound.
The lantern's acrylic "Opticell" unit has been damaged for so long that weeds are growing out of the dirt that has gathered within it! The lamp appears to be intact, however.
The fact that the lantern is damaged from above is surprising - had this been the result of vandalism, more of the Opticell's underside would have been broken.
The other three installations are pictured below, with one of the intact lanterns being in the foreground.
Even this example shows signs of dirt ingress, although the Opticell is intact.
The same cannot be said for the other column-mounted Alpha 1 - this Opticell is also in poor condition.
From the front, the damage is so severe that the internal baffle plate has collapsed into the Opticell.
The wall-mounted version is in the best condition of the four.
The combined wall bracket and control gear box carries Phosware (CU Phosco) branding.
Another CU Phosco product - their P107 post-top lantern - was attached to a 5 m tubular steel column at the start of a nearby footpath.
This is the version with a narrow canopy and translucent bowl.
A miniature photocell detector protrudes through the lantern's base casting.
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