214I. Pleasant View Road, Crowborough, East Sussex With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. This road certainly lives up to its name by being home to several highly photogenic street lighting installations dating from the 1930s that remained in place in 2024 - these came in the form of Revo 'Woolwich' cast iron columns supporting ESLA Bi-Multi multi-facetted lanterns; the majority of these being the popular two-way configuration. A strange quirk of this road is that none of the houses are old enough to date from the 1930s - I suspect that they are more likely to date from the 1960s or 70s - thus, these columns must have been used elsewhere before being installed second-hand here. This is a rather odd choice, considering that lanterns designed for running incandescent (GLS) lamps were disappearing rapidly in favour of the far more efficient low pressure sodium (SOX) lanterns by the latter decade in many other places of the UK.

The first classic installation to be seen is this one, located opposite Jefferies Way.

The choice of ESLA here is appropriate - the three-way configuration was intended for use at T-junctions.

A compact fluorescent lamp now takes the place of the GLS lamp that would have been fitted originally, as well as elliptical discharge lamps later, as seen in earlier Google Street View imagery.

Although the mirrored facet tiles are largely intact, many have developed damp patches behind, which has worn away their silver backing.

The swan neck bracket looks a little misaligned.

This two-way example was to be found a little further along the road.

This too has mirrors that are in quite poor condition, with several of these also being cracked.

The paintwork is good, however, and few rust patches are visible.

This view shows how moisture has passed along the edges of the facets, creating the unsightly marks where the silvering has degraded.

The doors to the Woolwich columns are secured using the usual Revo two-prong bolts.

Another three-way example was installed around the slight bend in the road, despite there being no T-junction at this part of the road.

The compact fluorescent lamps are made by Philips.

This example is opposite Common Wood Rise. Despite there being a T-junction here, a two-way ESLA is installed - I am surprised that the lantern above was not used at this position, and vice-versa.

Despite this, the degree angle of this lantern appears to be biased towards throwing more light in a forward direction.

The facets on this example are still relatively free of moisture damage.

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