2AD. Coronation Road / Churchill Avenue, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. Installed on these two roads are a number of vintage installations using 15 ft (5 m) columns, both in the form of GEC-branded concretes, and Revo 'Moseley' cast iron structures. The majority of the GEC columns support their own Z9491 lanterns (the gear-in-head version of the Z9481), while the cast iron columns support Philips MI 51s (the top-entry version of the MI 50) - these are likely to be 1980s' replacements for the original lanterns. I would assume that these columns are the originals for when the estate was built (possibly in the late 1930s, going on the road names), with the concrete columns being added later for supplementary lighting.

Two concrete columns and a cast iron are seen here. The middle column's Z9491 has been replaced with a Thorn Beta 5 in the past.

A part-night miniature photocell is just visible towards the back of the Z9491's canopy.

Meanwhile, a SELC / Westire one-part photocell switches the Beta 5. Unusually, a polycarbonate bowl is seen; ordinarily, most Beta 5s use acrylic bowls.

The first cast iron column seen is located opposite Churchill Avenue.

The cream paint is peeling quite heavily on the ESLA swan neck bracket, exposing the factory green paint finish beneath.

The ESLA logo is still visible in the centre of the bracket's fuse box cover.

The next cast iron column had had a replacement AC Ford swan neck fitted.

An indicator that this is newer is the bracket's far plainer design, compared to the elaborate 1930s' bracket seen previously.

Unusually, the Revo - Tipton branding exists on both the front and the back of the column.

Another style of ESLA swan neck was fitted to the next column. This had developed a slight lean, which caused the lantern to point downwards slightly.

Concrete columns (and more modern sheet steels) resumed at the next column position. The lamp in this Z9491 looked especially worn.

Heading onto Churchill Avenue, two identical installations are seen. The tape around the foreground column covers over a small hole between the column and the door, where a small chunk of concrete has broken away.

Tape had been applied to the background installation too - this time, around the rear of the bowl, as the back hinge is seen to be missing.

This was the only GEC column to be fitted with an MI 51.

I believe that the blue SELC / Westire cells are also configured for part-night switching.

The following two columns retained their Z9491s.

Aside from a grubby bowl, this lantern was in good condition.

An adhesive label informing of the part-night operation of this light was affixed to the door.

The final column had also had tape applied around the door, though in this case, it was because the lock had failed.

The brackets employed have a characteristic angular appearance.

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