61A. Mount Edge, Stone, Staffordshire With thanks to Dwight for informing me of these Survivors. Installed on a private road that leads to the army base of MOD Stafford are two Stanton 10F 15 ft (5 m) concrete columns, both supporting GEC Z5590 lanterns. A third column, resembling a Concrete Utilities' 'Avenue 2D', stands at the start of the road; however, it lost its bracket (probably through corrosion at the joint between the bracket and the column) at some point after October 2012.
The headless column is similar in appearance to those seen off Coach Gap Lane in Langar, Nottinghamshire. Given that those columns led to an RAF base, this column specification may have been favoured by the Forces during the Second World War.
Despite the column being disused, the door remains in place; albeit, held in place with a Tespa band.
The 10F columns will be newer; one of the two is pictured below.
The Z5590's bowl is grubby, but not as discoloured as examples installed on public streets tend to be, however - this could be down to these private installations running standard incandescent (GLS) lamps, rather than mercury vapour (MBF), possibly.
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