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| C1 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| This was originally exhibit 2 in the collection.
Photographs from the early 1970s show
a slightly different "double-globe" arrangement with wider, squat glass cylinders,
and those pictured above could be replacements. The lantern was described as a REVO Paisley in the original literature, and whilst
the top finial and base match catalogue descriptions, the lantern as shown
in the old catalogues was a simple, singular glass globe. The cast iron column was "one of 12 ornamental columns erected in 1937 round
the new Fire Station, Police Station, Magistrates Court and Firemen's houses in Manchester Road, Accrington"
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| C2 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| Possible ELECO Welwyn open refractor lantern on small, plain A C Ford swan neck
bracket with large fuse/time switch box. The column was originally catalogued as exhibit 6:
"Cast iron fluted column with double ladder arm cast by Stokes of Mansfield."
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| C3 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| Possible ELECO Welwyn open refractor lantern on medium sized, plain BLEECO swan neck
bracket, mounted on a cast iron column with ladder bars.
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| C4 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| Swan neck with decorative top collar and double scrollwork fitted with
top-entry lantern.
The lantern is missing its refractor and bowl but is probably BTH as it has a side entry option and a large bowl-ring locking screw.
The column is a REVO Hull with ladder bar and base compartment.
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| C5 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
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The lantern was originally catalogued as exhibit 51 in the collection where it was described as a
glazed decorative hexagonal top entry lantern originally from Sussex. It has now been installed on a REVO bracket and
a circular fluted cast-iron column with an octagonal base. *** My notes say "Colchester" so possible exhibit 41 or 42. Visit ***
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| C6 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
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Modern decorative hexagonal post-top lantern mounted by two-arm frog on a slim cast-iron column. The column appears to have a trefoil
cross section.
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| C7 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| Possible ELECO Welwyn open refractor lantern on possible A. C. Ford swan neck
bracket with large single scroll. The museum had two of these brackets and lanterns, both appearing in
1980s pictures of the museum, and mounted on concrete columns C.4 and C.7.
The column was originally catalogued as exhibit 27: Cast iron column with base compartment.
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| C8 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| GEC Z5580/1/2/SB lantern for small wattage tungsten or mercury lamps. Mounted
on a possible A. C. Ford swan neck bracket with large single scroll and Lucy combined Time Switch / Fuses
box. The bracket was originally catalogued as exhibit 6: Open detractor lantern on swan neck bracket from
St. Albans - the original ELECO Welwyn lantern being replaced by the GEC. The column is
*** My notes say "REVO GR 1910". Visit ***.
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| © Simon Cornwell 2019 |
| View of the rest of the collection along this row. This picture
was taken over ten years later. The columns and brackets have been repainted and some of the lanterns have
been removed.
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| C9 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| GEC Z5580/1/2/SB lantern for small wattage tungsten or mercury lamps. Mounted
on a small, undecorated REVO swan-neck bracket. The column is a REVO Crown cast iron column of simple fluted design
with wide capital and small base.
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| C10 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| ESLA Bi-Multi Group "AL" 3-Way open facetted-mirror wing lantern, mounted on
a large BTH bracket with two small scrolls, ladder bar and large box. The cast-iron column has a simple fluted shaft with
large base compartment and ladder bar stubs by ... *** My notes say "A J Hunter. Ayr. Falks. Visit ***.
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| C11 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
| Two matching top-entry lanterns which appear to be incomplete
just comprising the canopy of the fitting. They're fitted on a double bracket with scrollwork
on a large spigot cap. The column is a BLEECO E66 column with ladder bar, fluted shaft and
base compartment. (Missing door).
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| C12 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
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Possible ELECO Welwyn open refractor lantern on possible A. C. Ford swan neck
bracket with large single scroll. The museum had two of these brackets and lanterns, both appearing in
1980s pictures of the museum, and mounted on concrete columns C.4 and C.7.
The column was originally Exhibit 10 and described as a "Cast iron column by M. Stears Bros. & Co. of Hull
at tne turn of the century andused in Workington until 1973."
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| C13 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
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ESLA Bi-Multi "Group AL" Two-Way facetted mirror lantern on possible ESLA bracket with double scrollwork,
fluted spigot cap and fuse box fitted with side toggle switch. The column is a BLEECO E66 with base compartment and
ladder-bar: one of the ladder bars has snapped off.
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| C14 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
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GEC Z5560 series lantern fitted with clear plastic bowl and internal dome refractor. It's fitted to a Lucy swan neck bracket
with small flower finial, double scrollwork and plain spigot. The column is believed to be an ESLA 46.
The column was originally Exhibit 7 and described as a "Cast iron column complete with double ladder arm; The Blackpool town
crest is cast in the door."
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| C15 | © Simon Cornwell 2006 |
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Large BLEECO open lantern with dome refactor; it's either a BLEECO Large Worthing or Large Hove model.
The bracket is a BLEECO Brighton And Hove Bracket and is fitted with finial (top point is missing), collar, large decorative leaf decoration,
fuse box and spigot. The lantern and bracket were originally Exhibit 22 where it was described as
"Top entry lantern on metal swan neck bracket" origianlly from Humberside. It's mounted on a REVO Moseley column with
ladder bar and large base compartment. This was originally Exhibit 12: "Cast iron column with double ladder arm made by Revo, Tipton"
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