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lantern collectors
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english street lighting
www.streetlightonline.co.uk
A combination of blog, pictures of installations and the genesis of his own collection, Mike Barford's
site documents what happens when collecting lanterns moves from being an idea to an actual hobby.
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midland counties street lighting
www.midlandcountiesstreetlighting.co.uk/
Top collector Claire Pendrous launches her new top street lighting site. With details of her collection,
archival photos and tons of background information, this is a must-see new site.
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william sugg and co
www.williamsugghistory.co.uk/index.html
A superb page outlining the history and products of William Sugg and Co. Sugg were
responsible for many of the major gas innovations of the last century, and designed some of the most
iconic 'traditional' lanterns: the Windsor, Littleton and Rochester.
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eastbourne's street lighting
www.cooksonr.freeserve.co.uk
Along with the history of street lighting in Eastbourne, Bob Cookson lists and pictures
all the lanterns in his extensive collection.
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tim's streetlighting page
hometown.aol.co.uk/streetlightinggb/
The longest running UK street lighting site, Tim Luckett lists lanterns made by various
manufacturers and documents remaining lanterns and columns of interest installed throughout the UK.
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collection street lighting
www.leedsstreetlight.co.uk
Andrew Stanley's website concentrates on installations and pictures of his own collection. He has
aquired modern luminaires, so if you've seen a new lantern, and you don't know its
maker, then check out here.
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adam's streetlighting website
clerkbyron.com/lights
The newly designed website by Adam includes details of his own collection, and lighting schemes in
Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge and Edinburgh.
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johnny's streetlighting online
www.freewebs.com/jonnysstreetlightingonline
A new site featuring a small, but steadily growing collection of lanterns, lamps and photocells.
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martyn's mix - streetlamps
www.martynhicks.co.uk/personal/html/streetlamps/streetlamps.html
Martyn's site features lots of photos of streetlights from around Bristol.
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bulb collectors
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lamptech
www.lamptech.co.uk
Don't know your SO from your SOI, or your MA from your MB? Well Jame Hooker's website documents all
the differences, and features pictures of his own collection of historic discharge tubes.
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metal-halide.net
www.metal-halide.net
This site documents Philip's collection of discharge bulbs. And you should also check out
www.lighting-gallery.net, which is a gallery of bulbs and
lanterns.
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photographers
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lighting telephoto
mysite.freeserve.com/lightingtelephoto
Superb pictures of all manner of lanterns by Jon Salmon which can still be found on the UK's
streets - between Jon and Tim, I think they've got the UK covered.
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pictures of this and that
www.vt4c.demon.co.uk/index2.htm
Phil MacBean has taken pictures of various lighting installations around the Manchester area. There are also
videos of various discharge tubes running up.
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west wales street lighting
members.lycos.co.uk/wwsl
A great new site from Ian documents the varied lighting in various towns and villages
throughout West Wales.
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overseas collectors
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french street lighting
eclairagepublic.free.fr
An excellent French site detailing French street lighting practise (history, configurations, light pollution),
lanterns, collection and further links.
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Road Lighting (Les luminaires de rue)
phozagora.free.fr
Another excellent French site with technical information (light, photometry), bulb types, lantern design, lantern
identification, the author's own collection and more.
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professional organisations
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institute of lighting engineers
www.ile.org.uk
I'm proud to be an Associate Member and they've kindly given me permission to reproduce articles from
Public Lighting.
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street lighting in the uk
members.aol.com/highlec/sluk.html
The site of the Association of Street Lighting Contractors.
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manufacturers
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harvey fuse gear
www.harveyfusegear.co.uk
Makers of cut-offs, gland plates, feeder pillars and other electrical components for
street lights. Founded by Harry Harvey who also originally set-up
SMK Limited.
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