In the 1950s and 1960s, REVO competed with the GEC and AEI, providing columns, brackets and lanterns, many of which can still be seen on the UK's roads today.

They were one of the industrial brutes of 1960s Britain, producing all manner of electrical goods, from fans through to ovens, and of course, street lights. Their Tipton based works were vast and could be said to straddle county borders.

REVO's range of ornate brackets and lanterns were arguably the best in the business and they produced a large range of munipical fixtures for standard lighting.

They were also one of the more flexible companies, allowing lighting engineers to design custom REVO lanterns for their own cities. Birmingham relished having their own custom lighting; whilst lanterns, brackets and columns were produced for London, Eastbourne, Cambridge and others.

The company first rose to prominence in the 1930s but their founding is obscure. Apparently the company started off as Cable And Accessory, founded by Frederick Reeves, who was in partnership with Vaughan of VONO. Perhaps he renamed his own company REVO to emphasize the link. Other sources suggested that the company's name was linked with the instructions found over the companies' doorways: "Reeves Only, No Other" and "Vaughan Only, No Other". Further, the company was probably linked with Hardy And Padmore who probably produced some of the cast-iron brackets and columns for the company.

In a 1960s advert, REVO mentioned their pride of 50 years of electrical achievement, suggesting the firm was founded in 1910.

During the 1960s, and the huge mergers and consolidations, REVO became a third of Duport's holdings (the others being VONO and Duport Foundries Limited). As part of a major company, and as became common during the late 1960s, assets were transfered and sold, and REVO's streetlighting division was sold to Tubes Limited who sold and developed the range under the Relite name.

It isn't known what happened to the remainder of the REVO company. I suspect it was fully merged into its parent company, Duport, in the 1970s.

Their legacy lives on however, with REVO being fondly remembered, and their lanterns welcomed, by any collector.