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Two elderly Revo 'Dalek' 90W SOX lanterns on telegraph pole brackets in Burry Port. These are identical to the fittings in Pembrey, suggesting they were installed at the same time. In this photo the rust on the control box as well as the bracket is clearly visible.

SOX lighting was installed in Burry Port sometime before 1969, as this photo illustrates! So these lanterns are at least 35 years old. The columns and lanterns in Station Road (in the photo link) have been replaced by SON lighting.

Update: the remaining Daleks were replaced by less gear MA90s in December 2005 right through the whole of Kidwelly and Burry Port.

Photo taken April 2003.

This column is unique as far as I am aware! One of very few (I think there may only be one other) Revo 'Dalek' lanterns mounted on columns rather than telegraph pole brackets in the area, this column is even more unique as it appears that the lantern facing the main road is mounted on a bracket with the control box at the top. The lantern actually attached to the column, facing the camera, is a modern Philips MA90 with gear. I imagine that, when this was installed, this also carried a similar 'Dalek' lantern.

This column is at the junction between the A484 and Church Road in Burry Port.

Update: this lantern was replaced in December 2005 with a less gear MA90.

Photo taken April 2003.

The same lantern as in the above photo from the other direction. In the foreground, a standard Burry Port telegraph pole bracket installation with a 1970s Eleco GR100 replacement.

Photo taken April 2003.

.Another example of a telegraph pole bracket fitting, with Revo 'Dalek' 90W lantern.

Update: this lantern was replaced in December 2005 with a less gear MA90.

Photo taken April 2003.

A close up of a side road lantern in Burry Port. This is a Revo 'Dalek' 35W SOX lantern. Originally I believed it to be 55W, but was mistaken because of the large bowl (thanks once again to Jon Salmon).

Photo taken April 2003.

Another side road lantern in Burry Port. This could be a 1950's GEC Z8430 lantern, but once again I could be wrong - let me know if you can identify it!

Photo taken April 2003.

This lantern appears at a junction off the main road in Burry Port. I think it might be an elderly version of the GEC Z9454 lantern, where the bowl has gone cloudy with age.

Photo taken April 2003.

From the old to the new - a new installation of Thorn Triumph 1 SON lanterns was put up in 2005 to light a new residential estate in Burry Port.

Photo taken February 2006.

A close up of a Thorn Triumph.

Photo taken February 2006.

Back to the old again - the Daleks may have gone but a gear-in-head REVO Lucidor 'B' lantern is still in use off the main road in a residential estate.

Photo taken February 2006.