55W SOX Eleco GR501s were installed on metal columns through Jobs Well Road and College Road in the late 1970s or early 1980s. At the Jobs Well Road end, the installation is completely intact today. Here is an unusual example with an extremely short bracket.

The black and gold paintwork was applied in 2001 - previously these were all painted mid-grey.

Update: This lantern was removed on 25th November 2004 and replaced with a Philips MI36 on a Nedal conical aluminium column slightly further up the road. The replacement appears to be part of work to widen the pavement around the corner, and so far no other columns have been replaced.

Photo taken Spring 2003.

At the College Road end, several columns and lanterns have been replaced, due to rust and vandalism. This is an intact fitting illustrating the standard longer bracket. In the background you can just about see a Philips MI 55W on a 'hockey stick' metal column - a 2001 replacement for a rusted column. The Philips MI series has been the standard for 35W and 55W SOX fittings since about 1990 in Carmarthenshire, and the first lantern replacement in Jobs Well Road took place in 1991.

Eleco GR501 lanterns can also be found in Cwmffrwd and Cwmgwilli.

Photo taken Spring 2003.

In Glannant Road, a very similar installation using GR501s with shorter brackets and different photocells dates from the mid 1980s. Further up the street, Glannat Road becomes College Road and there is a late 1980s installation of Philips MI80a lanterns on identical columns to this with identical photocells.

Photo taken Spring 2003.

I thought I should include a photo of a street light actually working somewhere on the site, as that is their job!

Photo taken Spring 2003.

This Eleco GR501 is mounted on a power pole and bracket.

Photo taken Spring 2003.

This photo taken in 1991 shows a lantern in the above installation in its original mid-grey paintwork. Prior to this photo being taken, this lantern had lost at least one bowl due to it's lose clips, and it had been in this "loose bowl" state periodically since the mid-1980s.

The bowl smashed on the pavement shortly after this picture was taken. After that, the lantern worked without a bowl for a while, and a Philips MI36 was fitted later on in 1991 - the first casual replacement in the whole installation.

Photo taken in 1991.

The same column photographed in 2003 with it's Philips MI36 lantern, now over 11 years old.

Photo taken Spring 2003.

Part of the bowl from the Eleco became the first item in my collection back in 1991 - sadly I couldn't get the whole lot because of the smash, and the other pieces were too small to bother with.