10. Repton. (Those of you who have seen the Robert Donat version of 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' may have heard of this place.) Along the main road are three old cast iron columns with modern swan necks and DW Windsor Iffery lanterns. Up until recently they were painted green and had top entry 55W SOX lanterns fitted, but have since been repainted. Also along the road were several concrete columns, however these were removed and Philips SGS 203s and SON bulkheads have been installed in place. Two of the columns are ex-gas ones, and so control boxes are fitted, but they may only contain a cutout nowadays, as the new lanterns have minicells fitted to their canopies. The box in the left hand photograph has had a plastic clamp put around it as the lock has failed. The third column is a Revo one, with a door in the base, and so no control box needs to be fitted to it.
Oddly, the fluted column on the right has now been removed (noticed on October 11th 2003). It has been replaced with a modern steel column and post top Industria Arc lantern, however the other two columns are still there at this time. I later discovered that the service cable burned out inside the column and couldn't be repaired or replaced, so the change had to be made.
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