2. Boston, Lincolnshire. On one side of the town hall, there is a Philips SGS 203 lantern mounted on a cream coloured bracket. This is not the item of note for this Survivor article, however; what is of historical significance are the two vintage control boxes attached to the wall at a lower level - the more notable of the two being a GEC Z1911 cast iron box dating from the 1930s. As well as the GEC logo, reference is also made on the box cover to "OSIRA" lamps; the brand name for OSRAM's (GEC's lamp company) MA/V mercury lamps in the early days. Originally, the box would have housed the control gear for such a lamp, but now may contain little more than the Electricity Company's cut-out, as the SGS 203 usually has the lamp control gear mounted integrally. The other box would have housed the solar-tracking Venner time switch; a necessity for automatic switching of the lamp before the days that photo-electric cells were incorporated into street lighting applications. Again, as modern lighting equipment provides the means for switching on the lantern itself, this box may also no longer contain any equipment.

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