4. Derby's City Centre. All around the city centre, new lanterns and columns were installed in summer 2003, replacing old SON lanterns, including Alpha 3s, Alpha 8s, MRL 6s and SGS 204s, as part of the next 'Connecting Derby' scheme. I happened to be in town when some of the new lanterns were being raised  - the 28th August 2003. It appears a private contractor has installed them, perhaps Harlite at nearby Heanor, as the bucket van was not of Derby City Council colours. The new lanterns look rather too modern for my liking - they are not in-keeping with the architecture of surrounding buildings. They are fitted with either SON or Metal Halide lamps depending on where they are located, and are Eclatec Elite 55s.

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