174CB. Teal Drive, Brookvale Park, Stockland Green, Birmingham With thanks to Leo Conway for discovering these Survivors. Installed throughout the communal parking areas on this small housing estate are a number of 15 ft (5 m) Revo tubular steel columns, supporting examples of the same company's 'Hatfield' (or 'Precinct') lanterns, for 80 - 125 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) lamps. While this setup was once a common sight on residential streets throughout Birmingham, examples are now rare, with these particular installations likely to fall under ownership other that of the main Birmingham City Council, as all lighting (which was, mostly, of identical appearance to these Survivors) on the main thoroughfare of Teal Drive was replaced in the early 2010s with 6 m columns supporting WRTL Stela Wide LED lanterns.
The first columns to be pictured are those in the parking area that is first on the left from the junction with North Park Road.
The metalwork looks to have been repainted relatively recently, with the dark green finish making these installations appear newer than they actually are (1960s' vintage).
The polycarbonate bowl has become yellowed and translucent, owing to the ultraviolet light produced by the 80 Watt MBF (mercury vapour) lamp over the years.
The second column is at the very end of this parking area.
The wide dish-like canopy, which also serves as a reflector, is also painted the same dark green on its upper-facing side.
This example is in another parking area further down the road. This column has avoided being painted green (though the garage doors in the background have not).
The original brown finish applied to the upper section of this lantern's canopy is still visible.
The lantern was dayburning when pictured in June 2025, revealing that this one (at least) still ran an MBF lamp. A prismatic glass refractor dome surrounds this.
This examples is to be found on a short footpath between another parking area and Linton Walk footpath, which passes through the middle of the estate.
The bowl looked rather grubby on this example, which may be due to its proximity to trees.
This lantern faced towards the parking area.
The white paint applied to the underside of this lantern's canopy seemed relatively clean.
The pre-1974 Birmingham Coat of Arms is cast into the column's inspection door. A miniature photocell is fitted to the right of the door; this is likely to replace the original time switch control.
A feature of these lanterns is the cranked bracket that links the main lantern to the spigot section.
At the other end of this parking area, a column positioned around a well-pruned hedge was to be seen.
This lantern was also lit during the day.
A glass refractor dome still survived here too.
This column door is plain, and faces towards the hedge. The (failed) miniature photocell is visible on this side of the column.
The lamp wasn't quite positioned symmetrically within the lantern.
The final example was located near the entrance to this parking area.
A slight cobweb accumulation existed between the bracket and bowl.
The estate was also home to two columns supporting Simplex (the eventual successor to Revo) Diadems. As can be seen, the bowl on this example was hanging open.
Being slightly newer, the Diadems are fitted with NEMA photocell sockets.
An 80 W MBF lamp is fitted here too.
Despite this, the bowl is still relatively clear.
The second of these columns was inside the parking area at the end of the road. Uniquely, locked gates prevented access to this area.
The bowl here also seemed to have avoided discolouring too severely.
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