39A. Brockhurst Lane, Blymhill, South Staffordshire With thanks to AgentHalogen_87 for informing me of these Survivors. Installed along this village's arterial road are several post-top lanterns from GEC's Z567# series (the last digit being dictated by the lamp type employed), with most being attached to brackets that are supported by the wooden utility poles carrying the electricity supply through the village. The fact that these lights have survived when much of Staffordshire's older lighting stock has been renewed under its Street Lighting PFI suggests that they could be in the ownership of the Parish Council, and thus, have avoided any sort of modernisation.

The first example is seen at the junction of School Lane.

The brackets are also a GEC product, and are designed to house the lamp control gear within them.

The transparent acrylic glazing panel from a sign light has been used as a rudimentary replacement cover over the top of this particular bracket.

Two further pole-mounted Z5670s are to be found at either end of a small row of bungalows; this is the first.

Although the bracket's original cover is still present here, it has had to have a length of insulation tape wrapped around it to hold it in place.

Part of this lantern's GRP canopy is damaged, exposing the internal hinge arrangement.

The other one has slightly less foliage surrounding it.

The original locking mechanism for this bracket's cover panel appears to be operational still.

The final example is to found attached to a sheet steel column; possibly, a GEC 'Fivemetre' type, although these were octagonal-based, and this is hexagonal.

More insulation tape-based repairs are present here; in this case, to hold the lantern firmly to the column.

The inspection door matches the profile of the column.

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