1970S

Along the main roads in Oxford most of the lights were ELECO GR305 lanterns and THORN ALPHA 3 lanterns with RTE P42 photocells. A lot of these were changed in the late 70s , first with THORN ALPHA 4 lanterns ( 135w SOX , less gear ) with RTE P42 photocells and then after a time the council changed over to PHILIPS MA lanterns ( 135w SOX , less gear ) with NEMA socket photocells.

Along most of the side roads in the Oxford city centre in the late 70s , the council installed new wall mounted HERITAGE SQUARE lanterns ( MBF BULBS ) glass refractors with RTE P42 photocells and these P42 control boxes were left in the bottom of the lanterns. I think all these lanterns have gone now .

In the early 90s the council started to changed them with new D.W. WINDSOR WINDSOR lanterns with the new type of refractors with SONT bulbs in them and with miniature type of photocells.

In the middle 90s, the council changed over to URBIS ABBEY lanterns with SONT bulbs in them and with miniature type of photocells.

1990s

There were some old double-bracketed posts in St Giles and these they had side entry ELECO ( DAVIS ) GR305 lanterns on them .In the early 90s 3 of these were replaced with new HERITAGE posts with top entry HERITAGE lanterns and they were painted black.

Some time after that all the old and the new posts were replaced with new D.W.WINDSOR HERITAGE posts with top entry URBIS ST GILES lanterns with METAL CRAFT brackets.

The old THORN AREA FLOOD lights that were along Cornmarket Street has been changed to URBIS RT flood lights and these are connected to water proof sockets which is next to them.

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THE PLAIN This was near to the bridge. This was taken in 1990	Old 10M metal post with a bracket with a overstay support . This is a top entry GEC lantern with a MBF bulb and this is not here any more and this was near the city centre . All the lanterns and posts have been replaced in the city centre in the 90s by URBIS ST.GILES lanterns on 10M HERITAGE posts with SONT bulbs and with miniature type of photocells.
ST GILES ( A4144 ) This is in the city centre. This was taken in 2002	URBIS ST.GILES lanterns in the city centre
RADCLIFFE SQUARE This was taken in 2002	This is in the city centre . This is a D.W. WINDSOR WINDSOR lantern with a new type of refractor and this has got a SONT bulb with a miniature type photocell . A lot of these are along the side roads of the city centre and the replacement lanterns are now URBIS ABBEY lanterns. In RADCLIFFE SQUARE there are some URBIS ABBEY lanterns with CCTV cameras in them.
NORTHMOOR ROAD This was taken in 2002	This is near the city centre ( 20 min walk ). Along this road there is a lot of these posts and lanterns . In the 80s these were painted black and in the 90s and they were painted green. The lantern is a GEC Z5580/1/2DB lantern and above this lantern is a RTE P9 with a A1 adaptor photocell and this has got a MBF BULB . With the RTE A1 adaptor you put the P9 photocell unit inside it and the A1 adaptor is made of metal and it is for top entry lanterns. RTE made another type of adaptor which is for post top lanterns and the adaptor is called the A2 and you fit the P9 photocell unit inside it as well.

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