New Addition to Town Centre furniture.

Biggin

Honourary Staffordian
I was horrified to discover a week ago that the County Council had sited about a dozen or so new grey street lamps in the town centre. There is one bang in the middle of the square, beside the Mr potato man, one outside the Rose and Crown and if you see one, you will spot all the rest.

My main problem with them is that they are ugly, uglier than the ornamental black numbers we have already. Does anyone have any info on this or feelings either way.

I remember seeing one of the ornate ones lying down last year outside Shippleys, maybe it was tired, but it looked as though it had actually fallen. I also recall a news article about the County Council banning the Borough from putting hanging baskets on the hanging basket brackets on the ornate ones, coz they would make it too heavy when they were watered.

I have just re-read this and wonder if I have an obsession about lamps, I must admit, I have a fair collection of torches too.
 

gon2seed

(and me! - Ed)
Your absolutely bang on Biggin. We were attending a job and had to drive down the main street, and everyone on the pump commented on the awful sight. I can only assume they are temporary....please!
 

Confused

Well-Known Forumite
Biggin said:
I was horrified to discover a week ago that the County Council had sited about a dozen or so new grey street lamps in the town centre. There is one bang in the middle of the square, beside the Mr potato man, one outside the Rose and Crown and if you see one, you will spot all the rest.
Are any of these new street lamps anything to do with the missing - presumed not being bothered with this year - Christmas lights? I think they employ a few temporary ones to hang the things from?

They are so late this year I thought they weren't bothering with them.
 

Jheych

Wasps - feel my wrath!
Allret peeps

sorry ant and dec influence

Blimey croc cock ( I laughed my head off )

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k

so crimbo light ? Well as it goes was in t'town centre thise very evening and the tree is up and got red looking lights on it and there seems to be some overhead lighty things so think we are going to get some festive lighting . As I recall theres the "big" switch on this weekend with a band and wot not ..

Plse see other thread as I cant do three threads at once !
 

Doctor

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I'm pleased to see that over the last week or so all these out of character street lights have been replaced with the faux Victoriana ones that so succesfully make our town look like it's thrusting forward into the 20th century.
 
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