Woodchurch Rd. Old Street Lamps. - 25th Apr 2009 8:36am
A real shot in the dark here... Has anyone out there any old photo's of Woodchurch Road pre-early 1950's ?? The section I'm interested in is between the Storeton Road lights and the railway bridge, just before the M.53.
I'm trying to get a reasonable image of the old gas street lamps/columns that were in place prior to the mercury vapour lamps. These too have now long gone.
These were the full height columns, not the more usual side road variety that lasted until the '60's/'70's. They had much decorative scrollwork supporting the side arm and had "Sugg" top entry lanterns with 6 or 8 mantles inside.
I know this is a longshot, but maybe someone has a shot of a house/shop/car etc. with a lamp lurking in the background ?
There is a Francis Frith postcard showing the Woodchurch Rd shops in Prenton. This shows a tiny part of one of the lamps, but that's all. Grrrrrrr..
As an aside, the mercury lamps were the ones that when you stood under them at night, you looked as if you had some hideous skin disease ! Your skin colour was varying shades of purple.
Any help would be appreciated. I won't be holding my breath on this one though !!
Ta muchly.
I'm trying to get a reasonable image of the old gas street lamps/columns that were in place prior to the mercury vapour lamps. These too have now long gone.
These were the full height columns, not the more usual side road variety that lasted until the '60's/'70's. They had much decorative scrollwork supporting the side arm and had "Sugg" top entry lanterns with 6 or 8 mantles inside.
I know this is a longshot, but maybe someone has a shot of a house/shop/car etc. with a lamp lurking in the background ?
There is a Francis Frith postcard showing the Woodchurch Rd shops in Prenton. This shows a tiny part of one of the lamps, but that's all. Grrrrrrr..
As an aside, the mercury lamps were the ones that when you stood under them at night, you looked as if you had some hideous skin disease ! Your skin colour was varying shades of purple.
Any help would be appreciated. I won't be holding my breath on this one though !!
Ta muchly.