Keith George Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Can some one please jog my failing memory ? What colour were lamp post painted in the shopping high streets during the l ate 1950s ? Also if it was not the same, what was the colour of lamp posts in streets of terraced house's. Thanks to every person that as a good memory.. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Mid/late '50s on Bridge Street and High Street in Pinner they were concrete posts with white(ish) flourescents. At around that time side streets were usually concrete posts but with smaller sodium yellow heads 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 The old Merit lights were moored green and some cast iron ones I have recently seen at a reclamation year were a similar colour. However as @johnb has pointed out by that time many were cast concrete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Memory (always faulty, especially mine) says green for the cast iron type. (The contemporary Merit ones were moulded in green plastic. for what it's worth). Black/dirt is a possibility. It would have depended on the local council I suspect. I don't think there was any hard and fast rule. Beaten to it again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted July 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2020 Definitely green where I lived, Medway Towns. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2020 Depends who your local council was. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted July 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2020 Try driving through a 1950s street! I think I have seen all green, green base with a cream post, possibly black or dark green and at least one with a yellow and black striped bulbous base. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Are you old enough to remember the last gas lamps in Bristol? Wickham Hill (Stapleton), before they were moved (stolen by the city corporation for a more salubrious area) - just checked my picture - as above, they were green! Well a sort of greeny blue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Yes, old enough to remember the gas lights in Bristol.! I was thinking about the cast iron post and I thought they were a dark green. but not sure. So green it will be Thankyou all gents for your replies. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2020 A lot of stuff in general was painted a sort of mid green in the 50s, because the country was still recovering from the aftermath of the war and the post war austerity period, when paint of any colour had been difficult to obtain for any civilian use. Pretty much the only paint you could get was green or war surplus army, RN, and RAF colours. It wasn't until the 60s that people started painting their doors and window frames in other colours, and by this time most councils were well on the way to replacing street lights, certainly on main roads and bus routes, with concrete sodium discharge posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2020 Certain lamp posts on say a tight corner, may even still have had the remains, of the lower say six foot still painted white, from black out days.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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