London Bridge Tower Night Sodium Street Light
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Dear Lampy
I’ve spent some of the day flicking through the pages of your blog and it’s amused me no end.
I used to think (and still do) of lamposts as characters. The old English lanterns (I live in Canada now) used to have so much about them. I totally get the dinosaur references and the affable columns!
Great blog mate. I do hope that you update soon.
BTW… have you ever checked out Welwyn Garden City? I think you would like it there. The town centre is full of very peculiar streetlamps; they are like tall post-top things complete with pointy hats. I happen to know that they were installed in 1959/1960 but I have never seen them anywhere else in the UK. Digswell Road is nice too, there are some good old fashioned sodiums there and if you did down into some of the residential areas you will find some awesome old concretes dating from the fifties and sixties.
Anyway…. thanks for a great site.
Stay happy Lampy 
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M (name supplied).
Lampy replies
Thanks! It’s true! Lamps have character! And the oldest ones, rather like wine and literature, are the best, the new ones are like modern celebrities – skinny, talentless and dull. And lamp-posts should be anything but dull! (c:
Lampy has been photographing surviving old lampies, and intends to publish some goodies. Alas, there are many demands on his time at the mo, and so the lamp-fan blog is being updated less frequently than is ideal. However, lampy is pleased to put up a quick trio of images from his recent trip to London. Some spectacular night shots no less, to kick off 2011!
London lamp post sodium goose neck
These photos were taken just south of the Thames river, by Waterloo railway station. In the background you can see, under construction, the London Bridge Tower, also known as The Shard.
Sodium goose neck yelow light at night
These were taken on 6th January 2011.
London Bridge Tower The Shard of Glass construction at night
Lampy posits that the photos make a fun contrast of a humble old sodium goose neck street light and a monstrous new tower that’s under construction.
P.S what’s taking some of lampy’s time? New invention – the Culica
Posted: January 29th, 2011 under Lamp post, Night, goose neck, side street sodium, sodium.
Tags: glow, goose neck, london bridge, london bridge tower, night, sodium, the shard, tower