Thorn Beta 5's and unusual brackets

Last Thursday I had labelled 2 columns of which resided two elderly Mk15 Beta 5 lanterns on extremely unusual brackets, expecting removal soon after. On the 6'th April at about 12:30, I had a phone call from the chap who had removed them, saying they've been placed by the gate at the top of my garden. I then had to phone dad to ask him to bring them into the garden. With the removal of these, and the loss of the Beta 2 I wanted, this now wipes clean my area of lighting of interest to me (well council owned at least) and finally brings a close to this very unusual installation 11 years after the rest fell.

Opening both up finally solved for me why they switched on way earlier than the other lights, the cells are rated at 100 lux, their odd position on the side probably didn't help matters at all. sadly the one minicell had been replaced for a part nighter, but I had a very similar 70 lux all night cell I roped in to return the lantern to a more original state.

I am absolutely over the moon to finally have these safely in the collection. I had kept a very close eye on these for years now, having holding very fond memories to these. It made it an absolute must that I done everything I could to save them when the time came for removal. I'm glad my patience paid off. Replacement lanterns are Holophane S-Line lanterns mounted post top... How boring.