Lamp bin finds - 17/01/21 - One of the best hauls yet!
Due to the dreaded lockdown, I had not visited some of my local lamp recycling bins for a couple of months, as I had assumed they wouldn't be filling up so much anymore. Well, turns out I was wrong, and when I got to bin 1 of 2 and lifted the lid I couldn't believe my eyes... In amongst the usual broken Chinese fluorescent trash, I could see several coloured, brass base, and decorative candle lamps! Turns out someone had dumped a load of GLS from the 50s - 80s! Many of the bases are corroded and lamps were filthy (cleaned for the photo), but all worked except the blue pygmy lamp I have marked on the photo. Bin 2 of 2 turned up lots of 3 pin mercury lamps, as well as SOX lamps (albeit all of them looked EOL). I think the local council uses that bin. Anyway, from bin 1:

18w Thorn Pluslux T8 tube (lightly used, 1990s)
60w Crompton R80 reflector (1980s)
100w Philips pearl GLS (1980s)
25w Philips "Appliance" golf ball lamp (very corroded base but working, Feb. 1969)
150w Waitrose (Philips) pearl GLS (Nov. 1983)
Unknown brass E27 clear GLS lamp (1960s-1970s)
150w Osram-GEC "Extralite" clear GLS (etch faded, April 1972)
60w Cryselco (Bell) clear candle lamp with tall filament (Oct. 1975?)
40w Atlas clear candle lamp (1950s)
Unknown twisted candle lamp (heavy glass, 1950s or maybe even 1940s)
60w Cryselco (GEC) amber GLS lamp (July 1974)
5x Assorted 50s-60s car bulbs (4 of them NOS)
1x Unknown blue pygmy lamp (EOL unfortunately)
1x GEC amber pygmy lamp (1973)

...And, from bin 2:

150w Philips SON-E (Used, Feb. 1998)
8w Sylvania UK tube (NOS, 1990s)
8w GE UK tube (Used, 1990s)
4w Thorn tube (Lightly used, 1990s)
3x 80w GE Kolorlux B22-3 mercury lamps (Used, 1990s)
1x Unknown 80w B22-3 mercury lamp (Used, 80s-90s)
1x Philips 80w B22-3 HPL-N lamp (Used and etch faded, April 1980)
1x Osram 80w B22-3 HQL lamp (Lightly used, August 2008)
1x Philips 80w E27 HPL-N lamp (Used, June 1988)

Lamp bin finds - 17/01/21 - One of the best hauls yet!

Due to the dreaded lockdown, I had not visited some of my local lamp recycling bins for a couple of months, as I had assumed they wouldn't be filling up so much anymore. Well, turns out I was wrong, and when I got to bin 1 of 2 and lifted the lid I couldn't believe my eyes... In amongst the usual broken Chinese fluorescent trash, I could see several coloured, brass base, and decorative candle lamps! Turns out someone had dumped a load of GLS from the 50s - 80s! Many of the bases are corroded and lamps were filthy (cleaned for the photo), but all worked except the blue pygmy lamp I have marked on the photo. Bin 2 of 2 turned up lots of 3 pin mercury lamps, as well as SOX lamps (albeit all of them looked EOL). I think the local council uses that bin. Anyway, from bin 1:

18w Thorn Pluslux T8 tube (lightly used, 1990s)
60w Crompton R80 reflector (1980s)
100w Philips pearl GLS (1980s)
25w Philips "Appliance" golf ball lamp (very corroded base but working, Feb. 1969)
150w Waitrose (Philips) pearl GLS (Nov. 1983)
Unknown brass E27 clear GLS lamp (1960s-1970s)
150w Osram-GEC "Extralite" clear GLS (etch faded, April 1972)
60w Cryselco (Bell) clear candle lamp with tall filament (Oct. 1975?)
40w Atlas clear candle lamp (1950s)
Unknown twisted candle lamp (heavy glass, 1950s or maybe even 1940s)
60w Cryselco (GEC) amber GLS lamp (July 1974)
5x Assorted 50s-60s car bulbs (4 of them NOS)
1x Unknown blue pygmy lamp (EOL unfortunately)
1x GEC amber pygmy lamp (1973)

...And, from bin 2:

150w Philips SON-E (Used, Feb. 1998)
8w Sylvania UK tube (NOS, 1990s)
8w GE UK tube (Used, 1990s)
4w Thorn tube (Lightly used, 1990s)
3x 80w GE Kolorlux B22-3 mercury lamps (Used, 1990s)
1x Unknown 80w B22-3 mercury lamp (Used, 80s-90s)
1x Philips 80w B22-3 HPL-N lamp (Used and etch faded, April 1980)
1x Osram 80w B22-3 HQL lamp (Lightly used, August 2008)
1x Philips 80w E27 HPL-N lamp (Used, June 1988)

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