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Merchant Adventurers "Ventura" - A stylish 1960's pendant light fitting Quite by chance, I stumbled upon this absolute relic today on my University's campus - in a loo of all places! Considering virtually every other light fitting I've spotted so far at this Uni has been rampantly LED'd, or at the very least is a modern T5 fluorescent fitting, this was a surprise. Complete with a 32 year-old Philips 150w GLS lamp - itself a rarity these days, and probably only the second lamp it's sported in its lifetime. I'd imagine the original lamp was probably an 100-150s crown silvered GLS

Merchant Adventurers "Ventura" - A stylish 1960's pendant light fitting

Quite by chance, I stumbled upon this absolute relic today on my University's campus - in a loo of all places! Considering virtually every other light fitting I've spotted so far at this Uni has been rampantly LED'd, or at the very least is a modern T5 fluorescent fitting, this was a surprise. Complete with a 32 year-old Philips 150w GLS lamp - itself a rarity these days, and probably only the second lamp it's sported in its lifetime. I'd imagine the original lamp was probably an 100-150s crown silvered GLS

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Album name:LAllenLighting / Sightings out and about
Manufacturer:Merchant Adventurers
Type/Model:Ventura
Wattage:150w
Date manufactured:1960s
Filesize:2663 KiB
Date added:09 Oct, 2026
Dimensions:3058 x 2048 pixels
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AngryHorse   [09 Oct, 2026 at 06:53 PM]
I remember similar designs in the 70s being all the rage for houses Cool
RobTDCI   [10 Oct, 2026 at 11:11 AM]
Had those in the older part of my secondary school that was built in 1956, though with a more conventional white ceiling rose. They were 100w, didn't produce anything like enough light for a classroom. I remember a teacher switching them on on a dull day and sarcastically saying: 'Oh that's really made a difference hasn't it!'. Some only had 60w lamps.
Oliver   [11 Oct, 2026 at 12:57 AM]
One of the schools I work at was built in 1961 and had these lights. My old CLASP primary school also had these fittings and they were wired in MICC and they all ran CFLs. Luckily I managed to save a couple. The shades are very fragile...

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