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Hotel Lighting - 1980s style A couple of snaps from my annual trip up to the Mercure hotel in Livingston for a convention. It's quite an unusual place in that it seems to have avoided much in the way of refurbs so far - and while slightly threadbare in a few areas is generally in good order - very few lights out in the place anyway. Think the only LEDs I've seen in the place are a couple of MR16 downlighters and a couple of replacement emergency fixtures. It's a nice place to stay - and the staff get a definite mention for coping with the number of folks we had there - we'd filled the entire hotel and then had overflow at a nearby Travelodge, yet they still managed to keep up and keep a smile on their faces. Always worry that next year I'll find the place renovated and full of LED trash though! Fittings are by and large Thorn made. Keywords: thorn; fluorescent; hotel; commercial; recessed

Hotel Lighting - 1980s style

A couple of snaps from my annual trip up to the Mercure hotel in Livingston for a convention. It's quite an unusual place in that it seems to have avoided much in the way of refurbs so far - and while slightly threadbare in a few areas is generally in good order - very few lights out in the place anyway. Think the only LEDs I've seen in the place are a couple of MR16 downlighters and a couple of replacement emergency fixtures.

It's a nice place to stay - and the staff get a definite mention for coping with the number of folks we had there - we'd filled the entire hotel and then had overflow at a nearby Travelodge, yet they still managed to keep up and keep a smile on their faces.

Always worry that next year I'll find the place renovated and full of LED trash though!

Fittings are by and large Thorn made.

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Album name:Zelandeth / Period Installations
Keywords:thorn / fluorescent / hotel / commercial / recessed
Manufacturer:Mostly Thorn
Wattage:36W x 3
Date manufactured:1980s at a guess
Filesize:1627 KiB
Date added:08 Nov, 2017
Dimensions:1536 x 2048 pixels
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RobTDCI   [10 Nov, 2017 at 12:46 PM]
I like that type of lighting. Some travelodges still have the older arrowslims with the black lampholders over the bathroom mirror.
Zelandeth   [10 Nov, 2017 at 03:19 PM]
Light over the mirror in the bedrooms here is a 3' black ended Arrowslim I believe. Forgot to snap that this time, but think I may have one from a previous trip...will have a rummage for it later.
RobTDCI   [10 Nov, 2017 at 08:27 PM]
This is following refurbs in recent years. They're perfect for the job, nice to see them not being replaced just because they aren't considered cutting edge technology.
Zelandeth   [11 Nov, 2017 at 10:21 PM]
This place I reckon is likely to see a major overhaul relatively soon. The rooms are quite threadbare in a few places. They generally do most of their business with corporate in-and-out meeting type jobs, think we're the exception to the rule when we book the whole place out. Reckon this is why it's "survived" so long, if it was a tourist hotspot rather than buried in an industrial estate it would probably have been 6500K LEDs everywhere long since...
AngryHorse   [11 Nov, 2017 at 11:39 PM]
Whats in room 237? Rolling Eyes
Zelandeth   [12 Nov, 2017 at 12:56 PM]
Well 227 I seem to recall hosting a fairly major party while we were there...or I'm missing some cultural reference because I'm stupid...
AngryHorse   [12 Nov, 2017 at 04:40 PM]
The corridor reminded me of The Shining!, and 237 with the old woman in the bath! Very Happy
Zelandeth   [12 Nov, 2017 at 06:26 PM]
That would be why I was clueless then. Never seen more than a few snippets of it!
AngryHorse   [12 Nov, 2017 at 08:07 PM]
Shocked Shocked You have never seen Stanley Kubricks masterpiece???, its my all time favourite film!, I guess horror is not your film genres then?, the bath scene in room 237 is proper creepy Cool
Zelandeth   [13 Nov, 2017 at 01:15 PM]
Horror isn't really my thing to be honest, though I can still appreciate a film for its production values. These days I tend to struggle to sit through a movie though, always get distracted after half an hour and wander off to do something else.

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