Up The Pole In Norwich (1, Introduction)

Tram Overhead Plus Street Lighting

See the ornate street lamp between tree and shop in Norwich. A  reference to this location in a "news" snippet prompted fbb to start thinking.

The Victorians were great enthusiasts for decoration. Here is a humble street lamp on The Embankment in London.

Humble? It is ornate to the point if being ridiculous, maybe? 

Here is something less ornate but at a more humble junction.

It is one of four that adorn the bridge on Mornington Street ...

.... as it crosses the West Coast main line ...

... just outside Euston station.

The Northern Line's Mornington Crescent station is just a toddle away (map above, right).

The Victorian desire for embellishment often extended to tram overhead ...

... with these being plucked at random and unidentified via the interwebnet.

Realistically, most cash strapped tram start-ups kept things very simple.

So, the question is, were there examples of ornate tram overhead that double as ornate lamp standards. If so, do any still exist today.

The ultimate authority on all things tram, The "Village" at Crich, has no streetlights screwed on to the tram overhead poles.

... although the street lamps would certainly qualify as "Victorian" in style.

Which might take us to Norwich!

More to follow.

Round The Bend In Derby!

Remember the X38?

It used to be joint between Trent (above) and Arriva ...

... with not-quite-matching branding from Arriva.

Then the two had a falling out and they now compete ferociously. Recent developments have been a bit of a re-launch from Trent.

It has become ORANGE, not blue; and now has a new name.

Nw clld  Xprss , the Trnt bs wll spd t Brtin-pn-Trnt vry 15 mnts, lltrtly. Hrs vd flm!

For the record, Trent runs every 15 minutes ...

Arriva every 20!

Weird!

The former joint service was every 10 with each operator running three of the buses each hour - but not alternately.

 Next Up The Pole blog : Tues 24 June