Yeah, I think they are Stanton 8F columns. Still quite common in Lytham St. Annes sleeved and unsleeved.
Anyway, I got some transport pictures of my own for you! All of these come courtesy of the excellent Fylde Bus Blog -
http://fyldebus.blogspot.com/http://tinyurl.com/36hzxmlBack to 1986 and one of Blackpool's Leyland Nationals on the very short-lived park & ride service (which nobody used!). Some GEC high-mast lanterns are clearly visible but there is a nice surprise in this picture for you as well! If you look closely at the row of terraced houses on the left you will see a Revo Junior Sol-e-Tern! These were once quite common in Blackpool (mainly the southern half) which is surprising because Blackpool were more of a GEC user in the 50s/60s.
http://tinyurl.com/39p3tppSame year, same day, same bus but a little earlier on in the journey. More high-masts and some SGS203s on unusual long-bracketed 8m British Steel columns. These installations remain to this day!
http://tinyurl.com/26stoux1985, Station Road, Poulton. This is a massey-bodied ex-Fylde Transport Leyland PD2 which at this stage in it's life was actually owned by a vicar and was used to take his flock on outings around the area. Hard to tell what the lantern is but I know from memory it was an Eleco GR150 on a S&L column.
http://tinyurl.com/329v2x81979, and two AEC Swifts pass on Abingdon Street in Blackpool town centre. In the background, a Phosco P222 can clearly be seen and if you look above the bus on the left you can see a GEC post-top two-forty fluorescent. Contrary to popular belief, I think the back of a bus doesn't look all that bad!
http://tinyurl.com/2f7sduoThree different bus companies show their version of the Atlantean here in Lytham in 1982 (Blackpool, Fylde and Ribble from left to right). What is that heritage lantern? I guess it now genuinely
is a heritage lantern! I'm thinking GEC.