The lighting installed to complement the recent regeneration of Slough town centre has a retro feel to it, with catenary lighting being installed along the length of the pedestrianised section of the High Street. All the photographs in this post were taken in November 2013:
A picture showing how effective the new catenary lighting in the pedestrianised area of Slough High Street is.
Another view of the High Street, which also shows how the catenary lighting provides good visual guidance to the shopper and invites them to explore the full length of the High Street.
Another picture of the catenary lighting in the pedestrianised area of Slough High Street.
Sadly I have no day photographs as I was working at the time and unable to visit the town centre in daylight, but the night-time photos certainly show how effective the lighting is compared to the more usual post-mounted street lanterns, heritage lanterns, wall-mounted lanterns or wall-mounted SONPAKs.
In another modern twist on a retro idea, Slough town centre also has a number of what look like newly-installed Thorn Alumets, recreating the look of yesteryear originally created by Richardson's Candles and REVO's Festivals:
New vertical LED or fluorescent "candles" in Slough town centre.
Some more of Slough's new candles.
With the High Street being reserved for the catenary lighting, these candles are installed in some of the public open spaces like piazzas etc., hence they are more of a decorative (but still functional) item. Accordingly, there's no long streets in Slough town centre with just the candles on show.