This ex gas column in Saddler Street Durham has now been replaced after many years of service, the new column is of an Albany design and fitted on a black tapered column. It has a CDO-TT bulb in but is currently unlit despite the old column being removed. It was a strange example as at some point in time an extension was added to the column to allow for finger posts to be attached, however back in 2012 these were removed and a stand alone sign post installed, around this time the column height was lowered and the lantern seen was removed and an Urbis K lux installed. However a few months back this failed and a ZXU1 was mounted post top and looked awful. I had thought then that this was a temporary measure and that replacement was imminent.
Meanwhile in Durham the LED replacements are storming ahead replacing 70W SON and 35 & 55W SOX using a mixture of Thorn Isaros both bowled and cut off versions and Urbis Axias. I cant decide whether they suit the concrete columns or not.