DP 399 A Sight To Behold
I spotted this lovely old pole in the seaside location of Cullercoats North Shields. The decorative roof is rather unique - although I seem to recall from my brief days at the GPO in 69" that these were a standard fitment for scenic locations.
The surrounding poles have clearly been replaced at some stage by plain ones & there is even one of those horrible galvanised one at the end of the road.
The original "nail in stud"' pole number is just visible albeit with a missing [D].
Many of the surrounding properties have retained the original open wire distribution brackets & insulators which is quite nice to see.
And for me, the most pleasing aspect is that despite it's age, this pole is also fitted with the most up to date technology i.e. a Fibre Dropwire DP on the opposite side to the legacy copper one.
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