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Test Desk · 23rd Oct 2022, 9:22 am

I think the final was colloquially known as a "Turks cap" after ancient Turkish headware.
I like the idea that they were fitted to deter birds from perching and doing what birds do. Strangely enough, I've never seen birds resting on the metal steps of poles?

23rd Oct 2022, 9:22 am	#15
Test Desk Tetrode Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, UK. Posts: 63	Re: DP 399 A Sight To Behold I think the final was colloquially known as a "Turks cap" after ancient Turkish headware. I like the idea that they were fitted to deter birds from perching and doing what birds do. Strangely enough, I've never seen birds resting on the metal steps of poles?