Newsletter - November 2011  



Greetings!

We're getting all nostalgic in this months newsletter, with some familiar old faces
from the past coming back into stock.
When we started out in this business we spent most of our time sourcing salvaged industrial
light fittings from factories across the UK, mostly in the Midlands and the North of England.
We had some fantastic hauls of lighting - Longbridge, Fort Dunlop, some massive mills and factories
in Manchester and surrounding areas.
It seemed like the flow of mid-century British industrial lighting would never end, but it did.
Well it didn't completely end, but it did seriously slow up as the old factories disappeared and as
more people cottoned on to the value of these beautiful lights.
We've since got distracted salvaging the lighting jewels of the communist bloc, but we do
still keep an eye out on the home front.
So it's very nice to welcome back some runs of classic British industrial lighting.
New in are some rare Benjamin down lights with convex glass diffusers and also some original
1950's Holophanes.
We also have a fabulous run of cast-aluminum Maxlume pendants and a large quantity of original GEC bulkhead wall lights with unusual glass fascias.
There's more in the wings, so keep an eye on the website into the New Year.

 


Benjamin downlighters with glass

A run of rare British mid-century industrial pendant ligths, with convex glass diffusers and polished steel rims and caps. Made by Benjamin.

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1950’s Holophane pendants

 A run of 1950’s prismatic glass pendants made by Holophane. Fitted with new chrome-plated galleries and hanging loops.

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Industrial Maxlume pendants

A large run of 1940/50’s British industrial pendant lights by Maxlume, salvaged from a factory in the north of England. Cast aluminium with thick domed glass diffusers. We’ve left these lights in the original grey/green paintwork, simply beeswaxing them to bring out the patina. Large runs of British industrial lighting like this are an increasing rarity.

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Set of 3 grey pendants with convex glass

 A set of 3 grey-enamelled factory downlighters, with polished steel caps and rims and convex glass diffusers.

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Open neck Industrial Pendants

Extremely unusual British industrial pendant lights salvaged from a factory in Birmingham. A grey-enamelled shade suspended on a re-powdercoated 3-arm bracket hung from a polished aluminium mounting. Each light is supplied with an award winning 11w 8000hour 'Plumen' energy saving bulb. We've retained the Giant-Edison porcelain bulbholders but have mounted new E27 bulbholders inside them.

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A Recent Project ....

Union Market, London

Our Dunlop factory lights look magnificent in this impressive food hall established in the old Fulham Broadway underground station. It's hard to imagine how the character and authenticity that these lights bring to this setting could be achieved with modern lighting.

www.unionmarket.co.uk