Lamppost, bangor
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Image: © Rossographer Taken: 20 Apr 2011
Detail of a lamppost located on Raglan Road in Bangor. A concrete post, it was made by "Concrete Utilities Ltd.". The company was established in the UK in 1923 by Charles Marques M.B.E., an Australian from Adelaide who came to Britain after fighting in the First World War. The company, still owned by the Marques family, continues to trade today but is known as "CU Phosco Lighting" http://www.cuphosco.com .