These pics are from a small village a few miles away named White Horse Common. It doesn't look as though much has been changed on the overhead distribution for many years.

There are still street lights running from a fifth wire on the distribution poles, and quite a mixture of light styles as well. Here's one metal pole, with an extension on top. The upper insulator is where the neutral has been tapped, the lower one is the 5th lighting wire:
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Another peculiarity in this place is that there is a span of cabling with horizontal orientation instead of the usual vertical arrangement which is the norm for 240/415V lines. As the road climbs on this curve and the lines switch sides, presumably this was done to obtain sufficient clearance:
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This is the final street light, an older bracket type, and also the transition back to normal vertical orientation. The fifth wire ends at the this pole and is a little hard to spot, but it is just about visible running in from the left above the four normal conductors. Look very carefully between the second and third horizontal conductors and you can just about see it against the clouds:
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(With apologies for the poor quality again. English winter is on the way! [Linked Image])

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[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 10-21-2004).]