Although all of these lovely old Wardle lanterns went to scrap, just one remained in situ outside the ladies toilet for a month or so after the others had gone. Thanks to the foresight of fellow collector 'Dorron Harper', this fitting was thankfully saved from the scrap pile at Lytham Council's Depot on 29th April 1969.

Dorron recalls that the 'Wardles on the Promenade' were all mounted on 'Wardle' cast iron fuse boxes and were section switched (group switched). However, Dorron seems to recall that the lantern he saved, and which stood away from the main Promenade installation, was possibly mounted on top of a 'Wardle' unit box. The unit boxes would have contained a Bakelite 'Rythmatic control switch' made by the Automatic Telephone and Electric Co Ltd of Liverpool, for 'Ripple control' switching. But when the lantern was rescued it was minus the fuse/switch box, so only an old photograph would reveal what it was actually mounted on.

A view of the 'Wardle' from above showing the top-entry fixing and the cast lug on the neck in which a securing screw is located to hold the lantern in the desired position. The stepped canopy is synonymous of 'Wardle' lanterns of this type, and perhaps gives the appearance that the fitting might be older than it actually is.

It is assumed that the cast iron spigot mounting and the finial top, are left threaded on one side and right threaded on the other, to make the assembly of the bracket possible. This would have been done by offering the two sides of the brackets up to the bottom and top cast iron blocks, and then by revolving the two blocks simutainously in the same direction, the two sides of the bracket would be drawn together.

Although the Reflector is very similar in design and shape to that of the REVO Lodestar, 'Wardle' employed a 3-point fixing for the their reflector, rather than the 4-point fixing favoured by REVO. Sadly, the enamelled steel reflector has become chipped at some point in the distant past, which has resulted in steel beneath being corroded by the sea air. However, thanks to Dorron's careful storage of the lantern, the problem hasn't got any worse and an effective repair is quite possible.

Currently, No Image of this actual lantern is known to exist, but if one can be unearthed, then hopefully it can be included at later date. In the meantime this low resolution scan of a picture of the Lythm  promenade at least gives some idea of what they looked like in situ.