Newsletter - June 2011  



Greetings!

We love NYC. We try to make excuses to go there on' business' whenever we can - this time we've managed to bring a bit of it home with us. We're extremely excited to have sourced some unused 'Walk/Don't Walk' signs decommisioned from the streets of Manhattan at the end of the nineties. They are as iconic an emblem of New York City as the red double-decker is of London.

Also hitting the shelves this month we have some great metal plan chests salvaged from the Jawa motorbike factory in the Czech Republic as well as a large run of stylish 'flared' Czech factory pendant lights.

You can also see us at the movies - X Men First Class releases tomorrow and it's packed full of Trainspotters lighting and furniture.

Feedback on the new website is also welcome - it's a month old and we're still tweaking it in places.

Please note we do not do online sales – please contact us if you'd like to make a purchase.

 

 

Communist plan chests

We have a few of these 1950’s metal plan chests salvaged from the Jawa motorcycle factory in the Czech Republic. Original hammered-metallic paintwork, white bakelite handles, lockable drawers each cabinet bearing the ‘Jawa’ nameplate. Once employing a whole town, the legendary Jawa has now reduced to a work force of just 150, operating out of a small building at one end of the massive crumbling factory complex. Very little remains internally, but we were excited to find some of these plan chests in a small room on the top floor.


Walk / Don't Walk

 A very exciting find. We have a quantity of these original classic street signs now decomissioned from the streets of New York City. Our batch of signs sat in a storeroom and never made it onto the streets - they became surplus in 1999 when the decision was made to replace these NYC icons with an LED graphic version more suited to a culturally diverse populace. Made of cast-aluminium and vandal proof tempered glass, All are in the original NYC yellow. Supplied fitted with completely new circuitry designed to flash at timed intervals, and with new internal E27 bulbholders and braided flex as required. Can be wall mounted or suspended.

Trainspotters.co.uk


Polish industrial pendant lights

A run of impressive industrial pendant lights salvaged from a communist-era factory in Poland. Polished steel tops, re-powdercoated matt black carcasses and heavy ribbed glass diffusers. Each light is supplied complete with hanging kit:
  • A new fixed bulbholder (B22, E27 or American E26)
  • 2m polished steel chain
  • 3m braided flex in a choice of colours
  • One of our bespoke cast-aluminium ceiling pattresses


Flared Czech downlighters

Polished aluminium and black enamelled industrial pendant lights salvaged from a communist-era factory in the Czech Republic. In great condition with nice flared shades. Each light is supplied complete with hanging kit:
  • A new fixed bulbholder (B22, E27 or American E26)
  • 2m polished steel chain
  • 3m braided flex in a choice of colours
  • One of our bespoke cast-aluminium ceiling pattresses

Trainspotters.co.uk



Trainspotters.co.uk


It's out today and it's packed with Trainspotters lighting. We supplied a large range of pendant, bulkhead and fluorescent lighting for various scenes within the movie - early reviews are glowing so we're off to see it this week... http://www.x-menfirstclassmovie.com/