Industrial Lighting from the Edge of the Cotswolds - Remodelista
Trainspotters, the industrial lighting people in Gloucestershire, take a modern approach to vintage. As salvage experts, founders Tony Brook and Jesse Carrington are only too aware that the supply of discarded street and factory lighting that they source throughout the UK and Europe is finite. Photograph by Kendra Wilson. Originally rescued from the Dunlop factory near Birmingham, England, these 17-inch lights have become Trainspotters classics. Sourcing manufacturers can be more challenging than sourcing the original lights, but thanks to Trainspotters, new versions of these globular shades are now manufactured once again in Birmingham. At Trainspotters, there is a certain pride in the words “unlimited stock availability.” That is certainly the case with the reintroduced Dunlop Light... ...shown here in gray, as well as the rolls of braided cord, above right, available in a variety of colors; three meters of “flex,” as its known in the UK, are supplied with each hanging lamp. The British bulkhead wall light also enjoys unlimited stock availability. Photograph by Kendra Wilson. Another original idea from Trainspotters: the embossed back of the Classic Prismatic Bulkhead light. Above L: The company has also revived the stacking chair, a village hall classic made from the 1930s in tubular steel and plywood. Made in England, the Stacking Chair (£120 ) is still plywood, minus the splinters. Trainspotters also specializes in vintage originals, often from factories, sometimes from urban streets. Above L: Original Czech Munitions Factory Lights are £320 each. The Decorative Bulb Pendant, another Trainspotters adaptation of a vintage design, includes a bakelite bulb holder, Swiss lightbulb, and black metal ceiling rose, plus the cord color of your choice; £45. The Trainspotters showroom occupies part of an old mill in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Go to Turn on the Brights: The Veronica Valencia Collection from Barn Light Electric. Photograph by Kendra Wilson.