TALK about built-in obsolescence!

Has anyone else noticed that three of the four lights illuminating the new Belisha beacon crossing outside the recently-opened school in Rainford Road have lost their sparkle? Within days of the school's opening, the lights had packed in leaving just the flashing yellow ball in operation.

Perhaps that is no bad thing, as I found that approaching the crossing the white lights on the stem of the beacons were so bright that I was dazzled and would have had a job spotting any pedestrian waiting to cross.

Driver, Rainford (name and address supplied).

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