Anachronism

I find myself very surprised to see telegraph poles in urban areas these days - I can't imagine what purpose this one serves but it seems well maintained.  It's connected to one other pole, just across the car park.

I remember when I was little watching telegraph wires in their dozens arcing from pole to pole, each with its coloured ceramic insulators.  In many ways I'm glad they no longer disfigure the landscape, but there was something mesmerising about them on long journeys.