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NewsHistory of BT
1.
Telephonists on the roof of Faraday Building, London, during a heatwave, 1947.
(TCB 473/P 03620)
2.
Northumberland switchboard, 1898.
(TCB 417/E 00063)
3.
Operators at the Trunk Exchange, London, 1906.
(TCB 417/E 00860)
4.
Operators at London County Council switchboard, 1922.
(TCB 417/E 02779)
5.
Telephone operators at Potters Bar Telephone Exchange, 1947.
(TCB 417/E 14788)
6.
Operators and supervisors at Holborn Telephone Exchange, London, 1904.
(TCB 473/P 01022)
7.
Petition by female telegraphists requesting a salary increase, 1878.
(Post 30/364C)
8.
Four Edwardian operators at a manual telephone switchboard, c1902.
(TCB 417/E 73373)
9.
Male operators working the switchboard at Buckingham Palace, 1935.
(TCB 473/P 00621)
10.
Operator recruitment leaflet, 1973 (shortly before equal opportunities legislation).
(TCB 403/PA 66)
11.
Phonogram room, Oxford Post Office, 1936.
(TCB 473/P 01193)
12.
Phonogram positions, Central Telegraph Office, London, 1939.
(TCB 473/P 02564)
13.
Local telephone exchange, Shorne Post Office, Kent, 1939.
(TCB 473/P 02672)
14.
Visit of Indian Royal Corps of Signals, Central Telegraph Office, London, 1946.
(TCB 473/P 03230)
15.
Continental positions at the Trunk Exchange, London, November, 1918.
(TCB 473/P 05999)
16.
South African and Iraq positions, International Exchange, London, 1956.
(TCB 473/P 06413)
17.
Operators at St Albans Telephone Exchange, 1967.
(TCB 473/P 09733)
18.
Operators at a Private Branch Exchange (PBX), Messrs' Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers, 1935.
(TCB 473/P 00734)
19.
West Indies cricket team visiting Wood St. Telephone Exchange, London, 1950.
(TCB 473/P 04763)
20.
Operator dealing with an On Demand call, 1945.
(TCB 417/E 13466)
21.
Operator at a Directory Enquiries position, 1935.
(TCB 473/P 00730)
22.
Operator at a telex machine position, 1959.
(TCB 473/P 07138)
23.
Operator at the International Exchange, Wren House, London, 1968.
(TCB 473/P 09768)
24.
Operator at St Albans Telephone Exchange, 1967.
(TCB 473/P 09739)
25.
Directory Enquiries operator, Putney Telephone Exchange, 1969.
(TCB 473/P 11191)
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