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Title: London Telephones- The end of an Era Uxbridge goes auto...........
Post by: JubileeCompact on June 30, 2013, 02:39:35 PM
Brilliant GPO film showing the automation of the last manual exchange in the London Telephones area......
Enjoy
Seamus

P.S My local exchange(Dover) went automatic in the year I was born (1973) I believe the equipment was identical to this......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CASfXPDYORY
Title: Re: London Telephones- The end of an Era Uxbridge goes auto...........
Post by: twocvbloke on July 01, 2013, 03:21:16 AM
Now that's confusing... ???

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=9759.0

It's the same video.... :D
Title: Re: London Telephones- The end of an Era Uxbridge goes auto...........
Post by: JubileeCompact on July 01, 2013, 03:43:50 PM
Yup I posted it in 2 places ;)
This video raises a question and also answers one...
Why were the PO still installing phones with Alphanumeric dials in 1970 as AFN was complete by then?
Also apparently Alphanumeric 746s do exist- I always thought they were all bodged by Ebay sellers.
Also love the fact Plessey had Female installers in 1970- mind you they probably got paid less than the Men!!!
Seamus
Title: Re: London Telephones- The end of an Era Uxbridge goes auto...........
Post by: twocvbloke on July 01, 2013, 04:19:34 PM
Quote from: JubileeCompact on July 01, 2013, 03:43:50 PMWhy were the PO still installing phones with Alphanumeric dials in 1970 as AFN was complete by then?

Maybe the customer wanted them for aesthetic purposes, or people were still dialling with existing numbers written down as letters & numbers... :D

I could only make guesses though, I grew up in the pushbutton era, where most of them were just numbers and later with letters & numbers laid out in an american fashion...  :D