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Started by FABphones, May 03, 2022, 03:06:45 AM

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'The Boss' Mr Duck.

1980's, Telemania.

Purchased for about 50p / 60cents from a church hall jumble sale. Working.

When the line is called Mr Duck's eyes flash red alongside the ringtone which is a loud 'Quack Quack... Quack Quack...'
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#1
Left to right:

Red 200 series (ITI)
Red AE80
Red Eclipse 10 T/T
Red WE500
Red 300 series (GPO)
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From left:

Gfeller Eiger
Genie, Black
Genie, Ivory
Ericofon, Ivory
Ericofon, Red

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Ivory, Black, Grey Trimphones.
8 button, 10 button, Rotary.

Red Trimphones.
8 button, Rotary.
Black, Ivory, Red Trimlines.
Clear T/T, Rotary.
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More from the display cabinet, including:

Diakon 706
AEI Centenary Neophone (three colourways)
W.E. 'Mushroom' phone
W.E. 500
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A selection of phones from the US and Canada.

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19and41

They really display well!
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British Phone Display

This is part of a display unit I built from an old toy bin storage unit. Disassembled, cubbyholes sawn to size and put back together. It looks very different now to how it was built originally. The small brass name tags to front were an addition.

Thé #16 phone (centre top) will move elsewhere in the room as it is sitting in the place reserved for a manual 202 'King Pyramid' (currently 'in the queue' awaiting a replacement cradle).

 :)
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oldguy

Very nice CJ. If I remember correctly, the duck was your 1st phone:-)
Gary

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Quote from: oldguy on May 13, 2022, 10:35:46 PMVery nice CJ...

Thank you. It's good to have the phones out on display in their new room. It took a bit longer than expected to renovate but am very pleased with how it turned out.

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The 'Candlestick' display so far. A few more are undergoing a tidy up before moving in.

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HarrySmith

Awesome display! I was not sure where you were going with that niche but now it makes perfect sense. Very nice.
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The first of the workbench phones to be tidied up and placed in it's allocated spot in the Phone Den, is this black Western Electric 565 HKM.

This phone was very kindly gifted by a fellow CRPF member. I will say another thank you here as not only is it a generous gift, but I totally appreciate the time it took speaking to USPS in order to work out the best way to get this to me and organise the shipping. Double boxed and very thoughtfully packed, the phones (there are two, I am so pleased to add them to the collection) arrived without damage. The member is not a seller of phones so the time and attention to detail makes the gift all the more special. A big thank you.

Here shown in a cubby hole display of telephones from the US, and affectionately known as the 'Columbo' phone (recently watched an episode where Columbo was talking on one).

 :D
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'Before' and 'After' photos. French PTT24.

Restoration thread here:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=21102


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One from Chicago Old Telephone.

On display, and close up.

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Quote from: HarrySmith on May 16, 2022, 08:10:29 AMAwesome display! I was not sure where you were going with that niche but now it makes perfect sense. Very nice.

Thanks Harry.   :)

For those who may have missed it, link to the 'old wardrobe door made into a niche' build:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=25325

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