Thrift store find- GPO Silver Jubilee Telephone- Queen Elizabeth II

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

I volunteer my time as the electronics guy at a thrift shop that helps others.  One of the guys saves me old phones when he finds them.   He brought be a huge box of parts and a red phone and then This GPO Silver Jubliee Telephone.  Never had seen a GPO phone especially stateside.   But still cool.  end was cut off the cord but hoping i can eventaully bring it into service. 

Also this small British Phone Booth Telephone was in the box too.  Kind of cool.  Phone inside is just a cheap trimline just lifts off inside

[LarryInMichigan]

That blue GPO phone is quite a find.  I love the color.

Larry

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

That blue GPO phone is quite a find.  I love the color.

Larry

Should look great on the shelf next to my small tardis.  Tom baker would be proud.

[tubaman]

The blue one is the Jubilee Compact version of the GPO 776. Lots of detail on Bob Freshwater's site -   https://www.britishtelephones.com/tsa4271.htm (standard 776 - https://www.britishtelephones.com/t776.htm)

The phone box is also very nice, especially so with the light in it.

[Doug Rose]

Did the cut wire go to the white subset that came with the beautiful set?

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

Did the cut wire go to the white subset that came with the beautiful set?

looks like they  were offered wtihout a ringer box,  mine didnt  have a ringer box.  has the long coiled cord off the end though.  Still neat  piece of history. 

[Doug Rose]

looks like they  were offered wtihout a ringer box,  mine didnt  have a ringer box.  has the long coiled cord off the end though.  Still neat  piece of history. 

the coiled cord goes to the subset on mine...Doug

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

the coiled cord goes to the subset on mine...Doug

Oh nice nope mine doesnt have the subset. 

[tubaman]

Oh nice nope mine doesnt have the subset. 

It's only a ringer, not a subset, so you can still use it fine without it.