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The London Telephones areas last manual exchange goes auto....

Started by JubileeCompact, June 30, 2013, 02:41:56 PM

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JubileeCompact

And of all the 400 odd London area exchanges it was the 1st to use Crossbar equipment.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CASfXPDYORY

Dead link now as of Feb 2016. If anyone finds it elsewhere please add a post with the link. Terry
Seamus

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Seamus,

     Thanks for posting this video; it was certainly interesting, informative, and enlightening!

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twocvbloke

They must have had a right laugh pulling all them fuses and insulators out when cutting off the old system and cutting in the new, it looked like a bit of fun... :D

DavePEI

Quote from: JubileeCompact on June 30, 2013, 02:41:56 PM
And of all the 400 odd London area exchanges it was the 1st to use Crossbar equipment.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CASfXPDYORY
Thanks for the link to another very interesting video. Thank goodness the Telcos recorded these moments in time for us all to see! I enjoyed when the people of the Upminster Exchange  "got their collective chains yanked" when the cut-overs took place  :D

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Has anyone any idea if this YouTube exists elsewhere on YouTube or the www? The link has been dead for awile now and I am amazed at how often I see that someone (a guest) is looking at this topic. It must be linked to in another forum or web site somewhere.

Terry

CanadianGuy

A few keywords got me this one. Is this it? I'm going to go watch it :)

End of an Era 1970 Upminster Exchange

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vsvae


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FABphones

Bumping this thread for newer members like myself that may have missed it first time around.

Very interesting footage.
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