#telecomshistory — Public Fediverse posts

Are you really really REALLY bored and want 500ish pages listing all the parts/cable/equipment that was available for a BT engineer to order through the British Telecom Stores department in 1996?

Then my friend, I have you covered:
https://downloads.paulseward.com/Telephony_Catalogues/BT-Stores-1996/

Have at it folks, tag me if you find anything weird/amusing

#britishTelecom #telecomsHistory #TelephoneHistory #telecomsHeritage #telephoneHistory #telephone #phone #phoneExchange #telephoneExchange

If you're interested in this sort of thing (and who wouldn't be?!)

The whole notebook full of late 1950s UK telephone routing codes is online as a pdf here: https://paulseward.com/downloads/Telephony_Phreaking_Archive/TLA-FDY-TKZ.pdf

An OCR version will follow at some point in the handwavy future when I get around to it (if I don't forget).

#phreaking #preak #telephoneExchange #strowger #phoneExchange #telecom #telecoms #telecomHistory #telecomsHistory #phone #telephone

Christmas at Haywards Heath Telephone exchange 1953

Lots of paper garlands and decorations adorning the CB10 switchboard here, but if you look closely there are paper santas/elves hanging from the cable turning sections where the positions wrap around the corners of the room.

Thanks to Stefan on the "UK Switchboards" facebook group for finding it.

#telephone #phone #telephoneExchange #PhoneExchange #TelecomsHistory #telecomHistory #switchboard #operator

I love the art style on this poster produced by Post Office Telecomunications in the UK.

These posters would have been at least A2 in size, and were available to schools to help teach students how to use the telephone.

I'm not sure of the date, but I would guess late 60s - early 70s.

This poster, and more can be found here: http://www.samhallas.co.uk/repository/documents/wall_charts.pdf

#Telephone #TelephoneHistory #GPO #telecom #telecoms #telecomHistory #TelecomsHistory #Poster #telephoneExchanges #TelephoneExchange

I'm in the process of moving a small #strowger #TelephoneExchange demonstration rack on to its next home.

Before I say goodbye to it, I thought I'd video a short tour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EarxXwMvjKw

#Telephone #TelephoneHistory #Phone #PhoneExchange #Telecoms #TelecomsHistory

Looks like a Nokia 3310, which was discontinued in 2005. And the “Ready to Go” product name, introduced by Eircell in 1997, was dropped by @VodafoneIreland sometime in the noughties.

#eircell #telecomshistory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo69Hwqg8IA

Newsreel coverage of the British Post Office launching their "mobile telephone exchange" in 1939

This was a complete #strowger #TelephoneExchange built into a trailer.

It was designed to provide service if the existing exchange suffered damage (fire, storm, gas explosion etc) or as a temporary measure while an exchange was upgraded or extended.

#telephone #Phone #PhoneExchange #TelecomsHistory

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