Lightstraw Co UK making clear sense of telecommunications history

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Light Straw ATE 2024/2025
Light Straw ATE
Light Straw ATE

Enter the world of operator connected calls, Subscriber Trunk Dialling, Strowger switching and much more...

Visit the Post Office Tower; the Telephone Managers' Office; explore the Telecoms Engineering Centre; and learn about the last two TXE4s to be taken out of service.

Includes GPO Clock Systems.
GPO Clock Systems
GPO Clock Systems 
GPO Clock Systems...


Simon Taylor collates all of the available documentation and surviving diagrams.

GPO History  
GPO/PO History
GPO History

Here we look at the GPO, Royal Mail, Post Office Savings Bank, ERNIE, National Giro and more...

Includes GPO vehicle history.

Telecoms at Bletchley Park  
Telecoms at Bletchley Park
Telecoms at Bletchley Park

The GPO's expertise from its research department at Dollis Hill was invaluable in assisting Bletchley Park to develop robust, electro-mechanical machines which could be used to break the wartime codes.








Fynevue  
Fynevue
Fynevue Chronicles: Relocated pages



Faded memories, Butlin's Clacton, Rail infrastructure, and Banking topics have all moved to Fynevue.




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