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Old 20th May 2020, 11:20 pm   #18
Pellseinydd
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Default Re: Converting a 1950s Ericsson phone for "normal" working

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Originally Posted by Nickthedentist View Post
I suppose I could experiment...

I'm still intrigued how a 1950s wall-mounted instrument from NZ ended up over here, being sold by a house clearance outlet on eBay.

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Did it come from Cornwall? I brought quite a few back getting on for twenty years ago. I had a friend (into telephones' since we were at school together in the 1950's!) in Cornwall who sadly passed away about four years ago and his wife had a clearout to a Steve..... who had lots of his Strowger bits and pieces for sale on eBay. It may have come from him?

And there are some NZ Party-line phones still working on a mile long code ringing party line in the UK - on a little island with no mains electricity or flushing toilets! Time has stood still there - the last house there was built 150 years ago! Only three houses are lived in all the year round. Took a long while to install as cabling had to be virtually 'invisible'. Even filmed for a TV program whilst I was installing one of the phones and interviewed for Radio 4 on another trip!
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