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Pellseinydd · 13th May 2020, 10:27 pm

Not quite correct. Looking in the 'Telephone Service Instructions' for the 1960's, the 'customer' (officially they had been 'customers' rather than 'subscribers' since Ernie Bevans -the PMG - made the announcement in the House of Commons in March 1959) could ask for the cables to be concealed but had to bear the extra cost of concealing them. Also building contractors during construction of properties were encouraged to install ducting - at their cost!

13th May 2020, 10:27 pm	#16
Pellseinydd Heptode Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Flintshire, UK. Posts: 707	Re: GPO Wall telephones - how was the line cord installed before plug and socket ? Not quite correct. Looking in the 'Telephone Service Instructions' for the 1960's, the 'customer' (officially they had been 'customers' rather than 'subscribers' since Ernie Bevans -the PMG - made the announcement in the House of Commons in March 1959) could ask for the cables to be concealed but had to bear the extra cost of concealing them. Also building contractors during construction of properties were encouraged to install ducting - at their cost!