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14th May 2020, 11:37 am | #21 |
Heptode
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Re: GPO Wall telephones - how was the line cord installed before plug and socket ?
I have a red 1/706 CB on my living room wall - a Reliance model from circa 1964. Next to it is a rather more recent ivory 8755, also upside-down. I'm waiting for the basics of a green 706 to arrive and it will then take its place alongside the other two, once I've tested it and fitted the line cord, handset cord, dial blank etc!
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14th May 2020, 1:24 pm | #22 | |
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14th May 2020, 11:19 pm | #23 |
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Re: GPO Wall telephones - how was the line cord installed before plug and socket ?
Interesting that the design of the 706 and 746 were arguably influenced by the American Type 500 table phones, but that influence stopped with the 711 and 741 with regard to the handset rest. Instead of a cradle for a vertical handset rest as per the 554 and its successors, the GPO instruments had a horizontal rest on the top. However, I believe there was at least one GEC wall telephone with a vertical handset rest. I remember seeing something similar in yellow on a 1970 Doctor Who episode, but that could have been part of an internal paging system.
I think the 554 and 2554 are among the most stylish of wall telephones but the clunkiness of the 1/706s brings a certain British appeal. |
16th May 2020, 9:17 pm | #24 | |
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16th May 2020, 9:40 pm | #25 |
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Re: GPO Wall telephones - how was the line cord installed before plug and socket ?
Shows what I know. I can't even get a dial-less 706 to perform.
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16th May 2020, 10:54 pm | #26 | |
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