Working History — 1980
Telephone
700 series telephones were introduced by the General Post Office in 1959. They became the standard telephone supplied by the Post Office to its customers until the 1980s. In this period telephones had to be rented from the Post Office and were not available to buy.
The Post Office sub-contracted the manufacturing of its telephones to a range of companies. This model 741F wall telephone was manufactured by Pye TMC at its factory in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
- Category:
- Working History
- Object ID:
- 2003.2/152
- Object name:
- telephone
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Pye TMC Ltd
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- Production date:
- 1980
- Material:
plastic, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 210 mm, W 230 mm, D 105 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
BT Connected Earth
- Copyright holder:
BT
- Image credit:
© BT Heritage
- Creative commons usage:
- —
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