BRITISH TELEPHONES
A historical web site about United Kingdom Customer Telephone Apparatus & Systems




AN OVERVIEW OF THE UK TELEPHONE SYSTEM (1900 - 1980)
AUTHOR & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BT DIGITAL VOICE
BUZBY
CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE (CTO)
CONTACT THE AUTHOR
CONVERTING PHONES TO WORK ON UK SOCKETS
DIAGRAMS
DOWNLOADS
ELECTROPHONE
FIRE SYSTEMS AND TELEPHONES
GENERAL INFORMATION
GLOSSARY - Descriptive
GLOSSARY - Technical
GPO/PO/BT CLOCKS
GPO/PO/BT EQUIPMENT
HISTORY
HOW TO IDENTIFY BPO, GEC and ERICSSON APPARATUS/TELEPHONES
LINKS - TO OTHER TELEPHONE RELATED SITES
OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION - OPEN WIRES, POLES, AERIAL CABLE ETC
POLICE - TELEPHONES AND SYSTEMS
PNEUMATIC TUBES
QUICKFIND - THUMBNAIL IMAGES FOR IDENTIFICATION
RADIO INTERFERENCE
REPLICA GPO TELEPHONES - HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM
SWITCHBOARDS - ALL MAKES
TELEPHONES - ALL MAKES
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS - ALL MAKES
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE TYPES - ALL TYPES FROM 1880
TOOLS
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION - JOINT BOXES, MANHOLES & CABLING
VEHICLES - GPO/PO/BT


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