TELEPHONE No. 69

Wooden wall telephone, with Magneto bell, for use on CBS No's 1, 2 & 3 systems.

This telephone was inherited National Telephone Ltd stock and has the standard N.T. switch hook mechanism.

Originally the GPO named many N.T.C. telephone models as "Instruments, Subscribers, Wall, N.T. No's 1, 2, 8, 11 and 12, without Generator, Modified" and later rewired and renamed some them as the Telephone No. 59 or Telephone No. 69.  The Telephone No. 69 can be identified as it will have the generator hole filled or have a cover plate fitted.  The Telephone No. 59 has a generator.

Lightning arresters are also fitted and these can be seen just above the handset.

Behind the logo at the top of the telephone are 5 terminals.

It is similar to Telephone No. 59 except that the generator is omitted.

Fitted with Telephone No. 28 as the handset.

Made by British Ericsson.

Found in the 1913, 1914 and 1915 Rate Books.

Telephone includes (1928):-
1 x Bell, magneto, 500 + 500 ohms (Mark 234).
1 x Plug No. 406 or No. 501 (Mark 234).
1 x Plug No. 406 or Plug, Instrument, N.T. No. l (Marks N.T. Nos. 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12).
1 x Telephone No. 28 when Plug No. 406 fitted.
1 x Telephone No. 28 with Cord No. 421 when Plug, instrument, N.T. No. 1 fitted.

Circuit Diagram - N169.

Circuit Diagram - CBS 293 and CBS 637.

The picture below is an NTC No. 1 wall telephone that was converted into a Telephone No. 69
The wiring slots where the generator was removed can be clearly seen

Last revised: November 17, 2025