INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS This web site is to remember Post Office and BT services and people who provided these services from the 1950's to the 1980's
Welcome to the International Telegraphs web site!
This site is maintained in memory of Jeff Clarke the original creator of these web pages
This page was last updated on 26th May 2008.
Thanks to Ted Copper for a great colour photo of the TRC - take a look at the TRC Engineering pages.
I would like to say thanks to all those who helped with our puzzle telegram, especially a big thank you to John Mills who provided so much fascinating information.
There is a new site dedicated to International Telegraphs in France you can find the link on the Links and Contacts page. There are lots of photo’s even if you don’t speak French.
Did you work in Electra house and go on an engineering training course during the 1960’s then you might have received one of these. If you were a YIT or TTA then A.L. Taverner the responsible Senior Executive Engineer was viewed with god like reverence. He lived on the top floor where young trainees never dared to venture. If you got a ‘Credit assessment’ he always wrote ‘A commendable achievement’ on your A2049 pass slip..
Do you remember using one of these cards? or did you know the code anyway?.
