The image is taken from an old vintage postcard featuring Keighley’s Market Place and comes courtesy of Great Uncle Fowler Beanland’s picture postcard collection (all praise elderly collectors of things for making the lives of future generations more intriguing). Whilst the market is interesting, I have to say my attention was captured by the splendid old telegraph pole. Why did early poles have so many “arms”? Someone will no doubt tell me.
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Hi Alan each phone had single wire running back to the exchange where an operator connected your wire to the wire of the recipient or onwards to the exchange in the town or your recipient. Regards Phillip
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