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Section of the switchboard at the telephone exchange

Interior shot of the Telephone Exchange

Photograph of the interior of the Exchange

Photograph of Present/Proposed Schedule of Night Duties for Non Season 1982\83, week commencing 25th September 1982.

Sheet showing Rotation of Duties for the period Non Season 1982/83, w/c 25th September 82.
The names on the list are Richards, B., Harry L.M., Tanner W.S., Praed V.W., Harry J.O.B. Roberts J.C. (with a line drawn through it), Green R.E., Waters…

A telephone duty chart from the Exchange dated Non Season 1982/3

Switchboard at the Exchange

Bank of meters at the Exchange

Equipment at the Exchange

Filing cabinets in the Exchange, with scales on the top

Electrical equipment at the Exchange

Photograph of the switchboards at the Exchange, with Christmas cards all along the top.

Members of staff at the Telephone Exchange

Woman standing by a window looking at a work sheet and holding what appears to be headphones.

Two staff members sitting side by side at the switchboard at the Telephone Exchange

Male member of staff sitting at a computer at the Telephone Exchange

Member of staff at the Telephone Exchange sitting at the switchboard, wrapped in a sleeping bag (see also BR.026 and BR.027). It must be around Christmas time as there are cards on top of the switchboard.

A very cold member of staff at the Telephone Exchange, sitting at the switchboard wrapped in a sleeping bag! (See also BR.026 and BR.028). She is looking at a card and there are Christmas decorations on the wall and cards onto of the switchboard,

Female staff member at the switchboard at Penzance Telephone Exchange. It must have been cold, as she is wrapped in a sleeping bag! (See also BR.027 and BR.028).

Beryl Richards (on the right) talking to two men in an office at Penzance Telephone Exchange. There is another man on the left of the picture and a lady sitting in the foreground.