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 July 2010.
I’ve been contacted by a solicitor representing a Mr. Terrence Duffy who is suffering from a form of lung cancer called mesothelioma which is normally contracted through exposure to asbestos. He recalls there being asbestos in Electra House during the 1960’s. If anyone can confirm this or think they can help in any way then the contact information is :-
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?.
