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1917 the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded. Here some WAAC women are on telephone line maintenance & repair in Scotland in 1917, though many served as telephone operators supporting the armed forces in France.

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1802 Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS was born - scientist, electric telegraph inventor & a founder of the company that ultimately evolved into today's BT https://t.co/FKIJyUj65D 1/2

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1874 The Central Telegraph Office (CTO) in London moved to GPO (West) opposite St Paul's cathedral, now the site of BT's headquarters building in Newgate St. though soon moving from there. More on the CTO and other buildings https://t.co/c5txM4lrad

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One of my favourite posters in BT's collection is this unusual view of the UK on its side to show the GPO coastal wireless radio stations chain, essential in 1938 for ship to shore maritime communications. Artist MacDonald (Max) Gill.

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Afternoon tea at the Great Western Royal Hotel, London in 1907. The poor chap is doing his best to tempt his friends with some cake, but they're clearly more interested in the telephone conversation.

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W H Preece, the telegraph, telephone and wireless radio pioneer, a great Welsh scientist, was appointed GPO Engineer-in-Chief and Electrician 1892. He was an early mentor of Marconi https://t.co/EPMgWM9q9j

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J.R.R. Tolkien died 45 years ago 1973. Great piece by on his experience as a Signals Officer during and its profound influence on his thinking and writing. https://t.co/6nJGRLyNbf

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Beacon fires signalled Spanish Armada being sighted off Cornwall 1588. Relive the action through our interactive game https://t.co/66IoOKqxEi while you can, as https://t.co/Ujjm4cgt9Q will be moving later this year!

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1890 The National Telephone Company, and ancestor of today's BT, opened a long distance trunk circuit between London and Birmingham, the first North to South public phone link in the UK.

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Thirty nine years ago this week BT opened the first System X processor-controlled digital switching system telephone exchange in London, on 1 July 1980. InnovationWeek2019

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