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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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2020-02-07

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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2020-02-04

…and Jane Bown’s extensive archive is testament to her extraordinary career – spotted by a rare female picture editor, she took her first photo for the paper in 1949, and her last in 2008: https://t.co/5tKv3p3yM9 (10/11)

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2019-03-08

1802 Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS was born - scientist, electric telegraph inventor & a founder of the company that ultimately evolved into today's BT

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2018-02-06

1874 The Central Telegraph Office (CTO) in London moved to GPO (West) opposite St Paul's cathedral, now the site of BT's headquarter's building in Newgate St. https://t.co/c5txM4lrad

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2018-02-05

Bravery of women telephone operators in a Zeppelin raid on Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Kings Lynn etc 1915. Read more on how GPO and people helped win https://t.co/WJQ8SfoL1l …

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2018-01-19