Message | Discovered the site whilst browsing Dave Milners old BT photo's. I was a BT Engineer from 1978-1997, starting at 18 years of age. The 18 years I spent at GPO/Post Office Telephones/BT were the best working years of my life. I was mentored by great guys like Ron Firth, John Firth, Paul Heritage, Alan Beedham, Arthur Lyons and countless others. Of course I had the second-to-none training and development that GPO/PO/BT gave to all their engineers. I spent my time on Exchange Construction, Transmissionn Construction and Wideband Planning. Sadly, due to divorce, I left BT under voluntary redundancy terms in 1997, when I joined the emerging Cable Company - Yorkshire Cable. A number of opportunities came my way as the company merged and grew: Telewest, NTL and latterly Virgin Media. I progressed from Product Development Manager to Product Engineering Manager, finally finding my niche (I hope) in Project Management. I will always be grateful for the opportunities and experience GPO/PO/BT gave me. Such wonderful times and people. I still have many friends - Bob Tongue, Andy Knott, Dave Smithson, list too long to go on, sorry guys. Love the photo's on this site, especially the vehicles in their different liveries and varying types through the ages. I actually collect 1/32nd models and have many of the variants illustrated in the photo's. My own little memory of the good times I enjoyed. Now in my 30th year in Telecomm's. Health permitting I hope for many more. Best wishes, Roy. |