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| Date | 2016-03-25 |
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| Message | Started with British Telecomunications in 1981 as a cleaner,left in 2013 after being sent back up the poles as a TO, for six months  |
| Date | 2016-01-21 |
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| Message | What a fantastic site it brings a lot of great memory's back of the people I knew and worked with.I started my career on the Post office in 1967 joining as a Technician Improver 2A on Subscriber Maintanance. My boss was Ron Eaton ES24 and the T1 was Frank Coles.I was put with Reg Dingley,a realey nice Man,and is mate Claude.I also worked with Vic Wragge and Stan Woodhouse to learn the line mans side of the job.I was then put with Sid Bradshaw to learn the Subs App side also working with Steve Robinson, Pete Mines,Fred Swinscoe,Bill Hoyland, Cyril Snell and Dave Dixon to name just a few.Over the years I moved up the grades working as a T1 in the Hope Valley.I was eventually promoted to ST and moved on to Sheffield RSC then as TOA at Chesterfield RSC.In the Great Culling Exercise or release 93 as it was better known,I left BT and thought my Telephone career was over a couple of years later I was asked if I would like to be an Instructor with e-peopleserve a company who were part owned by BT but were responsible for all the training of BT Engineers.After passing the selection boards I was back in Telecoms again working at Stone Training School.e-peopleserve passed to back BT and I was transferred back to BT also.I retired a couple of years ago as an MPG grade but will always cherish the memory's of the people I knew and worked with in Sheffield. Mike Ball. |
| Date | 2015-12-01 |
| Message | Great read Dennis; brought back a lot of good memories about Maltravers Road gang, some of the pranks people used to get up to and to see the Viva van parked at the side of the Town Hall as I used to look after the PBX system there for a number of years. Happy Days ! |
| Date | 2015-08-09 |
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| Message | Hi Dennis, we have two things in common - a love of Killyleagh & working for Post Office/BT. My grandparents (surname Cranston) lived at Sea View just across from Walkinshaw's ice cream shop.Ilived in Belfast but always spent the summer with my g'parents sailing with Gordon Bennet an uncle who lived a few doors above you in Irish Street. Small world!! |
Private Message added 2015-08-06 |
| Date | 2015-07-22 |
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| Message | Hi Dennis, Good to reminisce on the good ol' days. I started my apprenticeship in 1968 at Newcastle on Tyne. Did all the usual things, down holes and up poles etc. Got my initiation to pole climbing on what was reputedly the highest pole in Newcastle (Associated Lead on the banks of the Tyne). Remember also, the deafening noise of Strowger at peak periods in Newcastle Central exchange. Did the usual courses at Otley, which I remember had an endless supply of pubs. Also up to the Cow and Calf (I think) on Ilkley Moor. Newcastle area spread up to the Scottish border and I used to like going up the Jedburgh road checking faults on the old coax valve repeater stations heading towards Edinburgh. Then off to London at Dollis Hill in 1973 where I met my wife to be, who was an Aussie. Left the UK in 1977 and emigrated to Sydney. Good to hear from other GPO engineers. Cheers, Jim |
| Date | 2015-06-11 |
| Message | A real trip down amnesia lane! Remember getting a new Maestro van in '89, it could well be in the photo of the yard. We had a workshop/kitroom in Maltravers in it's latter days and got moved to Woodhouse when it closed. Did a stint in wipe up/pre-assembly in the early 80's with Bill Whitmore. Knew Malc White quite well, great bloke. What a tragedy his early passing was. RIP Malc. |
Private Message added 2015-03-30 |
| Date | 2015-03-23 |
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| Message | Best days of my life 1975 - 2003 sadly i had to retire. |
| Date | 2015-01-22 |
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| Message | Happy days ! The stories are a bit after my time, but so easy to relate to them. Just a different set of engineers, in similar scrapes. I was at GPO telephones from 1966 to 1977 or was it 1978 ? Was at Ottley ... Cow & Calf and Westborne Pub . What memories.  |
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