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Station X · 25th Aug 2020, 2:19 pm

The instructions were to dial 100 and ask the operator for the international operator. You'd then be connected to the international exchange in London and sometimes wait literally hours for the international operator to answer.

Years later I learned that the international operators were in the habit of sleeping on the night shift or playing cards.

25th Aug 2020, 2:19 pm	#6
Station X Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK. Posts: 21,289	Re: International Direct Dialling (IDD) provision throughout the UK The instructions were to dial 100 and ask the operator for the international operator. You'd then be connected to the international exchange in London and sometimes wait literally hours for the international operator to answer. Years later I learned that the international operators were in the habit of sleeping on the night shift or playing cards. __________________ Graham. Forum Moderator Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.