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Originally Posted by OscarFoxtrot
It was rather new and exciting at the time, though, like polystyrene ceiling tiles and thixotropic paint. I remember a DIY programme "On the house" showing how to fit a BT Extension Socket Kit.
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For those of you with a line connected to CNet (
Collectors Telephone
Network) you can listen to an early BBC Radio Lancashire programme from the early 1980's on 'Fitting a DIY Telephone extension'
Just dial Lancaster (0524) 2345 to listen to the programme.
You can date the programme by the fact that the cost of converting your old 'hard wired' telephone line to the new white plug & socket system was £25 !
That was in the days before the NTE5 to which you were allowed to add your own wiring to the rear of the removeable faceplate. In the days of this recording, you weren't allowed to touch the BT socket - only plug the extension kit into the 'new white' socket!