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Originally Posted by Granitehill
I did a short spell in a GPO telephone "Wipe-up" when I was a lad (1967). 332s etc. were fitted with PVC cords, and I have a feeling that they were the first of the curly variety. Braided cords were scrapped by default.
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Braided cords were still coming on new Tele 332s at the end of 1959 and the first curly cords on Tele 706's came in 1960 as I remember seeing the first Tele 706 unwrapped in the Chester Telephone Area in December 1959. Even they hadn't yet got the curly PVC cords - they had (no matter what colour of the telephone) a straight 'grebe' tubular fabric sleeved cord.