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emeritus · 14th Feb 2019, 1:45 pm

No individual phone lines were provided in either the high-rise or low-rise 1960's flats built in West Ham, nor were payphones provided in the lobbies. When vandalism had become a problem in the 1970's, individual intercoms were provided to operate the security entrance doors.

14th Feb 2019, 1:45 pm	#8
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,349	Re: Telephone provision in high rise blocks of flats. No individual phone lines were provided in either the high-rise or low-rise 1960's flats built in West Ham, nor were payphones provided in the lobbies. When vandalism had become a problem in the 1970's, individual intercoms were provided to operate the security entrance doors.