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David G4EBT · 30th Mar 2019, 9:33 am

This might be of interest - 'Celebrating 80 years of the Speaking Clock' ('BBC Sounds' 2016) - 'A Brief History of Tim' - covering the four voices from 1936 onwards. 15,000 GPO Operators competed in the audition for the first voice of 'TIM'. A bigger bunch of 'affected' people would be hard to find than those at 5.5mins in:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07kl685

30th Mar 2019, 9:33 am	#5
David G4EBT Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 5,760	Re: Old GPO announcements This might be of interest - 'Celebrating 80 years of the Speaking Clock' ('BBC Sounds' 2016) - 'A Brief History of Tim' - covering the four voices from 1936 onwards. 15,000 GPO Operators competed in the audition for the first voice of 'TIM'. A bigger bunch of 'affected' people would be hard to find than those at 5.5mins in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07kl685 __________________ David. BVWS Member. G-QRP Club member 1339. Last edited by David G4EBT; 30th Mar 2019 at 9:39 am.