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Old 24th Nov 2017, 4:00 pm   #14
Pellseinydd
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Default Re: Dial Label Number Stamping Machine.

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Originally Posted by Oldcodger View Post
From memory, the X existed long before STD introduction. On the old style of manual board with opals, Coin boxes used a red opal. I seem to remember something similar on the older doll eye boards, but I can't remember how it was achieved.
There was a red label on the indicator designation strip above the jack/indicator. See attached photo of subscriber 215 on 'Glenmositon' exchange - a small 20 line switchboard in the then village post office at Inver Moriston at the south west corner of Loch Ness from 1925 until 1955. The only surviving CBS No 3 exchange of the 475 that the GPO had in service back in the 1920's until c1960. Similar markings on a CBS2 160 line switchboard that was 'Braunton' exchange until the late 1960's. Both now in North Wales.
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