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Sparks · 14th Feb 2019, 11:01 am

When tower blocks were built all over the UK in the 1960s, was it usual for each flat to automatically have its own individual phone line ? I would have thought not as it likely would have been a massive undertaking for the GPO. I expect provision of a payphone on each floor or in the entrance lobby would have been the case.

Thankyou.

14th Feb 2019, 11:01 am	#1
Sparks Heptode Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 598	Telephone provision in high rise blocks of flats. When tower blocks were built all over the UK in the 1960s, was it usual for each flat to automatically have its own individual phone line ? I would have thought not as it likely would have been a massive undertaking for the GPO. I expect provision of a payphone on each floor or in the entrance lobby would have been the case. Thankyou.