[Phil G4SPZ]

Wow, thanks Ian! That's a really good link. The Curator apparently knows a 96-year-old gentleman who worked at the office in the 1930s and 1940s, but she was looking for some images to help jog his memory. Your link provides exactly what we were looking for.

I can remember seeing some very old PBXs still in use in small hospitals in the early 1970s, but they were of course larger exchanges with more extensions.

Incidentally, I was interested to read on your site how Police Stations were often allocated the number 222 in small rural branch exchanges. For many years 222 was (and probably still is) used as the internal 'crash call' number in hospitals for a cardiac arrest, fire or other dire emergency, and the operator drops all other calls to answer. The adoption of 222 probably dates back to the old Police Station numbers. Fascinating bit of history!

Many thanks for the PM too. I'll reply later. Kind regards and 73,

Phil