GEC 'York' Telephone - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

russell_w_b · 11th Dec 2007, 9:46 pm

I have a GEC 'York' one-piece telephone (attached pics) and I would like to find out more about it! I purchased it new in 1993 for £10.00. It came in a plain carton with no istructions, and I was assured that the bloke in the shop who sold it to me had a job-lot of them. It was manufactured in the UK, is DTMF only, and has ten memories, which I worked out how to program and retrieve (so if anyone has one and wishes to know how, please drop me a PM).

I can find no reference to this particular model either on Bob's telephone pages or the rest of t'internet, so was wondering if anyone here had come by one?

What was it manufactured for? A rival to BT's 'Slimtel 10'? For use on a private PABX? For use by a particular company? For use in overseas markets?

Does anyone else have one?

AndiiT · 11th Dec 2007, 11:38 pm

Hi,
I am guessing that this sort of phone may well have been for use on a private PBX as you suggest; being a one piece model it could possibly have been used in the rooms of a large hotel.

Try posting your question in the ITN forums at http://itn.chipfusion.co.uk/ it is not as active as this forum but there may be someone there who can identify the phone better than I can.

Regards
Andrew

11th Dec 2007, 9:46 pm	#1
russell_w_b Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Penrith, Cumbria, UK. Posts: 3,687	GEC 'York' Telephone I have a GEC 'York' one-piece telephone (attached pics) and I would like to find out more about it! I purchased it new in 1993 for £10.00. It came in a plain carton with no istructions, and I was assured that the bloke in the shop who sold it to me had a job-lot of them. It was manufactured in the UK, is DTMF only, and has ten memories, which I worked out how to program and retrieve (so if anyone has one and wishes to know how, please drop me a PM). I can find no reference to this particular model either on Bob's telephone pages or the rest of t'internet, so was wondering if anyone here had come by one? What was it manufactured for? A rival to BT's 'Slimtel 10'? For use on a private PABX? For use by a particular company? For use in overseas markets? Does anyone else have one? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regds, Russell W. B. G4YLI.

11th Dec 2007, 11:38 pm	#2
AndiiT Octode Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Saltburn-East, Cleveland, UK. Posts: 1,786	Re: GEC 'York' Telephone Hi, I am guessing that this sort of phone may well have been for use on a private PBX as you suggest; being a one piece model it could possibly have been used in the rooms of a large hotel. Try posting your question in the ITN forums at http://itn.chipfusion.co.uk/ it is not as active as this forum but there may be someone there who can identify the phone better than I can. Regards Andrew