Stafford Telephone Exchange

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Date:1934

Description:Switchboard operators.

The Telephone Exchange was located on Mill Bank, behind the Head Post Office, where the Job Centre is today.

The exchange moved to Eastgate Street in the 1950s.


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1870s
Bridge Street, Stafford
Bridge Street, Stafford

View from Green Bridge towards Chetwynd House. Mr Jenkinson, a baker and confectioner, ...

1900s
County Fruit Store, Stafford,
County Fruit Store, Stafford,

Dated 1610, this small, thatched building on Mill Street would have been a typical ...

1920s
Greengate Street and Mill Bank Corner, Stafford,
Greengate Street and Mill Bank Corner, Stafford,

View showing Henry Mercer's saddlers shop and the Baths Hotel on Greengate Street. In ...

1940s
Chetwynd House, Stafford,
Chetwynd House, Stafford,

Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd ...

1970s
Mercer's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,
Mercer's Saddlers Shop, Stafford,

Mercer's shop on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Bank, established in 1910. In ...

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Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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