Amersham Telephone Exchange
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Amersham Telephone Exchange
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 12 Nov 2008
Situated in Chesham Road, this building was the Post Office until the mid 1960s and housed the Manual TE until mid-1969. It has the code SMAM and serves 7,269 residential and 422 non-residential premises in Amersham, plus Chesham Bois, Coleshill and Winchmore Hill nearby. Two square BT warning notices can be seen on the front of the building whilst a yellow grit salt bin is below them. The numbering range of this TE is (01494) 43xxxx, 72xxxx, the (01494) referring to the High Wycombe group of TEs, and its postcode is HP6 5EZ.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.675762
Longitude
-0.608546