BT Offices, Harpur Street, Bedford
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BT Offices, Harpur Street, Bedford
Image: © Rich Tea Taken: 19 Jun 2009
When I was growing up in the 1950's and 60's, this was known as Telephone House, and the exchange was in the ground floor. I used to pass it regularly going to school and can remember the sound of all the electro-mechanical switches clicking round as numbers were selected. (Officially known as Strowger switches, I think they were called Strowger bars locally. See Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowger_switch ). See the St Loyes side of the building Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.13808
Longitude
-0.468813