Notice on Telephone Exchange, Malton
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Notice on Telephone Exchange, Malton
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 15 Nov 2012
This notice is fixed to the telephone exchange in Greengate. It says the following: "H.M. Postmaster General the owner of the land and forecourt in front of these premises has not dedicated and does not intend to dedicate as a highway the said land and forecourt or any part thereof or any way thereupon or thereover". This legal jargon would imply that the area the TE covers solely belonged to the Postmaster General and no-one else. The Postmaster General was until 1969 a Government Minister in charge of the General Post Office which provided post and telephone services. The GPO then became the Post Office Corporation, which was split up during the 1980s. Royal Mail is now responsible for the postal services whilst BT covers the telephone provision.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.136288
Longitude
-0.796182