Failsworth Telephone Exchange
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Failsworth Telephone Exchange by David Hillas as part of the Geograph project.
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Failsworth Telephone Exchange
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 24 Jun 2015
Located at 179 Oldham Road (A62 road), this TE comprises of the original redbrick building on the left dating from the GPO era with the extension to the right of the photo. It has the code MRFAI and provides telephone and broadband services to 27,455 residential and 920 non-residential premises in Failsworth plus Hollinwood, New Moston, Newton Heath and Woodhouses nearby. Until the late 1960s, it used to have FAIlsworth numbers but now has 0161- 681, 682, and 688 xxxx numbers, the 0161 referring to the Manchester group of TEs. The postcode of this TE is M35 0BX.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.50647
Longitude
-2.168527