South Clapham Telephone Exchange
Introduction
The photograph on this page of South Clapham Telephone Exchange by David Hillas as part of the Geograph project.
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South Clapham Telephone Exchange
Image: © David Hillas Taken: 15 Oct 2016
Located at 55 Old Devonshire Road, this TE dates from the late 1950s, with the wording TELEPHONE EXCHANGE and EIIR 1957 displayed on the left of the building. It serves South Clapham and part of Balham, and used to have KELvin telephone numbers until the late 1960s. It now has 0208-673 and 675 xxxx numbers, together with some other Outer London numbers, and its postcode is SW12 9RA. Ventilation louvres and mobile phone aerials can be seen on this TE.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.446312
Longitude
-0.148702