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Keith Way, HORNCHURCH, RM11 3RJ

Located at 64 North Street RM11 1SS, this TE dates from 1958 and is typical of the office type of telephone exchanges built at that time. It has the code LNHOR and provides telephone and broadband services to approximately 26,746 residential and 885 non-residential premises in the Hornchurch area. The words TELEPHONE EXCHANGE can be seen by the entrance to the left of the photo.

Taken from Wedlake Close, this TE, dating from 1958, was converted to automatic working on Thursday 1st December 1960 and Subscriber Trunk Dialling on Thursday 16th May 1963. It is mentioned on the telephone exchanges website at https://telephone-exchanges.org.uk/exchanges/romford-exchanges/.

This photo shows the back entrance to the TE off North Street with an Openreach vehicle parked behind the gate. This TE was converted from Strowger to Digital operation on Wednesday 20th May 1992 with numbers being changed to (01708) 4xxxxx and 62xxxx numbers. A DVD called "Goodbye Strowger" was brought out in 2015 recording this change from Strowger mechanical switching to electronic digital switching at this TE. However with fibre-optic cabling being currently introduced throughout the United Kingdom, the operational time scale for this TE could well be numbered.

Two presenters from London based local commercial radio station LBC 97.3FM, Steve Allen (left) and Anthony Davis have just finished taking part in a 'This Is Your Life' style sketch as part Steve Allen's 'one man show'. His 4th appearance at The Queen's.

This theatre opened in 1975. It replaced an older theatre which originally opened in 1953, the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth, hence the name.

Footpath 170 leads to Beverley Gardens via Maybush Road.

The Romford to Upminster Line was constructed in 1893 as a branch of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from Upminster. This opened on 7th June 1893 at a second station in Romford which was combined with the main station at Romford in 1934. Emerson Park station was opened on 1st October 1909 as Emerson Park Halt. A video about the line can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TwuKTthbTU The half hourly London Overground train from Romford to Upminster has just left from the single bi-directional platform and disappeared round the corner ahead.

Taken from the crossing on footpath 170.

Looking towards Upminster on this single track branch. It is operated by a single manned single unit, shuttling backwards and forwards from Romford to Upminster. As these are not far apart, a reasonably frequent service results.