A number of privately owned telegraph companies operated in Britain from 1846 onwards. In 1868 these all came under the control of the newly formed GPO (General Post Office). With the invention of the telephone in 1876 the GPO began to provide telephone services from some of its telegraph exchanges. In 1969 the GPO, a government department, became the Post Office. Telecommunications was split off, as British Telecom, in 1981.
2022: Londonist have posted a very useful page on phone boxes.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
British Telecom
There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...
The Brabant describes a part of the low countries to the east of Flanders. Weavers had come to England from the Brabant and Flanders during the 12th century.
A company which provides workspace throughout the Lee Valley and which helps small and medium sized enterprises to prosper and grow.
Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee House. They carried on meeting in coffee houses and taverns but as the society grew they needed more space. Shipley rented ...
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London'. In 2006 the name was changed from just 'Corporation of London' to disti...
Musician. Born in Bradford. His father was a Bangladeshi immigrant who ran a traditional tape shop in London’s East End. Haroon and his younger brother Farook, started the Joi Bangla Sound System i...
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
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