These were installed in our house in 1977 We were still on the manual exchange The telephone exchange closed down in March 1985

We were able to buy the telephones when the exchange closed down You could not dial the number, you had to turn the handle and wait for the operator to say "Number Please" Some people were on party lines, We had numbers like 33W and 182K The phone with the white circle on the front has lost its handle which was on the side of it The other one has its handle on the front of it We had the casing and batteries inside the wardrobe for the phones