RichardB Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 What year did they begin ? What were the earliest numbers and who had them ? Were they commercial companies, privaye individuals, government departments/council-types ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardS Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I have a Sheffield phone directory from 1900, i've posted snippets somewhere on here in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 John Tasker, responsible for opening the first Sheffield telephone exchange. No year given .. www.connected-earth.com More John Tasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 So, the Tasker telephone exchange was on Angel Street and came to an end in 1888 due to the greater resources of the National Telephone Company .... Taskers site Originally Tasker had just twelve subscribers ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 1884 appointed "Her Majesty's Telephonic Engineer to Sheffield" ... Source John Tasker, responsible for opening the first Sheffield telephone exchange. No year given .. www.connected-earth.com More John Tasker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 What year did they begin ? What were the earliest numbers and who had them ? Were they commercial companies, privaye individuals, government departments/council-types ?? Short of asking Stuart the "telephone man" I think the oldest telephone system in Sheffield consisted of 2 old tin cans and a long length of string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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