Thread: olde telephones ... again

Poor lady eh she'll be bored silly nothing to spin on and no phone calls to sit and chat away the hours with.

I guess neither of us being in the shed which is what we would rather be doing or have been doing. We had other things to do during that period for other people as well as family and love jobs always get shoved to the back.

Ok now I see what you mean regarding the hook and ear piece some of them had a brass piece which had a round eyelet so you could hook that onto and hang it.

In looking at the one below the receiver on your resto one is more modern.

Kaikorai and the early years - Old Telephones.

photo is form eleswhere



Hope this helps Fletty.


Edited added..... What happened to photos of spare parts left over?????

As for Scribbly and Claw surely they have 50 yrs start on it

The phone that sold for $975 were you bidding on it?

Originally Posted by Christos

The phone that sold for $975 were you bidding on it?

I was actually hoping only to photograph it to make a replica handpiece. Since then I have heard of another for sale much closer to home at $425. I'll check that one out tomorrow.

by the way ........ CONGRATULATIONS!

fletty

Hi Guys, IF anyone is seeking almost anything about the history of almost any type of old phone here in Australia, there's, " Big Mick, " down at Yorketown,- get him talking telephones, and their history, and you will have him talking for, " yonks, " on the subject, as, " Big Mick, " is an old PMG Technician from days gone by, - still works for Telstra, as a Technicial. Collects old Phones, etc., - even has a complete old manual Telephone Exchange in his back shed, along with several ancient Phone boxes, along with an assortment of old Telephone line Insulators, including some originals from the old North-South Central Australian Telephone Line, and all sorts of interesting telephone things..
When, " Big Mick, ( real name;- Michael Klau ), retires in a few years, he is planning to set up a Telephone Museum at Yorketown, Southern Yorke Peninsula, S.A.
His phone No. ( 08 ) 8852 1595 ;
Address;- Micheal Klau, 25 Anderson Terrace, Yorketown, S.A. 5576
( Yes, he has a Mob No., & an email addy too, but when I want it,- it can't be found !! - it's here somewhere in my collection of odds, and sods,- but where ??? )
Roger

Ha, I'm not that old, I'm a spring chicken, without the spring. I do remember when you had to wind the handle to get the exchange though, probebly not good for my side of the argument. My Aunty worked in Newcastle exchange/post office (the one that sits rotting at the top of town in Newcastle) around 1964, she brought an old exchange phone home for me to play with. It had a three pin plug just like a 240 outlet. Me being a real fiddle finggers and in training to make stuff when I got older wanted to plug said phone into the power point. Oddly enough I wasn't alowed to. So I set about making my own arrangements, I got my self a screwdriver placed an old cane armchair under a light switch (the old twist, clang on, twist again, clang off type) removed the two screws, cover and at some point made contact with the 240 volts. After they picked me up off the floor and I recieved a piece of barley sugar to stop me from crying everything was ok. I never did try to plug the phone in again I was about 4 at the time still not unusual for me to get a boot now and then

Oh nice phone Fletty, I have bell envy I think.