Mark Tooze
master brummie
Here are a few photos of the Post Office Tower from the early 1980's - including one of the top taken with a very long lens!
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Post Office Tower
- Thread starter Vivienne14
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Clearly post-1970 as Brindley House is seen standing astride the canal, alongside 95 Newhall Street which was Midlands Telecommunications HQ. The dark-faced floor below the MTRHQ tower housed what was claimed to be the 'largest open-plan office in Europe' at the time. Unfortunately the unions didn't like the idea so it ended up housing spare office equipment and a small group called Management Services, i.e. producing simple charts for senior managers!
Mark Tooze
master brummie
Seen at the Museums Collection Centre open day yesterday - one of the microwave dishes that was previously on the top of the Post Office Tower:-
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Hello caller! number please...........Around 2027 the copper twisted-pair cables that connect every home and office in the UK to their local telephone exchange and which have been around in some shape or form since 1911, will be superseded by Fibre Optic, or Full Fibre (FTTP) technology.
Great photos on that link Pete. Thanks. Viv.
