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Just reading about you training on PBMX would your training have been down Newhall st at the GPO , it was called Telephone House it was right at the bottom of the hill? I worked at Telephone House from 1967 to around 1971 then tranferred to the new Sheldon exchange. I loved the stretchy plug...

I also worked at the telephone exchange in Newhall st. I started there in 1967 age 17 .My maiden name was Hellon, I was there till around 1971 when I transferred to the new sheldon telephone exchange. I loved the old plug boards in Newhall st , the ones at Sheldon were just switches . I too...

Hi Diane, I worked at telephone house newhall st from 1968-1971 then transferred to the Sheldon exchange when it opened. I did know a Diane wondering if you were there in that time frame? Loved my telephonist job , best job I ever had, I left there in december 1975 to have my first child...

Hi Just seen your concrete slab and ring, looks like the one in the park behind common Lane, someone else suggested they would be anchored by more than one which seems logical but I can't remember if there were more in the park, but sounds reasonable suggestion, but would be a fair way away...

Hi I lived in Common Lane, sheldon when I was a kid from 1950 onwards. There was a barrage balloon anchor point over the park behind us. I believe its called Sheldon Country park now. It was about the size you stated and had a large rusty ring on it. My mum told me there were barrage balloons...

Hi, I remember the sweet shop at the Coventry rd end of barrows Lane, my father used to get off the 58 or 60 bus after work and buy sweets for me and my sisters. We lived in Common Lane and sometimes would scooter up to meet him there was an old derelict house nearer the Coventry rd past the...

I also worked at telephone house Newhall st from about 1967 till around 1971/72 and transferred to the new Sheldon Telephone Exchange. i loved the old swithchboards and the plugs we had to stretch to reach the correct exchange to connect the calls.Besides the regular oprerator calls we did...

No, there was no sorting office there in Lyndon rd sheldon. It was just the Sheldon telephone exchange I worked there for a few years in the early 70's. Wendy

I remember the Bluebell woods at Chelmsley Wood, my parents would pack a picnic lunch, then with my sisters and me would all walk from sheldon through the playing fields of king george the 5th and spend the day picking bunches of bluebells, it looked like a sea of blue and occasionally you would...