You had me worried for a bit - just had to go on Google to see what I was posting about. My long distance call was made before 'Subscriber Trunk Dialing' appeared in 1959. Why they called it trunk, I've no idea !Mo - My apologies but I have to ask .... How "did" you get an elephant into that phone box ?
Silly quiestion but - do we still have in-service working phone boxes (the red old ones) ?
They must be collectors items now.
MyBrother in law worked at Hill St, think he was a TO, in the sixties, he met my Sister who worked at Telephone house in the early sixties. My Mother, who used to be a telegraphist in Manchester, was so proud of my Sister for getting into the GPO. I also remember the pens, message pads and propelling pencils with the special shaped tops for dialling.In 1969 I was an operator at Hill St Telephone Exchange, it was a terrible job, even timed when we asked for 'a casual' to go to the loo. Didn't last long there, awful management, loads of old maids working there because not many years before you had to leave if you got married. Would probably last less than an hour now!