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TAKING OVER POSITIONS

Pencil should be ready, instrument adjusted, handbag placed on hook under switchboard. DO NOT BRING LARGE BAGS OR SHOPPING BAGS, PARCELS, BOOKS OR PAPERS IN THE EXCHANGE. As these can be a nuisance to the adjacent telephonists and also give an untidy appearance to the exchange. Coats and cardigans must not be placed on the back of the chairs nor worn slung over the shoulders. Telephonists personal property cannot be put under the supervisors table but may be put into the drawer of the supervisors table with her permission. Monitor and sign calls already in progress on your position and any adjacent position which may be unstaffed. 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GPO OPERATORS in the 1960’s.


(This box is in the corner of a friend’s garden.   I suggested to him that it could become his study.)