Sharing a telephone line - leaflet issued by the GPO, 1961; designed by C W Bacon
A rather stylish piece of work by the illustrator C W Bacon for the British GPO. At the time, as the number of people wanting telephones outstripped capacity many people 'shared' lines - my grandparents did and it meant that sometime, when you wanted to the line was engaged. The leaflet notes that overhearing was possible - unless you wanted to make an emergency call when "he would undoubtedly give way"!
Sharing a telephone line - leaflet issued by the GPO, 1961; designed by C W Bacon
A rather stylish piece of work by the illustrator C W Bacon for the British GPO. At the time, as the number of people wanting telephones outstripped capacity many people 'shared' lines - my grandparents did and it meant that sometime, when you wanted to the line was engaged. The leaflet notes that overhearing was possible - unless you wanted to make an emergency call when "he would undoubtedly give way"!