On this site you will be able to find tips and tricks about old british telephones; and how to set them up and how to use them. You will also find information about how to repair them if stuff goes wrong
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Hello! And welcome to the old phone blog. I will not ramble on or anything but this is effectively a blog where I will post many a blog related to any to do with old british telephones; the post office series of course (you can find further information at the top of this web-page. So now I will quit rambling and lets get down to business.
Yesterday (Saturday) at about half past one; I went into a nearby town and I noticed a very nice 1964 GPO 706 ivory coloured telephone and admired its beauty. But when I oiled the dial with a very small amount of watch oil; I noticed something very strange; there was almost a ratchening to the dial as I turned it and you heard it. But; belive it or not; I did add just a small bit of the watch oil and thoroughly cleaned it. If in case you know why please do contact me.