Instructions for use
Select an object to view from the list below. To rotate either click on the rotate icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the image or click and drag within the object window.
Telephone, 1890s
Telephone, 1900s
Telephone, 1920s
Telephone, 1940s
Telephone, 1950s
Telephone, 1960s
Telephone, 1980s
Telephone, 1990s
Telephone, 2000
Pye Cambridge radiophone
Submarine trencher
After the Second World War many more people wanted and could afford home phones. The demand meant that there were not enough phone lines, so shared lines became common and to make a call you had to press a button before dialling. The 700 series introduced in 1959 had modern styling, a lightweight handset and integral carrying handle.