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From bad boys to the hello girls – the origins of the Telephone Operator

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

As was often the case with Victorian era workplaces, many of the worst and most menial jobs were filled by boys and this was the case with the early Telegraph networks.   As revolutionary as it seems to go from … Continue reading →

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