copy photograph
1968
LMGLM:2007.33.475
Summary: copy photograph, black and white, Post Office, New Milton, 1968Identification note: New Milton’s main Post Office was built in 1933, and its first official postmaster was Mr Weston. A telephone exchange was installed upstairs in 1934. There were usually three full-time female telephone operators and a bedroom was provided for a male night operator....
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Summary: copy photograph, black and white, Post Office, New Milton, 1968
Identification note: New Milton’s main Post Office was built in 1933, and its first official postmaster was Mr Weston. A telephone exchange was installed upstairs in 1934. There were usually three full-time female telephone operators and a bedroom was provided for a male night operator. There were just six telephone subscribers in 1905, rising to 600 by 1933. The Post Office closed in 1995.
