This page is intended to provide links to pages on subjects I find interesting
Subterranea Britannica If you're interested in disused tunnels, air raid shelters, nuclear bunkers and the like you must join this organisation!
Light
Straw Strowger Telephone Exchange pages. Interesting details
on electromechanical exchanges and the BT network. Includes
information on joining the Telecomms Heritage Group.
Strowger Telecomms Page. Full
details, pictures and diagrams on the workings of Strowger
telephone exchanges. Recommended.
Telephone
History Sound files of tones and messages and a list of STD
codes from Strowger days (e.g. 0608 71 for Kingham!)
The
Telegraph Office American pages relating to the history of
the telegraph industry. Loads of links, I've yet to check them
all out myself.
The
Colussus Rebuild Not strictly an "old telephones"
item although there is a connection. The fascinating project to
rebuild the worlds first computer at Bletchley Park.
A hopefully comprehensive list of Chippy
related links. If you go off and do your own search you will
discover there is another Chipping Norton in Australia!
Ex-Chippy School page. The rapidly-growing
directory of former Chippy School pupils. Please add your email
address.
Oxcis
Oxfordshire wide information pages.
Motorcycles, Mice and
Galaxians. Chippy resident Alan Billington's home page.
Magny-en-Vexin
Stephane Turnier's pages about Chippy's twin town.
The
Theatre. Chipping Norton Theatre.