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Post by Matt James on Apr 16, 2009 16:38:43 GMT
I worked as a Tally Lad in Telegraph House Liverpool started in 1968 and we had an inspector who was known as Bunny James and when he gave you a Telegram he would ask you if you liked Trains and then would laugh as he told you the Telegram was intended for Huskisson Docks, if you fell fowl or you got a skin (telegram boys should know what this is) you were put on the carryover which was to collect Telegrams from Five Post Offices around the city every half hour so by the end of your shift you were knackered because as soon as you got back you had to start all over again.When a job came vacant in Overseas Telegrams I then became a Telegraphist and actually took the Telegrams off customers over the phone. As with the phone system certain letters or words can sound the same over the phone so you had to use analogy ie a for apple b for butter etc but on this one occasion a colleague who shall remain nameless took a Telegram from a big company and in the message the company required 100 U Bolts the person in question sent the Telegram forward requesting 100 U Boats. I will admit that i'm 55 now and if i could be a Tally Lad I would go back to doing that job anytime day or night as it was the happiest time of my life great mates of whom I still have contact with and I still work for Royal Mail, by the way my first wages for a week then was £4.16.11
Tom Hollomby
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Post by Matt James on Apr 16, 2009 16:38:59 GMT
hi tom, i was at telegraph house 1967, moved onto the bantams at L.N.T.D.O. and ended up at the telephone managers office at derby house, great days, I'm 57 so we probably just missed each other, good to hear from you, cheers _________________ paul girling
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