Woman assembling croning telephone wire onto a crossbar frame, 1960s, monochrome

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I spent over 30 years in data networking around the world, often in telecommunications rooms full of crone racks and voice service terminations. It was a great surprise to find that my own mother, picturesd here, worked on their assembly in a factory in Wigan in the 1960s when I was a child.

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Size: 1903px × 2432px
Location: Wigan, Lancashire
Photo credit: © Stephen Lloyd Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, 1960s, assembly, black, comms, crone, croning, crossbar, exchange, monochromatic, monochrome, occcupation, rack, skilled, telecommunications, telecoms, telephone, white, wire, wiring, worker