Description:
North area of switch-room in the Archer GPO telephone exchange. This exchange was built in 1956 and became operative 23 July 1958.
Shown on the right is the '800 suite which comprises of twenty operating position. The table in the foreground is the ticket-sorting position. They are filed in the boxes seen on the table, according to the type of call and these are sent to the computer centre at Derby each day for pricing and accounting to the subscribers account.
The table on the left is the clerical table and behind it is the '700' suite (see NTGM015790) and behind the '700' suite are the filing cabinets containing subscribers' details. The '900' suite is in the top corner.