200 series Telephones

Picture provided by Mark Parry. (Chester)

1/232 from Chester area sitting on 200 wall bracket. This phone did not come with bells and requires a bellset N0 1 or N0 26. Phone can be taken off the base and is not fixed. Four cups fit the four rubber feet on the base of the phone.

Intoduced in 1929 this was the first all plastic telephone, produced in Black, Red, Green and Ivory.

1/232 on BS 26

This is the same 1/232 type phone with a Bell set N0 26 attached to the base. This makes it a complete unit.

 

200 wall bracket

Bracket for wall mounting a Tele 162 or 200, this one is made of steel and has a locking bar to stop the Phone being removed.

 

Picture provided by Eddie Szor. Newcastle. BS 39

Tele 248 on switching bellset base N039, this enabled you to switch between exchange line and extension.

Bell set N044 was an improved version of BS39, with a buzzer and indicator flap on the left hand side.

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