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Re: Worst wiring ever?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:50 pm
by elansprint71
john.p.clegg wrote:If only he had used lacing twine instead of cable ties it would have been a pleasure to look at...

Oh,the good old days at the Post Office Telephones...

John :wink:



It that Strowger fuse system? ;-)

Re: Worst wiring ever?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:54 pm
by elansprint71
elj221c wrote:
Rob P wrote:
john.p.clegg wrote:If only he had used lacing twine instead of cable ties it would have been a pleasure to look at...
Oh,the good old days at the Post Office Telephones...
John :wink:


Fellow BT worker here too John, I remember lacing cables and the fabulous Clove Hitch knot to finish off.
Cable lacing was a work of art if done properly :-)


Likewise.

The famous 'Plate Wiring' An essential part of one of the courses. (B course?)

The black waxed cotton was great for repairing my tubular bicycle tyres as well.

Oh, dear. Another hi-jacked thread.

Sorry!

:oops:



I've done time at Yarnfield too. Got out across the fields after being snowed-in for two weeks of a six weeks course. M6 was blocked by lorries with frozen diesel.