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biddle biddle expression or saying

The ringing sound of a GPO Trimphone, the trendy alternative to the standard issue phone in the 1970s

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M & N – 1970s
Mark & Naomi

Notes

Until ~1980s you could only buy a phone (or phone line, come to that) from GPO, the nationalised forerunner of BT. Early on, choices were limited: if you didn’t like the black one you could have a white one. Then edgy colours such as red and 2-tone green crept in. But the Trimphone broke with all that by offering a different receiver altogether, that was less bulky and that warbled charmingly instead of drill-ringing like a fire engine. The future had arrived!

Submitted: 06/09/2021 by Mark ● Last updated: 23/10/2024 11:10 by Mark

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