The Development of Telecoms - Brighton
The mention of Brighton suggests at once happy holidays and although the telephone area, which covers 750 square miles of the County of Sussex, it includes many of the most favoured residential towns and villages on the South Coast, its past and more recent history and activity reveal it to be much more than a playground.
During the War, the area played a vital role in providing and maintaining key military telecommunications. Post-war years brought an unprecedented demand for telephone facilities for re-settlement and for establishing new light industries throughout Sussex. 51 per cent, of the subscribers are now on the "Business" tariff.
There are 85 exchanges, 51 of which are automatic. The 100,000th telephone in the area was installed in October 1949. Staff, excluding day and night operating forces comprises 1,387 men and women, of whom 80 per cent are employed in the engineering and traffic grades and 20 per cent in sales and accounting.
The Area watchword is "Progress"
