The Development of Telecoms - Glasgow
The main towns are the City of Glasgow which received a Burgh of Barony in 1175 and has grown with shipping, shipbuilding and engineering; Paisley, famous for thread manufacture and Rutherglen, a Royal Burgh since 1126. The area is bounded to the north-west by the banks of Loch Lomond.
One of the most famous comedians from Glasgow is Billy Connolly who started out working in the Glasgow shipyards as a boilermaker and welder.
In 1937, the most attended European football match in history took place at Hampden Park where Scotland beat England 3-1 with 149,547 people in attendance – a European record.
68 exchanges, half of which are automatic, serve 92,000 exchange lines and 145,000 stations. The trunk exchange opened in 1940, has 362 operators' positions in one switch-room.
There are 994,000 miles of wire underground and 22,500 miles overhead. The total engineering, operating and administrative staff exceeds 4,000.
