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Woman standing by a window looking at a work sheet and holding what appears to be headphones.

Postcard showing good luck charms and a poem addressed to Mr F Richards, Pontlottyn, South Wales. It is postmarked PENZANCE and date stamped 5.30PM NO 15 11.
It reads as follows:
" Dear Fred and Lottie
Just a post card to let you know we are quite…

Two staff members sitting side by side at the switchboard at the Telephone Exchange

Annotated in pencil but not decipherable

Male member of staff sitting at a computer at the Telephone Exchange

New Year postcard depicting two robins, one holding a card with January 1 in its beak. It is addressed to Mrs F Richards (Lottie) Pontlytton, South Wales.
It is postmarked PENZANCE and date stamped 19DEC11.
It reads as follows:
"Kerris Vean
Dear…

Member of staff at the Telephone Exchange sitting at the switchboard, wrapped in a sleeping bag (see also BR.026 and BR.027). It must be around Christmas time as there are cards on top of the switchboard.

A very cold member of staff at the Telephone Exchange, sitting at the switchboard wrapped in a sleeping bag! (See also BR.026 and BR.028). She is looking at a card and there are Christmas decorations on the wall and cards onto of the switchboard,

A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

On the back it says:

I met Thomas Semmens?
near this place.

Female staff member at the switchboard at Penzance Telephone Exchange. It must have been cold, as she is wrapped in a sleeping bag! (See also BR.027 and BR.028).

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Name in pencil

Black and White postcard with an image of Trereiffe Avenue, Penzance, addressed to Mr Fred Richards, Pontlottyn, South Wales. It is post marked PENZANCE and date stamped 7.30PM AU 14 12.

It reads as follows:
"My dear Fred
sending you this…

Beryl Richards (on the right) talking to two men in an office at Penzance Telephone Exchange. There is another man on the left of the picture and a lady sitting in the foreground.

Male member of staff at the switchboard at Penzance Telephone Exchange

Postcard of a Christmas Wreath addressed to Miss Lottie Phillips, Chynhall Moor. It is postmarked ST JUST and date-stamped DE23 03?
Message is written upside down on the left hand side of the postcard.
It reads as follows:
" Dear Lottie I sent…

A male member of staff sitting at the switchboard at Penzance Telephone Exchange.

A postcard from Fred Phillips' war album, assembled from postcards and photos he collected during his service in Palestine and Egypt during WW1.

This postcard was sent to his Mother Bessie Phillips.

On the back it says:

Egypt…