Decades at the Post Office Tower
Decades at the Tower

The Postmaster General, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, said that the Post Office Tower symbolised 20th - century Britain. Lean, practical and futuristic, it epitomised the technical and architectural skills of the second industrial revolution.




Photo: Tower Auditorium & Maple Suite at the BT Tower © LSA 2008.
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Exhibition

Before the Tower was opened, the GPO held a special exhibition, 17th to 24th March 1964, to tell everyone about it.
Exhibition
Why a Post Office Tower?




Photo: Post Office Tower Exhibition © BT Group Archives (1964). Ref: TCB 473 P8989
   
The Tower was operationally opened on Friday 8th October 1965 by the Prime Minister (Harold Wilson) making an inaugural telephone call to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Mr. Wilson later unveiled a plaque near the foot of the Tower and then rode in a lift to the restaurant floor for a view of London 540 feet below.
Bygone Days
Bygone days at the Tower
Step back in telecoms time to the bygone days of the Post Office Tower.


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Image: Still from GPO film circa 1966.

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