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In 1945 it was decided that British Post Office distribution networks would consist of main cables terminating in iron cabinets. Local cables were to radiate to small pillars or direct to distribution points (DPs). Pillars would terminate the cable from the cabinet and then local cables would radiate to the DPs. Post 1970 pillars were […]https://gosportshistory.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GPO-Pillar.jpg640961