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TELEPHONES USED BY BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS (BT) FROM 1980 ONWARDS

                        

Fact-file: The telecommunications section of the Post Office was renamed BT in 1980 and became a totally separate public corporation on 1 October 1981. Also in 1981 telephones were offered for sale by BT for the first time.

Quick Find for Modern Telephones
Ambassador Astrofon Big Button Candlestick Classic Contempra
Converse Dawn Decor Duet Eiger Empress
Ericofon 600 Ericofon 700 External Genie Mickey Mouse Miscellaneous
Padua Parisienne Picturephone React Relate Rhapsody
Rondo Sceptre Slimtel Snoopy Special Range Statesman
Tremelo Tribune Vanguard Venue Versatel Viscount

Special Range (SR) Telephones
       
Fact-file: The BT Special Range of Telephones were first introduced in 1978
       
       

 


     Key to suffix letters used on BT Special Range Telephones (prefixed SR):

  •    A = Telephone with built in Bell or Tone Ringer & without Recall button

  •    B = Telephone without built in Bell or Tone Ringer & without Recall button

  •    C = Telephone with built in Bell or Tone Ringer & with Recall button

  •    D = Telephone without built in Bell or Tone Ringer & with Recall button

  •    R = Earth Recall button fitted

  •    RR = Register Recall (Timed Break) fitted

  •    AR = Alternative Recall (Earth or Timed Break) fitted
SR1001 Contempra
Classic Telephone Mickey Mouse Dial Telephone Contempra Telephone Astrofon
Type: SR1000 Type: SR1001 Type: SR1002 Type: SR1003
  Year: 1983 Year: 1978  
Made by STC Made by Plessey Made by GEC
Available in Gold, Brown & Orange		 Made by Thorn Ericsson
Available in White, Beige, Green & Red
    View closed
 
Candlestick (Courtesy of Nigel Maggs)   SR1005 Black SR1005
Ericofon 700 "Candlestick" Table Telephone (no bell fitted). "Candlestick" Table Telephone (no bell fitted)  "Candlestick" Table Telephone (no bell fitted) 
Type: SR1004 Type: SR1005 Type: SR1005 Type: SR1005
Year: 1981 Year: 1979 Year: 1979 Year: 1979
Made by Thorn Ericsson
Available in White, Green, Gold, Brown & Orange		 Made by STC. 
Available in Red, White & Black
   
Ericofon 600 [Courtesy of Darren Clark]

Dawn

 Tan Leather Rhapsody SR8012 [Courtesy of John]
Ericofon 600 Telephone  Dawn Telephone Eiger Telephone Rhapsody Table Telephone in Tan Leather
Type: SR1007B Type: SR1008
Item: 410935		 Type: SR1009A Type: SR1012
Year: 1982 Year: 1981 Year: 1982 Year: 1981
Made by Thorn Ericsson
Available in Ivory & Orange
View Base		 Made by Northern Telecom.
Available in Pale Yellow, Avocado Green & White.		 Made by Gfeller
Available in Red, Stone, Two-tone Brown & Dark Grey		 Made by Atea
 
Beige Rhapsody SR8012 Blue Rhapsody SR8012 Empress SR8018A
Rhapsody Table Telephone in Beige Rhapsody Table Telephone in Blue Snoopy Dial Telephone Empress Deluxe Push Button Telephone
Type: SR8012 Type: SR8012 Type:SR8014 Type: SR8018A
Year: 1983 Year: 1983 Year: 1983 Year: 1983
    Dialing: LD Dialing: LD
   
       
BT Versatel [Courtesy of Dave Mills] Red Genie Cream Genie
Versatel Telephone in Red Mickey Mouse Push Button Telephone  Genie Telephone  Genie Telephone
Type: SR8020 Type: SR8021 Type: SR8023 Type: SR8023
Year: 1983 Year: 1983 Dialing: LD Dialing: LD
View underneath Made by Plessey Year: 1983 Year: 1983
 
       
SR8025 Padua SR8027 Picturephone SR8031A
Snoopy Push Button Telephone Padua Table Dial Telephone  Parisienne Table Dial Telephone  Picturephone Wall Mounted Telephone
Type:SR8025 Type: SR8027 Type: SR8028A Type: SR8031A
Year: 1983 Year: 1984   Item Code: 870101
Dialing: LD     Year: 1985
      Dialing: LD
   
     
5013AR.jpg (31628 bytes) React 320 Sceptre 100 - Sorry, larger image unavailable Rondo
React 120 Push Button Telephone with 20 memories React 320 Push Button Telephone with 20 memories Sceptre 100 Push Button Telephone Rondo Telephone
Type: 5013A  Type: 5015A  Type: 10001R  
Year: 1990  Year: 1990  Year: 1984 Dialing: LD
Item Code: 877713

 Dialing: LD Year: 1985
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF
Ambassador Telephones
     
8100R Brown Ambassador (Courtesy of Nigel Maggs) Yellow Ambassador Ambassador 8202R Beige Ambassador CD
Ambassador Dial Telephone Ambassador Table Telephone with neon indicator (handset 16D) Ambassador Push Button Telephone  Ambassador Table Telephone with amplified handset Ambassador CD Push Button Telephone with 10 memories
Type: 8100R Type: 8200 Type: 8202R Type: 8202R Type: 8401
Year: 1981 Year: 1981 Year: 1982 Year: 1984 Year: 1984
     
Fact-file:   BT Inphone Charges for Special Range Telephones as of 01/11/83
 
  Ambassador Contempra Dawn Empress Empress de-luxe Mickey Mouse Rhapsody basic Rhapsody TanLeather Sceptre Snoopy Versatel
Purchase Cost £69.95 £65.60 £67.50 £119.95 £159.00 £155.00 £69.95 £94.95 £79.95 £155.00 £59.95
Rental Charge £5.75 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £4.75 £5.00 £5.00
Connection Charge £12.00 £25.00 £25.00 £70.00 £95.00 £100.00 £25.00 £45.00 £30.00 £100.00 £30.00
Notes: Purchase Price included VAT. Quarterly rental as an extension phone and connection charges were excluding VAT

Statesman Telephones
       
9003R Statesman Statesman 9005R Stone 9040R Statesman 9101R
 Statesman Telephone  Statesman Telephone  Statesman Telephone with last number redial  Statesman Telephone
Type: 9003R Type: 9005R Type: 9040R Type: 9101R
Dialing: LD Dialing: LD Dialing: LD Dialing: MF
Year: 1984 Year: 1985 Year: 1987 Year: 1984
View inside View underneath
Further pictures and information on the Statesman by Sam Hallas.
Fact-file:   The cost of purchasing a Statesman in 1983 was £35.95 (inc. VAT). The quarterly rental charge for an extension phone was £2.75, with a £12.00 connection fee (exc. VAT)

Viscount Telephones
       
Viscount 9511R [Courtesy of David Cooper] Viscount 9511R_grey.jpg (23075 bytes)

9601AR Viscount

9521R Viscount 12
 Viscount Telephone  Viscount Telephone  Viscount Telephone  Viscount 12 Telephone
Type: 9511R Type: 9511R(J) Type: 9515AR Type: 9521R
Dialing: LD Dialing: LD Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD
Year: 1984 Year: 1988 Year: 1986 Year: 1984
       
Viscount 10 9525AR 9601R SDX FT1 in Charcoal Slimtel
 Viscount 10 Telephone Viscount Telephone Viscount Telephone Slimtel One-Piece Telephone
Type: 9525AR Type: 9601AR Type: SDX FT-1 Type: 1A
Dialing: MF/LD Dialing: MF Dialing: MF Year: 1984
Year: 1987
Item Code: 877126		 Year: 1982  
   Further information on the Viscount range  
Fact-file:   The cost of purchasing a Viscount in 1983 was £44.95 (inc. VAT). The quarterly rental charge for an extension phone was £2.75, with a £20.00 connection fee (exc. VAT)

Venue & Tremolo Telephones
         
Venue 24 Venue 24e

9701 Tremolo

Red Tremelo

 Black Tremelo
Beige  Venue 24 Telephone

Black  Venue 24E Telephone

  Tremolo Telephone  Tremolo Telephone  Tremolo Telephone
Type: 10005AR Type: 10006AR Type: 9701 Type: 9701 Type: 9701
Item Code:  Item Code: 877135 Item Code: 877115 Item Code: 877120 Item Code: 877121
Dialing: LD Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD Dialing: LD Dialing: LD
Year: 1986 Year: 1990 Year: 1988 Year: 1988 Year: 1988

Vanguard & Tribune Telephones
       
Vanguard Vanguard 10 Tribune 9402AR Red Tribune 9802 Tribune 9802AR
 Vanguard Telephone  Vanguard 10E Telephone  Tribune Telephone  Tribune Telephone (with tone caller)  Tribune Telephone (with tone caller)
Type: 4001AR Type: 4005AR Type: 9402AR 9802AR  9802AR 
Item Code: 870694 Item Code: 877908 Item Code: 877088 Item Code: 877608 Item Code: 877607
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: MF Dialing: LD/MF  Dialing: LD/MF 
Year: 1996 Year: 1995 Year: 1988   Year: 1987
  On hook dialling & 10 number memory      
White Tribune 9801AR Red Tribune 9804AR White Tribune 9804AR Red Tribune 9901R
 Tribune Telephone  Tribune Telephone with amplifier and neon indicator  Tribune Telephone with amplifier and neon indicator  Tribune Telephone (with bell)
Type: 9801AR (with bell) Type: 9804AR Type: 9804AR Type: 9901AR 
9802AR (with tone caller) Year: 1988 Year: 1988 Year: 1987
Item Code: 877603/877606 Item Code: 877611 Item Code: 877609 Dialing: LD only
Dialing: LD/MF   Dialing: LD/MF   Dialing: LD/MF   
   Further information on the Tribune range  

Duet Telephones
       
Duet 80 Duet 200 Duet 550 Duet 600
 Duet 80 Telephone  Duet 200 Telephone  Duet 550 Telephone  Duet 600 Telephone
Item Code: 870634 Item Code: 871076 Item Code: 872148 Item Code: 872257
Year: 1993 Year: 1993 Year: 1993 Year: 1993

Relate Telephones
           
 Relate 80 Relate 100 Relate 180 Relate 200 Relate 300 Relate 400
 Relate 80 Telephone  Relate 100 Telephone  Relate 180 Telephone  Relate 200 Telephone  Relate 300 Telephone   Relate 400 Telephone
Item Code: 871086 Item Code:877921 Item Code: 870752 Type: 5042AR Item Code: 877932 Type: 5044AR
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Item Code: 877936
Year: 1998 Year: 1992 Year: 1996 Year: 1993 Year: 1992   Dialing: LD/MF  Year: 1994
         
Relate 550 Relate 600 Relate 700 Relate 1100 Relate 1500 Relate 3000
 Relate 550 Telephone  Relate 600 Telephone  Relate 700 Caller Display Telephone   Relate 1100 Telephone  Relate 1500 Telephone Relate 3000 Telephone
Item Code: 871093 Item Code: 871094 Item Code:871380 Item Code: 871126 Item Code: 010674
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF  
Year: 2000 Year: 2000 Year: 2000 Year: 1999  
Further information on the Relate range

Converse Telephones
Converse 100 Converse 180 Converse 200 Converse 300 Charcoal Grey Converse 400 [Courtesy of Graham Denison]
Converse 100 Telephone Converse 180 Telephone Converse 200 Amplifying Telephone Converse 300 Hands-free Telephone Converse 400 Telephone
Item Code: 870732 Item Code: 870736 Item Code: 870658 Item Code: 870686 Item Code: 870744
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF
Year: 1996 Year: 1996 Year: 1998 Year: 1998 Year: 1997
Converse 120 Converse 220 Converse 320 Converse 420
Converse 120  Telephone Converse 220 Amplifying Telephone Converse 320 Hands-free Telephone Converse 420 Hands-free Telephone
Item Code: 871452 Item Code: 871450 Item Code: 871448 Item Code: 871446
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF
Year: 2001 Year: 2000 Year: 2000 Year: 2000
Converse 125 Converse 225 Converse 325 Converse 425
Converse 125 Telephone Converse 225 Amplifying Telephone Converse 325 Hands-free Telephone Converse 425 Hands-free Telephone
Year: 2003 Year: 2003 Year: 2003 Year: 2003
Converse 2-line Converse 2015 Converse 2025  
Converse 2-Line Hands-free Telephone Converse 2015 2-Line Hands-free Telephone Converse 2025 2-Line Hands-free Telephone with Caller Display  
Year: 1998 Year: 2003 Year: 2003  
       
Converse 1100 Converse 1200 Converse 1300 Converse 1400
Year: 2007 Year: 2007 Year: 2007 Year: 2007
       
Further information on the Converse range

Decor Telephones
Decor 100 Decor 200 Decor 400
  Decor 100 Telephone   Decor 200 Telephone   Decor 400 Telephone
 Item Code: 871368  Item Code: 871371  Item Code: 871377
Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF Dialing: LD/MF
Year: 1999 Year: 2000 Year: 2000
Decor 110 Decor 210 Decor 310
  Decor 110 Telephone   Decor 210 Telephone   Decor 310 Telephone
Year: 2003 Year: 2003 Year: 2003
     
Decor 1300 Decor 1571
Decor 1200 Telephone Decor 1300 Telephone  Decor 1571 Telephone
  Item Code: 024864  
Year: 2006 Year: 2006 Year: 2003
Miscellaneous BT Telephones
     
BT Courtesy phone Your-phone Easicom 1000 [Courtesy of Graham Denison]
BT Courtesy/loan Telephone   Your-Phone Caller Display Telephone

BT Easicom 1000
Item Code: 871097  Item Code: 871814 Item Code: 871551
Year: 1987 Year: 1999 Year: 2000
Big Button Telephones
     
   
Big Button Phone 
Big Button 100  
Big Button Telephone Big Button 100 Telephone  
  Item Code: 019325  
Year: 2000 Year: 2006  
     

Outdoor / External Telephones
     
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Weatherphone Weather Resistant Wall Telephone
Type: 745M Type: 6600AR
   
       

 
 
 

Dialing Modes

  •    LD = Loop Disconnect or Pulse Dialing
  •    MF = Multi-frequency or Tone Dialing

            

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