A Retford resident, who has dedicated more than 60 years to the NHS, says she still loves her job as a Switchboard Operator – ...

George Willard Coy (1836 to 1915), a Civil War veteran, obtained a telephone franchise from the Bell Telephone Co., established earlier that year. He opened the District Telephone Company of New Haven ...

It was a hot August afternoon in 1917. The 25-year-old Emmett native was chief operator at the local telephone company. The U ...

ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP RuthA. Evans, 96, of Rostraver Township, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Feb. 11, ...

On Feb. 13, 1999, the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys officially split from the 805 area code to form 661, marking a new ...

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At HC-One’s Holmwood Care Home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, residents have been sharing and reminiscing about their own love stories to mark Valentine’s Day.

When Vets call into the VA in Syracuse they are greeted by a friendly voice. What they might not realize is that the person on the other end of the phone is more-than-likely blind. Roughly 90% of ...

What they might not realize is that the person on the other end of the phone is more-than-likely blind. Roughly 90% of operators working the medical center switchboard at the VA is managed by ...

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And nowhere is the impact more apparent than the beleaguered congressional phone system, a major conduit for citizens to contact their representatives in Washington that in recent days has been ...