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1974: The Teenage Telephone Addict | Nationwide | BBC Archive
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4:22Now PlayingJohn Swinfield reports on Nick Gooding, a teenage telephone addict. Nick has connected a whopping 14 telephones to an exchange, creating a telephone network that spans his house and garden - he even has a phone in the bathroom. His interest began with the acquisition of an antique phone, and he has since spent 5 years building his present system. Understandably, Nick hopes to work for the Post Office when he leaves school - where he can "get paid for mucking around with phones."
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 17 April, 1974.
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