Transmitting Signals - The Early & Working Life Of R. Neil M. Alston

This is the story of one man’s early and working life. That man was R. Neil M. Alston. From his early days and schooling in Letchworth. War time memories and life in that town in the 30’s and 40’s. His first taste of the working life and employment with Post Office Telephones. Serving with the Royal Corps of Signals whilst doing National Service - training and on active service in the Canal Zone during the Suez crisis in 1952-53. The GPO of the 50’s and 60’s and the changes that privatisation with BT bought about. In depth details of equipment, including telephones, exchanges, telex and faxes. Stories of the people he worked with and those he met through his work. Written in his own words, during his retirement, these memoirs show what life was like in the ever changing technological World of communications.