October 29, 1954

ALTHOUGH Post Master General Earl De La Warr said in a speech last week the Post Office was "definitely on the offensive" when it comes to the matter of improving the telephone system, it will be another fours years at least until Redditch has its new automatic telephone exchange, it is revealed this week.

A spokesman for the telephone manager of the West Midlands District told a reporter on Tuesday that plans were afoot to provide Redditch with a new telephone exchange in 1958.

Although the present system was working adequately, the time would come when it would be completely inadequate to meet the ever-increasing telephone demands of the public.

At the moment, negotiations were proceeding as to the possibilities of a suitable location.