2017
TA1231 : Maybury Road, Kingston upon Hull
taken 9 years ago, near to Sutton-on-Hull, Kingston Upon Hull, England
Maybury Road, Kingston upon Hull
In 1923 Hull Corporation Telephones opened a new building at the junction with Holderness Road, housing the city's second automatic exchange. It inherited the name 'Sutton' from the earlier exchange in the suburb of Sutton on Hull. By 1959 the Exchange was renamed 'East', covering East Hull, part of Hedon Road and Wawne. By 1958-60 the premises were extended eastwards. Today, the Exchange comprises all the buildings depicted except that nearest the road, being an electricity sub-station. Vehicular access to the Exchange is further north in Maybury Road.
Telephone Undertaking, Kingston upon Hull On 22 August 1902, Kingston upon Hull Corporation was granted a licence under the Telegraph Act 1899 to operate a municipal telephone system in the Kingston upon Hull area, opening its first telephone exchange on 28 November 1904 at the former Trippett Street Baths, Wincolmlee: Link
In 1911 the Post Office took over the National Telephone Company's system, but Kingston upon Hull Corporation was permitted to retain its own service. Since then, it provided the only municipal telephone service in the country. In 1987, it became Kingston Communications (Hull) plc, still owned 100% by the Council. In 1999 the company was partially floated on the stock exchange. In 2007 its name was changed to KCOM Group plc. On 4 April 2016, the company moved all of its brand under a single KCOM brand name. KCOM was acquired by MEIF 6 Fibre Ltd, a business unit of Macquarie Group, in August 2019. Further information in Wikipedia: Link KCOM's history: Link
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