Operational Areas — Electra House Retired Colleagues Association

Pictures in the Operational Areas gallery show where people actually worked in the various buildings and offices.

Counters

Shown below are photos of the EH Main Counter in the 1940s left; and the Broadway OTAO Counter in 1964.

EH Front Counter 1940s
Broadway OTAO Counter 1964

Zone Rooms

Below, left to right; The Instrument Room in EH, which moved from EH Moorgate after enemy action in 1941; The Press Local Room in EH, in 1945; A zone room in EH.

EH Instrument Room 1944
EH Press Local Room 1945
EH Zone 32

EH Phone Room

Shown here are several pictures of the EH Phone Room, the top two rows from the 1950s, the rest from the 1960s. All jackets and ties in the 50s!

EH Phone Room 1950
EH Phone Room Circulation 1958
EH Phone Room 1958

Phone room forwarding
Phone Room numbering
Phone room receiving

EH Phone Room 1960s
EH Phone Room 1969
EH Phone Room 1965

EH Phone Room 1969
EH Phone Room 1969
EH Phone Room 1967

Transmitting & Receiving

A series of photos showing various forwarding and receiving positions in Electra House at various times in the 1940s and 1950s.

1948 Antwerp Brussels forwarding & receiving
EH Bombay Forwarding 1950
EH 1950 Mackay Radio 5-Unit
EH Accra forwarding 1951
EH Accra receiving 1951
EH Accra receiving 1951

Issue
Images from the Issue Department on the ground floor in the early 1950's

Issue Primary Sort 1952
Issue Adrema position
Issue copier operator

Issue enveloping and numbering
Issue sending out counter

Local Room

Inward receiving checkpoint 1952
Local room forwarding 1952
Local Room receiving & gumming
Main Circulation Outward Numbering
Padding

Photo-Telegraphy

Electra House provided photo-telegraphy (wirephoto) facilities to supplement services owned and operated by news agencies, such as the Press Association and Associated Press. Transmission (or reception) of one 10" x 8" black and white photograph would take 15 minutes.