Exchange telephonist reminisces two decades of connecting calls

Exchange telephonist reminisces two decades of connecting calls

Source: ABC News

Gone are the days of manually plugging in cords to connect phone calls but the memories remain for a group of women who brought people closer together.

Helen Hastwell fondly remembers the days she worked as a "Statue? Girl" connecting calls in regional South Australia to bring people closer together.
"We'd put a plug in and answer our call and we either dialled the number for them or we connected it… [4715 chars]

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