150 Series
The 150 series, or Tele 150, was a British candlestick telephone based on a popular American design. The GPO first introduced the Tele 150 to the UK in 1924, where it became their first standardised design for a table phone.
The case of a 150 was made of steel with a cast-iron base, while the rest of the phone was made of a combination of brass, bakelite and ebonite. There was little room inside the candlestick frame, and the ringer was housed outside the phone, in a specific ‘ringer box’. This could be based centrally in the house, and a number of telephones could be attached to it at convenient points for the users. These ringer boxes came in many forms.
Advice for collectors
This phone is available in one colour only: black.
