Video Find: 'The Teenage Telephone Addict,' 1974

From the BBC Archive: 

John Swinfield reports on Nick Gooding, a teenage telephone addict. Nick has connected a whopping 14 telephones to an exchange, creating a telephone network that spans his house and garden - he even has a phone in the bathroom. 

His interest began with the acquisition of an antique phone, and he has since spent 5 years building his present system. Understandably, Nick hopes to work for the Post Office when he leaves school - where he can "get paid for mucking around with phones."

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