Passing on information

One thing the cub of my era would of learnt is how to take a message and to pass that on which back then involved the use of a public telephone box.

The box contained a fixed line phone that took coinage and could give change  although there was an option to call the operator for free and ask them to request the person you wanted to pay for the call.

To make the call in this era you used a dial that required your finger to go in each digit of the number in turn pulling it all the way round and releasing it although later ones had push buttons and could use pre-paid phone cards.

Having done that you'd say who you were, where you were and what had happened  including what you think was needed agreeing what was to happen afterwards.

It could be an accident or emergency.

Today's cub may use one, a public building that has one or more likely his (or her) mobile telephone but the principles of delivering the message over it remain the same.

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