WHEN Alison Houston started work at the GPO in Glasgow, the world of telecommunications was a very different place.
It was the year Lord Lucan disappeared, the Watergate scandal brought down President Richard Nixon and the Bay City Rollers dominated the charts.
“When I started out, there were places in the UK you could not dial direct, like the Scottish islands,” she explains. “You had to dial 100 for the operator, and I would answer and then contact the operator up north to connect your call.She adds: “My old granny and grandpa were amazed with a cordless phone, never mind a mobile. If they could see where we are now, they’d think it can't be real, it’s space age stuff.
In the 70s, explains Alison, the majority of clerical workers were female, while on the engineering side, most were male.“I’d say to any girl thinking of a career in engineering, if it’s what you want to do, go for it. “I’ll annoy the Openreach engineer that's working at the local street cabinet and say, ‘I used to do that, so I'll tell you how to fix it’.”
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