Two telephonists at the Oxford Telephone Exchange were chosen to represent Oxford in a Telephone Personality Girl competition.
Patricia Phillips, left, of Mickle Way, Forest Hill, and Joyce Partington, of Hutchcomb Road, Botley, were chosen by judges in 1968 for their “personality, speech, appearance and knowledge of the telephone or telegraph service”.
This was the first round of a national competition, the finals of which were to be held in London.
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