Company location map, 1951.

AFTER NATIONALISATION IN 1947, conditions of work for Cable & Wireless employees were much the same as before the war. The recruiting booklet ‘A Career Abroad’ of 1951 described the type of career abroad still offered by the company: ‘The company’s work overseas provides an ideal occupation for the man who combines a keen interest in electrical engineering with a spirit of adventure and a readiness to serve anywhere in the world… a well-developed sense of tolerance and balance is essential, if staff living in isolated conditions are to lead a happy life…’

In the 1930’s, ‘Via Imperial’ telegrams were delivered around the City of London by uniformed company messengers. They earned 14 shillings for a 48 hour week.	The cartoon cover of this souvenir menu card shows a lonely ‘exile’ on Ascension Island.	Cover of ‘Zodiac’ magazine, dated July 1953.

See Also
Exiles Club Staff: Life as an ‘Exile’ Nationalisation