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Communication over the past 4 decades
Updated: Nov 13, 2018
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Communicating by letter and telegram was previously the norm. Anyone who wanted to notify people in their local area of an event would need to cycle from door to door; to communicate with people further away, letters and telegrams were the only means. [Photo/IC]
During the 1980s, payphones started to appear in urban areas. [Photo/IC]
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