Antique Telephones Retro Telephones Classic Old GPO Bakelite Phones UK

<body> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/"><img border="0" src="phone-images/abdyantiqueslogo.jpg" alt="Old Bakelite Telephone" width="390" height="75"></a> <h1><b>Antique Telephones for Sale</b></h1> <p>We buy and sell as well as repair, convert and restore antique telephones. Both traditional vintage telephones and antique style dial phones. If you have an antique traditional phone, all the way from an old candlestick phone to a retro phone, we can service or repair it. We specialise in antique GPO telephones. We can convert antique telephones including the bakelite 232 phone (pyramid telephone) and the 332 phone. This includes the classic retro 1960's 706 telephone, or the classic retro BT 1970's, 746 telephones.</p> <h2><b>Retro Telephones</b></h2> <p>We are also experts at restoring the nostalgic and traditional antique GPO phones. People often call these old telephones retro telephones rather than antique telephones. Once completed and tested we advertise these retro phones for sale. These <i>classic old telephones</i> date all the way from 1910, through the 1930's 1940' and into the late 1950's. We also buy and sell a number of 1960's and 1970's retro telephones, such as the classic old fashioned 706 & 746 telephones. Old telephones include the bakelite telephone and the candlestick telephone. Antique telephone models include the 1/232 series (art deco pyramid) phones, and the classic 300 series bakelite telephones. Vintage telephones or retro telephones are a real talking point.</p> <h2><b>Old Telephones</b></h2> <p>We also buy old telephones and antique telephones so if you have any nostalgic phones for sale please let us know. If you have any art deco antique telephones, or an antique wall phone for conversion, restoration, or for sale please let us know. All our restored GPO telephones are genuine old phones that we have repaired, converted and serviced ourselves. Classic telephones are always restored using the correct vintage spare parts. I also have a small number of rare GPO bakelite antique wall phones.</p> <h2><b>Bakelite Telephones, Servicing & Repair</b></h2> <p>We offer an old telephone repair service and we repair vintage & retro old style phones. We can service 1950's bakelite telephones, and the retro 1970's 746 telephones. All of our retro telephones are genuine antique style phones. So if you have an ex BT retro dial telephone that you need repairing, converting or servicing please contact us for a quote. This includes classic telephones and antique telephones.</p> <h2><b>Nostalgic Telephones</b></h2> <p>We purchase, convert and sell nostalgic phones used as period theatre props. These old telephones are often used in TV period Drama's and theatre productions. Classic telephones are now increasingly rare and hard to find. All the GPO telephones that we have for sale have been restored and serviced. All these phones will work correctly when connected to a BT telephone line. Only after converting, testing and servicing these classic telephones thoroughly are they offered for sale.</p><a href="antique_telephones_for_sale.htm"><img border="0" src="antique-old-telephone.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="230" height="205" alt="Antique Telephones for sale" hspace="5"></a> <h2><b>Vintage Telephones</b></h2> <p>These vintage telephones are displayed at the Antique Centre, located at Elsecar, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. At the Antique Centre you can see traditional telephones, with their matching bakerlight bells. We believe these are the best vintage phones for sale in the UK. All of our nostalgic phones are real antiques, renovated using GPO spare parts. If its on display it is a genuine vintage telephone.</p> <h2><b>Dial Telephones</b></h2> <p>For sale you will see dial telephones, <i>antique telephones</i> and antique dial phones. These include old telephones, collectable telephones, classic telephones & old phones. Antique telephones and Retro 1960's 706 telephone and the Retro 1970's 746 telephones. This is the best place to buy a GPO bakelite telephone, or an antique candlestick telephone. Few things are as collectible as old vintage telephones. You can see a retro black telephone used as theatre prop, or on TV productions. Examples of antique telephones used in this way are "Heartbeat", "Goodnight Sweetheart" & "Deal or No Deal". Wouldn't you love to buy an old dial telephone?</p> <h2><b>Bakelite Polish & Spare Parts</b></h2> <p>Looking to buy or repair a collectable old fashioned phone, candlestick phone or old collectable telephone? This antique telephone shop has parts for old telephones, all the way from old style black phones to vintage dial phones (746 telephones)? Abdy Antiques also sell old phone spares & parts for repairs. These vintage spare parts include chrome dials and ivory braided cords for your old telephone. We also sell Paste Polish No5, the best Bakelite polish (Greygates polish) for antique telephones. You will find most models of old collectable phones and spare parts for sale. Including parts for restored telephones, black phones, candlestick phones, dial phones & vintage phones. Nostalgic telephones and classic antiques and parts for any budget.</p> <h2><b>GPO Telephones</b></h2> <p>GPO telephones and antique telephones are our speciality. These come with matching<i> "bell sets</i>" or magnetos. GPO telephones make very collectible telephones. Restored GPO phones, <i>old style telephones</i> (bakelite telephone with its own bell or separate bell set) make excellent art deco retro gifts.</p> <h2><b>Classic Telephones</b></h2> <p>Our customers tell us that they miss the classic old fashioned ring of an old telephone. They want to re-live the joy of a real bell and a real dial telephone, or <i>traditional phone</i>.  Please look through our traditional telephones and pick out one of our classic telephones. Go on, buy an art deco old style bakelite phone, old phone, classic phone, or traditional period phone. Enjoy the classic sound of an antique telephone bell (ring tring), or the tactile sensation of real dial telephones.</p> <h2><b>Nostalgic Reproduction Retro Phones</b></h2> <p>In the future as well as selling antique telephones we will be selling both replica and reproduction phones. If you are looking for an old style replica phone, or a reproduction phone please contact us. Our phones include the replica and reproduction classic character phones. Classic old style phones and reproduction phones:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Crosley replica phones</p> </li> <li> <p>Mybelle reproduction phones</p> </li> <li> <p>Laserbuilt Novelty Phones</p> </li> </ul> <p>Our nostalgic phones range all the way from antique telephones, through to Crosley telephones. These are traditional style reproduction phones.</p> <h2><b>Antique Telephone Repair, Conversion & Servicing</b></h2> <p>We can repair vintage telephones or retro telephones, and perform telephone conversion & servicing of all nostalgic phones and telephone dials. Please contact us for a telephone repair, service or conversion quote. We offer an antique telephone repair service where we perform:</p> <h3><i>Antique Telephone Repair</i></h3> <p>We repair, convert and restore old phones:</p> <ul> <li> <p>232 Telephones 1940's phones (Art Deco Pyramid telephone)</p> </li> <li> <p>332 Telephones 1950's phones (Iconic art deco, <i>deal or no deal telephone</i>)</p> </li> <li> <p>312 Phones 1950's (Old classic GPO Telephone)</p> </li> <li> <p>314 Telephones 1950's phones (Old rare GPO Phone)</p> </li> </ul> <h3><i>Converting old telephones</i></h3> <p>We convert period 332 phones to work in the UK. We are currently converting and restoring old dial telephones in our workshop. These include the following classic BT phones:</p> <ul> <li> <p>706 Phones 1960's (BT Retro Phone, vintage telephones)</p> </li> <li> <p>746 Telephones 1970's phones (BT Retro traditional phone)</p> </li> </ul> <p>We specialise in servicing & restoring nostalgic GPO phones, and old retro BT phones (746 telephones) made in the UK.</p> <h2><b>Deal or No deal Telephone Spare Parts, Restoration - Convert Phones</b></h2> <p>If you have an old BT phone, or converted antique phone that needs repair restoration or conversion, please contact us. We carry old phone parts for retro telephones such as the 746 phones (1970's telephones), the 706 phone (deco telephone) the 332 telephone (art deco telephone) & the older 232 telephone (pyramid telephones). </p> <p>Spare telephone parts include Greygates Plastic Polish, Greygates Bakelite polish (past polish no5), BT style line cords (red,ivory,concord blue,brown & black), high quality (hand made) reproduction ivory, brown braided cords. We also stock:</p> <ul> <li>Reproduction Braided Handset Cords with spade connectors for 332 telephones. </li> <li>Curley plastic handset cords for 746 telephones.</li> <li>Dial labels for 3oo and 700 series telephones. </li> <li>Reproduction Clear Dial Finger Plates. </li> <li>Call exchange badges (call exchange label). </li> <li>312 labels (also 314 badges).</li> <li>We also have some Bakelite spare parts for Bakelite telephones (nostalgic phones).</li> </ul> <h2><b>Repair Telephone or Service old Telephones</b></h2> <p>We repair old phones, including the British antique wall phone (period phone). We are also able to repair or service converted phones, or your existing restored antique telephone. We can repair most British nostalgic telephones, dial telephones and retro telephones. However we can't convert a reproduction telephone (old style phone) that you have not bought from ourselves. We are not able to obtain spare parts for every type of reproduction phone. We can of course repair reproduction phones that Abdy Antiques sell.</p> <h2><b>Old Phone Repair (Fix Retro Telephones)</b></h2> <p>Please ask for a quote for the repair of the following old telephones:</p> <ul> <li>Art deco phones.</li> <li>Retro telephones.</li> <li>Antique telephones.</li> <li>Nostalgic telephones. </li> <li>Dial telephones.</li> <li>Antique style telephones (1940's phones, 1950's phones, 1960s telephones to 1970's telephones). </li> <li>Classic 300 series bakelite "Deal or No Deal Telephone" & the art deco Bakelite antique wall telephone.</li> </ul> <p>Useful antique telephone links:</p><a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/retro_antique_telephones.htm">Retro Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/antique_telephones_for_sale.htm">Antique Telephones for Sale</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/old_telephone_repairs_conversions.htm">Old Telephone Repair</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/old_telephone_parts.php">Spare Parts for Dial Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/contact.htm">How to buy Old Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/old_telephones_faq.htm">Questions about Old Phones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/links.htm">Antique Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/directions.htm">Where to buy Retro Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/retro_phones_menu.htm">About Antique Phones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/wall_telephones.php">Antique Wall Phones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/all_telephones.php">Bakelite Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/746_telephones.php">746 Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/706_telephones.php">706 Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/300_series_telephones.php">300 series Telephones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/200_series_telephones.php">200 series Phones</a> <br> <a href="http://www.abdyantiques.co.uk/150_telephones.php">150 Telephones</a> <p>Many thanks for looking at our Antique Telephones website.</p> </body>