Puzzled About A Cable Box In New Old House

[meadowview]

Hi, we have bought a 1950's house and it has so many old cable TV boxes, telephone etc. we have one box that is a puzzle.

It is about 2" x 1 3/4", has an 8 core cable going in and  twelve small slots on the top, it's about 3/4" thick, any ideas, first post so no pictures allowed

Val

The box is in the living room if that helps

 

[roys]

Any brands names, numbers or other I'D markers on it?

Does it look professional or home made?

Welcome to the forum by the way.

 

[meadowview]

Thankyou,

Here it is, I remember seeing one in the distant past, but not sure what it is/was





Val

 

[Evans Electric]

Has to be some ancient telephone socket I'd think ..   never seen anything like that TBH .

Are the slots in the cover for a plug ?

Or could it be the old Rediffusion television system ?  

 

[New Venture!]

Possibly an old British Relay box? Memory fuzzy but I think they used 8 core cable in the 1950's.

Anyone else older than me???

 

[Andy™]

no idea.. never seen one before. but since Deke ha sno idea, we have no hope left of finding out what it is

 

[meadowview]

Okay, thanks everyone for looking, I think it's safe to say it is redundant 

 

[Blue Duck]

Was the previous owner deaf / disabled?

Have you tried following the cable?

 

[meadowview]

That will be tomorrows job, it comes in by the living room window.

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

I believe it is an old telephone socket for an internal network telephone.

 

[john26]

Think its for a radio system possibly a old police radio, the connector looks like part of the clinch - jones connectors 

 

[OnOff]

Think its for a radio system possibly a old police radio, the connector looks like part of the clinch - jones connectors 

+1 on it being Cinch-Jones. If you need a plug for it:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cinch-Jones-12-pin-Plug-Connector-NEW-P-312-CCT/221228380444?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D28111%26meid%3D2279bfa8f322456ab52de003e7f0022b%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D11472%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D400219216081&clk_rvr_id=792725633577&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

:lol:

 

[Evans Electric]

no idea.. never seen one before. but since Deke ha sno idea, we have no hope left of finding out what it is

 Some  Cheeky young wippersnappers  on here sometimes .