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Encyclopedia > Guardian Exchange

Guardian Exchange is an underground telephone exchange built in Manchester in the 1950s. It was built together with the Anchor Exchange in Birmingham and the Kingsway Exchange in London to provide hardened communications in the event of nuclear war. In common with most civil defence structures of the time it was designed to withstand Atomic bombs although would not have survived a direct hit.


It is currently used for telephone cabling. A fire in the tunnels on 29 March 2004 caused 130,000 telephone lines in Manchester to be cut off.


External link

  • BBC News report on the fire (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3577799.stm)
  • Photographs of the fire from BBC Manchester (http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/features/2004/03/29/fire.shtml)

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Guardian | Exchange ditches opaque look (242 words)
The landmark tower which is home to the London Stock Exchange is to be given a facelift as a result of planning permission granted yesterday by the Corporation of London.
The exchange hopes that the planning permission will make it easier for it to sell the site when it moves to its new location near St Paul's cathedral next year.
The tower itself is 26 storeys but the exchange now occupies barely half the space since the "big bang" in 1986 ended the need for a vast trading floor.
Guardian Royal Exchange (523 words)
Guardian Royal Exchange is to move out of the Royal Exchange building in London, as its new owner Axa believes it to be surplus to requirements.
Guardian Royal Exchange is planning to expand its North American business by acquiring small commercial and motor insurance companies, but appears to be losing interest in the acquisition of a UK life assurer.
Guardian Royal Exchange is planning to expand its UK life and health business through a £1bn acquisition, and hopes to complete a deal over the next 12 months.
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