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BOB AVERY REVEALS HOW HE SENT PHOTOGRAPHS
TO AND FROM THE NEWSROOM VIA THE PUBLIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM
 
Keen to uphold their reputation as the newspaper with the biggest picture exclusives, the Mirror developed an early machine - known as the Bartlane - for sending digital photographs around the world.

By the time Bob Avery worked for the paper in the early 1960s, images could be sent and received from the newspaper office via the public telephone system - taking minutes instead of hours to reach their destination.		  

source: Bob Avery

"When I arrived at the DM in 1954 Telephoto ('pictures by wire') was emerging from infancy into childhood. The technology had already been used to good effect covering notable news stories such as the Lynton and Lynmouth flood disaster and many other 'big' stories.

It was also in more general use by the Daily Mirror than by the other national titles because of publishing problems specific to the Mirror resulting from its high circulation. At that time the paper was selling near to 5 million copies daily and since all printing was done in London, first edition printing was late afternoon rather than early evening." 		   
 
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