| Comment | Telegrams were like Twitter, as in character count mattered. A lot of shorthand and missing out words.
The shorthand immediately before "3pm" looks like n/a, which would be 'not available' in telegram shorthand (not non applicable like today).
The 'ooa' at the end is shorthand for 'out of the area'.
The single mark right before the ooa, I dont think is a number, but could just be a messy and simple ampersand type mark.
So, I think it is saying saying like:
Will not be available from 3pm today as I'm leaving for Carlisle and will be out of area.
I think this telegram is basically a very old 'out of office' notification. |
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