Eifionwen and Moses Edwards didn't miss much that happened in their small hamlet in the shadow of Eryri (Snowdonia). So when two strangers in a white car appeared on three occasions near their home in Tanyrallt near Talysarn, a small village in the Nantlle Valley, they were curious.
The couple's home overlooked the phone box, and on January 6, 1982, they saw the two men surreptitiously putting something in it. They waited until the pair left the scene and then went to investigate. It was a time of intense investigations in Wales by detectives and other agencies to try to find those responsible for the burning of holiday homes.
Speaking to journalists at the time, Moses said he found something similar to a walkie talkie in the box. He described it as being "omething like a policeman would use". As an intrigued Moses headed home the same vehicle returned along the lane that runs from Talysarn to Nebo, travelling at high speed and clipping the kerb in its haste. Moses added: "One of the men got out and said: 'I'll take it back. I'm working for the GPO.'" The General Post Office, or GPO, was at that point responsible for telephone services in Britain.
