A "Bygones" article reminded me of the old "speaker and selector" units we had at school and many homes had them. Our house hosted a bracket on the corner that held a Telefusion wire and my parent used to tell me they got paid 2 shillings and sixpence a year in rental for it.
It got me thinking - was the "network" via a multistranded cable to give the 4 channels that I think were on offer? Or was there some form of multiplexing back in those days?