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Making a telephone call, 1959 style

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supercrutch

supercrutch Report 5 Sep 2014 17:10

I always tapped numbers in instead of paying 4d and pushing button A..lolol Can't think of any friends who did pay for their calls.

Our phone number was Larkswood 3812 my sisters was Ivanhoe XXXX how much preferable to just having a string of numbers :-D

Here are the old names :

http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/phreak/tenp_01.htm

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 5 Sep 2014 17:36

so Sue - you are admitting you are a crim ;-)

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 5 Sep 2014 19:08

I am indeed ;-) :-D

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 5 Sep 2014 19:45

that's why I likes ya :-D

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 5 Sep 2014 19:57

:-D <3 :-D at least I admitted it...lololol

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 5 Sep 2014 22:03

Dear All

Hello

Very pleased the post prompted memories of using the old telephones.

As always, all replies are very welcome.


Take gentle care
With best wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

jax

jax Report 5 Sep 2014 23:41

So you were not Coppermill then Sue? shall have to look grandparents up they may have been Larkswood in the 50s (before my time) but pretty sure they were Coppermill in the 60s

We never had a home phone until the mid 70s but always remembered dads work number in the 60s Tem2468 ex32....doubt whether I ever had the need to ring him :-)

SueCar

SueCar Report 6 Sep 2014 20:57

I laughed so heartily when I read Sharron's quip about Maggie-in-Winchester that I woke the husband up :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 7 Sep 2014 00:58

Oi! Sharron!!!!
Your comment (page 1)

Don't give away my secrets!!! :-P :-P :-P

*I will defeat the Desperate Dan hairs one day* :-D

*The lichen like my legs* :-D

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 8 Sep 2014 20:31

Sorry Jax only just seen the reply.

Definitely not Coppermill because I have my phone number written in one of my books..lolol that was in 1960.

I think Woodstock Road area was Coppermill because I had a friend there.

Sue

jax

jax Report 8 Sep 2014 20:52

My mum being clever was talking about her Bank card pin number a little while ago....and said no one will guess that, it's my parents old phone number.

She was a bit shocked when I said hold on I will look it up on ancestry :-D

They lived Blackhorse Lane area then Forest road area

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 8 Sep 2014 21:11

Same place I lived up until Mum died. I believe I told you before. I think Hurst Road was Coppermill too.

Much better than all numerics!