On 06/05/2015 20:05, Adrian wrote:
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On 2015-05-06, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 06/05/15 16:45, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
"harryagain" wrote in message
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Jim GM4DHJ wrote:
you had a phone? ..LUXURY....We didn't have one 'till '66
....0141 889
9010

In 1966 it would have been 041 889 9010. I remember my grandma's
phone
number that went from 62115 to 662115 to 2662115.

The phone when I was a kid had no dial.
You picked up the phone and an operator said "Number please".


you are joking !

of course not. in '52 there were still over 1000 manual exchanges.

I dont know when te last one went 'strowger' or even STD...

I used to know, but I'm afraid age has taken that from me. And when the
last Strowger exchange went electronic, ditto. My phone phreaking days
are long, long over.



In the mid/late 70s I used a call box at the interestingly named Yardley
Gobion in Northamptonshire and that was connected via the operator.


Adrian

My dad worked at a small local exchange. As kids in the holidays, my
sister and I would creep round in the gloom to be scared by the sudden
unpredictable stepping of the Strowger switches.

Cheers
--
Syd