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Hopkirk | 21:06 Mon 19th Aug 2024 | ChatterBank
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I was watching Call My Bluff on BBC 4 this evening when I got all nostalgic.

 

Do you suppose the kids today know that drinks used to be sold in cans with no ring pull?

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We had a party line shared with next door.

22:23 Mon 19th Aug 2024
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If we wanted to ring someone in the local area we only had to dial the last four digits.

22:25 Mon 19th Aug 2024
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I think that's right, but I was too young to make phone calls.

22:29 Mon 19th Aug 2024
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In the village I grew up in the telephones only had 3 digits in total, and all calls went through the local manual exchange.

22:29 Mon 19th Aug 2024
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I can still remember our number - it was (Charmouth) 112.  Used to amuse me as a kid because of the police messages on the wireless gave the call number Whitehall 1212 - close but different1

22:31 Mon 19th Aug 2024
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oh we were Beaminster 225 - I dont think we had a charmouth number ( Higher sea lane)

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03:49 Tue 20th Aug 2024

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