The Oldies Thread

[Littlesue]

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First adventure into "foreign food"

 

[Sadken]

….cockle man;

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I used to ask him did he have mussels, and when he said yes, I would say....pass me that chair .

 

[bcblue1878]

If you know you know

 

[Eggs]

 

[No Alla Violenza]

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No redial button though when a number was engaged

 

[Gerard_Francis]

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Miss dialing "TIM"...speaking clock

 

[Eggs]

Miss dialing "TIM"...speaking clock

….still remember getting our first telephone in 1970s, lots of folk don’t even have landlines anymore. Times change.

 

[BITTER TWISTED & BLUE]

….still remember getting our first telephone in 1970s, lots of folk don’t even have landlines anymore. Times change.

1971 we got a lime Green Trim-Phone.

 

[RufusCat]

1971 we got a lime Green Trim-Phone.

Ours was a dual coloured coffee and cream one. Still got it (throw nothing away if you can help it).

 

[Joey66]

1971 we got a lime Green Trim-Phone.

Worth a air sum now at an antiques fair .....

 

[Littlesue]

….still remember getting our first telephone in 1970s, lots of folk don’t even have landlines anymore. Times change.

Remember the Party Line? We shared ours with a woman round the corner, it was well known she was having "a bit on the side" with a local builder, whispering sweet nothings on the phone at various times of the day, my brother used to do kissing noises down the phone when ever he wanted to get her off the phone to phone his mates.

 

[maltablue]

I remember when our exchange number changed from "GRE" to "924" - Crosby for those not from the area. Also, our number was only one digit away from the local swimming baths, used to get a lot of wrong numbers requesting info on opening times. And the phone had it's own table by the front door.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

I remember when our exchange number changed from "GRE" to "924" - Crosby for those not from the area. Also, our number was only one digit away from the local swimming baths, used to get a lot of wrong numbers requesting info on opening times. And the phone had it's own table by the front door.

Same - ours went from ARR 8104 to 677-8104. Clearly the new numbered exchanges didn't match the dial letters (277). I worked in Telecom for 40 years and its been incredible to see the changes in phones and computing.

 

[BITTER TWISTED & BLUE]

Ours was a dual coloured coffee and cream one. Still got it (throw nothing away if you can help it).

My motto about stuff is if you haven’t used it yet you haven’t kept it long enough.
Son does not share my enthusiasm.