[Goodbloke]

Where's that phone number ?​

Anyone remember these and how we kept our contact numbers..

 

[nickname]

Anyone remember these and how we kept our contact numbers..

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These were a must have back in the day.

 

[Shazamac57]

Anyone remember these and how we kept our contact numbers..

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I still use mine!

 

[MJPB on Magnetic]

Where's that phone number ?​

Anyone remember these and how we kept our contact numbers..

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Yep. Mum had one of these. Very handy. I wonder how many people remember the prefix for their landline phone number. Ours was FW. Then it changed to 38. Later to 387 and then again to 3879.

 

[starrysnan]

This took pride of place on the phone table that had a little seat attached for those longer conversations. It was always handy and was a good record of all those we had to ring. It beat scrolling through mobiles which of course did not exist.

 

[Littleboy8]

This took pride of place on the phone table that had a little seat attached for those longer conversations. It was always handy and was a good record of all those we had to ring. It beat scrolling through mobiles which of course did not exist.

Used one in my business for over 20 years.

 

[PattiB]

I remember having one of these when I was first married, I wonder what happened to it. Now my numbers are all stored in my mobile, lose that contacts all gone. I really only know my husband & son’s numbers. Years ago before my brain was “too full” I used to remember everyone’s phone numbers.

 

[Littleboy8]

I remember having one of these when I was first married, I wonder what happened to it. Now my numbers are all stored in my mobile, lose that contacts all gone. I really only know my husband & son’s numbers. Years ago before my brain was “too full” I used to remember everyone’s phone numbers.

I know what probably happened to mine it’s probably a melted mess from the fire.

 

[featherfour]

This was such a cool memory, thanks for sharing it. The days of the phone being right in the middle of the house, where everyone could use it. I see a sort of carryover of this in "family" emails. I get people with emails or facebook pages called "tednbetty@domain" or "thesmiths123". Ha ha I compare it to myself, I have about 10 different email addresses and wouldn't dream of sharing them with anyone.

 

[featherfour]

Yep. Mum had one of these. Very handy. I wonder how many people remember the prefix for their landline phone number. Ours was FW. Then it changed to 38. Later to 387 and then again to 3879.

I remember our phone number from when I was a kid, it was 562403, or even older: UM2403!

 

[LadyOwl]

Yep! The good old Teledex... it was a bit of a common question in our house, "Where's the Teledex"

 

[Nettles]

Where's that phone number ?​

Anyone remember these and how we kept our contact numbers..

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I found Mum and Dad's, when I was clearing out the house. I decided to keep it. Apart from having people in it that I'd forgotten about over the years, it's just a good thing to have and show the grand kids how we used to have to keep our phone numbers.

 

[Belinda Jean]

Lol yep had one of them to.. very handy tool

 

[RieTreesSilver]

I was bit of a gypsy in my twenties and a girlfriend complained that she "couldn't close the teledex due to all the whiteout on my name".

Dad would hit the roof any anyone dared write in Biro in his - all pencil for easy change even though most of the addresses in there were family & friends who had lived at the same address for at least 20 years if not longer