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46. Yep. CApital 7-9307

Mon Feb 2, 2015, 07:32 PM

Feb 2015

In Westport, CT. And I can still remember it after nearly 60 years! When we moved to Southwestern Mass. near Great Barrington in Berkshire County, we still had party lines. That number was 1127W! Damn... I'm OLD! We got direct dial in 1958.

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DU'ers, did your first phone number have a word in it? [View all] CreekDog Feb 2015 OP

No, but it had a coin slot above it. bluesbassman Feb 2015 #1

I hear that. IADEMO2004 Feb 2015 #6

Vanderbilt, I think. n/t pnwmom Feb 2015 #2

Yep NV Whino Feb 2015 #3

CRestwood Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #4

mine was crestwood too. crestwood 8-2362. i can't believe i remember it. eom ellenfl Feb 2015 #182

You weren't in Bentonville, by any chance? Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #184

nope. palm beach county, florida. ellenfl Feb 2015 #188

my family's number LiberalElite Feb 2015 #5

Me too! DeeDeeNY Feb 2015 #97

Yeah - Tulip 2 - LiberalElite Feb 2015 #120

TAlmedge9-8305. East Bronx. bettyellen Feb 2015 #216

Yes. Mosholu Parkway. DeeDeeNY Feb 2015 #245

neighbors! LiberalElite Feb 2015 #256

I was one block up from Webster! DeeDeeNY Feb 2015 #257

Yes. EMerson 6 CurtEastPoint Feb 2015 #7

SLocum etherealtruth Feb 2015 #8

GRant (1952) madamesilverspurs Feb 2015 #9

MIdway. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #10

Was that a St. Paul number? scarletwoman Feb 2015 #145

Yes, it was. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #189

I'm thinking it was my family's telephone prefix when I was quite young. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #191

Sounds about right. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #199

Good grief - I remember that one, too, now that you've brought it up. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #204

Yes. freshwest Feb 2015 #11

My first phone number was 3038. That's it. Ron Green Feb 2015 #12

Same here Oilwellian Feb 2015 #93

Our first number was only 6 digits...and that was in Chicago. lob1 Feb 2015 #111

The first phone number I recall Silver Swan Feb 2015 #212

Wyman99454 randr Feb 2015 #13

TEmple Vincardog Feb 2015 #14

Pompton Lakes, NJ? LiberalEsto Feb 2015 #87

Florissant MO. Right across 270 from Fergusson Vincardog Feb 2015 #186

Me too....(TEmple 3) Wounded Bear Feb 2015 #89

Oxbow. antiquie Feb 2015 #15

MAyfair. We were on an 8 party line. Arkansas Granny Feb 2015 #16

National 93292 AtomicKitten Feb 2015 #17

The answer will give away your age NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #18

Well, I don't think it will give away my age CreekDog Feb 2015 #40

Yeah, because like me you didnt answer LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #57

I guess you don't know how rate centers work LOL snooper2 Feb 2015 #240

Not only that, I dont know what rate center is LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #243

Yes, the name of our town...followed by numbers and ending with a letter. I still remember it. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #19

JAmaica Plain elias49 Feb 2015 #20

HIngham6-NNNN lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #43

I was born in '52. Lived in Hyde Park til I was 14. elias49 Feb 2015 #51

FLeetwood 9 Contrary1 Feb 2015 #21

I had FLeetwood 7 in Dallas. El Supremo Feb 2015 #81

I don't remember any of my Dallas phone numbers but when I moved to NYC CTyankee Feb 2015 #223

Mendenhall (nt) enough Feb 2015 #22

Berryville, Ark., where I used to visit over summer, had five-digit dialing KamaAina Feb 2015 #23

Meanwhile, on the other side of the White River/Beaver Lake, Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #60

That must have been before my time KamaAina Feb 2015 #63

I think they phased the exchange names out in the early '70s Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #69

Ours were phased out in mid 60s GP6971 Feb 2015 #166

PArkway KT2000 Feb 2015 #24

Olympia treestar Feb 2015 #25

GReenwood 6 WheelWalker Feb 2015 #26

ADam uppityperson Feb 2015 #27

No. It was 314-R. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #28

That's the one. Memories. Ours was 4 shorts and a long...and you could pick up the phone really libdem4life Feb 2015 #74

Our number was 13 and like you,one short and Molly would conect you to whom ever Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #100

We didn't have a party line, but our rural cousins did. Clear into the 60s. ND-Dem Feb 2015 #146

We didn't get dial until a decade after you. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #209

Gee,home of Bigfoot. Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #253

No (nt) bigwillq Feb 2015 #29

DIckens 5 in Brooklyn. Then we moved to FAr Rockaway 7. immoderate Feb 2015 #30

MAin 5 in Brooklyn, elleng Feb 2015 #49

Ah. The Brooklyn diaspora! immoderate Feb 2015 #62

Yes, we did, elleng Feb 2015 #70

We had DIckens 4 and RoccoR5955 Feb 2015 #126

Oregon. In NYC: go figure nt Princess Turandot Feb 2015 #31

Yeppers! hifiguy Feb 2015 #32

Ours was too! TUxedo2, in Westerville Ohio Habibi Feb 2015 #83

i was in Bloomington MN. hifiguy Feb 2015 #85

Plymouth Minn. Old Codger Feb 2015 #172

yup Rolo Feb 2015 #33

Yes, and the numbers were Roman Numerals TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #34

Yes ... CLifford 6 Auggie Feb 2015 #35

Yes. It was Fairview. I still remember my Grandparents'. They were livetohike Feb 2015 #36

OSborne . . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #37

Yep catnhatnh Feb 2015 #38

Yep struggle4progress Feb 2015 #39

POrter. Little Star Feb 2015 #41

We had 'POrter', too. Jackson, Michigan. Purveyor Feb 2015 #192

Southbridge, MA for me....... Little Star Feb 2015 #210

Sure did! elleng Feb 2015 #42

Yes. I guess that gives one's age away. n/t Cleita Feb 2015 #44

yes. onenote Feb 2015 #45

Yep. CApital 7-9307 gregcrawford Feb 2015 #46

Garfield.... haikugal Feb 2015 #47

Hickory B Calm Feb 2015 #48

Pennsylvania 6 or was it Butterfield 8? I don't remember. GreatCaesarsGhost Feb 2015 #50

When I was a little kid, our phone number began with LAK... LeftishBrit Feb 2015 #52

Of course. Stadium. virgogal Feb 2015 #53

Lol~ sheshe2 Feb 2015 #54

CYes. Taylor 1 was ours. Hangingon Feb 2015 #55

Yes and a party line. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #56

BEverly 8 - 9373 4139 Feb 2015 #58

KEystone 6-5319 Freddie Feb 2015 #59

FRanklin cordelia Feb 2015 #61

Yes. STate. And it was a party line too. hunter Feb 2015 #64

In our first apartment we had a... meaculpa2011 Feb 2015 #65

First one was 'Gunderson'. Second one was 'Sunset'. No exchange names after that. WillowTree Feb 2015 #66

Party Line but don't remember the word number ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #67

TAlcott 5-5309 tencats Feb 2015 #68

Yes. Still remember it to this day. pinto Feb 2015 #71

Arrochar which meant 273...I forgot that nt adigal Feb 2015 #72

BADASS underpants Feb 2015 #73

Yes! Gormy Cuss Feb 2015 #75

IVanhoe safeinOhio Feb 2015 #76

Ivahoe4 here roody Feb 2015 #225

When I was a young'un, the town was the exchange. Hoppy Feb 2015 #77

Yep. I'm that old, but apparently in like company. bvf Feb 2015 #78

Fairview Luminous Animal Feb 2015 #79

Regent. And no area code, neither. Demit Feb 2015 #80

Yes braddy Feb 2015 #82

Yes LiberalEsto Feb 2015 #84

TAlbot 5 Eugene Feb 2015 #86

Wow, now there's a trip back in time! Ours was PRospect, but I can't remember the rest. nt scarletwoman Feb 2015 #88

St Paul MN? Frosty1 Feb 2015 #133

Wow! Yeah, St. Paul MN - born (1949) and raised. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #141

DUpont 2 - 5662 central scrutinizer Feb 2015 #90

Yes outside Feb 2015 #91

GLobe Martin Eden Feb 2015 #92

Yes, back in the day it was TEnnyson DinahMoeHum Feb 2015 #94

All I remember is just 4 digits TNNurse Feb 2015 #95

Yes! Ours was Juniper redwitch Feb 2015 #96

Where was this? I remember ours being JU, no idea what it stood for. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2015 #193

central NJ redwitch Feb 2015 #195

Guess it's not the same then, damn! Now I'm wondering... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2015 #196

Yes ATwood 4508. We had a four party extension and my dad made it plain rhett o rick Feb 2015 #98

TUlip 2 yourmovemonkey Feb 2015 #99

VEntnor Demeter Feb 2015 #101

Bay view which was 221 kimbutgar Feb 2015 #102

Yes, Sherman A1 Feb 2015 #103

Are you trying to gauge how old we are? Mine was EMpire9-4939 in San Fernando Valley Hekate Feb 2015 #104

El Gato 4 (354) vkkv Feb 2015 #105

Tuxedo and Essex in Western PA jopacaco Feb 2015 #106

Sort of. LAKeside (525) but it really wasn't used by the time I knew what a phone was. Thor_MN Feb 2015 #107

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Feb 2015 #108

SHerwood. 746-9345. Before the days of area codes! japple Feb 2015 #109

Wow. Yes - New Orleans Strong Feb 2015 #110

Yes, Hudson 8 nt Crabby Appleton Feb 2015 #112

It did. 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #113

WAtertown 3- HomerRamone Feb 2015 #114

Gr which was short for Grover madokie Feb 2015 #115

SYcamore 9 n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #116

LOL, my first phone number was 3 digits. KatyaR Feb 2015 #117

No - 4 digits. tosh Feb 2015 #118

Whitney n/t ChazII Feb 2015 #119

Clearwater. That was in Cleveland. Now I live in Clearwater Florida. Fuddnik Feb 2015 #121

Yes it did. RoccoR5955 Feb 2015 #122

TRinity bahrbearian Feb 2015 #123

CEntral 2- SaveOurDemocracy Feb 2015 #124

Briargate. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #125

Yes ananda Feb 2015 #127

MAfair Mz Pip Feb 2015 #128

Yep. MUseum cloudbase Feb 2015 #129

think we got a few of us here ..... onecent Feb 2015 #132

TRinity-8-4477 n/t Stonepounder Feb 2015 #130

654 and sharing with multiple families for the line onecent Feb 2015 #131

Nope. We had operators in my town until 1963. MineralMan Feb 2015 #134

Mine was Wadsworth 7 something. CK_John Feb 2015 #135

yes Denis 11 Feb 2015 #136

On the farm we had an assigned fredamae Feb 2015 #137

And if you were too good for a party line... Bette R. Daize Feb 2015 #152

Lol-ain't That the truth? fredamae Feb 2015 #173

KEnwood Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #138

The first number I remember having had the word gopiscrap Feb 2015 #139

DIckens KauaiK Feb 2015 #140

Hemlock mainstreetonce Feb 2015 #142

Yes. valerief Feb 2015 #143

East was my parent's exchange; No Vested Interest Feb 2015 #144

DIamond. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #147

Wilstead DUgosh Feb 2015 #148

HOward Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #149

ELmwood 2-8112 from the early '50's. I looked up my San Francisco 647 prefix in a NBachers Feb 2015 #150

Yes-SKY-I think they still delivered milk in bottles also. jalan48 Feb 2015 #151

Ivanhoe phylny Feb 2015 #153

Sure did.......OL for Oliver, TW for Tewillerger GP6971 Feb 2015 #154

BOulevard IcyPeas Feb 2015 #155

Melrose. (In Oklahoma) n/t jtuck004 Feb 2015 #156

EMpire 4-2177 pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #157

Yes, Hilltop 5-XXXX and it was a party line. Bavorskoami Feb 2015 #158

First Phone Number Useless in FL Feb 2015 #159

MOtrose 8 something or other olddots Feb 2015 #160

BEechwood 4-5789 Stargleamer Feb 2015 #161

I was botn in 1964 rpannier Feb 2015 #162

Midway Harriety Feb 2015 #163

Yes. I also had a phone that had four numbers to dial. I also roguevalley Feb 2015 #164

Chestnut AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #165

Well, it had the first letters of a word in it. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #167

Cedar ybbor Feb 2015 #168

Connecticut GP6971 Feb 2015 #169

PArkway 27382. GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #170

Here's the Wikipedia page regarding Telephone exchange names: Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #171

Interesting. Thanks. beveeheart Feb 2015 #206

I can't remember if my family did secondvariety Feb 2015 #174

Twinbrook but better yet sorefeet Feb 2015 #175

No name on a party line shadowmayor Feb 2015 #176

No, it was 4 numbers, actually had a private line. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #177

AXminster 7-2760 in West LA Capt.Rocky300 Feb 2015 #178

The first one I remember HeiressofBickworth Feb 2015 #179

CAstle A-Long-Little-Doggie Feb 2015 #180

This is why you have letters on your telephone dial jmowreader Feb 2015 #181

ATwater 2- was the first I owned. dpibel Feb 2015 #183

The first one I can remember 2naSalit Feb 2015 #185

FRontier 7-5525 hay rick Feb 2015 #187

Back in the day, all the phone numbers on TV shows started with "KLondike 5" Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #190

Detroit: LUzone. And TIffany Ninga Feb 2015 #194

LIberty 72345....in the fifties spanone Feb 2015 #197

I live in the one state where if you ask someone to write their number down..... Marrah_G Feb 2015 #198

Our first phone number: 2 longs 1 short. JEB Feb 2015 #200

Nah, the first phone I can recall was my grandfathers and you had to call through the operator tularetom Feb 2015 #201

My grandmother's phone was that way, too. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2015 #205

BAldwin Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #202

Mine too! vanlassie Feb 2015 #229

Were you in the SF Bay Area at the time? Adsos Letter Feb 2015 #248

Fresno. vanlassie Feb 2015 #255

SPring 7-1819....I loved the word prefix.. likesmountains 52 Feb 2015 #203

Yes. Buttterfield.... 840high Feb 2015 #207

GEneva 8 in Maryland beveeheart Feb 2015 #208

ROckwell 9 PDittie Feb 2015 #211

FLeetwood 2-0498 Grammy23 Feb 2015 #213

OLiver mia Feb 2015 #214

Just for the heck of it here's the first telephone book..... Little Star Feb 2015 #215

Twinbrook greymattermom Feb 2015 #217

Twinbrook was sorefeet Feb 2015 #234

The first one I remember did, Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #218

yes, PA. n/t area51 Feb 2015 #219

We did. Are_grits_groceries Feb 2015 #220

Yes In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #221

Yes. Saratoga 6-3295 ProfessorGAC Feb 2015 #222

Lincoln... Liberal In Texas Feb 2015 #224

WElls 2-2786, but one only dialed WE2-2786 Divernan Feb 2015 #226

Yup. HappyMe Feb 2015 #227

Best demographic thread I've seen in a while WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2015 #228

FAirview 1040 Not Me Feb 2015 #230

I still remember it: Lasell This was back in the 1940's. Paper Roses Feb 2015 #231

Humbolt. Nt gwheezie Feb 2015 #232

FIllmore 5 CanonRay Feb 2015 #233

BRoadway Beausoleil Feb 2015 #235

clifford 3 2pooped2pop Feb 2015 #236

HAzel pandora nm Feb 2015 #237

Mine had an initial - 59f12 Thirties Child Feb 2015 #238

My dad was stationed in New Caledonia in the South Pacific during the early days of WWII. Tanuki Feb 2015 #239

GRanite4-4927--two short rings for us, one long for the neighbors Maeve Feb 2015 #241

PEnnsylvania 6-5000! Oh wait... stevenleser Feb 2015 #242

Yep. CLinton. trackfan Feb 2015 #244

ELmwood 9-1284 needledriver Feb 2015 #246

If it did, that means you're older than dirt. nt raccoon Feb 2015 #247

NOrthfield 8, and no area codes then. Waiting For Everyman Feb 2015 #249

GEneral 88375 GliderGuider Feb 2015 #250

Yes. Jefferson 5-1101 displacedtexan Feb 2015 #251

Yes - CH for Chestnut. Anyone remember calling your own phone by dialing 1191? Lots of fun. nt Bad Granny Feb 2015 #252

Yes! HArrison (42 x-xxxx ) KansDem Feb 2015 #254

The first I remember had a party line - TBF Feb 2015 #258

My parents phone, yes. My phone no. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #259

Yes, and one that I know still does, sort of. Jim Lane Feb 2015 #260

Yes in So CA when I was growing up truegrit44 Feb 2015 #261