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Mon Feb 2, 2015, 09:05 PM

Feb 2015

FO4-2924 (36)= Fordahm 50 years ago It was a party line.

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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