Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name?

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (kaszeta)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:28:56 GMT

Gladstone 3-8579 (Delaware).
I actually remember when my mom taught me that I had to start dialing 7 digits instead of 5.
I also remember when we moved to Arizona to a relatively new area, and my parents were upset that they had to get new phones to do the touch-tone dialing.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (BrooklynBill)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:51:59 GMT

How about the 1962 pop song "Beechwood 4-5789"? I guess it became 2345789.
Bill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechwood_4-5789

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (waltpiii)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:38:12 GMT

In Troy, NY during the fifties, it was AS for AShley.

Walt

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (leethebard)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:42:14 GMT

First home..."Union"...moved south.."twinbrook"

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (ces1948)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:45:43 GMT

I think most of these exchange names were taken from the official Ma Bell list. http://www.ourwebhome.com/TENP/Recommended.html
I don't know that many of them had anything to do with the area they were used but apparently there were named exchanges before the official list came out and they were allowed to keep their existing names. The list above references the recommended names with the first 2 numbers.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (BrooklynBill)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:57:33 GMT

Growing up in Brooklyn in the 40's and 50's I thought that it was ESplanard but some internet research indicates that it was most likely ESplanade. Well that's good for a Brooklyn kid.
I had a girlfriend who lived in Queens, whose father was in the lumber business. Her exchange was SPruce.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (DawnT)

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:38:02 GMT

Here's one that I thought of a while ago and now the thread is active I thought I'd mention. Telephone numbers with the 4th digit being a 9 were instantly considered to be a pay phone. Our home phone during the early '70's had a nine for the fourth digit and I used to have a hard time with long distance operators letting me place a call home for my parents to accept the charges. I even got flagged on a job application for putting down a pay phone number in '74.

I don't know if this was universal, but to call those who shared your party line, you had to dial 1191 and hang up. The phone would ring as usual and when it stopped, you knew your partly line picked up and picked up your phone to talk or argue with them.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (RKB)

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:47:03 GMT

WIllow 1-4753
Cleves, OH

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (RubyRose)

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:56:43 GMT

DUdley4 but don't remember the rest of the number.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (sudie)

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:18:22 GMT

Grand Rapids CHerry 58059. The other exchange I remember was GLendale. In Cincinnati our number starts with 23 which I understand used to be BEechmont, but that was before we got there.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (love2bake)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:06:01 GMT

cavandre

Grew up in Yonkers, NY & the first # I had to memorize was our home phone of YO(96)nkers 9-7926.

I now live in Brevard County, FL, home of the Kennedy Space Center. This area had the first vanity area code...it was & still is 3-2-1 (as in ignition-blast-off).

I love it!!!

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Louis)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:43:58 GMT

In Henderson, KY it was VAL followed by 4 digits.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (carolina bob)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:00:17 GMT

LUdlow 5-2765... this was on the SW side of Chicago in the late '50s / early '60s.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (ChrisOC)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:51:20 GMT

I remember the exchange was CHestnut Hill 7 I also remember my number and the numbers of some of my friends (we are talking 55+ years.) That's because every time I called, I had to dial the number. Today, if I want to call MsOC's cell phone I hold down 2. Don't ask me what her number is. For that matter don't ask my what my cell number is....I would have to ask my cell phone.

The scary part is it will show me!!

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (CCinNJ)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:40:39 GMT

I'm too young to know about the exchange names and whatnot.

As far as area codes...#1 on the dial...#1 in the heart...area code 201.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (1bbqboy)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:28:32 GMT

SKyline-1, then ADams-6

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (cavandre)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:59:04 GMT

Grew up in Yonkers, NY & the first # I had to memorize was our home phone of YO(96)nkers 9-7926.

I now live in Brevard County, FL, home of the Kennedy Space Center. This area had the first vanity area code...it was & still is 3-2-1 (as in ignition-blast-off).

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (ann peeples)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:08:56 GMT

By the way-Lisa and I are going to California-you and Bob are on your own,,,,,,great sounding breakfast!And you are as old as dirt....

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:33:14 GMT

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (pnwchef)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:28:21 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Waffle House. Lisa doesn't do breakfast -- either cooking or eating.

OK, I take it back, your not as old as dirt............

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:20:50 GMT

Waffle House. Lisa doesn't do breakfast -- either cooking or eating.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (pnwchef)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:15:36 GMT

porkbeaks

Michael Hoffman

Yesterday I had three eggs scrambled with cheese, hash browns scattered light with jalapeno peppers, a half order of wheat toast and three cups of coffee with sugar and cream. Oh, and a small glass of water.

Waffle House?

Lisa's House ?

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (porkbeaks)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:11:06 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Yesterday I had three eggs scrambled with cheese, hash browns scattered light with jalapeno peppers, a half order of wheat toast and three cups of coffee with sugar and cream. Oh, and a small glass of water.

Waffle House?

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:52:00 GMT

Yesterday I had three eggs scrambled with cheese, hash browns scattered light with jalapeno peppers, a half order of wheat toast and three cups of coffee with sugar and cream. Oh, and a small glass of water.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (pnwchef)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:45:46 GMT

Everyone can remember what their phone number was 60 yrs ago, but can't remember what they had for breakfast yesterday.........what's up with that..................I was going to say something else, but, I forgot what it was................

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (love2bake)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:10:06 GMT

jman

Man, this board is full of old farts.

LOL jman

JE-fferson, Falls Church, VA

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:49:29 GMT

Well, he always said No. 1 was the telephone company and No. 2 was Yale. He was angry about that. But I'd guess he was No. 4.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Poverty Pete)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:48:48 GMT

Let me guess? Was it the third one?

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:02:49 GMT

My grandfather had one of the first four telephones in New Haven, Connecticut.
I still don't have one of those newfangled things.

Re:Do You Still Remember Your Old Telephone Exchange Name? (Poverty Pete)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:51:12 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Poverty Pete

My grandmother's phone number was 227.

Oh, well if you're going to get tricky, my grandfather's first phone number was 4. So there!

Perhaps YOUR first phone number was 4. Your grandfather didn't have a telephone.