Re: Southampton - number of digits on dial label in 1958
Most cities the size of Southampton had 5 digit numbers then. My parents in Stoke had a phone installed around that time, and that used a 5 digit number. Sheffield is a much bigger city.
I think Oxford was 4 digit until the mid 70s when all numbers received an extra digit. New numbers allocated from the mid 80s onwards were 6 digit and the 5/6 mix continued for several years.
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