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Craig Sawyers · 9th Sep 2018, 12:33 am

Even in the late 1980's, if you needed to make a call to Australia you had to pre-book a time, and then get the operator to connect the call. That was the time my father in law emigrated, and it was a royal pita to phone up.

9th Sep 2018, 12:33 am	#19
Craig Sawyers Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 4,983	Re: Dialling before STD Even in the late 1980's, if you needed to make a call to Australia you had to pre-book a time, and then get the operator to connect the call. That was the time my father in law emigrated, and it was a royal pita to phone up.