[russell_w_b]

I remember my parents and I stayed at a hotel in Tadcaster, near York, when I was about ten. There was a wall-mounted box above the bed with several 'piano-key' style buttons on it.

Me being me, I pushed the buttons and was delighted to hear several radio stations on tap. I pushed the fifth button. Silence. Then a lady's voice saying 'Reception here. What is it?'

'Er, er, what time is breakfast?' said I, thinking quickly (and hoping not to get told off!).

I saw one in Oban about the same time (late 1960s) but never since.